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Dive to Blue -- The whole thing has this descending stories motif -- they start on the roof and work their way down to the ground floor, just behind a suicidal jumper... a tall white guy no less.

 

Aaaaahhhh! -- Stand back, he's emoting!!

 

Nice Pants -- Actually, Ken's ripped-up jeans here recall Joe Elliot circa 1988, in the round. I dig 'em! But the guitar strap has got to go, unless he's collecting solar energy to power his amp.

 

Brush Brush Brush -- "Grr, I'm tough on cavities!"

 

December 07
Friday

Today I'm Powered by Country Ma'am Cookies!

now playing:
L'Arc~en~ciel's
A Piece of Reincarnation
(1998)

Have you checked out the Jrocknyc home page lately? I've got a -functioning- guestbook up and running AND a link to the new Downloads page up! And thar be a surprise bit o' Luna Sea waitin' fer ye on the Downloads page, arrrrr.

And hey! Lots of cool shows coming up! I know I said that last week, but this time it's true! Pierrot and Plastic Tree tomorrow, assuming the show ain't sold out, Syndrome and Despairs Ray on Tuesday, some other indies gig on Monday, and D's Ray again the next Friday... i think (too lazy to check my schedule book now).

So today was just kind of a relax + prep type o' day. All I did was watch L'Arc DVDs and eat cookies, play a little geetar, re-organize my makeup and drugs, and install Direct X 8.1. Productive!

having done nothin', and so having no photos to share, I grabbed some stills from Dive to Blue, which at first blush is a very typical/boring sounding pop song -- the first few times i heard it I didn't even listen to it all the way through (blame that happy pentatonic-majory thing going on in the chorus -- borrring!)

But somewhere along the line, the song really grabbed me; it's happy sounding, but with this lilting, melancholy melody underneath... I don't know how they did it, or even if it's on purpose (it seems to magical to have been spawned by mere humans), but the song is now one of my favorite L'Arc tracks, along with Lose Control, Trick, and, um, well, the whole Ray album, actually. Now, the song actually gives me ~tingles~, like I remember it from my childhood or something -- I don't understand it completely myself, I just know I like it!

So anyway, dig the shots from Dive to Blue! And stay tuned, there should be some cool pix a-comin' in the next 48 hours!

ps -- I just uploaded a 25-second on-air video clip of Gackt's Another World... then I downloaded it and tested it. It works! Yay! Cool song too, very catchy chorus thing happening.

 

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