Comments for appears http://appears.wordpress.com sounds like music, reads like words Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:13:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Slumdog Millionaire is actually a very poor example by Anna http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/slumdog-millionaire-is-actually-a-very-poor-example/#comment-414 Anna Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:13:58 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=590#comment-414 Yeah I confess I'm still new to the world of filmi and haven't yet listened to the "originals." I actually do listen to a lot of music from around the world - one quick glance at the other posts here will show that, but that also means I always have so much to still get to. All in due time. <strong>Edit</strong>: As a matter of fact, <a href="http://arrcopycat.blogspot.com/2009/02/arrahmans-plugarisms.html" rel="nofollow">A.R. Rahman plagiarises quite a bit himself</a>. Yeah I confess I’m still new to the world of filmi and haven’t yet listened to the “originals.” I actually do listen to a lot of music from around the world – one quick glance at the other posts here will show that, but that also means I always have so much to still get to. All in due time.

Edit: As a matter of fact, A.R. Rahman plagiarises quite a bit himself.

]]> Comment on Slumdog Millionaire is actually a very poor example by lisa http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/slumdog-millionaire-is-actually-a-very-poor-example/#comment-413 lisa Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:11 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=590#comment-413 I'll have to see some of these! :) I’ll have to see some of these! :)

]]> Comment on Slumdog Millionaire is actually a very poor example by Sudhir http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/slumdog-millionaire-is-actually-a-very-poor-example/#comment-412 Sudhir Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:35:07 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=590#comment-412 You should listen to world music tracks, you would have known the facts about the other fellow muscians score copied or ripped from there. I bet Rahman stands apart from there. SEL copied Buno's in the name of the father Dil chata hai and Vishal copied from the corrs, indonesian band's. grow up, don't be in smaller circle. You should listen to world music tracks, you would have known the facts about the other fellow muscians score copied or ripped from there. I bet Rahman stands apart from there. SEL copied Buno’s in the name of the father Dil chata hai and Vishal copied from the corrs, indonesian band’s. grow up, don’t be in smaller circle.

]]> Comment on Lights’s “The Listening” by Anna http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/lightss-the-listening/#comment-411 Anna Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:33:44 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-411 Unfortunately I couldn't make it when she came a few weeks ago. The show sounded like it was really great though - my friend (who posts as noonan - see above) does a weekly radio show and had the opportunity to meet and interview her backstage. I was so jealous! Unfortunately I couldn’t make it when she came a few weeks ago. The show sounded like it was really great though – my friend (who posts as noonan – see above) does a weekly radio show and had the opportunity to meet and interview her backstage. I was so jealous!

]]> Comment on Lights’s “The Listening” by Noah Furlani http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/lightss-the-listening/#comment-410 Noah Furlani Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:48:06 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-410 I went to her concert last night. Two words: absolutely amazing. I missed Lady GaGa on her debut on Friday, but I'm sure it was spectacular and glittery and catchy and amazing, but the fact that she was performing in a moderate-size room with our little group of fans (around 200, no more), and her cuteness (you say that she wants to be a child–she still is, if teenager counts XD) was so nice. Unfortunately, they made the beats MUCH louder so on certain songs (those less apt at being dance-ish songs like "Quiet" or "February Air") the actual music was somewhat drowned out. But her voice was wonderful. For the encore, she did a cover of Phil Collins' "In The Air"--EPIC. Her adaptation made all of us go wild. And then we all sung along to an acoustic of "February Air" and "Drive My Soul". Everything was simply great. All to say that: if she is coming anywhere near you, YOU MUST GO. :) I went to her concert last night. Two words: absolutely amazing. I missed Lady GaGa on her debut on Friday, but I’m sure it was spectacular and glittery and catchy and amazing, but the fact that she was performing in a moderate-size room with our little group of fans (around 200, no more), and her cuteness (you say that she wants to be a child–she still is, if teenager counts XD) was so nice. Unfortunately, they made the beats MUCH louder so on certain songs (those less apt at being dance-ish songs like “Quiet” or “February Air”) the actual music was somewhat drowned out. But her voice was wonderful. For the encore, she did a cover of Phil Collins’ “In The Air”–EPIC. Her adaptation made all of us go wild. And then we all sung along to an acoustic of “February Air” and “Drive My Soul”. Everything was simply great.
All to say that: if she is coming anywhere near you, YOU MUST GO. :)

]]> Comment on The decade in East Asian pop: a few preliminary, scattered notes by Dolorous Haze - Blog Archive » appears Looks At The Decade In East Asian Pop http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/the-decade-in-east-asian-pop-a-few-preliminary-scattered-notes/#comment-408 Dolorous Haze - Blog Archive » appears Looks At The Decade In East Asian Pop Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:04:21 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=582#comment-408 [...] The decade in East Asian pop: a few preliminary, scattered notes « appears. [...] [...] The decade in East Asian pop: a few preliminary, scattered notes « appears. [...]

