Adrod Makes Partner - Congrats Little Dude!

I always like seeing when someone at YouTube makes partner and one of my youtuber friends just did that a few days ago. His name is youtube.com/adrod (that's as in A for Aaron, D for Dominic and ROD for Rodriguez, not ad-rod or A-drod - it's A-D-Rod!). He's been uploading videos for about 8 months or so and has about 30 posted to date. He has 5,471 subs because he posts interesting creative videos.

Yes, he's a weird little dude, but I'm sure he would be the first to tell you that, but aren't we all a little weird after all? So all you other weird little dudes and dudettes, keep posting videos and commenting and maybe you'll become a YouTube Partner too. Or not. Keep making interesting videos because that's what I like to see and I'm sure that's what others want to see too.

The video below is adrod announcing he had hit 5,000 subscribers.



And don't forget that I do review the channels of those who subscribe and become my YouTube friends on my channel DellBoy010. I still review other channels even if not subbed to me, but I'll find your channel faster that way. I haven't uploaded any videos myself ("You're such a loser!" "No you're not Bradshaw." "Be quiet the both of you. You're getting off track."), but I do intend to post some ideas I have. Seeing that 16-year-old adrod can make partner fairly quickly may be just the kick in the pants you and me need to start making some videos!

Once again, congrats to Adrod for getting partner. Now let's see some more of those sketch videos! Oh yeah, and you can follow him on Twitter at @adrod94.

Brittani Louise Taylor Sings Katy Perry's "California Gurls"

Brittani Louise Taylor does her own take off on Katy Perry's song California Gurls and announces a contest where you can win a new iPad.

You just have to go to U2B Idol like she says in the video and upload it to youtube.com/u2bidol. Brittani will chose who wins the contest - she doesn't say how long it is on for - and the winner nabs a brand, spankin' new iPad. Sweet deal. This is actually a really cool idea.

Swimming With Dolphins In Jamaica

Each day I am always looking forward to the next video from CTFxC and today's was pretty good. Charles Trippy & Alli Speed got to swim with dolphins in Jamaica. Yesterday they went to Dunn's River Falls, which I thought was pretty awesome, but this was really cool.

Alli did that thing where you stand on the dolphins' nose and they push you through the water. Also all the people there had to kiss each dolphin. It was interesting to see Olga Kay, Nayders07 and Sophie Hellyer (the pretty blond with the surf board) interacting with the various animals. Sophie is actually a pro surfer and model - check the video below:



Sophie also has her own website and blog at sophielouisehellyer.com and I'll add her blog to "Blogs I Like" section of this page at the bottom right. Her YouTube channel is sophiehellyer and she needs some more subscribers. All I want to know is how did a pretty blond girl from North Devon, England end up as a professional surfer?

Top 25 Most Subscribed Canadian Youtubers From Last Week

Since I compiled my list of The 100 Most Subscribed Canadian Youtubers, there has been some changes and additions with some new channels making the top 100 and others dropping off. First a list of the 25 channels that have gained the most subscribers since I posted that list:

