Hello everyone ^ ^

I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to seed the Ginrou Kaiki Files and the first season of Kindaichi on D-addicts. I and other people have been downloading them for ages but there are no seeders and we cannot complete the downloads. I tried requesting seeders on the D-addicts forum but to no avail. I hope I'll have more chance with you all here. Please share the love. ^__^

If someone is kind enough to seed them, I'll promise I'll make direct links for the two series for other people to download.

Thanks in advance to anybody willing to help! ^____^

(request cross-posted)

Did I say interesting? Well, forget it... Today, is Kawaii Day. ^ ^ No reason, I just felt like it.

I decided to give myself a break and I went surfing at . I didn't have the time to go there for a while and I found some really cute stuff. Go and have a look for yourself or have a look at my selection under the cut. All credits go to Chibi-Nyan of course.

So it's all fluffy87's fault... (yes, Steph, I love you ^___^'''). Because she mentioned mooncakes recently I realized it was almost mooncake time once again. And so after planing to do so for like forever, I eventually went and bought some.

  

Just a short rambling entry about something weird that happened to me yesterday. My friend was supposed to bring me home from work in her car and asked me if I minded going to do some shopping before going back. I pretty honestly said I didn't care, so we went.

And we entered this shop and she grabbed a few things that she wanted to try on and I'll follow her into the fitting rooms to have a look at her with her stuff on and be able to tell things like "No, don't buy that. I can do the same thing for you with a bin bag and it'll be cheaper." (yes, I'm a nice person. Or not. In any case, I'm very very difficult when it comes to clothes...).
Anyway, I didn't have anything to try so the lady gave me a tag with a big zero on it. Yes, weird, but never mind. My friend grabbed her tag with a big 18 or 456 on it, I can't remember.

And so I was waiting outside of her door (If anyone isn't bored to death by now, they should quit this page right now). I happened to wear my Endli tee-shirt on that day with Aran, Tsuyoshi and 244ENDLI-x on it. And so I was playing with the "0" tag in my hands waiting for her to come out and for me to address her my most horrified or pitying gaze depending on how sadistic I would be feeling at that particular second (no, I don't know why people are still willing to bring me shopping with them... don't ask...). And so I turned the tag over, and there written with a permanent marker a bit passed away but still perfectly readable there was: "244".

Yes, I was shocked. Really shocked. Especially that the way the 244 was written was almost the same than the way it is written on the tee-shirt. The same way to make the 4s and everything.
Now, would you tell me what are the odds for something like that to happen?

Consequently, I probably let my friend buy a few things she shouldn't have, but I didn't really care. I'm the least superstitious person you can find and I don't believe in destiny or providence or whatever, but that was just plain weird and I still don't have the slightest explanation for it.

But then Tsuyoshi can take all the room he wants in my life, I certainly wont' be the one complaining.

On a side note, even if I still don't care about the song (as a general rule I don't care for poppish tunes and that's probably not going to change anytime soon), I think I like 「Secret Code」a lot more since I saw the PV. I really really like the PV, it's so very cute and so like them. I think I'll end up liking the song in the end because of the PV...

 

I've uploaded the full episode to MU for oh_miya, who plans on subbing the KinKi parts. ^___^ So just in case some of you want it, it is just here. The whole show is nice to watch because KinKi interact all along.

Also the HQ clip of the performance of Secret Code: here.

Enjoy! ^ ^

    

Even if you're not interested in the translation, there may be something interesting for you in this post...

( Inverted L Enigma solution (including pictures!) and general rambling... )

( 「Nigh Drive」translation )

Here is the full radio program: TSUYOSHI - LOVE­DHA 20080503 - 244ENDLI-x's 大宇宙PARTY△SPACE kiss△

If you have the time, listen to the whole thing in one go, because it's really a different feeling from listening to each song separately. And Tsuyoshi's MCs are just love, especially when he starts stumbling on words.

I did my best to separate "Gotta find the way to go!" and "Kurikaesu 春" properly, but the transition between the two was so smooth and well done by the band, it was a bit difficult. But I think the end result is pretty okay. ^ ^

