J-pop, J-pop, and more J-pop

I got on the computer to deal with school stuff, look for present ideas, and hunt down information about various artists. What did I do all day instead?

Do you know how many An Cafe, Gackt, and Dir en Grey music videos one person can watch in an afternoon? My ears are ringing.

Better posts coming soon, I swear! What little free time I've had lately I've spent either writing or reading. I may post a fragment of what I've been working on (a segment from Fairway that may become its own thing. We'll see) or I may put up something completely unrelated.

To be honest, though, all I want to do is read some yaoi and listen to An Cafe's "Maple Gunman".

Gackt Update

Got the album in. It is everything I could have hoped for, and more. Oh, so pretty... I'm going to make the upstairs neighbor hate me for playing this thing...(unless I convert her to Gackt fangirl-hood as well...hmm, new mission, perhaps?)

Gackt!

Yes, today I not only bought a CD (which I never do- they've been proven to be Not Worth the Investment, in my opinion) but I totally scored a freaking Gackt import album for $8.92! I've NEVER seen one of these damn things for less than $20- ever. Ever, ever, ever. And believe me when I say I've been hunting for years... dammit. The album is Mars, and it contains the outstanding tracks Vanilla, Mirror, and Oasis, as well as a number of other songs I'm not as familiar with. I like what I heard on the little soundbytes offered on Hasting's website, though, though I do believe I will be thoroughly pleased when the disc comes in. (Holy cow, I just bought a CD! I haven't done that in AGES!)

In the meantime, here's a (translated!) video of a live performance of Vanilla...complete with Gackt in tight snakeskin pants, humping his guitar player (Masa) onstage. Life is good, people.

And have I mentioned how much I hate this man for being so damn pretty? Gah! Just look at him! It isn't fair!