1. wocder777 gained the most subs of all Canadian channels with an increase of 17,234. Oddly, when you go to that channel it now says they have no viewable videos. Hmmm...
2. kidrauhl increased almost as many with 17,185 new subs for young mister Bieber's channel. He remains the most subbed Canadian channel and just broke through the 700K level. His channel is also 25th most subscribed worldwide.
3. NextGenTactics had a very impressive increase in new subscribers, gaining 15,945 and now sits at 91K. They are pumping out several videos a day for the gamers out there. They also jumped up to the 29th spot from 35th last week.
4. FLuffeeTalks also had another good week, garnering 11,570 new subs and is 66th most subbed in the YouTube world.
5. jonlajoie released a new video and added another 10,655 to his subscriber base.
6. R&B Group AHMIR had a sweet increase on their ahmirTV channel, increasing their sub total by 9,200.
7. shimmycocopuffsss also got some more subscriber love, getting 8,195 new subscribers on his main channel, plus a further 3,207 on his 2nd channel (see number 22). Shim remains solidly in the top 10 most subbed in Canada.
8. That madman from Vancouver, pyrobooby, also dropped a new video, trying to disprove that Chinese drivers=bad drivers. You'll have to watch it to see if he succeeded or not. Peter Chao nabbed 7,807 new fans on his main channel and another 5,850 on his 2nd (see number 10 below).
9. The trailers channel increased a further 7,306 and sits at 229K subs total. Sorta makes you want to do a trailers channel of your own doesn't it?
10. MrChaoNation, yup, it's Peter Chao again. He only has about 4 videos up on this channel, but people just can't get enough of The Chinese Guy. He's got both of his channels in the Top 10 Most Subscribed Canadian Youtubers for the last week.
11. Vancouver native nayders07 is currently based in New Zealand, but right now she is partying it up in Jamaica with Charles Trippy, Alli Speed and other youtubers and sending back some great video of their trip. Nadine increased her sub base by 4,608. Of course being seen bikini-clad in a hot location doesn't hurt, but nayders also has been uploading interesting video from her trip to China. Check her channel.
12. jeyyounit11 I find boring and he hasn't uploaded anything new in at least 5 months, but if you like extremely juvenile humour. Don't see how he got 4,170 new subs and he's about to break the 200K subscriber mark. Seems to be a favorite of the "pre-teen market".
13. It is easy to see the appeal of emilyharder on the other hand. A talented singer, musician, BC-based 16-year-old Emily got another 4105 new fans and has about 55K subscribers total. If you want to support good talented Canadians, go to her channel and subscribe. DO IT NOW! She has a bunch of great videos and posts regularly.
14. charliejames1975 is the best for watching a hot girl working out lol. Lovely Zuzana is a certified fitness trainer and very easy on the eyes who will shred you if you try to keep up with her fitness training. 3,980 new subscribers found her last week and her channel is about to pass the 200K level.
15. ApprenticeA is an interesting channel from Corey Vidal. He just did a half decent take on Batman. His channel just passed the 150K level and got 3963 new subs this past week.
16. VeryTasteful odd and entertaining cartoons - Mr Tabobo! They increased by 3,387 new subs and now has 145K. Check them out.
17. Nanalew is one of my latest youtuber subscriptions and you should really check her out too. Interesting and slightly oddball. She's got 60-plus videos uploaded and just increased her subs by 3,314 putting her into the 100K sub club.
18. Mr TobyTurner is an odd duck who vlogs almost daily recently and has been climbing the sub list because of it. He now has 35K subs after getting a 10 percent increase with 3,250 new subscribers.
19. lisalavie1 is another singer on the list and well worth subbing. She was found by 3,240 new people in the last week, bringing her up to the 181K level. Very nice indeed.
20. ShimmyHeartsYou is Daniel Shim's 2nd channel, and getting one channel into the Top 100 is pretty damn good, but both of his channels are right up there in subs. His main channel (shimmycocopuffsss, number 7 on this list) is one of the Top 10 most subscribed in Canada this channel called ShimmyHeartsYou is moving up as well. He attracted 3,207 in this last week putting it over the 50K mark and most subbed in Canada.
21. Games is another popular video game channel. Personally, I don't have time for this sort of thing, but I do give props for better channels that do reviews of games and this is one of them. They have increased their sub base by 3,174 to bring them up to 75K.
22. MattG124 has new vlogs and offbeat sketch stuff every week or so. He's getting up there in subscribers as well with 154K following a nice 3,142 bump.
23. NurdRage shows a lot of different experiments and stuff of interest to your inner nerd. They had an increase in subs of 3,121 which is quite an increase as it pushes the channel past the 30K mark. Tons of videos on this channel.
24. Still haven't had a chance to check out David Spates' laughandpeealittle channel, but apparently some youtubers have been checking him out. He just got another 3,074 new subs. I'll review him down the line.
25. And he's at the top of the Top 25 Most Subscribed In Canada list and at the bottom. It's justinbieber of course. This channel says it is for Bieber's non-singing videos and hasn't been updated for a year, but hasn't stopped all the little Bieber fanatics from subbing in the hopes Justin might just post something new. He probably won't because from what I hear, he's a little busy these days. That doesn't stop the messages being left by Bieber fans on the channel that are ALL marked as spam saying how much they adore him etc etc. He still received another 2,968 new subscribers to this channel plus the 17K who subbed to his kidraul main channel on YouTube.

Who Dropped Off The Top 100 Most Subscribed Canadian Youtubers

One surprise was that number 85, t2ssubs had their account suspended by YouTube. I don't know why, but until they are reinstated, they are off the charts. Also, CelineDionTV (yawn) dropped out of the top 100. All that channel is about is tracks of Celine Dion and lets just say that it doesn't really play well with todays young music downloading maniacs. Not that I'm trying to slight Dion fans, because there are a number out there I guess. Another that was off the grid was AngelicaV1 who is also a singer. She got the elbow off the list because of the new ones passing her.

I'll get this list updated again at the end of next week and have a FULL Top 100 list after that.

Also, you might want to check out my post about The 100 Most Subscribed UK Youtubers. I'll be adding regular updates like this one for UK-based youtubers and I'm considering adding one for Australia as well.

VII-Sense - not vide ID PV HQ [FULL]

Lonely in the region

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: gajendra singh <kgajendrasingh@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Subject: Lonely in the region
To: Gajendra Singh <kgajendrasingh@gmail.com>

Lonely in the region

T.V. Rajeswar Indian Express 30July 2010

At the end is piece by TV Rajeswar , former director of the Intelligence Bureau and governor of Sikkim, West Bengal and UP, and very close to the dynasty, moaning after the Wikileaks that US must have known about the attack on Indian Embassy in Kabul and did not take corrective reaction and even perhaps knew about 2611.( emphasized).

Misleading friends and allies is usual policy with Washington.During the Iraq-Iran war in 1980s , when West and its Arab allies sided with Baghdad to stop the Iranian revolution from over whelming the latter ,US granted loans of billions to Baghdad and supplied many times misleading info about Iran's military dispositions

.Two days before Saddam Hussain sent his troops to Kuwait, US amb April Galspie told him that Iraq -Kuwait dispute was bilateral affairs .Next day State department said something similar .Galspie disappeared from public scene for some times .The rest is terrible history for Iraqis which continues .

After the invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Washington told ally Riyadh with doctored aerial photographs that Iraqi troops were posed to invade Saudi Arabia , which was false .

A Turkish deputy PM told me that," Mr Ambassador, you can not trust the Americans even on what they give you in writing ."