And I just love this guy's lives. There's no word for it, but the talent is always so flagrant.
The arrangement for "Kurikaesu 春" is pretty different at the start here, it's interesting. And "Oh Lord!" live turns into a 8 minutes song, absolutely tremendous. And I already loved it on the record...
"Blue berry" and "White DRAGON" are as good as usual without being the slightest bit repetitive, despite the number of live versions of them I know already.
"Gotta find the way to go!" is a kind of replacement to "Chance comes knocking" to let the band members mess around for a good 40 minutes the day they'll feel like it (not here... lol), but it's just brilliant. Funky Tsuyoshi will never disappear. ^ ^
"愛get 暴動世界!!!" is just great live... but surpringly rather short here (for Tsuyoshi's standards). It fits perfectly into the spirit of Endli live. Just perfect. Doesn't look out of place put side by side with the old funky songs. But it still has its own flavour.
"Say anything" is lovely, even if ENDLI-x-san's English gets tired at some points, but I do think he is getting better at it. Pronunciation wise at least. "Silent Love" is a very nice "in-between" song, the live version flows really well. Maybe closer to the version on the record than the others songs as far as the arrangement is concerned, but it definitely has a raw and live feeling to it thanks to Tsuyoshi's performance.

Okay, enough ranting. Here are the links, if you need another server than MU, let me know.

• Say Anything

• Blue Berry

• White DRAGON

• Gotta find the way to go! (Member introduction)

• Kurikaesu 春

• Silent love

• 愛 get 暴動 世界!!!

• Oh Lord!

Please enjoy if you're taking!
  

Taking a break from today's work, I've been answering comments, and I thought I would post something too.

First of all, I woke up yesterday morning feeling pretty sick and tired, but when I saw the email from CDjapan in my mail box, I thought that after all I would love my life at least for the whole day. Limited edition ordered --> okay desu.

It's a relief to know that we will have this DVD at least. I like the setlist. I'm glad we can get high quality live versions of 「the EDGE of the Word」, 「風の色」,　「銀色暗号」,　「Love in the φ」, etc. I've been missing that since 「φ」 came out. And after so long, we get a new KinKi DVD. And somehow, we're going to see them going back together soon. I think they've established a really nice rhythm between solo activities and KinKi activities. As far as Tsuyoshi is concerned at least, because I'd rather have Kochan do some music rather than going from shows to shows to speak about 'unko' and body fat in a desperate effort to not mention aikata-sama. And have him eating a bit too. But this year was special, I guess.

Anyway, no matter how happy I am with KinKi DVD, I'm half-dead anyway... there's something I'm going to expect more impatiently than I've ever waited for the 1/1 con DVD, and that's the release of the DVD of ENDLI-x con in Nara... But I need to be patient, it won't come very soon and I have the time to enjoy my KinKi fix before that. But I so hope it's going to come. I need to see these songs live.

I'll make a post about 「I and 愛」 when I'll have some more free time. But waiting for that... I bought a new Ishuffle. Guess what... I bought a purple one this time, and I had it engraved... ^ ^ Here:



On another note, I went to Sheffield last week-end, and besides the fact that it is a really nice city, I managed to make another Keri connection. Yeah... まじだよ。。。



I've listened to the live of the Space Kiss party that was broadcasted during the last Love-Dha... I will make mp3 rips of the different songs. The live has naturally got a rawer feeling than the album, but it's nice. And I so love the old songs too.
I will need to comment on the bootleg from the B LE, at some point too. I just have no time. Anyway, I will probably post the mp3 rips tomorrow, if someone wants them.
Episode 04 of Home Drama will be released tomorrow morning as planned.

Oyasumi nasai!

   

I'm non-existent on LJ at the moment, and it's going to last for a little while, but I had to post something today because today is special.

So if you're missing KinKi at the moment, here is one of the most beautiful fanvideos I have ever seen. I'm not really a fan of fanvideos but this one is just wonderful, so I thought I would share it here. The music is Simple Obsession by Enigma.

Credits go to Edelgeire who made this video. I unfortunately don't know how to ask her the permission to repost it here, but I hope she would not mind it. All credits to her for a wonderful work, almost painful but incredibly touching...

We're the 5th of May 2008, and the Kids have shared the same simple and mirrored obsession for 17 years... and they have together become such a simple obsession for so many people... And I want to believe that neither of those obsessions is of the kind that can be given up...
Tonight, I really feel like thanking them once more, but words are trite and always betray feelings somewhat. So I'll just keep on listening to them and let the emotions they convey flow through my mind.

Here's the video (sorry for the one advert when you first start the video, but photobucket was a b****... -__-, so I had no choice but to use Megavideo...):
You can download the file here.
   

The weather wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, but still pretty cold. So I passed sometime out, but half of it when in a tea place where I drank some Gen Mai Cha for two hours when reading 吾輩は猫である. I think there's only me to do stuff like that.
Anyway, because I promised to be random, here are some more pictures. The grey stormy sky was beautiful... I should have taken some pictures of it really. Maybe tomorrow, if I have the time because I need to get back to work... *sigh*


   

Okay, I warn you I'm going to be very random. I'm not at home, it's cold and rainy and I'm stuck here with nothing to do, or rather with things to do but as I won't find the energy to do them, I'm going to be random...

