Anime Punch was enjoyable overall (much love to athena5897 and firezilla19 for making the con amazing!). Pictures and something of a report will come later... for now, have another long-overdue video post. :D

( Starting off with DBSK... )

Yeah this is all going to be from talking with steveyshock about it on AIM.


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What's that? Cryssi's watching anime? THAT NEVER HAPPENS.

It does when it's this.



Also, here's my anime list. XD So much stuff dropped...

Here~.

EVERYONE WHO WAS AT SUGOICON:

Someone left a bag at our table/in our room with volumes the GTO manga and a Cosplay Complex DVD, and black and white cat ears. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHO THIS STUFF BELONGS TO.

Taking a two second break from sewing to say: screw Columbus Day. Why do you mean that there's no mail delivery? I want my glasses. D:

Ordered a wig for Mia and a new wig for Neptune- this one is actually curly, and it looks about the same color.


CASSIE- http://www.sewdeb.com/bustle2.html ♥ How to do a French bustle, for your gown.

...ugh the audio on this sucks but. BUT. asklgjsakjggsaj. MEMORIES. (if I want nice audio with screaming, I'll just watch my fancams.)

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Guess who's downloading Mirotic to hold herself over until her copy gets here.


EDIT Track by track reactions:



◊ Mirotic - HOT. Duh.
◊ Wrong Number - dear lord omggg. JAEJOONG RAPPING. I am so in love with this song. I am already dying from all the adlibbing. The opening and ending are... awesome.
◊ 노을..바라보다 - AFTERGLOW. ♥ OMG the start of the chorus. Chills. Dear lord. Junsu please write more songs please. This song is so beautiful. I think I might cry.
◊ CRAZY LOVE - I'm digging the intro. I'VE BEEN READY TOO. akjsgadgYoochunnnn. Not liking all the effects on the voices, even though they go with the song. Definitely doesn't showcase their singing the -best-. But. It's still a great song. It feels like a DDR song... until this breakdown. OMG. So sweet. ♥
◊ HEY! Don't Bring Me Down - I LOVE THIS SONG. It sounds more in the vein of Rising Sun and "O"-- like, if they hadn't gone to Japan at all, this would have been the natural progression of their sound and the obvious choice for the title track. OH HEY. I'm glad there's no more of Yoochun quoting RHCP between the first chorus and second verse, because that just served to crack me up to no end. Oh Junsu. ♥ I like when he turns on the sexy voice.
◊ 넌 나의 노래 - You're My Melody... ♥ This song made me tear up when I was watching fancams from the showcase (so did Afterglow, but). AHHH the chorus is SO PRETTY. I can hear all the harmonization now. skajgjdkgg. I love it. So much. Omg Junsu sing it dear god. A CAPELLA AT THE END KAJHJKHDKJGSDG.
◊ 무지개 - The intro makes me think it's going to be another Choosy Lover. But it's not. It's more... smooth than that. Very R&B, though. I like it.
◊ 낙원 - Ohhh the harp in this intro is beautiful. HEY LOUD TRUCKS STOP DRIVING BY FUCK YOU. ♥ I'm really digging this so far. HEY GUY FROM THE PHONE COMPANY. I appreciate you stopping by but calling me? D: BACK TO THE SONG-- I like this a lot. It's not my favorite, but it's pretty. ♥
◊ 악녀 (Are you A Good girl?) - LMAO this intro kind of makes me laugh. But I like the beat. AND ANOTHER CALL FROM THE GUY FROM THE PHONE COMPANY. lsagsaghg. Just fix things without making me lose internet. OKAY AND BACK. Okay, yeah, this song is hot. OH HEY HARMONIZATION-- jesus christ I love this song. I want to see this live like. NOW. I bet the dance to it is amazing. I'll be very sad if we don't see a video for this one. XD
◊ Flower Lady - Aw the beginning of this is cute. ♥ It kind of feels like an Arashi song? Okay, not anymore. But that intro was kind of JE-tastic. It's so pretty~~~ Mmm adlibbing. I'LL STAY WITH YOU. OH BABY. It's slow but not so slow that it makes me lose interest. Pausing to make Wrong Number and Mirotic ringtones on my phone... AWW WRONG NUMBER DOESN'T WORK. D: Oh well, at least I have Mirotic. Back to the song-- Awww the end is so pretty.
◊ 잊혀진계절 [Jaejoong solo] - Why does he get a solo? XD Okay, the opening... is kind of making me think of Insa a little bit. Aaahhh so pretty ;A;~~~ (This is why he has a solo.) kajsfhdjksa okay there are violins and I'm crying and omgggg. If I ever get married, this is going to the be the first song played at the reception holy shiiiiiiiiiiit omg. Translations will be in the pamphlet or whatever. CRYING. SO HARD. Jaejoong why are you so amazing.
◊ Love in the Ice - Okay here we go. I usually don't like songs when I hear them in languages other than the original one. BUT I CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THIS. I'm still crying from Jae's solo and this is not making it any better. AHH THE HARMONIES KJSDHJHDJGKSG. Sobbing. Sweet lord. It's so beautiful in ANY language. It didn't make me cry this much in Japanese... ;A; asdggdg OMG CHUN'S HIGH NOTE. ♥!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand... askfdhkjs. Get a hold of yourself, Cryssi. It's over. Jesus christ I didn't want it to end. ;A;