But we trust Washington since we love US presidents deeply .British colonial rule was beneficial to India , which was devastated and looted.

Washington might make up with Iran , but at US insistence we have burnt most boats with Tehran.If US or Israel or together bomb Iran, west will decline very fast .Moscow will gain , China will lose its energy wells .

China is trying to give Nuc power stations to Pakistan, to get that Delhi compromised its future strategic options .Where are the bought out Indian strategic writers or former Indian diplomats to US who were trotted out at Rs 5000 per pirouette to promote US interests by our celebrity and trivia obsessed TV channels

I have been asserting this since 2611 and even earlier that US knows about these attacks and is happy to let India and Pakistan squabble and damage each other .India goes running to Washington , becoming more reliant on it and US exercises more pressure on Islamabad for its objectives in Afghanistan .Where are Indian interests .Who will protect them ?

Looking around , it appears that India is becoming a ' Banana' Republic. Look at our parliament, state assemblies, Judiciary and other state organs and their decline .

  Take care Gajendra

INDIA'S   FATAL   SOMNATH   SYNDROME 

 

        "--Mahmood reached Somnatha in the middle of January, 1025, and found there a strongly defended fortress on the seashore. The Hindus, who assembled on the ramparts of the fort, were passing their time in merrymaking, fondly believing that Somnatha had drawn the Muslims there only to annihilate them for the sins they had committed in demolishing idols elsewhere. Their morale was high even though their leader had  fled away in cowardice with his family to a neighbouring island. The following day the Sultan began the assault--Next day--  the brave resistance offered by Hindus was of no avail-- Bands of Hindus in succession entered the temple to pray with all their hearts for victory, and then coming out of it rushed against their enemies, only to be killed. In this way more than 50,000 Hindus sacrificed their lives to defend the honour of their deity. The Sultan made a triumphal entry into the temple, broke down the Sivalinga into pieces and took possession of vast wealth. The temple was then razed to the ground. The fragments of Sivalinga were –serve as steps at the gate of Jami mosque (in Gazni)--"

 

Page 20 ,The Struggle for Empire, The History and Culture of the Indian people ,Volume five (1966), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay.Ed.K.M.Munshi

 

           Through out Indian history many Indian rulers and its elites have remained fascinated with the idea that a supernatural power would save them. Now they believe that a super power would come to their rescue and resolve their problems. Most of the problems are  created by them or have been aggravated by their not acting in time .Many times by their not acting at all in the hope that the problems would sort themselves out or just disappear. Why take hard decisions or say bitter truths.

 

So after 11 September, like those assembled on the  ramparts of the Somnatha fortress , Indian policy makers , analysts , media pundits and politicians went on an orgy of celebrations. 'We had told you so '. Now that the infernal terrorists had attacked New York and Washington , the centre of supreme power on the earth, USA would rescue India too. With open support from Pakistan , terrorists had been hitting India in Jammu and Kashmir or where ever they wanted to. Now that they had attacked the sole super power in the universe, Lord George Bush would decimate them and India would be saved .After all India and USA were the biggest and the richest democracies and terrorists were now their common enemies, so went the argument.

 

An unthinking ruler is an absentee ruler

 

There is little institutionalized policy formulation in India , only rituals .Ad hocism is the new mantra. So without much thought or weighing pros and cons, Indian leadership went overboard and offered India as the frontline state against terrorism in Afghanistan (and Pakistan. ). Perhaps all intelligence material was passed on to USA , without much in return!. Forget about strategic thinking, even recent history is not a strong point with the Indian leadership. How had the Americans fought for democracy in South Vietnam and elsewhere. How their support in Afghanistan to protect the democratic world against ungodly and communist Soviet Union has led to catastrophic consequences for Afghanistan and others in the region . Even for Pakistan with its short sighted policy of cutting the nose to spite the face ie India . It were the CIA funded and ISI trained  Jihadis who had stunned the world by attacking New York trade towers and the Pentagon  --

Amb (Retd ) K. Gajendra Singh 28 December, 2002 .Bucharest

 

 

Lonely in the region

T.V. Rajeswar

Indian Express 30July 2010

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/lonely-in-the-region/653803/

 

The numerous documents put out by WikiLeaks, extending over a period of six years and now available to the world at large, have posed several crucial lessons. These lessons are for India as well as the United States.

That terrorism has been practiced as an instrument of state policy by Pakistan over the years is known to India all along. It started with General Zia-ul Haq in 1979 and has gone on unabated. We have had several serious instances such as the Kargil military misadventure in 1999, the attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001 and the Mumbai attack in November 2008. The man responsible for planning the Kargil war, General Pervez Musharraf had started preparing for the Kargil attack even as Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was visiting Lahore in early 1999 for peace talks with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan. After Musharraf subsequently took power in Pakistan after a military coup, India was magnanimous enough to invite him for parleys at Agra in the summer of 2001. His arrogance was evident during his surprise press conference where, inter alia, he referred to India's intervention in East Pakistan resulting in the birth of Bangladesh. The Agra talks failed, as they were bound to.

