New song to be aired (probably just a short clip) on this week's Vitamin M, so keep an eye on nicosound over the weekend.

If you would like to read "Bedtime Story" together with Maaya, Sai-zen-sen has published the text here.

kirei_lanford wrote: anyway here's some direct link i found.. probably hasn't been posted, no idea... there's some interviews there.. i think

These interviews are from October's issue of H. The translations are here (DOWN TOWN) and here (Arakawa Under the Bridge).

What do people usually ask in interviews? They tend to all ask the same thing. :-/ It's very unusual to find an interview with a truly interesting question that's never been asked before. Although this might be because the truly interesting questions go beyond the scope of what sort of information ...

Story #3: "Bedtime Story" by Otsuichi MP3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SHLOV40H Much longer than the previous two episodes at well over an hour. I found it to be a rather intriguing tale dealing with the ever-popular theme of destiny and fate. The last broadcast (next month) will be a story by Kino...

Not QUITE sure how Utsukushii Hito is going to fit in behind DOWN TOWN to be honest...unless Kimi no Sei will somehow make it feel less disjointed... "Disjointed" might be the rule and not the exception for this album. Unless I'm missing something, every track has a different composer and arranger....

...and the last track is: 手紙 ( tegami , “Letter”) lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto; music: Katsutoshi Kitagawa; sound produced by: Katsutoshi Kitagawa So by the numbers we have: Total tracks: 12 Tracks with Maaya lyrics: 8 Previously released tracks: 2 Tracks composed by Maaya: 0 (let's admit it, we were at l...

jason wrote: You spend 5,000 yen or more on IDS fanclub membership, but you won't buy the cover single which costs much less? Words fail me...

I know, weird math, huh? But I have to draw the line somewhere.

秘密 ( himitsu , “Secret”) lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto; music: Jun Shibata; sound produced by: Zentarō Watanabe DOWN TOWN lyrics: Ginji Itō; music: Tatsurō Yamashita; sound produced by: Takayuki Hattori One more track to be announced next week. I'm kind of :( about “DOWN TOWN”, but that's just because I w...

I just tried renewing my membership with a US-issued American Express card, and it appears to have worked this year. The tricky part is the mailing address, since you have to use full-width characters, but full-width spaces aren't allowed. I ended up separating the words with underscores, so hopeful...

Tuesday is trackday! Shameless copying to follow: stand up, girls! lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto; music: Shōko Suzuki; horn arrangement: Takuo Yamamoto; sound produced by: Shōko Suzuki みずうみ ( mizuumi , “Lake”) lyrics: Maaya Sakamoto; music: Kaori Kano; sound produced by: Kaori Kano トピア ( topia , “Topia”) l...

MP3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8ZATCSM0 (28MB) From what I can tell, “Sangetsuki” is fairly common reading material for kokugo (Japanese) class in high school. According to the Wikipedia page , it's set in China during the Tang Dynasty, which lasted from the 7th to 10th centuries A.D. Nakajima's ...

The twitter stream is fun to watch during the countdown.

I think you'd be surprised how many people don't seem to have Grapefruit or Dive either 0_o I think DIVE is worth buying. For the past several weeks I've been listening to Maaya's early songs more than her new releases. "kodoku" is one of my favorites at the moment, and there are four or five other...

The reply is simple : NO FEAR :heart: And this is precisely why I ended up buying it. "NO FEAR" was honestly the only track I really wanted, and after hearing it on the Kazeyomi DVD I just had to get a copy. At the time, Yuunagi Loop was the only option. Had I held out a little longer, I could have...