Has any of you guys heard of the word Enka, or even listened to it?
Well, most certainly, some of you have, right?
For those who haven't, well, Enka is a Japanese music genre. 17th century gave birth to this genre; and it boomed in the Showa Era—1926-1989—but eventually became evanescent as the world approached the modern age.

Enkas are mostly about love, loneliness, despair, filial love etc. Often times, Enkas are coated with and inundated in poignant, caliginous and bleak tones, harmonies and words that yield a very heavy and weighty feeling—just like Dog Man Star, though in a very different way for Enkas do not sound like Suede's tunes. But one exceptional fact that makes an Enka different from all the other music genres is the voice singing it, and how that voice sings it. It is sang in a very unique way; in a beautiful and eerie tremulous, and subtle and modest yodeling way. (Phew.)

Unfortunately, the music is incapable of easily suiting the mass' palate, let alone, an individual's. It's not as accessible as Black Sabbath, Korn, Metallica, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, The Smiths or Guns 'N' Roses...and the irony is, it adds to its ravish...or maybe it just really sucks. Nothing but fucked up stuffs, no? LOL.

Anyway, one of the few prominent Enka singers is Hibari Misora who was hailed as the Queen of Enka and Queen of Showa. My favorite Enka was also sung by her: Hibari no Satojowa. You lot should give it a try...
...I think.





These are the only ones I can find in YouTube, but they're quite brilliant too. And, Enkas don't necessarily have to have little speeches or discourses; some don't have one.

I wish to find a kindred soul.
Ciao.

Yesterday, I sort of like had a lot of time to do something. So, instead of having a nice long thrap over a pr0n magazine, I just ripped, encoded and converted the DVD of Suede my Dad bought somewhere. It's their Unplugged perfy in Singapore in 2002, like what the title says. If my memory serves me right, this was shown in MTV. I'm not so sure though.

Well, anyway, just enjoy the show.
Richard looks a bit like Sir Paul here, lol. (Even my Dad says so, lol)
Forgive me, I just can't help it.


Anyway, here's the track listing:
1. Positivity
2. The Wild Ones
3. Untitled
4. When the Rain Falls
5. Oceans
6. Trash
7. Lazy
8. The Power
9. She's in Fashion

...and, here's a bunch of screenies.



Like before, yeah, just click on the image to get redirected to the DDL page.

...and, here are the audio files of the videos I posted some time ago.

[LIVE] Suede - Trash (White Room)
[LIVE-STUDIO] Suede - She's in Fashion (Asylum Studios)

If any of the links I provided aren't working, then please give me a nudge. It'll be very much appreciated.

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If this, in anyway, is not clear, then please e-mail me or leave a comment.

So, here are 2 of Suede's many performances in various places. Brett may not look that hawt but he's so darn sekseiii...

...and Richard too!

Even though he got pudgy and all, he still looks HAWT. A pretty face will always be a pretty face~ I'm arse about face in love with this lovely bloke, lol.

Okay, enough with the fangirling. Just click on the image to download.


You must definitely check out their perfy in Asylum Studio. It's just bleedin' fantastic

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If this, in anyway, is not clear, then please e-mail me or leave a comment.

So, yeah, people of the world, I'm back. There won't be any difference in your life whether I'm here or not, but...who cares, yeah? lol.

So, yeah...I'll be posting various stuffs again from now 'till God knows when. Of course, that includes Suede stuffs! I've 2 or 3 more DVDs to rip and upload...and for those who want a physical/hard copy, just email me your address, or leave a comment here. Do the same thing if any of the links I provided is dead. Okay?

Anyway, why was I gone, huh? Well, my PC crashed, but luckily, I was able to salvage a bunch of important files, i.e., Suede stuffs, mangas, animes, movies, programs for tweaking whatever, etc.

...well, actually, my PCs been fixed some weeks ago but I got into this game called RF Online. It's really cool. Y'chaps should try it some time. It's addictive.

Ah! And aside from that, I've read this gh3y comic, also known as BoysLove/Shounen-Ai manga, called Otowa Keikenchi. Gh3y stuffs aren't really my thing but the story of this comic is really cutesy. The characters are all adorable! One of 'em is scary and adorable and cute all at the same time, it's kyah-able. He's actually my favorite tho he's turned gh3y; name's Shinkaii Seiji.

So long then. 'Till my next post!

When I was 4 or 5 years old, I realized that I really love drawing stuffs, though unlike any other kids, I didn't really like using crayons may it be for drawing or, obviously, coloring. As time passed by, I finally realized my potential and started drawing a lot—most of the time, women. I get praised by my classmates a lot but my satisfaction was insatiable—it was just terribly insatiable. After that, I started watching various Japanese cartoons and sort of like, not really copy them, but more like, made the characters my personal paradigms. I drew those characters without looking at them, and then I finally came up with my own style. I never really got fond of the so called chibi types or ultra-wide-eyed characters. I prefer a style with more seriousness and a tad bit touch of chibiness, so, in the end, it's still awfully abbreviated, but not that abbreviated. How should I put it... Hmn... Whatever, lol.

Anyway, when I entered college, I didn't draw as much as I did when I was in high school or elementary. I was thinking that my skill leveled down and I'm not as good anymore. I was like, "Dame ka?"

This fired me up.

So, weeks ago, I tried drawing something again...and it turned out fine. Not that WOW but still...kind of descent for an amateur. Then, yesterday, while I was in the mall, I went to a supply store and bought a sketch pad and a pencil, lol...and I came up with something I really like.

From weeks ago:



From yesterday:



You guys might've not noticed but that is a mermaid...yeah, the last one, lol.