The subsequent efforts to hold constructive dialogue with Pakistan at places like Sharm el-Sheikh and the recent efforts by the foreign secretaries, home ministers and foreign ministers of both the countries were bound to fail for the simple reason that Pakistan was not prepared to take any constructive steps to end terrorism, much less punish those involved in terrorism. The WikiLeaks disclosures have proved that the ruling force of Pakistan, which is the army led by General Ashfaq Kayani and its dominant wing, the ISI, are only interested in promoting conflicts against India, Afghanistan and even the American-led coalition.
David Headley's disclosures are far more important from the Indian point of view than all the WikiLeaks documents put together. Though formally affiliated to the Lashkar-e-Toiba, he was in fact being handled by the ISI, the Pakistan army and the navy. Senior army officers as well as retired ones from the ISI were guiding the potential Mumbai attackers in a thoroughly professional manner. Money was given by the ISI and the Pakistan navy also trained them. The numerous trips that Headley made and the targets he mapped were meant for a large-scale unofficial war. While India and Pakistan were negotiating through various back channels and also holding formal talks, Headley's mission went on undisturbed.
The most important aspect of Headley's disclosures is that they were subsequently made available to Pakistan and India by the US. The dossier given to the Pakistan home minister by his Indian counterpart was possibly redundant. The reference made by the Pakistan foreign minister to these disclosures by the Indian home secretary was possibly meant to mislead the Pakistanis. India need not have reacted to it at all at any level.
A thought may occur to someone analysing Headley's disclosures and his antecedents in Pakistan and the US, whether his activities and the project he was entrusted with by the LeT were not known to his original handlers, who were none other than the FBI and the CIA? In short, did these agencies have a hint, if not full awareness of the planned attack on Mumbai in November 2007? Deniability is an easy instrument available to intelligence agencies all over the world and presumably they would deny any such knowledge. India should realise that at the end of the day it has to depend upon its own resources and strength. To expect the US to ensure that Pakistan would not resort to terrorist attacks against Indian targets would be unrealistic. It has not happened all these years. A simple example will explain this: the US knows all about the numerous training camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for training jihadis to infiltrate Kashmir and possibly other parts of India. The satellite maps and ground intelligence reports were all with them, and yet the US had never spoken about them openly, nor had it ever announced that it would hold Pakistan responsible if any terrorist activities were mounted from these camps against India.
After specific intelligence was available regarding the ISI's role in planning the attacks on the Indian embassy in Kabul in 2008 and 2009, there was no report of the US sternly warning Pakistan to desist from such activities. The sad fact is that whatever Pakistan had done, or is doing against India covertly or overtly, the US would ignore and only express sympathy and support to India. Even after the WikiLeaks documents, the American national security advisor has talked about having close cooperation with the Pakistan army. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed over a cheque for $500 million for developmental activities in Pakistan and at the same time, held that some people in the Pakistan army knew about the exact location of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, but would not do anything to help nab them.
The Pakistan government has pre-empted a military takeover by General Kayani by giving him a three-year extension and thereby conceding indirectly that the army and Kayani in particular will guide and direct the government in Pakistan. A former ISI chief who continues to employ people like ex-ISI chief Hameed Gul could not be expected to think in terms of any peaceful settlement with India on pending issues.
India should, therefore, be prepared for all eventualities and set its own house in order. The Kashmir issue should be sorted out after purposeful talks with the Kashmiri people, the National Conference, the PDP, the Hurriyat and others. A solution is not difficult to arrive at if sincere efforts are made at all levels. And as for terrorist attacks from across the border, India has to anticipate them and be prepared and alert.
The writer is former director of the Intelligence Bureau and governor of Sikkim, West Bengal and UP.
express@expressindia.com

 

--
Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."  --
Albert Einstein !!!

http://www.scribd.com/doc/22151765/History-of-Pakistan-Army-from-1757-to-1971

http://www.scribd.com/doc/21693873/Indo-Pak-Wars-1947-71-A-STRATEGIC-AND-OPERATIONAL-ANALYSIS-BY-A-H-AMIN

http://www.scribd.com/doc/21686885/TALIBAN-WAR-IN-AFGHANISTAN

http://www.scribd.com/doc/22455178/Letters-to-Command-and-Staff-College-Quetta-Citadel-Journal

http://www.scribd.com/doc/23150027/Pakistan-Army-through-eyes-of-Pakistani-Generals

http://www.scribd.com/doc/23701412/War-of-Independence-of-1857

http://www.scribd.com/doc/22457862/Pakistan-Army-Journal-The-Citadel

http://www.scribd.com/doc/21952758/1971-India-Pakistan-War

http://www.scribd.com/doc/25171703/BOOK-REVIEWS-BY-AGHA-H-AMIN

ORANGE RANGE : Side project "Zombie Matsuuri Sisters"

credits to Quig Source landoforenji

It's it new band or Orange Range side project. Well watever it is, Our boys r in it with two additional member. Nobody know who they r but i read somewhere that they are members friends from Okinawa. Their new single "Utourusanu" will b out in July 21. Can't wait for it. Their music genre... i would say prolly more like Rock. but will see ;)

Bottom pics, i think i cn guess who is who.
From Left: New member, Naoto, Yamato, Ryo, New member, hiroki (i cn tell by the way he stand ;) and Yoh.

[ZOMBIE FES. SISTERS/ORANGE RANGE - Uturusanu] ~OUT!!!!~

Track list:

01. Uturusanu (ウトゥルサヌ)

02. Five Mic (X Beer CM)

03. 2ヶ月ぶりのHoliday -ペチュニアロックス Remix-

DaizyStripper - STAY GOLD PV [PREVIEW]

SuG : TV Re:Play Times

Source MusicJapan+:
It had been airing only last week and now SuG TV is already back with a rerun!
For all those who couldn't watch it last time or just like to watch it again: Make sure not to miss it this time!!

