Music in my veins

Cold winter, good time to listen to some jrock songs. I have not listened to too many new songs recently. This is another oldies, considering we are in 2018. It is called "manten no hoshi wo sagasou tomo sora wa minai"... yea a little long, but it basically means Looking for the stars all over the sky but couldn't see the sky". Deep... I like it. It's a crisp song. Whatever that means hehe.

Motto by judy and mary This song title is playful, just as the tune is, playing on the double meaning of "motto" as in English and "motto" in Japanese, meaning "more". I like it that it is overall an upbeat and positive song, but it's not just that. Because a totally positive song could sound cheesy sometimes. In this song, it did say, "I was always sad". I think admitting the darker/emo side of oneself is the first step to feeling better and more positive. Anyway, it did just cheered me up and taking me away from my occasional sadness. Way to go! MOTTO by Judy and Mary

Recently I have had a few incidents where people say I look young. I mean, there is definitely the saying that when you look at your mother (or father if you are a guy), that's how you will look 30 years later. And I do have to say my mother does look younger compared to other mothers of her age. So maybe that is some proof that I look younger than I am. For one, I still got checked and denied entry when I didn't bring my id to a pub.... I am well over 21!!! Another time, I was traveling with a group in which there are many new faces. Not always, but occasionally some are curious about the mystery of age and do boldly ask newly met people how old they are. I guess I look friendly enough that they asked me. So I said my age, and they are like, really?? you really don't look that old. Some even asked me if I was in college... oh college, such sweet memories but so long ago. I should feel happy? I am kind of happy but at the same time I wouldn't want to limit my...

Since I have not been following the jpop/rock scene recently, I have decided to check the charts a little. I don't know what to make, but about half of the jpop chart was songs of kawaii girl groups singing in symphony pop and cheesy songs... I had to wonder how did those songs get up there in the rankings? who were the audiences? Possibly from fans who are girls of the same age? Or older men who might get some solace from listening to pretty young girls sing songs about puppy love? Sounds like a pretty good research topic for sociology studies hehe. Anyway I like songs like this better - this is called "Even Heaven" by Aimer

As I live in US, yesterday was a chaotic day for this country. Friends in my facebook were overwhelmed and were suffering from tremendous stress and other negative emotions. All because of the election turnout, that someone unexpected had won. I was feeling sick too. While waiting for the final results, I was trying to do everything "good", cleaning my room paying my bills saying sorry to those I have insulted or hurt. Because it must be that I did too many bad things in life, that's why my prayers were not heard. That someone that belittles women so much can still win the election. It is simply shameful. Anyway, more important than my ranting is that maybe we have gone too far, and forgot the word "humble". Maybe it was because that we insulted, shouted hate words, laugh maliciously, think ourselves better than anybody else, that resulted in the victory of the person that we looked down upon so much. Not anyone else, but us ourselves, brought forth this resu...

One of my favorite band is - Specialthanks A good and positive band name + a cute female vocalist with a cute voice + positive and rocking music. How better can it get? Recently I am really into this song - "Dou naru no?" In English that means "whats gonna happen next?" Somethin' like that. The way she sings it, it's like hmmm I wonder what's up next? What'll happen next? This is a question that we often ask in our everyday life. Isn't it so that the unexpectedness of real life makes it even more worthwhile to live? Specialthanks - Dounaruno

Have you been a fan of the jrock band "uplift spice" like me?? I sooo liked their songs, even though they didn't issue many albums. So one year or so ago, I went to their show one time, and then later found out they have disbanded! I was really sad, but happy that I went to see them once and heard my fav song "kanojo" (which I wrote a post before in this blog). Anyway, the latest news is that they have reformed a new band called MUSMUS!! I don't know if other members have changed, but the vocalist stays the same! yay!(sorry other guys) So then I immediately booked tickets for their new shows in Japan and saw them in Feb of this year. My favorite vocalist is still the same! So happy to hear them again. They performed mostly their old songs as Uplift Spice, I think for the sake of old fans like me. I really enjoyed their show. very contented now :) Here is their new music video called "binary" as THE MUSMUS. So good. As always.