winterkoninkje | 大好きぜよ

Just a small collections of things... Today I went to Geek Fair, had a decent time, got to walk around and talk with Z-san afterwards and found an old fountain I'd mislaid.

A few days back I had a most excellent beer. Now I'm not much of one for beer in general, though I can certainly respect a good one. There's this beer down at the grocery store I'd thought looked interesting for a while, but the price always seemed a bit too high for me. Last time I went shopping it was on sale, not much of a sale — one dollar off is all — but enough to bring it within cost for trying, and so I got the four pack. I had one not so long ago and oh man it was tasty, a good thick dark beer. A bit pricey for something to drink regularly but Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout is well worth the cost when you just want to sit down with a top of the line drink and enjoy life.

Work has been interesting. I'll be starting up some rambling about LDAP over on my f/oss blog this week to document my travails. That is afterall what the f/oss blog is for, much as it is frequently defunct.

Courtesy of nekketsu I've fallen madly for YUKI, a former member of JAM. Her videos are utterly bizarre. And gorgeous. And her voice is so unique and lovely. I'll have to see if I can't get my hands on some cds by her. Some choice PVs are: JOY (Live), メランコリニスタ, End of Shite (some surreality may not be work safe), ふがいないや, ドラマチック, ヘローグッバイ, 長い夢, スタンドアップ！シスター, 喜びの種, Home Sweet Home. ::sigh::

In searching around for Yuki I also discovered Lolita23q (少女ーロリヰター２３区). Ah sweet sweet visual kei. This too I must come to possess. Siren Blue, 888 ~Kohaku tou no Shoujo~, Usagi ni Geru Hanazono, Ishoku Othello. (Hey Pretty. Fan tribute, different band does the song.)

And if you're still not convinced yet this is part of why I love Japanese. And this. And this. And this. And this.

In other news theweaselking wins at the internet. That had me cackling for an hour at least. And if that's not enough this only makes it better. ::chortle::

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That's a common observation. Some folks apparently take that as an inditement on her character if you look to the comments on the PVs, which is the only reason I didn't bring it up :)

I don't know much about Björk's character, as far as that goes, but I do not entirely appreciate her musical/video style, for the most part.

It's not so much issues with Björk's character so far as I can tell, it's more just that they think it means Yuki isn't being original and different and provocative. Personally I don't think that comparing them means either of them is lesser.

My opinions on Björk's music vary considerably with different songs and different albums. Some I quite enjoy, some I'm ambivalent about, and some I don't like. I've only seen a small handful of her videos though. From what I've seen and heard so far by Yuki, she's more consistently to my taste.

I'm not as into the Surrealism, as a general rule, particularly when I don't see the significance of the symbolism of it.

Music videos I appreciate include (this is a small sampling) "Red Alert" (Basement Jaxx), though I don't appreciate the song as much; "I Don't Wanna Stop" (ATB), largely because of the song; and, of course, "World on Fire" (Sarah McLachlan).

Hmm. I rather enjoy surreality in most contexts actually. (Although my tolerance for absurdism is fairly low.)

I don't typically watch many music videos. They weren't available growing up and so I never caught the habit of them, though I do enjoy them when well done. The above are the great majority of videos I've seen over the last half decade or so.

I generally don't watch much either, but at some point I got hooked on XRM and watched it from time to time (it's on NTV—nullsoft streaming video). So most of the mvids I've watched are Electronica.

World on fire you can watch at www.worldonfire.ca

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