Please see the details below and we hope you can make some room in your plans for today!

- Program Information:
"SuG TV" Re:Play
Airing Time: From 10:00 o'clock at night (Japanese Standard Time)
Airing Place: MJP (musicJAPANplus) Top Page
http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/

- The Program can be viewed from the MJP Japanese Main Site as well
http://jp.musicjapanplus.jp/

- Before the Program! SuG TV Preparation Corner
[Japanese Version]
http://jp.musicjapanplus.jp/specialfeatures/?action=detail&sf_id=3241
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http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/specialfeatures/?action=detail&sf_id=3240

- SuG Interview and Article Archive
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Mr. Children : "Split the difference" Documentary / Spilt the Difference

Source MusicJapan+
It has been about a year and a half since Mr. Children last impressed with impressive sales of their "SUPERMARKET FANTASY" and after a while of silence, their newly announced a new work. The live footage documentary of their premium live "Split the difference" will be released for a limited time of two weeks only from September 4th.

The movie includes the footage of a secret live in March and April this year to record their "now",　which is unusual for them as they eventually reached the scale of a successful DOME tour. Friends, staff, a small number of selected fans had been taking part in this total of six performances, which nonetheless not reached 1000 people altogether. At that time, they played the songs they wanted to play and arranged the singing as they liked for this important footage.

This new Mr. Children documentary is only the second as such since the one from their performance "es" held in 1995, 15 years ago. The recorded songs are currently being selected, and they are probably also going to show what kind of normal conversation they are having, how they are facing their music and how they select their songs.

VAMPS : FREE LIVE 2010

credits to Alsosjb

VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 08 SEX BLOOD ROCK N' ROLL

VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 07 REVOLUTION

VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 06 ANGEL TRIP

VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 05 HUNTING

VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 04 MEMORIES

VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 03 MC + EUPHORIA

VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 02 Love Addict
VAMPS FREE LIVE 2010 - 01 PLUG IN + DEVIL SIDE

Mika Nakashima : Ichiban Kirei na Watashi wo PV

Uploaded by makino-tsukushi.

CTFxC: Jamaican Waterfall Journey

This has to be one of the coolest vlogs coming out of Jamaica from Charles Trippy & Alli Speed. In case you don't know they are over in Jamaica until August 2nd and are giving away Sony cameras, but you have to following each of them on Twitter and in each vlog they include a super secret word or phrase that you have to tweet to them.

In this one, Charles & Alli along with their little group of misfits are being led to a waterfall deep in the forested area. It looks like Dunn's River Falls on the north coast near Ocho Rios and there are regular tours. There's Olga Kay, Alphacat, Lisa Lavie, and Nayders making there way to the river and filming all through the trek. I'll be looking forward to seeing their various channels for the footage they shot.

Alice Nine - Senkou Audio Rip

Senkou [ Audio Rip ] (2010.08.25)
01.Senkou
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Credits: Me Edited audio HQ

Vistlip : Crash in the News

credits to xhightidebaby

Translation:

Visual Kei Band's Vehicle Rolls, Female Manager Dies (Joshin-Etsu Expressway, Nagano)
At 1:15 in the morning on the 30th, in the first Nagae Tunnel of the Joshin-Etsu Expressway, the vehicle driven by visual-kei band "vistlip"'s drummer, Matsushita Tomoo (24, of Nerima, Tokyo) rolled in an accident. Manager Sakakibara Asako (31, of Setagaya) was killed by the impact. According to the prefectural expressway division police, the vehicle carried 8 people included the band members at the time, and the remaining 7 are said to have light injuries.
According to the band's office, they were returning to Tokyo after having performed in Kanazawa.

Dio Members Back On The Music Scene

Mikaru

Ivy

Denka

After a long time 3 of the members of Dio
that are left have decided to do a session on August 6th.
They’ll be the opening act at BrainStein’s debut one
man live “according to tradition”.

The session members are as follows:

Vo.mikaru (Dio)
Gu.G (the fool)
Gu.速水 (真剣組) (Gu.Hayami (gachi-gumi))
Ba.ivy (Dio)
Dr.denka (Dio)

Woohoo! Best News EVER!

Source: shattered-tranquility

Shay Carl Tells Princesstard About Death

Oh, this is a topic that many parents dread. Almost like discussing the birds and the bees, there comes a time when a parent has to talk to their kids about death and dying and the inevitability of each person facing the conclusion of life. Shay Carl gets told by his wife Katilette that their young daughter, Princesstard is crying because she just found out that they are all going to die someday. So Shay & Mommytard go upstairs and talk to the kids.

Shay tells little Princesstard that old people, younger people and even sometimes kids die and asks her if she wants to know what they believe happens when people die. From the bunk below, little 2-year-old Babytard pipes up "Yeah!" and we see her with a massive grin on her face. (Babytard is just sooo cute lol). Shay tells Princesstard that they believe that even after they die they'll all be together as a family which reassures her and she is smiling again.

