Song Saturday: Kanon Wakeshima's Tsukinami Block

How's it going lurkers? Nearly 2 years ago, I published a Song Saturday blog featuring Kanon Wakeshima.

Yesterday, I did quite a bit of web-surfing and YouTubing for Kanon Wakeshima's more recent music. 

It was like an oral extraction trying to find songs from Kanon's latest album, Tsukinami. 

I was amazed to see that there were not many official music videos or official songs streaming via YouTube for Tsukinami. In a way, I guess it's not too big of a deal.

When I was searching for Kanon Wakeshima's songs from her latest album, I felt disappointed. Most of the songs from her Tsukinami album I disliked. Tsukinami actually means "mediocrity" in Japanese. Naming her album, Mediocrity was an understatement.

Don't get me wrong. Kanon Wakeshima will always be a very talented singer/cellist. However, her latest songs sound like the stereotypical cutesy J-Pop Anime Music, which so cliche. 

I was expecting for Kanon to say "nya," which is the noise cats make in Japanese rather than saying, "meow." It feels as if Kanon Wakeshima's music has been mutated into being overly commercialized J-Pop, that panders too much to Anime Otakus.

I miss the singer/cellist's Neoclassical Dark New Wave sound from her earlier albums. That's what attracted me to Kanon's music. 

She was normally featured as a singer with her songs being used as the opening and ending theme songs to Anime and they were usually Horror Anime.

Hopefully Kanon Wakeshima will revert back to her darker sound, when she does her future albums. The cutesy, stereotypical, J-Pop Anime Music was NOT  her original sound. 

Although, the Anime Otakus, Weeaboos, and Westernized creeps with the submissive, "Asian Girl Fetish" demographics will lap up her latest music like it's candy. Not to sound like a closed-minded feminazi, but it's the truth.

I would love to hear more future songs by Kanon Wakeshima, which are similar to her songs from her debut album, Shinshoku Dolce. 

As of right now, I did manage to somewhat like a select few of Kanon's songs from her Tsukinami album. "Nightingale" is my favorite from that album.

Meanwhile, the other 3 songs that I chose for today's Song Saturday are songs I can tolerate from Tsukinami. 

"Sakurameikyuu" was originally featured in the RPG video game based on the Shonen Action Romance Anime, Fate/Extra CCC in 2012. 

Also, "Signal" was originally used as the ending theme song to the Supernatural Action Anime, Strike The Blood in 2014.

I tried my hardest to find official music videos for these songs by Kanon Wakeshima and only managed to find 1. 

Like I already said, trying to find official songs and music videos from her Tsukinami album was the equivalent of performing an oral extraction. So, please bear with me for today's Song Saturday.

1) Kanon Wakeshima "Sakurameikyuu" Fate/Extra CCC (2012),Tsukinami (2015)

2) Kanon Wakeshima "Signal" Strike The Blood (2014), Tsukinami (2015)

3) Kanon Wakeshima "Nightingale" Tsukinami (2015)

4) Kanon Wakeshima "Monster Star" Tsukinami (2015)

Song Saturday: David Bowie Block

How's it going lurkers? I meant to publish another blog this week in regards to Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister. Before this week could start, we suddenly learned that David Bowie died from Liver Cancer! Bowie died literally 2 days after his 69th birthday and his final album's release.

Throughout this week, we've heard tragic news about celebrities dying practically everyday. Then again, musicians have been dropping like flies, since early December 2015. It started with Scott Weiland. It's so bizarre. 

Last month, I randomly got Stone Temple Pilots' song, "Atlanta" stuck in my head. I had not listened to their No. 4 album in years. Suddenly, I witnessed Scott Weiland's death "trending" on social media and on Adult Swim's forum.

Around the same time I learned about Weiland's death, I thought about him citing David Bowie as his influence. Towards the end of last month, we learned Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister died 4 days after his own birthday! Lemmy's family and friends just had his funeral, last Saturday.

Then, David Bowie died of Liver Cancer 2 days after celebrating his 69th birthday and releasing his final album, Blackstar. We are only going into the 3rd week of 2016 YET celebrities have been dying almost everyday. Something tells me that 2016 will be a very grim year for many people, especially for celebrities.

