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Current Fandoms: Mirage of Blaze, like it is not glaringly obvious. Bleach. Trinity Blood. Viewfinder probably counts, in the sense that I end up discussing it with people a lot. Uhh... other anime series I'm currently watching are Initial D and Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex.
First Fandom: How on earth do you define that? x_x I mean, I read some fic for LotR post-movie, but I've been a fan of the books since I was nine, so does that count? First fanart fandom was David Eddings (I did a number of scenes from the Malloreon in comic format. I wasn't even a manga or a regular comic reader at that point, I just liked to draw. Still do). First fandom in which I interacted with other fans was X-Files - offline, of course, all my friends from HS were rabid and bought episode guides and discussed the mythology and marathoned episodes. First semi-participating online fandom was rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet!). First fic-reading/writing fandom was Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles back when people in said fandom called it "spec fic" and not "fan fic", and the Ricester actually encouraged the ficcers instead of shutting them down. First anime fandom was Slam Dunk.
Most Recent Fandoms: How is this different from "current" fandoms? It's not like I ever leave a fandom. ^^;
Five Fandoms That Mean A Lot To Me:
1) X-Files. I bet the vast majority of y'all don't remember that the word "shipper" was made up by Mulder/Scullyists. After XF jumped the shark I basically stopped watching TV, because no other show lived up to it.
2) Slam Dunk. When I got back from Shanghai I had the shakes so bad I borrowed 200$ off my best friend so I could order the manga and find out what happened. At the point I'd never had more than 20$ cash in my pocket at once; an equivalent level of craziness for me now would be blowing $2000 on drugs and whores.
3) Vagrant Story. After 1) and 2) I could list a lot of fandoms in parallel, but this one is both admittedly minor and rather distinct from the others. I think what I want is for Squeenix to hire me to write the novelisation of the game, plus prequel and sequel.
4) GetBackers. See my Aesthe review, my fic, my... The series is love.
5) Mirage of Blaze. It really doesn't get any Spwecial-er, does it. ...I'm looking at the lj entry I made when I watched the first episode of the anime (18/02/02), which was as soon as it came out and was fansubbed - I am almost certain I downloaded the entire 100+ MB file over my glacial home dial-up connection frommithas's then-blog. (Thanks, mithas! I didn't realise you were the same person until five minutes ago! XD;;;) The odd thing is - I mean you've all watched it - nothing actually happens in the first episode. It just felt like taking in all of Zetsuai at a gulp. I watched it three times and spent the rest of the week compulsively listening to 80s pop, which only goes to show.
Don't wanna tag, because this one is long, and thus a bit of a heavy parcel to randomly drop into other people's laps. Unlike the following one, which is at least snappy:
List five songs that you are currently digging ... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words or even if they're any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your five songs. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to.
Why is it that some people have five songs in the meme but some have six? x_x And isn't this, like, what I do every week anyway? Well, here're this week's FWIW:
1) Goldfrapp - UK Girls (Physical): if this were classical music it would be called "Variations on a Theme by Olivia Newton-John".
2) La Casa Azul - En noches como la de hoy: frommoderntime's Modapop compilation, which now that I've had a chance to listen to it I am seriously ♥-ing. Shooby-dooby whoo-oh in Spanish!
3) Röyksopp - Circuit Breaker: am liking this album more and more. It was a mistake to think of it as a coherent album in a single style to be listened to from end to end, like Melody.AM; it's more like one Ibiza dancepop track, one Tears For Fears song, one Kosheen song, one Annie ballad, one Erlend Øye side project collab... This one v. v. sexy, and probably fun to breakdance to.
4) Susheela Raman - Nagumomo: my favorite track off both albums, I think. There's a duet version of this with Cheb Mami I'm really curious to hear.
5) Niyaz - Nahan: Six Degree Records again, for all you Bebel fans - this album is hott.
6) Ethan - In My Heart (Radio Edit): according to Audioscrobbler (everything else I've posted). Fromsurlykitty. I... I need a full version. *weeps*
sesame_seed: Current Fandoms: Mirage of Blaze, like it is not glaringly obvious. Bleach. Trinity Blood. Viewfinder probably counts, in the sense that I end up discussing it with people a lot. Uhh... other anime series I'm currently watching are Initial D and Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex.
First Fandom: How on earth do you define that? x_x I mean, I read some fic for LotR post-movie, but I've been a fan of the books since I was nine, so does that count? First fanart fandom was David Eddings (I did a number of scenes from the Malloreon in comic format. I wasn't even a manga or a regular comic reader at that point, I just liked to draw. Still do). First fandom in which I interacted with other fans was X-Files - offline, of course, all my friends from HS were rabid and bought episode guides and discussed the mythology and marathoned episodes. First semi-participating online fandom was rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet!). First fic-reading/writing fandom was Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles back when people in said fandom called it "spec fic" and not "fan fic", and the Ricester actually encouraged the ficcers instead of shutting them down. First anime fandom was Slam Dunk.