What Will Jesus be Doing In Heaven? Sontard: "Uploading Videos"

Shay then asks Sontard about heaven and he says that they'll get to meet Jesus when they die. "What will Jesus be doing in Heaven?" asks Shay. Sontard gets a thoughtful expression and says "Uploading videos" and they all start laughing. BEST.LINE.EVER lol.

Nicely handled without becoming preachy. It's for moments like these that I am subscribed to the Shaytards.

Also, you might like the video where PrincessTard is given the camera to do her own vlog: Princesstard Steals The Camera: "Hi I'm Princesstard!"

Vistlip : Members in accident, RIP Band Manager Asako Sakakibara

Source Shatter Q

The band was reported to have been driving along Nagae Tunnel down the Joushin’etsu Expressway in Nagano city, Nagano prefecture, when vocalist Tomo’s car crashed into the tunnel wall at approximately 1:15 a.m..

The band’s manager, Asako Sakakibara (31), had been in the backseat when the impact forced her out of the car. Sadly, the damage that her body sustained led to her untimely death.

According to highway police, the rest of the passengers sustained minor neck and arm injuries. No other fatalities were reported.

The police are still investigating the cause of the accident.

It was reported that there were eight passengers (including vistlip members) in the vehicle. The group was on their way home from a live in Kanazawa city when the accident occurred.

We offer our condolences to Ms. Sakakibara’s family and wish the band and the staff a speedy recovery.

The New Autoplay On YouTube Is An Unwanted Hindrance

If you have an account on YouTube you no doubt have discovered that the website has adopted a new autoplay bar that appears on the bottom of videos that you watch. What it does is automatically start a new video from whomever you are subscribed to when a video you have clicked on ends. There is the option to "turn off" the autoplay, but it automatically turns back on with each new video you click on, so once again you have to turn it off. There is not a choice to disable it permanently, which is insideous on YouTube's part.

Why would YouTube do this? The reason is, more views for videos. After a certain point, viewers and subscribers will tire of having to stop the autoplay "option" and just allow the next video to play. This is a revenue generator folks. It means more videos will be watched meaning higher advertising rates across the site.

The experience most regular users of the website is that they LOOK for videos to watch click it and then move on to another video to watch. That takes time and if another video is queued up, that means less time looking for content. It means more videos get watched - good for the content maker, more eyeballs on the website - good for YouTube/Google and more views for the advertisers, meaning more opportunity to get you to buy their various products. The loser is the subscriber/casual viewer.

Many videos have comments from viewers stating that they absolutely hate the new autoplay bar. Many people will refuse to allow themselves to be forced to watch whichever video is set to play next. Others will resign themselves to this new reality and tire quickly of having to click the autoplay off button. That's what YouTube is counting on. A percentage of people will just allow themselves to led to them next video. After all the videos that are shown to subscribers are from those content makers the viewer has chosen to subscribe to, right? All YouTube is doing is to keep you moving along, moving along, to see the next video. Hey if you wanted to comment on a video, you should have hit the auto-off button, so you'll have to search your subscriptions to find that particular video again (and generate another view ka-ching!).

This is not a way of serving the community of viewers watching videos they enjoy. It is simply a way of making more revenue from them. YouTube may argue that yes, you can turn off the auto-play option, but if it restarts every time you start a new video then free choice is taken away from the viewer.

Don't get me wrong - I support YouTube and want it to be successful, to generate income. YouTube is in the business of providing video content to visitors of their website AT NO CHARGE, and needs to find creative ways to make money to provide that service. I get that. What I don't like is taking away the option to view content at my leisure. If you force viewers to hit an option (temporarily) after every video and then automatically reinstate the auto-play, that is contrary to having the freedom to chose which videos that viewer wants to watch. Yes I am subscribed to many great content makers, but I want a chance to digest and think about that last video I just watched. I don't want to watch EVERYTHING I am subscribed to 27/7.

If I want to watch the Shaytards and then have the choice to view another Shaytards video or one that is offered that is related to that last video. I want to be able to type something into the search bar because I just thought of something else I want to look up on the site. What I don't want is to be forced to hit a button after every single view to prevent something else from popping up. Maybe I want to watch that video later. This auto-play bar by YouTube is a collossal FAIL.

It removes the option to choose the PATH a viewer can take to watching videos. It adds an unneeded step and a hindrance to watching videos on the website and that is not a path YouTube should be heading down. The website needs to be primarily about visitors having options.

[Single] VII Sense - Cell Division [28th July 2010]

Tracklist

1. not vide ID
2. DEEP LOVE
3. Violet Rain

Download Here

Credit: cryptomayhem and YukiNoSai

Shaycarl Finds The Best Spot In The Lot w/ Nicepeter

I don't know if you remember a while back, Shay Carl asked his viewers to submit pictures of them finding the elusive "Best Spot In The Lot". I knew I should have entered a picture in this contest! Didn't know there would be an accompanying video by NicePeter. Way to go Shaytards fans lol. Lots of great pictures.

Take a look below at NicePeter's "Official Video" for Best Spot In The Lot:



NicePeter can take just anything and make it into a good song. Definite thumbs up! Makes me want to pull out my guitar and start making my own songs for YouTube.