Overall: I'm going to drive my father INSANE when my copy finally gets here. It will not be leaving the CD player in his car. And John when we go to conventions. I'm surprised at the lack of Purple Line but I can't really find myself caring. From beginning to end this is their most solid album yet and I can listen to it all the way through without my finger twitching to skip a song.

Good job, DBSK. ♥

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MELLIE~~

a-another one.




OH GOD THE FULL VIDEO CAN'T COME OUT FAST ENOUGH.

...oh I so preordered it. Twenty dollars with shipping? Yes please~

The neighbor's back yard.





Another one down across the street. Hopefully this trend will miss us. :D~

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DBSK - Love in the Ice KOREAN VERSION

A-waiting for my laptop to come~


WHERE ARE YOU, UPS-MAN.


WEISS IS HERE. YAAAAAY. Still getting it set up (Vista is weiiirrd but shiny).

Just an update to note that my DBSK dvd just got shipped out. YAY!

Reposting this from the DBSK comm so that people on my friends list who aren't members can be baffled just as much as I am.


S-San (one of the Japanese staff members of Tohoshinki) made a recent post in his blog confirming the rumours about Music Station's refusal to invite DBSK into their program.

Many fans have been speculating for quite some time the reason why DBSK never appeared on the show, especially with the recent #1 on weekly Oricon (their third one, which broke a record as foreign artist with three #1s). DBSK has been consistently in the top 10 weekly in Japanese Oricon charts with their singles and last album. Music Station usually invites singers in top 10 in Oricon atleast once to perform. However, this has not been the case with DBSK, as S-San points out even with the insistence of the company to let them on fairly.

Their lack of promotions in such a major show as Music Station (it is one of the most watched shows in the country on a prime time slot) has become jarringly apparent and discussion spring up everytime they release a single as to why they are still not invited. Majority say that its because of Johnny's Entertainment stronghold on Music Station, pointing out that no bands/artists that posed a threat to that agency have ever been invited.

S-San never expicitly states the show's name, however he mentions that Tohoshinki was on the show's #1 list this week, yet still weren't given the chance to perform.

The post also explains the lack of sales of the group, owing to the fact that they are still placed in Foreign Artist category in music stores even though they should be under Jpop. Fans who recently visited Japan confirmed this. They all found it quite hard to find Tohoshinki's CDs in stores, sometimes they were not there at all. Many times, they were put under a hidden K-pop or foriegn artists section. So this really explains why sales get poor after promotions stop ... their CDs aren't in visible places where someone just browsing the jpop section can pick up and see.

I was wondering how S-San posted about this sticky topic, knowing how hush-hush Japan usually is about these matters. He sounds frustrated, and is probably making his last desperate attempt to try to change the situation - by letting fans know what we all sort of feared existed behind the scenes (of the group not exactly getting equal oppotunity), isn't going away anytime soon. But he urges fan to do something and says that "...the store's customers will have the most impact". The fans in Japan must speak up to store managers about DBSK's CDs being put under "Foreign Artist" section instead of where they rightfully should be - under JPOP.

There's a certain really popular program where the boys haven't been able to appear since they've [the program] been rejecting any interest the [Avex] promotion-team's been showing that way.

The promoter in charge has been fighting hard and will keep trying. The boys have reached #1 in this program's ranking, but when it comes to the offer about guesting in the show and a performance...Even after three weekly #1s, there's nothing from that direction.

There hasn't really been any kind of an explanation offered about the issue either, but the team will keep working hard for an appearance in that show.

Source: S-Diary - http://ameblo.jp/s-diary/entry-10119576243.html
Blog entry dated: July 24, 2008 12:41:30
Translation Credits: aleyna @ JpopMusic Forums + dbsker + j^o^y@AF.net