Getting back on the topic of David Bowie, I was never a huge fan. However, I still enjoy listening to some of the songs that he released over the DECADES as well as many of his family, friends, and fans. "Lady Grinning Soul" and "Dead Man Walking" have been my favorites for years.

"Lazarus" is David Bowie's final music video. The music video seriously nails his last goodbye to all his family, friends, and fans. It also shows all the suffering he endured battling his last hours with Liver Cancer.

Bowie still appears to be extremely influential among many people, decades later. If people have NOT learned much of anything from this icon, they should learn to be more innovative, diversified, original, open-minded, fearless, and LEARN how to EXPLORE. We've got a LENGTHY  Song Saturday block for today.

1) David Bowie "The Man Who Sold The World" The Man Who Sold The World (1970)

2) David Bowie "Andy Warhol" Hunky Dory (1971)

 

3) David Bowie "Lady Grinning Soul" Aladdin Sane (1973)

4) David Bowie "Let's Dance" Let's Dance (1983)

5) David Bowie "Dead Man Walking" Earthling (1997), The Saint Soundtrack (1997)

6) David Bowie [Featuring Trent Reznor ] "I'm Afraid of Americans" Earthling (1997), The Best Of Bowie (2002)

[BONUS]

 

David Bowie "Lazarus" Blackstar (2016)

RIP, DAVID BOWIE!!!

Cartoon Sunday: Parasyte -The Maxim-

How's it going lurkers? After publishing yesterday's Song Saturday blog, I went to Hulu for Parasyte -The Maxim- only to learn that I could NOT access the search button or watch shows. 

It has been ~ 5 months, since the last time I watched anything on Hulu and I was surprised to see how much has changed. When visitors go directly to Hulu, it asks you to sign in for a free trial. 

My automatic response was "What the hell?! I was just on this site a few months ago!" I couldn't contact anyone on the site, which led me to contact Hulu on Facebook. I sent them a message about not being able to watch anything on Hulu and asked if it became a requiremnt to sign in to watch their shows. This was the message I got from Hulu's Social Support via Facebook:

"Thanks for taking the time to reach out and we're sorry for any confusion! We still offer select content for free. Head over to our site: (www.hulu.com), click on our logo to the top left of the page and it will direct you to our main page where you will be able to use the search bar. We hope this helps! Let us know if you have any further questions."

I followed the instructions given by Hulu's Social Support and voila! It worked. So in case you have been experiencing similar problems to mine in regards to Hulu, your problems have been resolved. I must commend them for their helpful support.

Meanwhile, I watched another informative YouTube vlog last week by the vloggers Rachel and Jun. I haven't had much time to watch as many of their vlogs, since I'm usually busy on and offline. 

Rachel and Jun are an intermarried couple, that live in Japan. Jun was not featured in the vlog I watched about Anime verses reality. However, in this vlog, it features Rachel, Einshine, and Sharla discussing facts about Japanese Culture. This includes them comparing Japanese animation with reality and topics such as school rooftops, uniforms, eyes, food, hairstyles, etc.

Rachel, Einshine, and Sharla: Anime Vs Reality (2016) 

Speaking of Hulu, Japanese culture, schools, and Anime, it's Cartoon Sunday. Since last year, you have read Cartoon Sunday blogs with me mentioning Parasyte -The Maxim-.  

Today, I have the link to Parasyte's pilot episode in English dub via Facebook.

It also airs in English on Adult Swim, during Sunday mornings at 1/12 am Central. 

Anyway, here is today's Cartoon Sunday.

Parasyte -The Maxim- "Metamorphosis" (2014)

Song Saturday: Alien Vampires Block

 

How's it going lurkers? Since the time of being a teenager, I have always been against censorship. That was years before hosting my own radio show.

Whenever I had the opportunity to occupy the Safe Harbor timeslot, I made use of it. I also aired albums completely uncensored, which was fantastic.

Speaking of music, it's that time of the week again; Today is Song Saturday. We revisit the Industrial-Electro group, Alien Vampires. Nearly 2 years ago, I shared 2 of their songs for Song Saturday.

Song Saturday: Alien Vampires [Double Dose] (2014)

During the time of Halloween, I shared some of Alien Vampires' music, when I created my own Adult Scare Music Playlist thread on Adult Swim's forum. Honestly, it was the funnest time I ever had since the time of joining Adult Swim.

