☆ The Adventures of KR ☆

X JAPANxLUNA SEA @ HIDE MEMORIAL SUMMIT

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:56:22 GMT

well..its been a very stressful day but this video made my day

^__^

this is X Japan and Luna Sea Playing together at the Hide Memorial Summit last May 4 2008

101 Rules of Progressive Metal

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:44 GMT

this was a forwarded message to me from Neil Alex 4 years ago

The 101 Rules of Progressive Metal

Please remember this is meant to be humorous!

By Lars Peder Kallar Devold, with help from the members of the official
forums of Symphony X and Jordan Rudess
Edited by Lars Peder Kallar Devold aka Harp Heaven

1. Insist that your definition of prog metal is sacred and that the only
progressive bands are the one you deem to be so.

2. Accuse anyone who disagrees with you regarding rule 1 of lacking musical
intelligence and not being a true prog fan.

3. Have contempt for mainstream music.

4. Insist that most people listen not to the music, not to the lyrics but
only the chorus and that is why prog metal is not mainstream.

5. Accuse anyone who disagrees with you regarding rule 4 of lacking musical
intelligence and not being a true prog fan.

6. When showcasing a new prog metal band to a non-musician friend, put on
the most technically difficult song, and skip directly to the solo part.

7. If your friend says that it is cool, tell him that he has grasped the
grandeur of prog and shown that his intelligence is superior to that of the
mainstream sheep.

8. If he doesn't, accuse him of lacking musical intelligence and not being
a true prog fan.

9. Renounce all contact with friend in rule 8. Racial purity isn't all bad.

10. Make sure your drummer has a double bass pedal.

11. If he hasn't, kick him out and get another one who has. Single pedal is
NOT prog.

12. Own every side-project a member of Dream Theater has been involved in.
Listen to approximately none of them regularly.

13. When a mainstream fool asks you what prog metal is, tell him something
along the lines of "prog is the evolution of musical expression and
experimentalism in rock". In any case, make sure that the person in
question is left with no idea of what prog metal is. He wouldn`t have
understood anyway.

14. Insist that music should always progress, although as long as you write
an album in the prog vein, you don't necessarily have to.

15. Accuse anyone who disagrees with you regarding rule 14 of lacking
musical intelligence and not being a true prog fan.

16. Refer to progressive metal as intelligent music for intelligent people,
preferably at every occasion where a mainstream group or genre is mentioned.

17. Note that the above does not qualify as arrogance any more than
pointing out that wine is drink for the more sophisticated.

18. A song under four minutes is NOT prog. If you are stuck with a song
under four minutes, insert a phrygian solo trade-off between the guitarist
and keyboardist as long as needed.

19. If a mainstream fool tells you that shredders are mindless wankers,
tell him that "at least they can tune their guitars, har har", and walk
away defiantly.

20. Spock's Beard is NOT prog. If anyone disagrees, kill them.

21. Humming along with the melody to a prog metal song is forbidden. Burn
all albums you own with hum-along melodies.

22. Loathe all music you used to like before you got into prog. This is not
optional. When asked why, tell people that "I am into GOOD music now, why
would I go back?".

23. Accuse any prog metal musician that cuts his hair of selling out.

24. Often state that you don't only listen to prog. Jazz is a good choice.

25. Yeah...like you have more than 3 jazz CDs in your collection...

26. Never accept ANY Berklee graduates. The drop-outs are so much better.

27. Riffs in 4/4 are not progressive. If you happen to come up with a cool
riff in 4/4, alternate between 4/4 and progressive time signatures like 7/8
every other measure to ensure the musical complexity synonymous with prog
metal.

28. Be able to mention 20 bands noone has heard of, not even true prog
fans. Own no releases of these bands.

29. Get an Ibanez. This is not negotiable.

30. Spend 5 hours every day critiquing other musicians on forums.

31. Spend 5 minutes every other day actually practicing your instrument.

32. Yell at people who headbang at concerts They're not prog enough to get
the music, what do they expect?

33. Sus4 is your friend. To ensure that your
album is a true progressive release, include at least one part where the
keyboard plays ascending sus4 chords over a single-note broken rhythm in 7/8.

34. Make sure your bandname is either a

a)Oxymoron

-Silent Noise
-Tender Harshness
-Healing Gun

b)Some geeky sounding name ripped from some obscure book.

-Deitronus
-Tarakoch
-Fentaran

or

c)Random combination of at least 2 three-syllable words.

-Eternal Twilight Tranquility(Can`t get much progger than that)
-Redolent Arithmetic
-Evolution of Vernacular Domesticated

35. Don't worry about if your band name makes any sense or not. Since 90%
of your fanbase is from Brazil and Japan, you can safely ignore
conventional English grammar and instead focus on what's really important
The lyrics(see rule 36).

36. Write deep and ambiguous lyrics.

37. If unable to write deep and ambigous lyrics, include at least one of
the following phrases to ensure recognition as lyrical genius in prog circles
"I'm staring towards ascension divine, caught in my own revelation, a
nightly mystery of soulburning apparition"

"Mornings' gentle caress, a ray of sunlight enveloping the spirit of the
sleeper ventriloquist"

"A timid, palatable genocide, turn towards the decline of mankind, the
festering wound of ages past changes into the soul-spirit of vestigial
sentences"

38. Use a non-standard instrument like violin, saxophone or kazoo,
regardless of how idiosyncratic it turns out to be. This constitutes being
prog.

