Its nice to meet a like-minded soul on the old superhighway. Thanks for dropping me a line.

The two heavy sifters on here I have found to be most consistently awesome are plastiquemonkey and farhad2000 (tellingly, plastique oversees 'art' and farhad 'obscure' in case you hadn't noticed). Plastiquemonkey in particular always seems like she's just one step ahead of me, where I'll just hear about somebody cool and notice she posted 3 videos of them a year ago. Unfortunately, also like me, she disappears for months on end, posting barely anything. Issykitty, Deano, deputydog also post great stuff, along with a number of other people...


In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
I went through your videos. I like your style. That band Supercar has a few things on Amazon but they run upwards of 55 dollars for an album. Are they that obscure?

Hey, not a problem. Thank you for the star. You rose up pretty quick! Nice job.

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Thanks a lot for posting to sift talk! I'll have to figure out a way to repay you someday. Oh, maybe a little * quality will help.

No prob, dude. BTW, I was just joking around. I don't use emoticons often, so I'm sometimes mistaken for being serious. It also doesn't help that I'm known as a convicted killer.

See, that's a joke. <---------------rare emoticon
In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Oops.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Don't thank me, thank arsenault185. He's the one who posted it. All I did was write a tasteless joke at the end. I like to think I'm good for something around here.

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Thanks for the sift talk post. I'll try to repay you someday!

Don't thank me, thank arsenault185. He's the one who posted it. All I did was write a tasteless joke at the end. I like to think I'm good for something around here.

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Thanks for the sift talk post. I'll try to repay you someday!

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 imagine all the old Supercar is import-only, without a U.S. label releasing it. They broke up a few years back, too, and I don't know if much of their stuff has been re-released. I remember a friend had a dvd of their last concert, I think called 'Last' or something. Some of the members are doing solo stuff now, so you can look around for that.

This guy is also a supercar fan, so you might want to ask him whats up with getting their cd's. http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
I went through your videos. I like your style. That band Supercar has a few things on Amazon but they run upwards of 55 dollars for an album. Are they that obscure?

Heh, ...yeah.

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
That's why the Dinosaucers only recruit naive children.

In reply to this comment by grinter:
what is it that makes us think it would be exciting to get caught up in somebody else's war?

Why thank you, friend! Purrs!

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Congrats on YOUR diamond, Issy. Way to go!

No prob. I know this is late but, CONGRATS on your SILVER STAR, siftin' comrade!

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Thanks for the heads up, Issy.

Thanks for helping that vid make it to 200, snowman!
As for the cats and dogs (+others) it says:
"This group is for the dog and cat fancier, but other domesticated animals have found there way in and that is O.K. with us."
good point, though...are these dolphins domesticated? Nah, but whatever.


In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
I am proud to upvote this to 200. Although I don't know what it has to do with cats n' dogs.

Just like any drug, take a few days off to reduce your tolerance and get high for cheap all over again.

...oh and congrats on the silver! Just imagine you're only 75 away from gold 100 and 225 away from diamond. hahaha. Hurts doesn't it?

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
SILVER, in your face! But now I think I have to let sift go for a few days. Just a few, and I will be back. But I need some time "alone" or something.

i totally agree. thanks for posting !

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
I think Bush and Rumpsfeld were a little to sure in their prediction. Just a little. Why should I believe them now? Because I'm scared?

People seem to think that Iran is nothing but a bunch religious zealots living in huts and riding camels. On the contrary, they are a very metropolitan people living in a highly industrialized nation. We could never walk on Iran because they have a sophisticated military with a highly developed air force.

The Iraq blowback was not because of fundamentalism, but that's a convenient excuse for both sides: invader and subjugated. What would you do if you were invaded tomorrow? What would you do if your house and family were destroyed for reasons you didn't understand. Imagine you were 16. You damn sure wouldn't stand there - without any money - and try to rebuild a smoldering heap of rubble so you can live in it alone. But there always going to be someone there to hand you a gun or teach you how to lay road spikes. And it's guaranteed that he or she would remind you that we can once again be "one nation under god."

Iran would never lay itself down. Iraq was already crippled when the U.S. invaded and look what's happened there. When there's a will there's a way. Invading Iran would destroy the U.S.

No, no officers. Each section has the chief, usually a Sgt. That is the guy looking at all the things and swinging his hand down when they fire.

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Hey GunRock, I was thinking about the video you posted of the Marines firing the howitzer. I was wondering if there was an officer with each gun and if there was, what he does. Is he loading it up with the rest of them? Or is he giving coordinates or something? I was just curious because I have a friend doing something similar.

bloody amazing, no doubt. speaking of persistent hunters...

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Yeah, it's pretty nuts, isn't it!

In reply to this comment by kulpims:
best chase ever, i was glued to the screen!

We just like giving a good ribbing. A lot of us don't do "thank you"s very well, as we usually don't do anything worthy of a thank you.

In reply to this comment by Bleedingsnowman:
Don't worry about it, man. I was surprised that a lot of people thought a simple "thank you" deserved retaliation, but I always like a good challenge.

In reply to this comment by rottenseed:
You may be thinking that I totally bit off of you with this post, and to be totally honest with you, I did. But imitation is the most sincere form of flattery right? Hahaha. No but really, your post fascinated me to the point of me watching other levels on youtube for like 2 hours. Thanks