The Format totally rocks. My favorite song off that album has to be "I'm ready, I am," but "Tie the Rope" comes in a close second. Thanks for posting it and introducing me to them.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
You totally rock dude!

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
*promote because the Format is GREAT.

http://www.videosift.com/video/Tim-and-Eric-Awesome-Show-Ive-Got-Bees

This is that vid I was telling you about before the break, I forgot to look it up.

Yo, I want to thank you for posting this: http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Format-Tie-the-Rope

As a result of that video, I hunted down both of their albums, and absolutely love these guys. I'm promoting that SOB first thing when I get my 100th star.

Gutterflower was good, but that's it, and it wasn't on the same level as Dizzy Up the Girl.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
One of my faves. Too bad every other GGD album other then Dizy up the Girl sucks.

Yeah...

"U EXPERTS DONT KNO WUT UR TALKING ABOUT!11!1!1/1!AKL23R2!"



In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I can see the debate already.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
http://www.videosift.com/video/911-WTC-7-Conspiracy-Theory-Debunked

This is a great sift.

http://www.videosift.com/video/911-WTC-7-Conspiracy-Theory-Debunked

This is a great sift.

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Bamdrew told me that you were into Supercar. I saw a video he had posted and got interested. It seems they have very little for sale on amazon and what is for sale is around $40-50 per album. What's going on with them?

www.hmv.co.jp
www.cdjapan.co.jp
www.yesasia.com

Amazon is the WORST place to get Japanese music (Amazon Japan is decent though). Use these sites, you'll find their albums for much better prices (and Yesasia gives you free shipping on orders over 25 bucks - a REALLY good deal; this is offset by their smaller selection and slightly higher CD prices). I use a combination of these when buying Japanese music.

As for Supercar themselves, they broke up in February 2005. The current projects are as follows:

Kouji Nakamura (vocals, guitar) is currently doing a solo project called iLL (http://www.illtheworld.jp/). It's electronic music, though in his latest single that came out last spring he did some singing (which really got me excited for what he's going to do next; I love his voice).

Miki Furukawa (bass, vocals) also went solo, under her own name　(Furukawa Miki/フルカワ ミキ). It's pretty interesting, a nice blend of pop, pop-rock, and electronic music. Nakamura plays guitar for her at live shows. (http://www.furukawamiki.jp/)

Junji Ishiwatari (guitar), who actually wrote all of their amazing lyrics, is currently not in any bands. He is, however, writing lyrics from time to time for various musicians, and does sound production for the bands Chatmonchy (http://www.chatmonchy.com/), a three-piece girl rock band with a great catchy sound, and 9mm Parabellum Bullet (http://9mm.moo.jp/), a high energy indie rock band.

Koudai Tazawa (drums) is currently doing some rather boring electronic music as aM (アム). I had a link to his MySpace at one point, but they weren't really worth checking out anyway, sadly.

Ummm...monster post. Sorry about that lol. I'm just a huge fan, so I've been following them since the breakup to see what they've been doing (Been a fan since I first heard them in early 2004). Of the solo projects, Miki's is the best, but iLL's latest release has me excited for what he'll do next.

Concerning Supercar itself, I have everything on my computer (as well as owning a decent portion of their releases), so if you want recommendations/a hookup, I can upload whatever for you. They're my second favorite Japanese band. If you're looking to buying things, the older singles are getting harder and harder to find, so I'd recommend starting there if anywhere.

I don't really care one way or the other on Mars Volta, but I would object to ANY band's music being dubbed over a video of Led Zeppelin.

In reply to this comment by bamdrew:
we obviously need to fight... immediately... in a parking lot... preferably a dairy queen parking lot

a friend of mine told me mars volta's singer had his hair all crazy like robert plant, and up until then I hadn't even thought about how their voices aren't terribly dissimilar.


In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Why the fuck would anybody dub over Zep with inferior music?

I've been trying to avoid songs used as anime themes to try and expose more of a variety of the music that Japanese bands do, but part of it is that sometimes you just let the obvious ones slip right by without even thinking about them.

In reply to this comment by gorgonheap:
I was watching Fullmetal Alchemist the other day my first thought was "I bet JAPR already sifted this." I was shocked when I saw you didn't. Glad you liked it, it's my favorite song of theirs.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Awesome move sifting Rewrite, I love that song (and AKG in general).

Awesome move sifting Rewrite, I love that song (and AKG in general).

Yeah. A lot of it just depends who's one when it's near the front of the list, I think.

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
glad you enjoyed it! it's so weird how some things i really like never leave the queue, and others hop right on up.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
Hahaha, I'm going to put that in my profile.

Also, this is one of the best things I've seen in...well, ever. Hilarious!

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
I thought it might be "just another political rant." but if i type it into google i get "journal of applied poultry research," which is way more badass. i highly encourage you tell people that's what it means.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
'fraid it's just some initials. What was it you thought it was?

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
you know, given your username, i'm disappointed in your lack of political rants.

... or is that not what it stands for?

Hahaha, I'm going to put that in my profile.

Also, this is one of the best things I've seen in...well, ever. Hilarious!

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
I thought it might be "just another political rant." but if i type it into google i get "journal of applied poultry research," which is way more badass. i highly encourage you tell people that's what it means.

In reply to this comment by JAPR:
'fraid it's just some initials. What was it you thought it was?

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
you know, given your username, i'm disappointed in your lack of political rants.

... or is that not what it stands for?

'fraid it's just some initials. What was it you thought it was?

In reply to this comment by E_Nygma:
you know, given your username, i'm disappointed in your lack of political rants.

... or is that not what it stands for?

You seem to have a taste for guitar artistry, according to that awesome new playlist you started. You ever check out Dinosaur Jr, by any chance? Mascis is a brilliant guitarist.

sorry about the discard, but it was a dupe.