Alice Nine - Senkou PV [FULL]

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[Maxi-Single] Kaya - Awilda [28th July 2010]

Tracklist

1. Awilda
2. Sink

Download Here

Credits: Tsunamik

Olga Kay Kisses SwiftKarateChop & Zips Over To Jamaica

Why do I have the sneaky suspicion that Olga Kay has been planning this video for months and months? Olga brings back one of her characters (Razorblade) for this video. The dude putting the moves on Moosh Mommy, in case you don't know, is Swifty aka swiftkaratechop. He is also one of the more popular youtubers out there - he currently has 320,400 subs which puts him back on the Top 100 Most Subscribed List.

KISSING SWIFTY is a PROCESS

Here is a bit of behind the scenes stuff with Olga and Swifty. Is it just me or is there something of a spark between them lol. Methinks Olga likes Mr Swifty and Swifty is somewhat partial to her too.



Then Olga heads off to Jamaica to join Charles Trippy, Alli Speed, Alphacat, Nayders07 and others which is pretty cool. I've been watching CTFxC for the last few days and you can find those videos on this blog as well.

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Hi:BRiD : MERRY GO ROUND

Mini-album release from visual kei band Hi:BRiD to be out on the 11/08/2010.

TRACKLIST:
1. flower
2. Stray cat baby
3. death trap
4. dilem-ma
5. finale

Pre-order @ cdjapan:

	MERRY GO ROUND Hi:BRiD Mini-album release from visual kei band Hi:BRiD. CD | Released 2010/08/11 | 2000Yen(22.65 USD)

the GazettE : FILM BUG II Cover

someone sent us this earlier, I forgot who D:

on the other hand... what on earth is that.

[single] Meth. : Can't come back [07/07/2010]

BIT-RATE: 320 kpbs

CAN'T COME BACK

01. CAN'T COME BACK

02. FAKE RESET

credits to never-to-late & japanese music dl
Download @ MF

KEN : T.P.I.T.P. PV Preview

THATS KEN?! LOOOOOOOOOOOL?

credits to haooo & DangerCrueRecords

Flumpool : Kimi ni todoke

Source JaME:
Nearly three months after the release of their previous single reboot~akiramenai uta~/Nagareboshi, rock band flumpool has announced the release of the single Kimi ni todoke for September 22nd.

The title track is used for the movie of the same name. The single will also contain the song Boku no sonzai, a live version of Quville and instrumental versions of both Kimi ni todoke and Boku no sonzai.

The limited edition of the single comes with a DVD featuring a special footage by guitarist Kazuki Sakai. The regular edition comes with a time limited cellphone ringtone download.

Moran : Zill passed away

Just remembered, but we havn't posted about this yet. It's happened a while ago, but I was out with the SR gang on the day.

Source JaME:

Zill, bassist for Moran, has passed away on Friday, July 23rd. He was also known as Saburo in the past visual kei indies band, KuRt. The exact circumstances of his passing are unknown, although drummer Soan mentioned in his blog that Zill's health condition had worsened.

Zill's wake and funeral will be held for family. May he rest in peace.

Megaromania / E'm~grief~ / Arc / Cindykate / Synside : New releases

Source JaME:
A number of bands from KISAKI's UNDER CODE label will release new singles in the upcoming months.

First of all is Megaromania, who will release the maxi-single AURORA-destinies of world- on August 4th. Not limiting themselves to just a regular and limited edition, this CD will be available in four different versions. Each has a different cover and bonus track, and the deluxe edition will also come with a DVD. Each CD also includes one out of ten different trading cards.

E'm~grief~ are celebrating their second anniversary on the label with the maxi-single Atonality, which comes out on the 18th of August. The release will be available in two different types, each with a different second track and a bonus DVD containing different PVs and a 'bonus film'.

Also Arc will release a new maxi-single, namely Byou simulation on October 10th. It will contain two brand-new tracks, though further information is currently unknown.

Last but not least are two newer additions to the UNDER CODE label: the colorful Cindykate, who will release the maxi-single boxer on August 25th, and Synside, who will release their first mini-album Yakusokusareta ando, sono daishou, on August 25th. The release will feature five new songs.

Kamiki Aya : Revolver PV

credits toJaME via avexnetwork

DaizyStripper : BIRTH / LOVE / Twitter accounts~

Source JaME:
Visual kei band DaizyStripper will release their first two full-length albums on August 11th. The first is called BIRTH and the second LOVE. Both contain ten tracks in total, with the majority being brand new tracks rather than a collection of their previously released work.

Band members Rei, Kazami and Yugiri have also recently started up Twitter accounts: Rei_Daizy, Kazami_Daizy and Yugiri_Daizy.

ANNA TSUCHIYA : Shout in the rain PV

credits to avexnetwork

New Look Chemical Pictures

Credits: KILLINSTINCT @Lastfm

[Album] VAMPS : BEAST [2010.07.28]

Tracklist:
1. PLUG IN
2. DEVIL SIDE
3. ANGEL TRIP
4. MEMORIES
5. EUPHORIA
6. VAMP ADDICTION
7. REVOLUTION
8. THE PAST
9. PIANO DUET
10. RUMBLE
11. GET UP
12. SAMSARA
13. MY FIRST LAST

credits to Wind
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Alice nine : Tie-up with Kyoraku Sangyo's "Pachinko SENGOKU MUSO"

Source MusicJapan+:
Currently Alice Nine are in the middle of their most recent tour. Yet while they are rushing towards their first NIPPON BUDOKAN performance next year in January, they also release their first single in about a year on August 25th. The song "SENKOU" is presented on the tour with its speedy melody.

