Miss treble's Goodbye

It has come to my attention that this is my last post, because my group is doing the podcast next week. So, I’m including a photo essay of my lovely group members :)

 This is the awesome Everlast, who loves Panic! At the Disco just like me. She is insane (in a good way)

This is Dum Dee Dum, originally Master Radif (she had an identity crisis). She has an incredible love of bunnies, and is really good at recoloring images in Photoshop. <3

This is KeiLove, our Japanese music enthusiast. She is living proof that music is music, no matter what language it's in. Also, she's my Desi buddy.

This is our gorgeous group. Bye yall! I'll see you one last time for the podcast.

LAST RELEASE OF THE YEAR?! \ (OAO) /

Alright, time for some more of my Asian music fandomness....

This time I'm going back to Alice Nine and giving you all info on their last release of 2011.

It's hard to believe that 2011 is almost at its end, but it's true. So is Alice Nine's scheduled releases for the year.

Their final release of the year is titled Niji no Yuki (Rainbow Snow), which is completely fitting because winter is coming up and this single is releasing just before Christmas. The lyrics and PV are already out, and both are really intense.


This is one of the PV scenes with Shou (the singer) being magical. GIF found here.

The PV is everywhere, but here's one the places you can watch it.

This single has three editions: Regular, Limited A, and Limited B.

Regular Edition [CD only]

Tracklist:
1. Niji no Yuki
2. NEMESIS
3. Yami no Chiru Sakura (another version)

Limited Edition A [CD/DVD]

[CD]
1. Niji no Yuki
2. NEMESIS

[DVD]
1. Niji no Yuki PV
2. Niji no Yuki PV (Making Of/Behind the Scenes)
3. Senkou (Live at 7th THEATER 2011.9.9)

Limited Edition B [CD/DVD]
.Album artworks found on CDJapan. Information found on JPopAsia.
[CD]
1. Niji no Yuki
2. NEMESIS

[DVD]
1. I. (Live at 7th THEATER 2011.9.9)
2. Fuurin (Live at 7th THEATER 2011.9.9)
3. GEMINI (Live at 7th THEATER 2011.9.9)

This is probably the last blog post that I'll publish, so this is a little Christmas gift for anyone who's interested in listen to A9. As a fan myself, I'm looking forward to this release and future releases from them.

I guess now that this year is coming to an end, I'm starting to get inspired from all the songs I've been listening to. I've been into songwriting for a good while now, but I think that my current songs are better than the ones I wrote years ago (no, I am NOT going to show you or anyone else my songs. They're too personal and no one will understand what they're about). I'm considering becoming a singer/songwriter, but I'm not sure.

Anyways, Merry (early) Christmas!

SPECIAL THANKS:
- Mrs. Young, the greatest E-Mag teacher EVER
- My fellow MusiCulture buddies, whom I would be failing this class without
- Anyone who's commented on any of my blogs (even if you didn't it's the thought that counts, right?)
- My entire E-Mag class for putting up with me (or ignoring me, whichever you prefer) this entire semester

-RAINBOW SNOW-
KeiLove

OMFG! My LAST BLOG!?!?!?! ALREADY?!?!?

yes, sadly LASA only lets us be in Ezine for 1 semester.. and since Christmas break is almost here.. this is the last blog from Everlast :'( i know you guys are gonna miss the funny/awkwardness that is Everlast and the rest of the MusiCulture staff but dont worry! I may get my own blog just for the heck of it... well i already did... so come see it! (No promises it will be a good as this one though) Everlastscorner.blogspot.com hopefully, it will feature stuff such as the things seen on this blog + more.

so anyway, what i planned on writing was a rant on some new rap songs that killed my brain cells. Its called Dance by Big Sean and I absolutly (<- you see that... the result of listening to it 10 mins ago.) hate this song... i mean its just as stupid and meaningless as N****s in Paris by Jay-z and Kanye West, i mean, at least they put in that obnoxiously stupid line from blades of glory where it makes sense that the song is meaning less....

well if you want to hear the songs, here they are, Viewer Discretion is Advised.
Dance (A$$) by Big Sean ft Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj doesn't usually dance but its obvious she has been watching Twerk videos... but i guess its pretty mild compared to what it could've been, Nicki said she didn't want it to be too 'raunchy'.

Oh, and yes it does say A$$ in different lanuages...

