Feeling utterly depressed by the Guardian’s further revelations of violations of privacy by English-speaking countries, I turned back to a musical piece much favoured by the woodwind orchestra of my high school for comfort — in which I knew not the words, but only the notes to which I gave the lower tones via my …
I love a cappella songs. So much so that when I realised the folks behind Yuyushiki’s album had an a cappella version of the opening theme, with the original timing for the instrumentals, I simply had to cut out the silences in between so it would sound somewhat like a contiguous song for my own …
花澤香菜 played this song on her radio show last week. I belatedly realised it’s really good. The romaji is pronounced koisuru otome (maiden in love) by the band Ikimonogakari.
I have never heard the original. This cover of a Japanese song by Russians who don’t speak Japanese singing in Japanese with perfect enunciation of the lyrics though, makes it special. Meet Pudra.
A guide by Giler Selamba Jane for the MCA If you find you need to hurt your ears:
I am biased towards ending corruption and abuse of power.
I love my slice of life animé when it skews towards realism. Tari Tari though takes the extra step to remind all of us what high school was like, and how such times will never be repeated. I am so glad I joined the school band/woodwind orchestra. There are just things one cannot get any …
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