Now the tie-up of "SENKOU" with Kyoraku Sangyo's "Pachinko SENGOKU MUSO" has been announced. On the tie-up this time, vocalist Shou said: "The song is matching the image of 'SENGOKU MUSO' and I am really happy about the tie-up. I'd really like to lead forward with our activities from here on!"

The CD jacket is also designed accordingly to the tie-up and Shou as a "War Lord" is certainly a must see.

Heisei Ishin : Graduate from UNDER CODE PRODUCTION

Source MusicJapan+:
It has now been learned the Visual-kei band Heisei Ishin will be leaving their agency UNDER CODE PRODUCTION this year in September!

An official comment by the members can therefore be found on the official site.
Here an extract:
As of the end of September 2010, Heisei Ishin will be leaving UNDER CODE PRODUCTION. In the two years of our activities, we have been able to do a number of things. Facing our third year, we have discussed our way of expression in various meetings with KISAKI, as we want to surpass the frames of Visual-kei in our expansion. As a result, we have decided to graduate from the agency.

Moreover, in September Heisei Ishin will also be holding a graduation event. For their departing, a number of other UNDER CODE PRODUCTION members are sure to come.

SuG : TV Re:Play Announcement!

Source MusicJapan+:
We have already informed you the other day, that SuG TV will go for a rerun, and here are the latest information on it!
For everyone who wouldn't watch it, together with everyone wanting to see it again - don't miss it on July 29th!!!

More information below:

* Information:
Airing time: July 29th (Thu) 10:00pm (Japanese Standard Time)
Airing Place: MJP (musicJAPANplus) top page
http://www.musicjapanplus.jp/
! Please note that this is a rerun and NOT the actual live airing!
! Even though the program was aired of July 23rd, the viewers-presents are still open for application until August 1st 24:00 o'clock (Japanese Standard Time)

Angelo : 'El Dorado' Video Comment No.2

credits to musicJAPANplus

VAMPS : BEAST CM

credits to VamproseChannel

D : Akaki Hitsuji ni Yoru Bansankai Full PV

credits to ItachinoUchiha

D'espairsRay : Death Point [Making Of]

credits to KazuhVisual & Kazuki

CTFxC Off To Jamaica!

Charles Trippy & Alli Speed land in Jamaica along with Alphacat, Lisa Lavoie and Nayders07. Charles announces a secret contest that allows viewers to win a new camera by tweeting a secret word to both Charles and Alli on Twitter for the next 7 days.

If you don't know, their accounts are @CharlesTrippy & @AlliSpeed and you'll have to watch each video to find out what the super secret code word is that puts you in the running for the new Sony camera.

Zwillt - Vampire_fix PV

Credits: blackeyesphoto

Off topic :The Japanese Tradition : Apologizing

Same folks who made the how to eat sushi, but this time how to apologise

credits to hpeterswald

ACIDMAN : DEAR FREEDOM

Release date: 2010-07-21

Tracklist:

01 DEAR FREEDOM
02 彩-SAI-(前編)
03 DIGEST from 8th ALBUM (2010 winter)

Credits to I love asia
Download @ HF

SCANDAL : Namida no Regret [28.07.2010]

Release date: 2010-07-28

Tracklist:

01 涙のリグレット
02 Midnight Television
03 Shining Sun
04 涙のリグレット (Instrumental)

credits to I Love asia

Download @ HF

Zip.er : Resuming Activities in the Future

credits to Towa & zip.er Commu via sources: new blog

zip.er will be coming back!!
They didn't say exactly when,but they promised to do it soon:

- Everyone

To everyone who has supported Zip.er

We want to apologize to everyone for the sudden circumstances that you had to witness, we’re also very sorry about canceling all the lives, it was selfish. For everyone, our supporters, and everyone else concerned and generous to us, we’re very sorry about all of this.

About our future activities, please read each of the member’s comments.

Please keep giving Zip.er your constant support. All five of us will always come to see our fans.

- All the members of Zip.er -

- Towa’s Comment

I’m sorry things had to turn out this way, we were really disappointed we couldn’t come see you guys at the lives.

To all of our fans, and those who have supported us, but we hope that you will come back to see us.

Please wait for us to return.

- Your’s Comment

I’m sorry that this abruptness made you worry. I received messages, and I want to thank those of you who sent them. However, when we return in front of everyone, you will see a more evolved Zip.er. Please wait for us, everyone in the band will be giving it their best.

- Kent’s Message

I’m sorry it caused you guys to worry when our homepage went down, and our lives were canceled suddenly. We will see you again really soon, so please wait for us.

- Sakura’s Message

I’m sorry for everything becoming so sudden lately. I’ve taken everyone’s feelings into consideration. I know it’s difficult on you, but I’ll try my best to make it better, okay? Until the light can be seen on that day, I’ll keep giving it my best.

- Kaji’s Message

Sorry for the abrupt announcement. It’s a massive blow, but each day, I’m constantly growing, and I’ll keep progressing forward.
As long as you keep showing support, I’ll always come to see you. Thank you for reading this until the end.

UVERworld : Cafe in Shibuya

credits to Mono:
UVERworld is to be opening a new Cafe in Shibuyaaaa to commemorate their 10th anniversary for a limited time =o.

Food and drink menu to be announced later~!

Check out the website here