If I Were An Asshat, I’d Say UFA Reads My Blog
You know, I woke up today and realized that I had completely neglected Buono! in my last post. I don’t really think that badly of them: to be kind, Honto no Jibun is kind of crap, but I like the vocal combination of Airi, Miyabi, and Momoko, and I’m very into Renai Rider, from the radio preview I’ve heard. They’re more in the “doing it right” camp of Hello! Project’s anime endeavors, at least.
However, ambling over to the computer, what is this I see? That single I just trashed will, apparently, be getting a US release!
But wait a minute. Source? My kingdom for a source? … Didn’t think so. Currently, Lurking In The Shadows has the most reliable information, and while we may get other details as more people pick up on this (I haven’t been looking around for other related posts), I don’t quite buy it — not yet. And, as well, I don’t see why it’s the big deal that people are making it out to be.
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Vulpi Loves Something New, Probably Unfair Comparisons Abound
This took a lot longer than I would’ve liked, and I imagine everyone forgot about that little “More details at 11:00!” message I left in my last post, so here’s the context:
But I’ve been dabbling in some beautiful music recently (I’ll document that in the next post!), and it’s so frustrating to amble back here, see a raving and entirely serious post about how Hello! Project is epic greatness, questioning, “Why have more people not fallen for these talented girls’ charms?!”
Looking back at it now: Wow, what a glaring grammatical mistake. How did I miss that? Eh, I was tired. Our topic today is I’ve Sound! The discussion at hand…
Anime Music & How to Do It Better Than Hello! Project
Everyone got that? Okay, take notes; there’ll be a test.
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They’re Idols, Not Musical Legends
Or: I Kind Of Wish I Could Get Excited Like This About Idols Again
This has been weighing on my mind a lot lately, and I’ve given it some thought. Probably not enough to even make a dent in the issue, but I’m gonna try! The “issue,” frankly, is the over-praise of Hello! Project. … I know this is mostly only coming from one person (hey, Radicalpatriot!), but it still bothered me. :(
Morning Musume is excellent. Hearing them for the first time, I was entranced: it was so unlike anything I’d ever seen or heard before. However, that “seen,” when I got down to it, really came first. So, so many girls. Wow. And when you get used to that, and the poppy music, and the silly costumes, and everything that Hello! Project is made of, you just see more of the same. Because while we saw something unique and interesting, maybe even downright amazing, Japan thought, “Eh, they’re still holding up after ten years?” and continues to sigh as they see more and more cute, energetic girl groups try to sell.
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Spring Cleaning Without The Spring!
I cleaned up a little; deleted some entries and made some pages (one of which is for organizing the entries I kept; the other is the standard “about” page). Yeah, I get weird about the new year. The important part, though, is that the sidebar isn’t so very long anymore! You could get lost in there. …However, there were no bodies. Rejoice.
Um, that’s it. Regular posts soon… later… whenever.