So yes... it's very wet and very cold. But this morning was lovely and the first thing I did was taking some pictures of the cherrytree I could see from the window of my bedroom, and then I had to go accross the park and there were some more there. So it's not Japanese sakura, but it's still lovely.
And funny enough, just when I was taking my first picture, my ishuffle randomly chose to put Someiyoshino on. It was quite strange. And it was the rip of Tsuyoshi's version on Endli TV last year that I love so much. So slow and moving... really nice start of the day. Try to imagine it. It felt really strange when I was making close-ups of the flowers and I heard this so soft and wonderful voice murmuring rather than singing to my ears:  "ソメイヨシノ、君は。。。". There are days when the world seems so beautiful and empty at the same time...
My nice Sakura pictures:
Otherwise, I just passed four hours in anthropology and art museums. It's been a long time since I was actually able to do that, so it was quite nice. But then the weather deteriorated and my planned outdoor afternoon became an awful perspective, and I went to drown my pain in an hot chocolate.
By despair and to fight my frustration, I also ended up spending money when I shouldn't have, but it was probably unavoidable. Just a week to go before getting my Endli albums that are waiting for me at home... it's difficult.

So I bought the new Mike Oldfield's album: "Music of the spheres" to get my mind on something else. It's not bad but I feel like he is struggling for quite a long time now to manage to renew himself. It's still good quality music though but not as good as what he was doing in the 80's. I'll probably send the CD to my father anyway.
And then I made the predictable mistake to enter a huge bookshop and consequently I probably won't eat anything until the end of the month ^ ^''', as I bought 吾輩は猫である by 夏目漱石 that I wanted for quite a long time. But at least, I have some nice reading in perspective, and I also bought a book about Japanese onomatopoeias  because they are so うざい as Shogo says... maybe even more than particles. But I'll get there someday...

So I gave up the rest of my afternoon and came back here, ending up updating my LJ about the random events of my life... How sad is that...
Tomorrow will probably be about the same, but I'll try to pass the nice hours of the morning outside for a change. But you'll probably see another random post coming up by here, as it's probably going to turn out to be an even wetter and colder day.  *sigh*

I stop there, but don't be too relieved. I'll try and answer some LJ comments before tonight... ^ ^ , Natsume Sōse
  

I'm going away - probably from any internet connection - for 2 weeks, so take care when I'm not there, forgive me for not answering if you ever have the fantasy to contact me. If I manage to survive this, which should be possible with a little help *looking at the KinKi DVD pile in the suitcase*, I catch up with you all soon.

(I'll need a list of all the incredible KinKi things I've missed when I wasn't there... so yoroshiku na! ^___________^)

Okay... as says the new KinKi CM... I can hear a voice calling me... 仕事戻って下さい！！！　

*sigh* 行ってきます。。。
 

What you need to know about my song translations: here.

My feelings about this song (plain ranting, yes, I admit... but I force nobody to read it... lol) + explanation of this translation + translation along original lyrics: here (friends only).

I had that ready for ages... but... I've been so busy... ><


消えない悲しみ　消せない記憶 - 堂本光一 (Solo on KinKi Kids - G album)

Sadness does not disappear, I can’t erase the memories

　　作詩：堂本光一     作曲：堂本光一      Lyrics and music: Domoto Koichi

　　

With you I swore to lock these memories forever in the darkness

The pointer of fate does not waver, and warmth continues to vanish

　　

The change of sorrow into hate is only tinged with the color of solitude

A gentle light fell from the sky to wind around you

　　

I hope for this cry to reach you as a wish I would make looking up at a star

All your smiles and tears… I haven’t forgotten the treasure that is only mine

　　

You were sending a sign, forgive me for I didn’t notice it

“I’m fine”, although you were saying it, you’re not there

　　

Now, inside a painful dream, I look for the words I lost

On this road I thought would go on, I can’t advance…

　　

But Love heads somewhere else, leaving only sorrow behind

And I can’t warm your hands which grew colder

　　

I hope for this cry to reach you as a wish I would make looking up at a star

If I happen to meet you once more, I promise you won’t be alone

　　

We've done it...

And so far, I haven't realized at all that we have...

On the 27th of October 2007 at 7:31 pm, I sent an email to tiltdown telling her that I really wanted to sub 「Home Drama!」, and then the next day she replied to me without probably realizing the consequences that what she was saying was going to have on her life: "Let me know if I can be of any help..." and man... has she been... I know I've said it before, but I think the collaboration between the two of us is the reason why I can have something to write here tonight.  It probably wouldn't have worked with anybody else...

