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やっぱりスウィングが大好きだべ！ It's been a long time since I've clapped at the end of a movie.  This makes me wish I had picked up an instrument when I was a kid.  All the kids in band got to go on awesome trips.  Speaking band, here's the brass band from my school.  Bonus points for anyone who recognizes the music.  I can't remember if I posted this or not. :/

If you are looking for a feel good movie with excellent music and a fantastic cast, watch Swing Girls.  The Japanese DVD comes with subtitles so I might try and find a used copy at Book Off.  It's well worth owning. :)  Lydia told me it was awesome and I wonder if that's because Ueno Juri plays the lead.  I love Hiraoka Yuta and Kanjiya Shihori.  Motokariya Yuika is in it too (she was one of the guest's from Shukudai-kun this past week).  I love watching movies and learning that I know (or recognize) more of the cast than I thought. 

Now I can go return my DVDs and pick up the things I forgot to get at the drug store yesterday: vasaline and eye drops.  I also should go to the post office and send off packages to Alison and Lydia.  I founds something random at the store, Rika, I think you'll love it.  XD



I checked the CD shop in Takashimaya yesterday for AAA but they were out too (unless you have to ask for it?  They're hoarding them behind the counter?) and saw the Inoue Joe is releasing his debut album today!  Titled "Me! Me! Me!".  I'm seriously thinking about buying it because I want to support awesome musicians my age.  AND!  I just checked his blog and he said he's having a concert in July!  I seriously want to get tickets.  They're giving away a bunch but the sign up site isn't working just yet.  I wonder where they'll be selling tickets through.   And when.

Comments

[oviparous.livejournal.com]

i'll comment on this entry because it has (ahem) the picture of my favourite girl ever in the entire history of lydiakind.

i want to rave a bit here - DO YOU KNOW JURI LEARNT THE INSTRUMENT ON SET!?!!! she didn't know how to play the sax prior to this movie. *i feel some kind of swelling pride for (ahem) my favourite girl*

i haven't watched the Shukudai episode but once you said Yuika was guesting i immediately went to d/l it. XD can't miss a member of the Swing Girls cast.

i can't wait to know what the random thing is!!! but thank you, in advance. you spent money on me m(_ _)m

i need to know who inoue joe is so i don't sound like an idiot when i comment here :P youtube is my friend~

[maiaide.livejournal.com]

Inoue Joe is ♥ For real. I haven't felt gushy over a musician in years. He plays all his own instruments and writes his songs and on his newest single did some of the remixing too. I'm just in love with sheer talent and hard work. He's got a totally nasally SoCal accent though which is kind of annoying, but I can look past it. XD

I WAS SO IMPRESSED. It really did look like they were playing which is one of the things (of many) this is bugging me about the Korean Hanadan. They have these rediculously long ~dream sequence~ type shit where one of F4 is doing something and they all play some instrument but its just the dude standing on a stage with the sax mouthpiece in his mouth and fiddling with the buttons. LAME.

Let me know how much you love my future ex-boyfriend Joe. :D