I am still amazed that our head moderator ALLOWED me to share uncensored music from various music genres and sub-genres. It's not as if I was ever a favorite on Adult Swim.

Just so you know, I am sharing only 5 of Alien Vampires' songs for today. Most of their songs for today's blog are from their latest album, Drag You To Hell. Anyway, here is today's Song Saturday.

1) Alien Vampires "Rave To The Grave" No One Here Gets Out Alive (2007)

 

2) Alien Vampires "All The Fakes Must Die" Drag You To Hell (2015)

3) Alien Vampires "Sworn To The Lust" Drag You To Hell (2015)

 

4) Alien Vampires "Lock It" Drag You To Hell (2015) 

5) Alien Vampires "You Rule, I Cum" Drag You To Hell (2015) 

Song Saturday: Lemmy Kilmister Tribute Block

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airheads: "Trick Question" Scene (1994)

How's it going lurkers? Happy New Year! I hope you all are safe and warm for the beginning of 2016. Lately, it seems like more talented singers and musicians have been dropping like flies. 

As you already know, Scott Weiland recently died last month on December 4, 2015. Then, Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister died this past Monday on December 28th, when he JUST celebrated his birthday on December 24th (Christmas Eve)!

Within a matter of 24 hours or so, we have recently learned that Natalie Cole has died. She died at 65 from congestive heart failure. So many talented singers and musicians keep dying left and right.

As a fan, I am still grieving over the death of Scott Weiland. In a way, it feels a little strange for me because I have taken his death much harder than I ever expected; I'm taking his death much harder than Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Alice In Chains' Layne Staley.

As I was saying earlier, Motorhead's vocalist, Lemmy Kilmister died on December 28th at the age of 70. I read earlier this week, that he just learned that he was dying from cancer within a matter of a few days. That's shocking as well as tragic. Nobody including Lemmy expected this to happen.

Throughout the DECADES, Lemmy Kilmister has collaborated with a variety of entertainers ranging from actors to iconic musicians. The preceding video is a scene from the 1994 movie, Airheads. I have owned Airheads on VHS and its soundtrack for over 20 years. It's amazing how time flies.

If you have never watched Airheads, I recommend checking it out. Lemmy Kilmister was featured in the movie as well as on the Airheads Soundtrack. As an entertainer, he had versatility, which cannot be said about most entertainers in music. This most definitely applies to Metal and entertainers in general.

There are iconic rappers like Missy Elliott for example, who are Motorhead fans. In her 2001 music video, "Get Ur Freak On," she was caught wearing a Motorhead T-shirt! 

Earlier, I also forgot to mention that rapper, Ice-T collaborated with Lemmy for Motorhead's song, "Born To Raise Hell" on the Airheads Soundtrack..

In addition, Lemmy mentioned during an interview in 2008 on Stay Thirsty Media that he wanted to work with Janet Jackson at some point. I can only imagine WHY  the man would want to collaborate with her. 

Janet Jackson is a talented Pop Music Icon and Lemmy Kilmister had a history of being a manwhore. Regardless, we still love that horny goat (Lemmy was a Capricorn) dead or alive.

Because it's Song Saturday, it's only fitting to have a block in tribute to Lemmy Kilmister. 

We're talking about songs from Motorhead and Lemmy's music collaborations with Ice-T, Whitfield Crane, and Dave Grohl's (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) side project, Probot. Enjoy!

1) Motorhead "Ace Of Spades" Ace Of Spades (1980)

2) Motorhead "Under The Knife" The Chase Is Better Than The Catch: The Singles A's & B's (1984) 

3) Motorhead [Featuring Ice-T & Whitfield Crane] "Born To Raise Hell" Airheads Soundtrack (1994)

 

4) Ugly Kid Joe [Featuring Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister] "Little Red Man" Motel California (1996)

5) Doro [Featuring Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister] "Love Me Forever" Calling The Wild (2000); Snaggletooth: A Tribute To Lemmy (2016)

6) Probot [Featuring Motorhead's Lemmy Kilmister] "Shake Your Blood" Probot (2004)

7) Motorhead "Thunder & Lightning" Bad Magic (2015)