And here is and Unofficial lyric video for N****s in Paris by Jay-z ft Kanye West (Explicit version because I couldn't find a clean version)

Jay-Z & Kanye West-Niggas In Paris (Unofficial Music Video) from Joseph Maruca on Vimeo.

Sorry if some of your brain cells died..

well thats it...
good bye

signing off, forever (maybe),
Everlast

KAT-TUN's "ReBIRTH" -Part II-

Hello, all you music fanatics....

Yes, I'm back again for another week of ranting about Asian music.

Over the past week, I was contemplating what to blog about, and I was thinking of celebrating KAT-TUN's release of BIRTH (which is also my brother's birthday) but then I realized I already posted about that. So now I think I'll post lyrics.

This is the translation for BIRTH but KAT-TUN.
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Light and shadow, the rain from when I set off on my journey
I won't come back here anymore
I'll walk only looking forward
In this never-ending world, I'm searching for you

I don't know what's in store for me from this point
Where tomorrow might take me
At this point there's no turning back
I want to know the reason for my birth

Even the difficulty of believing
At last I finally understand it
Although I still have my doubts, I want to meet you

You can't have a dawn without night
Something is waiting reach out your hands
It won't end if you don't give up

Light and shadow, it's fate
I was born, a birth of sorrow
Even if I fall, I'll get back up
In this never-ending world

I remember, I remember
I was born to meet you
I haven't yet seen a morning accompanied by your voice
I keep only that in my heart

Weighed down by a wound that doesn't heal
In a corner of this large town
Before I could realize it, we had passed eachother by
somewhere...

There are tears that won't die away
But I'll meet you in the next town
Dreams you don't believe in can't come true

There's light at the bottom of the darkness
But my heart just keeps questioning
Who I am and testing my memories

I can hear it, I can hear it
It's the same sky you look up at
I keep living while believing that
I'll be guided by a miracle and meet you

The world keeps turning around without even my existence being noted
But right now I want to believe in meetings

Light and shadow, it's fate
I was born, a birth of sorrow
Even if you fall, get back up
In this never-ending world

I remember, I remember
I was born to meet you
I haven't seen a morning with your voice, yet
I keep only that in my heart
and I walk on
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KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya as Bem in Yokai Ningen Bem (Monster Humanoid Bem). Image found here.

Note: BIRTH is the ending theme for Kame's drama, Yokai Ningen Bem (Monster Humanoid Bem). You can watch the show on Dramacrazy.net.

-I WANT TO BECOME HUMAN-
KeiLove

MORPHSUIT PARTY!!!!

okay, so the entire Musiculture staff is thinking about buy black morphsuits.. and possibly doing a flash mob in them.. Ideas, comments, Concerns???

 

Signing off, 

Everlast

Gleeinvention

Over the weekend, I rediscovered my Glee fever. I had looked it up, just out of interest, because I hadn’t looked at it in a while. I was really surprised when I saw that Damian McGinty was on the show. I have listened to him in the group he sang in before he was on Glee, Celtic Thunder. When I did some research, I found out that he left the group L so that he could do a show called The Glee Project. According to the Internet, he won that show, and got onto Glee. This sparked my interest in the show again, and I checked Netflix to see if there were any new episodes. I was happy to discover that both season one and season two are available on Netflix.

So far, so good.

As I started to watch season 2, I was annoyed. All the characters that seemed so great in the first season had become repetitive and ridiculous. And now that I’ve started watching season 3, I’ve realized that they have to add a truckload of new characters to keep it going in future seasons, now that almost all of the characters are set to graduate. That won’t end well!

There is one good thing about all these new characters: They come with new voices.

image found here

Lately, Glee’s musical arrangement has become really cliché. It always seems to involve one person belting out the latest chart-topper, with other characters swaying and singing nonsensically in the background. There also seems to be a trend in the characters who get solos, but at least that is addressed in the show. Hopefully, Glee will get its act together in coming seasons.

Sorry it’s been so long,

Miss Treble

KeiLove's Feature Lead

     Usually when people think of music, they think of the internationally or nationally known artists, like Lady Gaga, Lil' Wayne, Taylor Swift, and Rihanna just to name a few. However, there are also a wide variety of local artists, especially in Austin. One well-known band is Austin's very own Schmillion, a batch of students who attend LBJ/LASA High School. No one would have thought that a group of high school students would become so well known in a matter of two years, and it's time someone found the inside secrets to their fame.
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