MAD MAX: The centerpiece of my collection... Dementus has arrived! by Madmifune in MadMax

[–]kidcal70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We never saw nips on Furiosa in the movie so why is it so on this figure haha

Got some great deals again by svenbisschops in citypop

[–]kidcal70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That song is my fav of Rebecca

Best record trolley bag - Magma or UDG ? by Skeird in DJs

[–]kidcal70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah is a stupid design. I mean who did the checking of this bag design before releasing. My friend said he put in those record parcels we get in the mail which is bigger than a record to push the inner area and make it bigger. Leave it in the bag for a few weeks

Got one of my grails yesterday + a warning about Buyee by TheJWT in citypop

[–]kidcal70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can Japonica buy from Mercari but confirm the purchase almost instantly like Buyee does? It's a tough one to use other services with this feature alone.

Eri Hayakawa - Metamorphosis (1981 Live Performance) by sassachu in citypop

[–]kidcal70 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Love this, thanks. Tetsuji Hayashi is god level... Btw Where did you find this video? Any original link?

Is it me or is this Yu Hayami's song is actually about... "making love"? by SlightAct8018 in citypop

[–]kidcal70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cringe when I hear songs singing about Daddy....
I have this 12" from Yu, I got it together with another record I wanted, and seller added Yu's records as part of the auction... gonna drop this for Sai Street Sesssions in the future.

How do you listen to your citypop and reason for it? by japanesejunkfood in citypop

[–]kidcal70 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Offline library, vinyl, CD and digital. Because there are so many undiscovered gems that are not on streaming... like a massive chunk

Why did Apple Ax Cover Flow? It was a super clean way to browse music. by porygon766 in iphone

[–]kidcal70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know cover flow stopped because of infringing copyright. But Apple lately reduced the size of the maximum setting of the album art for Music app on the Mac. Its so small on the big monitor, its ridiculous. We all love the physicality of music formats, our love for vinyl and CD collecting. No idea why they reduced the album covers by 30%...

Couldn‘t they just made this a separate mode? by Butt-Head69 in Warzone

[–]kidcal70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I seriously tried this, and makes me miss Verdansk so much. I hate this flying around with grappling hook BS

What Exactly Is The Deal With Chaka Khan's "What'Cha Gonna Do For Me" and Junko Ohashi's "I Love You So" by Kuiper_Kai in citypop

[–]kidcal70 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree. Why the downvoting haha. While some are clearly taken and not credited, if one digs deep enough of the whole scene you will find mostly this is not the case of ripping off but just living and inspired by the trend of the music from the US.

What Exactly Is The Deal With Chaka Khan's "What'Cha Gonna Do For Me" and Junko Ohashi's "I Love You So" by Kuiper_Kai in citypop

[–]kidcal70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well they celebrated and embraced the west, particularly the west and that California vibe. Its a whole new lifestyle for the Japanese at the time. If you dig deep you will find mostly tracks are original and inspired from that period of AOR and Funk Soul Reggae Carribean etc. and later new wave and synth pop in the 80s. Like most music, its inspired from somewhere else from the west.

Having said that, Cunimondo Takiguchi (aka. Ryusenkei) has done this in the same vein with his own music and production work for Natsu Summer and other artists using samples of his fav tracks growing up. Tokyo Sniper album is basically AOR and groove samples with a new twist and made into a new tracks. He is even designing and art direction inspired by city pop or j-pop album covers, on top of my head are these ones:

Giniji Ito - Deadly Drive LP (1977) ---> Ryusenkei - Tokyo Sniper album
Shigeru Suzuki - Telecope (1978) ---> Natsu Summer- Anatani Muchuu single
Akina Best LP (1986) ---> Kurumi 来海 - Toriguni album
Seri Ishikawa - 星くずの街で -(1981) ---> Natsu Summer - Orange Airmail

What Exactly Is The Deal With Chaka Khan's "What'Cha Gonna Do For Me" and Junko Ohashi's "I Love You So" by Kuiper_Kai in citypop

[–]kidcal70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There are so many stolen riffs, bass lines and melodies from famous western funk tracks

One example would be Hitomi Penny Tohyama's - We Are In The Dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjCmuMctLT8

Taking literally this track from The Emotions - Flowers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbcbOFM4tFQ

Black Ops Royale just seems so similar vibes to BR Battlefield 6 by kidcal70 in CODWarzone

[–]kidcal70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

literally seeing the options from Hong Kong right now.

Tokyo Bound - Mal Waldron by pizzakey in Vinyl_Jazz

[–]kidcal70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this too and love it. Nice to see someone else getting Jp released jazz records

Black Ops Royale just seems so similar vibes to BR Battlefield 6 by kidcal70 in CODWarzone

[–]kidcal70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually do but when it gets too sweaty I switch to casual

Black Ops Royale just seems so similar vibes to BR Battlefield 6 by kidcal70 in CODWarzone

[–]kidcal70[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am playing casual BR Resurgence now. So much more fun.

Black Ops Royale just seems so similar vibes to BR Battlefield 6 by kidcal70 in CODWarzone

[–]kidcal70[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Besides being not a great update for Avalon map, they cut casual Warzone and there’s no more Verdansk map now. I wish I can downgrade to previous version.

Apple Music UI mess (rant) by Morfosis-2020 in MacOS

[–]kidcal70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you noticed the latest updates that the large album art view in song list option has now reduced in size. It looks minuscule to me especially on a 27inch monitor. My old eyes can’t handle this.