Gamma Ray@Wacken

Stream
This one can be downloaded with FlashGet as well.
Unfortunately, the bugger is about 232 MB in size (and GR is only the last like, 20 minutes of it T_T).
Still, better than nothing, right?
I can't download it right now cuz I want to upload something first.
But I thought I'd tell you people now just in case anyone missed the post on the GR forum ^_^
(Of course, I'll be sure to comment on the thing later XD)

anime music 3 pack + mahou shoujo series in the West?

Well, I'll be leaving for Yama's place tomorrow so I felt like leaving a little pressie =)
Click here to download (11.4 MB)!
I hope it works, I had some problems uploading the last 60 KB or something O_o
And this is what it contains:

Shining star
[128 kbps / 3:28 / 3.17 MB]

artist: NAKAJIMA Tomoko
anime: Futari wa Pretty Cure
CD: vocal album "Dual Vocal Wave!"
no lyrics available T_T

When I listened to this song for the first time, I *died*. No kidding. It takes about 20 seconds to capture your attention completely, and if that fails, just wait for the transition between the verse and the chorus. Guitar, anyone? But apart from the awesome guitar stuff, just about every aspect of this track is absolutely spectacular and never fails to make my jaw drop even though it's a bit old already.

"Yume yo habatake / two hearts"

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I believe in
[128 kbps / 4:21 / 3.97 MB]

artist: NAKAJIMA Tomoko
anime: Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart
CD: vocal album "Extreme Vocal Luminario!!"
no lyrics available T_T

Same artist, similar ingredients but still different enough to be as loveavble as "Shining star". Excellent guitar solo as well :D

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Forever...
[128 kbps / 4:49 / 4.41 MB]

artist: savage genius
anime: Erementar Gerad (OP)
CD: OP single
lyrics (+ translation!!)

If only the first album by savage genius ("Kaze no kesshou") had been anthing like this 2nd single of theirs T_T This is really fast and extremely catchy. Makes you feel like having been run over by a truck, but this time, it's a truck that consists of awesome melodies and great vocals, so it's not too bad ;)

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Heh. This was fun.
Wow, I feel like Genki / KnO (my anime mp3 request sites) have come alive again. Eh... nope, that wouldn't be too good. Zombie websites, ewww XDDD
Anyway... Enjoy ^_^

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Unfortunately, while I did some research for the rrack info, I came across some German Pretty Cure sites as well. The series has been running in a dubbed version for some time now. I once watched the opening and well, lucky I'm such a calm person or I might just have punched the screen >:O And the fact that there's a German version of "Shining star" nearly made me cry with anger. That's just so sick!

Speaking of sick, look at this. Business opportunity? Ewgh. So they(TOEI) are trying to sell the rights and they actually believe the thing could be a success. And you know what? IMHO, they're just plain wrong.
Why?

( I felt like writing a little essay ^^ )

Amen.
Sorry for the rant, but maybe it's interesting to someone... anyone... maybe not. At least I had fun writing it ^_~
Which reminds me... I still need to get #3 and #4 of the Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Special Soundtracks *lol*

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry but that's all I have to say about the 22 or so minutes of Gamma Ray's Wacken performance right now.
*falls over and nearly drowns in drool puddle*

Bi-monthly fanlisting updating anecdotes!

Here we go!

- The rate female members : male members is about 1000000 : 1 *lol*

- Nothing new but still annoying as hell: People adding a link to their website even though said website is not finished/on hiatus/has hardly any working links. Bad, people. Very bad.

- One girl actually had her blog password-protected. Well, if I can't even GET to the code, I'm not listing the site.

- Someone actually entered their city instead of their country. Luckily guessing the country from how the city name sounded was easy.

- Okay, we had the thing about adding "-chan" to your own name. But adopting anime character names as a nick is JUST AS LAME, people! I wonder how many Ayas there are in this world O_o

- I came across a page which couldn't be navigated via Firefox cuz the links weren't clickable. Well, I installed IE tabs so I can switch engines just by clicking so that wasn't a problem. Still... ewww =_=

- Something funny: Got an application for my Rowan Atkinson fanlisting that said "I loooooove him. He calls me Bob" :D I love puns like that. More, please!

- People doing bad puns on their names make me cringe. Example: (this is for the German/Swiss/Austrian people on my flist - Wow, I got all three :D) - "Isi going" *facepalm*

- Strangely enough, most sites looked quite okay in my large resolution (1280x1024).

- A number of websites really impressed me. Tidy, neat, good-looking. Gosh, I'm envious now XDDD

- The most common name for girls in Germany is Julia. And I won't believe any statistics that say something else.

Phew. I think that's it.
Now: Caffeine break!!!