Anyway, I have a hard day tomorrow, so I need to go to bed. But! If you're interested the first english subbed episode of Home Drama is available for download at english_fish.  Yeah... for real...
I know it's not as good as a new Tsuyoshi's drama, but it's his last one and that's all we can offer for the time being... ^ ^

So please enjoy it, if you're interested...

Gosh... I don't realize at all... there're so many memories attached to it already... it's a bit scary, I guess. Better go to sleep...
 

Wow... one o'clock in the morning, quietly working on Home Drama! with some music on... and everything started to shake, just slightly at first... it lasted for few seconds, the doors of my cupboard were making this strange noise like if they were shaken by very slight tremors... I was wondering what the hell my neighbour was doing...
And then, it's started to really shake... and what was going on became really obvious... Jishin deshou... Real earthquake... It was impressive. The doors were moving by themselves and made such a big noise when closing... By the time I managed to blink and made my brain work again, so I really realized what was happening, it had subsided...

I'm still a bit shocked there... I suppose that it would make most Japanese people laugh, but we're not supposed to have earthquakes in this country, the buildings are not antisismic and I live on the second floor...  and it was just so so unexpected. It's quarter past one and I can see so many people talking in the carpark... it's strange.

I have to admit right now, I'm a bit tensed... really the feeling that it could start again at any time... but it's strange because in a way, it was so intense but so short, it's like if there's part of me that'd like to feel it again... just because it was so absolute...

No reason, no control... just put you back at your true place in front of the universe, I guess... it's not a bad feeling, but I'm still grateful it wasn't stronger than that...
Okay... it's about all I had to say... but I felt like writing it down... I never experienced that before, but I'm sure it's something I'll be able to remember. Gosh... how exactly am I supposed to sleep now? -___-
 
Edit: I just found the magnitude online --> 4.7, not that big, but not that little either... and I'm like 45 miles away from the epicentre... O___o
 

Just helping one of my friends here. She's got a KinKi poster for sell, so I thought I would ask for her if anyone is interested...
I know everybody must be quite broke because of Tsuyoshi's releases, but if you want the poster, she can hold onto it for you a little while if necessary, as long as you certify that you'll have it.
The poster is quite big (51cm x 73.5cm) and in very good condition. The price is $15 + shipping (+Paypal fees if you pay by Paypal), and I garanty that she is the best seller you could wish for.
Shipping rates will be reasonable, and your item will be posted very rapidly and perfectly packed (in poster tube in this case). You'd really wish everybody was as good as her.
Anyway, here is the poster (I've reduced the size for my LJ post, but just click on the picture to see it better):

Okay... I just got out of my bed and read my mail... and saw the new release... then I went directly to cdjpan.co.jp and I pre-ordered everything with limited edition written in the description before I woke up enough to realize how mad I was and how bad Tsuyoshi was to release two limited editions of his new album... And he is particularly bad, because I believe he is the only person on earth that can make me buy two copies of the same album. Never done that before, no matter how much I liked an artist...

To be honest, I'm a bit scared because I saw 'techno sound' written everywhere, and that's not really my cup of tea... but I just want to believe in Tsuyoshi... I had never really listened to funk music before he went into it, and I learnt to appreciate it, so... and apparently some of the 'funky sound' will still be there.
Besides, he is such a unique artist, I don't think you can put any well-defined label on him, and even if there're influences on his music, he'll stay original...
At least, the love theme is still there, as strong as ever, and that's reassuring... There are things that won't change with Tsuyoshi no matter which direction he takes...
The title of the single is a good idea too... I love the play on words, and somehow he is still showing everybody what a Kansai person he is... lol

Okay... I was supposed to go working in the five minutes I got up, so I'm already late on my planning. I'll go around blogs later on to see what everybody is saying about the new album...

I'm happy right now, but I know the wait is going to be really long. Especially that I won't be there around the date of the release and I probably won't be able to get my albums before the 14th of april... And I start to hear the little ringing in my brain telling me that, especially at that moment in time, I didn't have the money to do what I just did. Never mind I would have never forgiven myself to not have bought these two editions... I know it will be worth it.

Gosh... being ranting so early in the morning... it's mad...
It's strange because I took out my Rainbow ax CD last night and I listened to it from the record, when I usually have all on my computer. I realized once more how much it has grown on me when I wasn't sure about it at first. Tsuyoshi is a magician... and I watch the 空が泣くから PVs again. I like both versions but the no-edit one is somewhat special... so, I've changed my desktop background *points to sidebar* This song is hallucinatory...

