Excerpt from official Versailles site:
A Noble was Born in Chaos
アーティスト名： Versailles
- Aristocrat's Symphony
- SUZERAIN
- zombie
3 songs / 1,575 yen (tax included)
※各公演お一人様一枚のみ購入可能
2008年3月19日 SHIBUYA-AXより発売開始
I hunted around the Web for more news, and according to one site, this single is "exclusively sold at [Versailles'] 3/19 Shibuya AX event."
Does that mean it won't be available in stores???
Also, a new rock omnibus, CROSS GATE 2008 -chaotic sorrow-, will be released on the 26th of March. The only reason millions of fans are salivating over this release is because it happens to contain a new, hitherto unreleased song by Versailles called "SFORZANDO," a beautiful and outstanding example of the symphonic/neo-classical metal genre. (Some zealous fan uploaded the song to YouTube, where it's available for your listening pleasure.)
Music annoys me sometimes, but I don't think Versailles ever will.
Other news: I added a streaming music player to this blog, accessible through the "Currently Playing" link in the horizontal navigation menu above. As of this writing, my playlist features the aristocratic stylings of Versailles — their 2007 mini-album, Lyrical Sympathy.
- Listening to: "SFORZANDO" by Versailles
Musical artists next on my list:
And the pile of Chinese pop lies forgotten on the floor…
There was a snow day today, on account of below-zero temperatures. Yahoo.
Now, anecdotal moment!*
(Standing alone in the kitchen)
Orlando: (holding four kitchen knives behind his back while affecting the air of a subservient butler) Perhaps you would like a cleaver between the eyes along with your breakfast, Señor Lang? (manic gleam enters his eyes as he brings knives in front of him) Or perhaps an open heart surgery without anesthesia???
(Grace walks in)
Grace: … Orlando… what are you doing?
Orlando: (pauses in the act of brandishing his knives) Uhhhh… I was just… thinking.
Grace: "Thinking"??? Please, Orlando, put those away. Calm yourself.
Orlando: Calm? Calm??? Grace, I am calm! Can't you see this aura of calmness surrounding my face? I am EXTREMELY CALM!!
Rough English approximation from memory. Brought to you by Besos Robados, a Peruvian telenovela of a decidedly tawdry caliber. Yet, regrettably, I watch it on a regular basis every Saturday. (That's one of the only benefits of living in America, by the way: free Spanish-language channel!) Trashiness aside, the premise wasn't too bad at first, but the characters and the story of late are beginning a deathward spiral, and Orlando, el chofer, is really the only fun character left on the show. Too bad he's in love with Fernanda, who I personally think is una bruja. And the reason Orlando was fantasizing about killing Samuel Lang (the sleazy and morally questionable abogado) in the above scene was because Samuel had started romancing Fernanda, and Orlando couldn't do anything about it because he's a servant and of a different social class. Not a very good show, anyway. Better than the Mexican ones, though. Y supongo que esté mejorando mi español…
- Listening to: "Silly God Disco" by the GazettE
I'm doomed. I told myself I wouldn't take until 5:00 pm at the library, but now it's past 6:30. I have midterm exams tomorrow, and holy shit! I don't think I'll pass either of my Honors English or PDM tests…
On the bright side, get a load of these guys:
Yeah, you can see I'm trying to spruce up my writing here… generate some more interest in my hopelessly desolate blog… Anyway, just who are those corset-clad beauties? They're the Japanese visual kei band Versailles, and the musical genres listed on their Wikipedia page (symphonic metal, power metal, neo-classical metal) are all unanimously to my liking. I think I'll look into them some more… after I study, that is.
Music reviews… for Play, 愛‧歌姬 (Love · Diva), and Jay Chou on the Run…? Those will be arriving soon, after my exams (or while I stall in my usual vain attempt to delay preparing for my chemistry test)…
Aaaaaaaa-aaaaaaagh, I have so much homework today.
Hey, I released my Orange Jellies theme… did anyone notice?
My good friend Jacky-Lin came back from Taiwan over break, and she helped me purchase some Asian goods (she went, I paid). The loot:
I've listened through all three and am thinking of writing some reviews soon. More to come. Chao.
- Listening to: "Full Moon" by Namie Amuro
The title may have prematurely given it away, but… can you identify the people in the below photograph?
They appear to be a Japanese visual kei group, right? Like Malice Mizer or Dir en grey? Right???
Ummmm… no.
他們都是中國人。
Yes… may I have the honor of presenting to you 銀色灰塵, or Silver Ash, the first-ever Chinese visual kei rock band.
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