Most Recent Fandoms: How is this different from "current" fandoms? It's not like I ever leave a fandom. ^^;
Five Fandoms That Mean A Lot To Me:
1) X-Files. I bet the vast majority of y'all don't remember that the word "shipper" was made up by Mulder/Scullyists. After XF jumped the shark I basically stopped watching TV, because no other show lived up to it.
2) Slam Dunk. When I got back from Shanghai I had the shakes so bad I borrowed 200$ off my best friend so I could order the manga and find out what happened. At the point I'd never had more than 20$ cash in my pocket at once; an equivalent level of craziness for me now would be blowing $2000 on drugs and whores.
3) Vagrant Story. After 1) and 2) I could list a lot of fandoms in parallel, but this one is both admittedly minor and rather distinct from the others. I think what I want is for Squeenix to hire me to write the novelisation of the game, plus prequel and sequel.
4) GetBackers. See my Aesthe review, my fic, my... The series is love.
5) Mirage of Blaze. It really doesn't get any Spwecial-er, does it. ...I'm looking at the lj entry I made when I watched the first episode of the anime (18/02/02), which was as soon as it came out and was fansubbed - I am almost certain I downloaded the entire 100+ MB file over my glacial home dial-up connection from
mithas's then-blog. (Thanks, mithas! I didn't realise you were the same person until five minutes ago! XD;;;) The odd thing is - I mean you've all watched it - nothing actually happens in the first episode. It just felt like taking in all of Zetsuai at a gulp. I watched it three times and spent the rest of the week compulsively listening to 80s pop, which only goes to show.Don't wanna tag, because this one is long, and thus a bit of a heavy parcel to randomly drop into other people's laps. Unlike the following one, which is at least snappy:
List five songs that you are currently digging ... it doesn't matter what genre they are from, whether they have words or even if they're any good but they must be songs you're really enjoying right now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your five songs. Then tag five other people to see what they're listening to.
Why is it that some people have five songs in the meme but some have six? x_x And isn't this, like, what I do every week anyway? Well, here're this week's FWIW:
1) Goldfrapp - UK Girls (Physical): if this were classical music it would be called "Variations on a Theme by Olivia Newton-John".
2) La Casa Azul - En noches como la de hoy: from
moderntime's Modapop compilation, which now that I've had a chance to listen to it I am seriously ♥-ing. Shooby-dooby whoo-oh in Spanish!3) Röyksopp - Circuit Breaker: am liking this album more and more. It was a mistake to think of it as a coherent album in a single style to be listened to from end to end, like Melody.AM; it's more like one Ibiza dancepop track, one Tears For Fears song, one Kosheen song, one Annie ballad, one Erlend Øye side project collab... This one v. v. sexy, and probably fun to breakdance to.
4) Susheela Raman - Nagumomo: my favorite track off both albums, I think. There's a duet version of this with Cheb Mami I'm really curious to hear.
5) Niyaz - Nahan: Six Degree Records again, for all you Bebel fans - this album is hott.
6) Ethan - In My Heart (Radio Edit): according to Audioscrobbler (everything else I've posted). From
surlykitty. I... I need a full version. *weeps*
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Date: 2005-06-07 06:46 pm (UTC)I am sorely tempted to *give* you $2000, if you promise to spend it on nothing but drugs and whores (...and videotape everything...)
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Date: 2005-06-07 09:50 pm (UTC)Am incredibly amused that apparently, no matter how classily Physical is covered, its cheesetasticness will still shine through like a lighthouse beacon. Bwa! (Nonetheless, <333 for the track.)
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Date: 2005-06-07 10:01 pm (UTC)Age is nothing to be ashamed of!And yeah, same here - you couldn't actually use it to refer to anything other than Mulder/Scully."Physical" is the epitome of cheese. (The first time I heard the song was at a Just For Laughs outdoor show where this comedy troupe covered a bunch of 80s songs under the guise of a send-up of old aerobics videos - costumed in fluo pink leotards and turquoise legwarmers and headbands and everything. It was awesome.)
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Date: 2005-06-07 10:15 pm (UTC)Speaking of old -- the first time I heard Physical was long enough ago that a) it was while it was current b) I really liked it in an entirely unironic fashion. Of course, I was also in grade school at the time, which I think explains everything. *snicker*
And considering the original video treatment (ETCHED ETERNALLY INTO MY MIND, man), I'd say the leotards-and-legwarmers approach is about as appropriate as it comes. XD
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Date: 2005-06-07 11:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-08 12:21 am (UTC)But, but no Niyaz track? I suppose one is meant to go to the 6 Degrees site to test listen. ^^;
Is hard to pick a Susheela Raman favorite, I like too many of them. Maybe "Salt Rain." At first listen I was like eww, why is there English, but then one night I had a revelatory listening experience and got over that. The refrains starting at about 3:30 really get to me.
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Date: 2005-06-08 12:27 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-06-09 08:45 pm (UTC)Also, yeah, I'm also aware "shipper" came from the XF fandom (also, MSR and UST as other popular catchphrases). Gah, I'll just go and look for my elders' home membership card now. >