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canmom · 1 year ago

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I was tagged by @baeddel and charged with the following questions:

Last song: Mephisto by Queen Bee. This is the ED for Oshi no Ko, and that is indeed the context I first encountered it. But I've kind of become obsessed with Queen Bee ever since I saw this video of Avu-chan:

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There is definitely an element of "I want to learn to sing but I cannot sound like a cis women no matter what so I have to figure out some other sort of voice to aspire towards". Not that I could ever have Avu-chan's ridiculous range lol. But they are sort of the coolest person I've ever seen.

After that I learned that I'd been hearing Avu-chan a whole bunch. For example, Avu-chan voices Inu-oh! All the fantastic songs I enjoyed in that film...

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And that's not even the first time Avu-chan worked with Masaaki Yuasa. You remember that amazing version of Devilman no Uta from Devilman Crybaby?

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Yeah, guess who.

But that's just focusing on the anime link. Queen Bee is the shit. Like check out this duet between Avu-chan and Avu-chan:

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Or King Bitch with all the martial arts. Or Inu-hime which manages to pack a whole gory jidaigeki story into a three and a half minute music video. I'm still working my way back through Queen Bee's videos.

Forgive me, this is way more than one song ^^'

Currently watching: Besides Animation Night tonight? ^^

I recently finished Tengoku Daimakyou - which was imo strong right up to the end, and there's a bunch to write about it. But this says 'currently' so...

I'm presently catching up on Oshi no Ko. (Hence the Queen Bee listening.) Which is the one where the gynecologist is reincarnated as the son of an idol alongside one of his patients; said idol gets murdered, and then as a highschool student our boy's attempting to solve her murder while getting caught up in all sorts of showbiz drama. I've written a bit about Oshi no Ko before; two eps further on, the story continues to have some delightful swerves and I'm fascinated to see where they're going with all this. I can see it steadily orbiting certain themes - falsehood, performance, self-identity and so on - but what the ultimate thrust will be, remains to be seen.

I ended up rewatching a few episodes with @footsteps-on-the-dance-floor a couple weeks ago. On the rewatch, I was struck by how, in this show about acting, just how much attention is indeed paid to the acting of the characters. Not so much flashy sakuga, just lots of carefully observed interactions that I came to appreciate a lot as I understood the characters better.

Currently reading: [whoops, forgot this one, editing it in] Ghost in the Shell for fiction. Shirow's manga is fascinating. In some ways you can see all the material that made it out into Production IG's various adaptations, but in some ways the tone is so different, way less dry, way more unabashedly nerdy, the characters much more emotional. I'm fascinated by all the little asides and margin notes by Shirow.

For non fiction, I've got this book called "Queer British Art 1861-1967" by the Tate that I'm steadily reading. It's fascinating, I didn't know shit about most of the people they write about in here.

Current obsession: What do I do that can't be characterised as an obsession really ^^'

But besides work, and writing long posts on here, and drawing pictures, I've been trying to learn music. I mentioned singing, but the other strand is trying to learn the zhonghu. So let me tell you about zhonghus.

This is a Chinese musical instrument, a close sibling of the erhu. Like a violin, it's a bowed instrument; unlike a violin, it's held upright on your lap, it has only two strings, and the bow is held in between them.

The bowstrings are very loose compared to a violin bow, and you use your fingers to press them against one or other string. There is no fingerboard, let alone frets, so pitch depends on how hard you press the strings as well as where your fingers are positioned. Not to mention a million other variables to do with your specific instrument.

The zhonghu and the erhu are almost the same instrument; the zhonghu is tuned slightly lower, similar to a viola compared to a violin. Also? The soundbox is covered by snakeskin, so if you import an erhu (or zhonghu) from China, you have to go to some effort to certify that the snake in question was from a farm and not a wild snake. And you have to be really careful that the bowstring doesn't catch on the scales.

Why am I learning the zhonghu? Well. That's a long story but the tl;dr is my friend suggested I should be a zhonghu player and I was like you know what sure. So now I have her old zhonghu.

I used to play the violin, but I think the way I learned the violin left a lot to be desired in terms of actually understanding music. I could translate sheet music into finger positions, and fulfill my role in an orchestra for kids, but I lost the thread at uni, where I tried to play with the ceilidh band and found I was completely at sea in a more improvisational setting. Add like a decade of rust on top of that.

So it's safe to say that right now I'm really fucking bad at playing the zhonghu. Nevertheless, I'm trying to persevere. In the month or so since I started, with very irregular practice, I've gone from 'can only make a horrible scratching sound' to 'can play an open string' to 'never hitting a note first try' to 'can mostly hit notes until I try to move my hand', so I'm inching forwards. It's a long way until I can make the kind of beautiful music that the erhu is known for, and I don't have any belief I'll ever be notably good at it, but there's nothing to be lost in trying to learn a new thing, even if it's one that is not coming naturally to me at all. Better to struggle than to go my whole life never picking up an instrument again you know.

