Okay,
before i forget, a couple days ago I mentioned how the Despairs Ray
CD singles i tried to MP3 only worked for the first 90 seconds...
well, that was because my mp3-ing app (MusicMatch 6) was set upto
do only the first 90 seconds. I am a dork. There is no brilliant new
conspiracy to thwart CD ripping... yet.
Wow,
I just asked for a beer and Kayo actually walked into the kitchen
and brought one to me! Huh huh, cool! <turns on a TV show about
bass fishing, starts talking about his day at the coal plant, burps>
Speaking
o' Kayo, she caught the Backstreet Boys AGAIN last night, and had
an even better time because this time, everyone STOOD UP. Which is
so crucially important to any live gig you go to. If you're sitting
down, there's simply some magic/energy that's missing -- and from
the band's point of view, sitting down is more or less just silent
booing. It really lowers the band's performance level, which lowers
the
audience's enjoyment level, which leads to even more people sitting
down and getting bored... an endless cycle! So for god's sake, man,
give us a chance! Bloody stand the fuck up!
And
all this week I've been wanting to mention the various movies that
aired on WOWOW this week... The Matrix was on for the 10th
time, and Being John Malcovich, which I slightly liked but
I loathe Spike Jonze so there you are. Oh, Spike Lee's Summer of
Sam. And Anna and the King, which is like on every friggin'
week. WOWOW is not worth the monthly price, except for the occasional
live concert (this month was Sophia -- bleah). Even the porn they
show on Saturday nights is lame; it's boring, and there's an actual
PLOT that you have to wade through. Plus all those early 1980s hairdos,
egads. But then South Park is the light at the end of the tunnel,
and they're in the Timmy season (the 4th?) now, so I guess it's not
ALL bad.
Plus
lately CDTV, which I not only watched religiously but TAPED every
week during my first visit to Japan 5 years ago, is now quite lame.
The only worthwhile songs I've heard were some new Sex Machine Guns
tune and Hyde's Evergreen, and SMG is wearing a bit thin for
me, actually. A year or so ago, I couldn't get enough of them, but
songs are getting to by-the-numbers-ish now. And Evergreen
doth not rock... but I guess it -is- a very good song. You listen
to Hyde's voice, especially during the chorus ("The sceeenery...
is everrrrgreeeen") and you swear he's just gonna about to die
from crying so hard. For any other vocalist the emotional flood would
be over-the-toppily laughable and blatantly fake. For Hyde, it works.
(And if you haven't been to haunted-records.com,
you should go check it out, for the cool nav if nothing else. Cool...
yet annoying. And not to be confused with hauntedrecords.com (no dash),
which sucks. But has some sort of heavy metal thing going on... kind
of.
In
other news, Kayo and I had rolling sushi the other night, and I have
photos! Probably the best thing about kaiten sushi is NO WAITING.
You sit, you grab the first thing that looks good, and you keep grabbing
til you feel full. Then you grab "just one more". Ahhh.
All
this grabbing reminds me of my dream to be a lecherous train perv.
(You've heard about those guys, right, that actually molest girls
on the packed Tokyo trains? And the girls aren't supposed to do anything
about it, because making a scene is a big no-no in Japanese society...
it causes embarassment and awkwardness, which MUST be avoided. Hmmm...
that's why all you cute train-riding gals should hire me as a bodyguard!
<Superman chest-thrust / hands-on-hips pose!> If anyone touches
you, -pow-! We knock him out cold and toss him out at the next stop.
And all I want in return is a little peck on the cheek! Oh, wait,
fuck, Kayo probably won't like that. Okay, well, then any eyeliner
tips you may have to share, I'l tkae th ose instead. Because one of
these days I'm going to end up with the eyeliner pencil sticking out
of my eyeball.
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