Zwei? A little help please?

I’ve been listening to DJ Amaya’s Hitsuzen Radio podcasts this week at work, really great remixes of all kinds of songs, including jpop & anime, as well as original stuff.

One remix that really caught my attention was for Zwei’s single, Dragon. I’ve heard of the band before, but never heard them. Looking around online I found a wiki article, but it was woefully lacking in information. Their official site also seems to be static as it appears there’s been no updates since 2006.

Can anyone reccomend some songs to check out? Which album is best to start with (as they only have 2 currently) or even where to find some more information?

Just for fun

Which Morning Musume Member Are You? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as Mitsui Aika You are most like Mitsui Aika! She is the most recent member of Momusu, and the only one to join in the 8th generation. Little is known about her personality so far, however she comes off as being friendly, nervous, and somewhat spacey. Time will tell if this will change. Mitsui Aika 100% Yoshizawa Hitomi 75% Kusumi Koharu 63% Michishige Sayumi. 63% Tanaka Reina 56% Fujimoto Miki 56% Kamei Eri 50% Takahashi Ai 44% Niigaki Risa 19%

On the passing of Heath Ledger

I’m going to take a moment out here to comment on the passing of actor Heath Ledger. This is a tragedy. I’ve carried a torch for him since I was 17 and ROAR first aired on FOX. He is the first actor of my generation whom I deeply admired who has passed too young. He and myself are both 28 years old.

I am absolutely shocked and terribly saddened by his death. My heart goes out to his family, and I hope that the facts will bear out that it was an accidental death, and that he was not suffering so badly that he chose to end his own life. He was an extremely talented actor and he will be sorely missed by his fans, friends and family.

 Thanks for everything you gave us. I hope you are at peace now. I love you still.

Oh yeah!

I’m in the process of moving and starting a new job so time has been preciously short as of late, which equals lack of posts. And while I am posting right now, this post is totally unrelated to anything Japanese.

One of my other, actually my main obsession is the gothic daytime tv show Dark Shadows that ran from 1966 - 1971 on ABC TV. (I’m only 27 so I didn’t see the original run on TV but my Mother and Father were fans back in the day.) Anyhow the series after the first year followed the adventures and trials of the 200 year old vampire Barnabas Collins and his quest to become human again as he battle against ghosts, other vampires, werewolves, the Devil and his henchmen, Lovecraftian-elder Gods and his own bloodlust. The show traveled through several different periods in the Collins family history, my favorite being 1897, and also visited parallel bands of time. It’s a bit campy at times to watch now, but it has it’s spooky moments and I absolutely adore it.

I just read via the Dark Shadows related forums that I inhabit that Johnny Depp, who is a fan of the series as well and has vocally admitted his desire to play Barnabas in a DS feature, has partnered with Warner Brothers who will be bank rolling the picture, and some other people I forget the names of, to bring the series to the big screen for the 3rd time (there were two movies during the series run in the 60s & 70s). I am BEYOND ecstatic by this news, you have no idea! A few years ago there was an attempt to bring the TV show back but after an amazing looking pilot was filmed the WB decided to go with another show (they were hoping to fill the Buffy time slot). There was also a very well done mini-series done back in 1990/1991 that ran for 12 episodes.

My fandom knows no bounds for this show. I collect the merchandise (there was A LOT back in the 60s, posters, books, magazines, trading cards, stuffed heads, puzzles, model kits, record soundtracks, 45rpm singles, comic books, the list goes on), I’ve been to 3 DS cons, two at which I won best costume, and am going to a 4th con this August to meet the man himself, Jonathan Frid, who played Barnabas Collins.

I am even geeky enough to have made a music video dedicated to an early storyline in the series after Barnabas was released from his coffin after 172 years of confinement, had yet to find his humanity once again and kidnapped/tortured local girl Maggie Evans in an attempt to resurrect his long lost love Josette Dupres who jumped from a cliff rather than become what he was. I am a total dork for Dark Shadows.

Moved!

I got tired of blogger constantly eating my posts, something that had caused me to slack off in blogging lately. After all, why post if it’s going to disappear the moment I hit publish?

So I moved my butt over to wordpress. Which is where you are now or you wouldn’t be reading this. It’s quite nice to have everything working! As such the other sections on hello!girl are now gone, but I probably would have only updated them once in a blue moon anyhow.

I am also going through my old lj posts and moving any H!P or Momusu posts here.

Yay for Tax Refunds!

I just got mine today and after putting down a little on my car loan I put in a substantial order at CDJapan.

Ordered:
Morning Musume 2006 Spring Concert - Rainbow 7
W - Duo U&U (first album)
Morning Musume - Egao Yes Nude single (regular pressing, first edition. All limited editions sold out. Rats!)
Kusumi Koharu - Mitsuboshi (limited edition)

Pre-Ordered
Morning Musume - Sexy 8 Beat album (limited edition)
Hello! Project 2007 Winter Live DVD Box (Limited Release)

I was also going to order the next Momusu single, and the last for Hitomi, Kanashimi Twilight, but I saved that for a future order. I have an anime con coming up and need to save the rest for that. Woohoo! In relation, it was at an anime con that I first bought Morning Musume merchandise. A couple packs of trading cards and the 2004 Spring concert wristband. Here’s hoping I come across some more Momusu loot this year.