Tagging - uhhh let's say - @mogsk @schizsune @sisyphication @catnumbers @argyrocratie @centrally-unplanned @hamiltonianflow @sapeami-scalps-whites [if you'd like, in each case!] The questions are 'last song', 'currently watching', 'currently reading', 'current obsession', answer in as much or little detail as you like

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mrbatbird · 3 years ago

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@sleepnoises tagged me in a 5 songs you’re listening to right now meme! Admittedly, I haven’t listen to much music lately since I usually do so when I’m out of the house and well......you know. A lot of this is going to be anime stuff. Feel free to judge me on this.

1. 催眠術 by Ziyoou-Vachi (Queen Bee). I’ve been listening to a lot of Queen Bee in general lately. Most people have probably heard about them bc of Avu-chan doing an absolutely killer cover of Devilman no Uta for Devilman Crybaby, but I actually started listening to their stuff because I heard Harada did art for their last album. (Harada’s work is generally not my thing, but I do like their art.) Also, here’s the live version mostly bc I like Avu-chan’s outfit.

2. Yousei Aika by 5 to Heaven. This the ending theme for Fairy Ranmaru, a beautiful, campy mess of an anime I enjoyed immensely. If you like the formulaic nature of magic girl shows but also like to see men in skimpy outfits, perhaps this is the show for you. Could’ve benefited from being longer, but I’d be surprised if there’s a second season. (Also, Uruu and Homura are my favorites, which maybe says something about me.)

3. NEXUS by Hiroyuki Sawano. I adore Promare and NEXUS, 覚醒, and BangBangBUR!...? are my favorites from the soundtrack. Promare was the last movie I saw in theatres, and I’ve enjoyed it immensely every time I’ve seen it since. There’s a lot to love about it, from the art direction, to the characters themselves, to how absolutely blatant it is about what it wants to say (the names of the villian’s weapons always make me laugh a little). It wasn’t my top theatre experience (that award goes to The Night is Short, Walk on Girl), but an excellent time none the less.

4. ゾッコン by MONO NO AWARE. This is the theme song for the film, The Stranger by the Shore, otherwise known as Umibe no Étranger. If you have access to this movie, I highly recommend it! It’s sweet, a little angsty, and there’s lots of cats. If you can’t watch it, check out the manga, confusingly titled Seaside Stranger. The next volume (technically the first volume of the sequel series, Harukaze no Étranger) is out in February, and I’m personally very much looking forward to it. I love Kii Kanna’s work and I’ve very grateful to finally have this in print.

5. Sovay by Pentangle. I was having a hard time picking a fifth song, and eventually settled on just picking one of my favorite folk songs. Perhaps not so much something I listen to a lot than something I sing a lot, but we’ll say it counts. The version I sing is closer to this one, but I listen to Pentangle’s more often. I picked this one mostly because it’s at the top of my folk song playlist, but it also happens to be one of the least murdery ones I know.

I don’t really feel like tagging anyone, but I thought this was fun, so feel free to do your own if you want!

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uminhoes · 3 years ago

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btw if u guys liked devilman no uta u should consider checking out QUEEN BEE, avu-chan is the one who sings the song :)!

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priintaniere · 7 years ago

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tagged by @eohrs thank you!! this is indeed nice to grab infos on people you wanna know better ԅ(≖‿≖ ;ԅ)

Rules: Tag 9 people you want to know better of just because you feel it

Relationship status: married to multiple video games characters at the same time (thank u FE)

Favourite colours: peach pink, turquoise/teal, navy blue

Lipstick or chapstick: chapstick (i love scented ones *u*) i’d be scared of eating or drinking anything if i wore lipstick... at least, if you smudge chapstick, no one notices haha

Last song I listened to: Devilman no Uta - Avu-chan (i’ve been listening to the OST on loop since yesterday dghjsdhds wELP, IT’S EXCELLENT)

Last movie I watched: Mary and Max (2009) might have to watch it again since i saw it in bad circumstances -_-

Top three TV shows: parks & rec, friends, b99 (all feel-good series!!)

Top three bands: don’t have any particular fav, but i like cigarettes after sex, portugal and the man, and 3rd would be a tie between maroon5 and owl city (which is technically, not a band but whatever)

Books I’m reading: ahh i have a lot orz, the diamond age by neal stephensen, 1984 by georges orwell (on hold cuz it depressed me), the book thief by markus zusak (had to return my copy to the library so it’s also on hold)

Tagging: @myradness, @blulious, @udonmonster, @valourandsimplicity, @narootos, @magpieliz, @sparklemura, @yumeyumey, @frescomayor (please do not feel compelled to do it!!)

#eohrs #i was tagged

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