]]> Comment on All you need is Ai: “Is” PV by An Ambivalent Love http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/all-you-need-is-ai-is-pv/#comment-406 An Ambivalent Love Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:07:53 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=539#comment-406 [...] But back to where I was originally supposed to be going. What I find particularly remarkable about THYME’s Ai Suru Hito is that it is not only able to jerk a tear every time I listen to it, but that it has also come to define love for me. It is the love song to end all love songs; it is love. It sits there and envelops me with its warm melody and then suddenly I feel like I’m in love. It feels like I’m falling in love, having a first crush again, spending a night with my lover, breaking up, all at the same time. Everything that love can conjure up is suddenly in front of me. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a love song. Forget Florence + The Machine’s interpretation on Cosmic Love (as wonderful and awe-inspiring as it may be), Ai Suru Hito is a musical journey through every single possible feeling a loved one can conjure, from any stance. It is the magnum opus of love, it is the big bang of love before it exploded and scattered into the myriad little parts of which Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai is simply one. Either way, I think saying love is simple or love is complicated is fallacious because love simply is. Which I think Ai Otsuka pointed out brilliantly, and anna translated even better. [...] [...] But back to where I was originally supposed to be going. What I find particularly remarkable about THYME’s Ai Suru Hito is that it is not only able to jerk a tear every time I listen to it, but that it has also come to define love for me. It is the love song to end all love songs; it is love. It sits there and envelops me with its warm melody and then suddenly I feel like I’m in love. It feels like I’m falling in love, having a first crush again, spending a night with my lover, breaking up, all at the same time. Everything that love can conjure up is suddenly in front of me. That, ladies and gentlemen, is a love song. Forget Florence + The Machine’s interpretation on Cosmic Love (as wonderful and awe-inspiring as it may be), Ai Suru Hito is a musical journey through every single possible feeling a loved one can conjure, from any stance. It is the magnum opus of love, it is the big bang of love before it exploded and scattered into the myriad little parts of which Aoi Tsuki to Ambivalence na Ai is simply one. Either way, I think saying love is simple or love is complicated is fallacious because love simply is. Which I think Ai Otsuka pointed out brilliantly, and anna translated even better. [...]

]]> Comment on Japan Today not very well-endowed; to die old, alone by The Japanese Closet at stylejapan http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/japan-today-not-very-well-endowed-to-die-old-alone/#comment-405 The Japanese Closet at stylejapan Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:05:36 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=569#comment-405 [...] that at least one of the women can easily be mistaken as a man, as she even wears male attire. Of course, women being all hot and sexy and delicious with big boobs, beautiful bodies, and displayi... Japan is not void of the sins of Western society, it was merely forced to put away its violent [...] [...] that at least one of the women can easily be mistaken as a man, as she even wears male attire. Of course, women being all hot and sexy and delicious with big boobs, beautiful bodies, and displayi… Japan is not void of the sins of Western society, it was merely forced to put away its violent [...]

]]> Comment on Japan Today not very well-endowed; to die old, alone by noonan http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/japan-today-not-very-well-endowed-to-die-old-alone/#comment-404 noonan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:57:36 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=569#comment-404 Totally agree with this, but, from what I know about the last 30 years or so of Japanese culture, this shouldn't come as a huge shock. It wasn't too long ago (maybe 25, 30 years) when women in Japan weren't supposed to leave an elevator or train before men. Despite improvments on many fronts, there are still some pretty strong sexist undertones in Japanese culture. 2 years ago, when I was in Tokyo I held the door for a girl I was on a date with, and she was dumbfounded when I expected her to pass through the door first. There were several instances like this through the course of our short relationship, where I got the vibe that she was expecting me to treat her like crap, and wasn't sure how to act when I didn't. Personal anecdotes aside, no matter what progress away from sexism a society makes, it could take forever for the popular media to reflect that progress. Just look at the American, British or any other Western press. They may be better than Japantoday but they are not what most would call "enlightened." Totally agree with this, but, from what I know about the last 30 years or so of Japanese culture, this shouldn’t come as a huge shock. It wasn’t too long ago (maybe 25, 30 years) when women in Japan weren’t supposed to leave an elevator or train before men. Despite improvments on many fronts, there are still some pretty strong sexist undertones in Japanese culture. 2 years ago, when I was in Tokyo I held the door for a girl I was on a date with, and she was dumbfounded when I expected her to pass through the door first. There were several instances like this through the course of our short relationship, where I got the vibe that she was expecting me to treat her like crap, and wasn’t sure how to act when I didn’t. Personal anecdotes aside, no matter what progress away from sexism a society makes, it could take forever for the popular media to reflect that progress. Just look at the American, British or any other Western press. They may be better than Japantoday but they are not what most would call “enlightened.”

]]> Comment on Japan Today not very well-endowed; to die old, alone by noonan http://appears.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/japan-today-not-very-well-endowed-to-die-old-alone/#comment-403 noonan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:46:37 +0000 http://appears.wordpress.com/?p=569#comment-403 Amen! Amen!

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