Hum... I just thought that くりかえるはる title can also be understood - at least by me - as a promise to renew the demonstration of his hallucinogen power with this one...
Believe me Tsuyoshi, I've never doubted it...  ご苦労様でした、剛さん。。。

I really have to go... but I think my head has just been shaken by the news... I've been waiting for so long... some more of Endli's music and Tsuyoshi's words... I won't be able to think about anything else but that... and the worse thing is that I've got an awful lot of revisions to do and exams to pass so very soon. And still, I've got a one-track mind right now, and this particular state is probably going to last for a while...
 

What you need to know about my song translations: here.

Explanation of this translation + translation along original lyrics: here (friends only).

I also really want to thank tiltdown for working so hard with me on improving this translation.

DEVIL - 堂本剛 [si:]

作詩：堂本剛       作曲：堂本剛

I will keep loving
I want to love
I will keep loving
I want to love


The Devil punishes what is pure
If he was the one who glared at us
Certainly I won’t hesitate
To state that
You towards me    Me towards you
Our feelings of love long ago faded out…


The Devil punishes what is pure
If he was the one who glared at us
Certainly I won’t hesitate
To state that
With a composed attitude, with an attitude that is an act
Those ever so gentle hands, I will brush them away…

 
   

Okay… I've been thinking about it for a while… I’m going to try to tidy a bit all the song translations I’ve got scattered everywhere on paper and in my computer.

All translating has been done primarily for myself, but if it can be interesting for someone, I don’t mind sharing.

I’d just like to underline some particular points here. Sorry if I sound a bit bitchy in some of them, but I just think there are things I need to say once and not worry about them again.

So, about my song translations:

• Japanese is far from being my mother tongue… English isn’t either, even though I’m living in an English-speaking country for years… So I don’t pretend that my translations are perfect, far from it actually… Please, keep that in mind. Yes, I can make mistakes.

• No translation is definitive and I may actually work again on some of the translations even if I’ve posted them here. My Japanese will hopefully keep on improving and I may come with better ideas when it comes to a particular translation.

• I love languages, especially Japanese. I also love artistic creation and I have the deepest respect for original creation and writing. Music is all my life is about or not far from it. So even if translating will always be betraying the original text somehow, I take my translation work VERY seriously. Each translation takes me a lot of time (and I mean A LOT), and I do a lot of thinking about the songs. About the translation work as well as about the actual meaning of the lyrics (yes, I love Tsuyoshi, you have no idea… ^__^). Therefore, I generally have a fairly good idea of why I ended up translating something as I did, but I’m always welcoming any comments or different point of views. I'll be thankful too if you point out any mistake you can find. Translating is also a question of personal choice in some instances, and I’m more than interested to listen to what other people think…

• Don’t repost the translation anywhere, or at least ask before hand and if I say ‘no’, what I actually mean by that is ‘no’. If I find translations reposted anywhere without permission, I’ll make sure they are removed and I’ll put all my translations under friend-lock. And no, I don’t add random people as friends without a good reason to do so…

• The Japanese lyrics of the songs are under friend-lock for copyright reason as are all the download links posted in this LJ. Don’t want any trouble… but it’s easy to find the lyrics on the internet, if you’re looking for them.

• I try to write a detailed explanation to my translations when I can. I don’t always do it, but I will always answer constructive comments about any translation. The detailed explanations and my comment about the song are under friend-lock because they are very personal and mean a lot to me. And they are not to be taken anywhere out of this LJ, even partially… asking won’t change anything.

• Also, I don’t make romaji, don’t even ask…

 

I've just read that Eternal Fansubs plan on subbing 'Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni', once they'll be done with 'Bokura no Yuuki'... It's great to see Tsuyoshi's dramas being subbed one after the other.
I don't need to repeat here how amazing his acting is... in my humble opinion at least... he must be the most 'human' actor I know...  He's incredibly real, just exactly true whatever he does.

I don't know if it's only me, but it seems like there is a KinKi wave among the subbing teams at the moment...
Eternal Fansubs with 'Bokura no Yuuki' and now this one...
Love Song is going to sub Ningen Shikkaku...
Home Drama is being done...

Hum... next on the list should be Wakaba no koro and Ai no Jidai... That would be wonderful.

There are a lot to look forward to this year... let's be happy KinKi fans with more and more love to share! ^ ^

Now, I would just love someone to come up with a plot able to interest Tsuyoshi and to bring him back to acting once more... but I believe he will. That's another mean of expression of his, and I can't see him denying it forever...