March 2007 - Posts

Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing
Thu, Mar 15 2007 4:14 AM

This is the song that made me want to master the guitar. The video quality is atrocious, so just close your eyes, listen to the music and fly away.

Surely Jimi must have been channeling the music from somewhere not of this earth. That bit about me mastering the guitar? Still working on it.

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Brad Delp 1951 - 2007
Sat, Mar 10 2007 2:51 PM

There is really only one thing I can quote:

I looked out this morning and the sun was gone
Turned on some music to start my day
I lost myself in a familiar song
I closed my eyes and I slipped away

R.I.P. Brad, and thanks.

Update: It was a suicide. Damned shame.

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Kuniaki Haishima - Grain
Fri, Mar 9 2007 4:19 AM

"Grain" is dark, atmospheric, chilling, surreal. It reaches for the sacred while wallowing in the profane. It is like nothing else I have heard. It is perfection.

It is also the opening theme for Monster, one of the best fictional work I have ever experienced, in any medium. Highly recommend, even for, to use a cliché, people who hate cartoons.

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Kyon - Hare Hare Yukai
Fri, Mar 9 2007 3:30 AM

On one sunny day
She, who is endlessly wishing for
The fun beyond magic, is a problem

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱) or The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi was one of the better anime of 2006. Not the best, mind you, but definitely one of my top 5. The ending theme Hare Hare Yukai (Sunny Sunny Fun) is generic J-pop fluff (i.e. not my idea of art or a good time), but the ending animation is strangely addictive, a guilty pleasure if you will.

Just found out recently that the voice actors each recorded a version of Hare Hare Yukai in character. Thanks to YouTube, I managed to listen to a few. Mostly rather mediocre (as I expected) but there is one gem, the Kyon version.

It has the bluesy, "unplugged" feel, and Kyon (Tomokazu Sugita) has a fine singing voice. Plus, the lyrics are hilarious for anybody who's seen the show, or read the manga or novels.

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Jim Carrey - I Am The Walrus
Thu, Mar 8 2007 7:30 PM

There! I did it! I defiled a timeless work of art!

Sir George Martin's "In My Life", meant to be his farewell album, gathered some unlikely personalities covering Beatles songs, with Sir George producing, of course. Having Jim Carrey do a cover may seem like a joke, much less something iconic like I Am The Walrus, but... well listen for yourself.

I guess Jim proves on this track his performance of the Might Mouse theme in the Man On The Moon was no fluke. A great set of pipes, and the progression from just plain crazy to totally deranged is perfect for the song.

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