39. Make sure your bass-player has as many strings as possible. Don't worry
if he uses approximately three of the 11 strings on his custom Carvin 30 kg
bass regularly, just give him a bass solo in the middle of your mandatory
instrumental tune (more on that later) where he can really show the extent
of his instruments capabilities. Imagine the range of scales on an
instrument like that!

40. Release a live-album called "Live in Tokyo".

41. Change time signatures. Constantly.

42. Accuse anyone who does not do so of lacking musical intelligence and
not being a true progressive musician.

43. Your amp MUST be a Mesa Boogie. If a friend of yours tries to convince
you're wrong and you should check out his Marshall tell him that his tone
is thin and buzzy.

44. State that Metallica can't properly tweak the boogies. They're so...
unprog!

45. Start a Dream Theater cover band with friends just starting out playing
instruments. Spend half of the rehearsal talking •••• about punk bands and
how people don't understand your music.

46. Play a shitty version of a humongously difficult DT song at a Battle of
the Bands-type contest. Metropolis Part 1 or Dance of Eternity are both
good choices, as is Erotomania.

47. When your band ends up last, shift all blame over to the judges; hey,
they have no idea what good music is! Why else would they let that boring
pop band win?

48. Talking about starting playing an instrument; always start with the
most technically difficult song you know. Remember, this is a testament to
your immense talent, so be sure to mention this on every internet community
you happen to frequent.

49. When are you able to play something at half speed very sloppy, proudly
state that you "nail" the song in question.

50. People are bound to ask for a recording of the feat mentioned in rule
49. However, you are not able to provide it to them, because a) your
recording equipment got dissolved by digestive acid yesterday, b) you don`t
need to prove anything to people. Your word should be good enough c) you
don't know anything about computers (even though you sit by one most of the
day), as you spend most of your day practicing your instrument.

51. Tool is NOT prog. If anyone insists they are, kill them.

52. Hate Falling into Infinity. If the feeling that you actually enjoy FII
(even the "proggier" songs like TOT) sneaks up on you during a glitch of
concentration, remind yourself that DT sold out.

53. Actually, state that DT sold out on every good occasion. This means
every time their name is mentioned.

54. Don't be John Arch. Insist that any pre-Alder Fates is 100% not prog.

55. Do not move on stage. Don't under any circumstances forget that nobody
at prog concerts pays attention to the audience, including the band.

56. The best songs are those that are over 15 minutes, have multiple named
sections, and have solos by everyone in the band INCLUDING the drummer.

57. Accuse anyone who disagrees with you regarding rule 56 of lacking
musical inteli...Yeah, you've got it now, haven't you?

58. Never ever under any circumstances say "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence
ruled."

59. Never let anyone tell you that Dave Weckl is better than any prog metal
drummer. If they still insist, don't kill them, but rather put on the Mike
Portnoy drum solo from 1993's "Live in Tokyo" vid, which still today is the
benchmark for good drumming, REGARDLESS of genre.

60. It would still be a good idea to have that gun ready, though.

61. Drummers Huge kits are MANDATORY!!!! If all you have is a 4-piece with
3 crappy cymbals, then you don't belong on stage. A 5-piece single bass
drum kit is the bare minimum and even that's on the edges of bare bones. If
you have a tiny kit BUY MORE DRUMS AND CYMBALS!!!!!!!

62. No, 6 toms are not enough, MORE DRUMS AND CYMBALS!!!!

63. Reform with old members and release an album intended to make up for
years of bad reception from fans (see Yes) or claim your next album will be
a return to past glory (see Queensryche). If it flops, be sure to blame a
producer or record company.

64. When someone asks you why prog metal isn't more popular if it is so
darned good, tell them that it is because "it is over the mainstream
peoples heads".

65. Talent = Technical skill. Hail any band with lightning-speed solos for
their immense talent.

66. Publicly state that your band is non-religious, then make many
religious and/or spiritual allusions in the lyrics.

67. Stress your openmindedness. State that you like all forms of music,
except lower forms of music like pop, rock `n roll, blues, techno, trance, rap.

68. Accuse fans of the aforementioned genres of not being openminded.

69. Get a Kurzweil. As the undisputed <<>>, Jordan Rudess
plays it, you have no choice but to get one yourself, no matter what
synthezisers you actually like. ALL BOW TO THE MIGHTY 88-KEY <<
PIANO SAMPLE>>> KURZWEIL!!!

70. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-KURZWEIL!!!! (Futuruma fans will know what I`m
talking about)

71. Show off with your equipment. Show off with your playing/singing. Show
off with your *ahem* length. Show off with your girlfriend. Show off with
anything you can think of. Show off with your DOG for god's sake.

72. Get a dog.

73. Play air-drums or air-guitar at concerts. This will make sure that
other prog fans recognize your immense talent.

74. Stuck in song-writing? Insert a part with a slow single-note gallop
rhythm where the singer yells "ENTER THE SUUUNNNNNNNN" several times.

75. Note that you can substitute "ENTER THE SUUUNNNNNNNNN" for either of
the following "FATHER, MY ADOLESCENCY IS AGONNNNNYYYYYYY" or "THE
APPARITION DIVIIIIIINNNNEEEE". All three are suitable choices.

76. What do you mean, you haven't trigged your bassdrum?

77. Remember, faster=more progressive. Slow songs cannot be progressive,
best example would be Pink Floyd.

78. If anyone says PF are prog, kindly refer them to rule 1 while you
prepare to do a "Varg", so to say.

79. During recording, make sure that you accuse the producer, the recording
engineer and half of your band of not playing the song properly at least once.

80. Make sure your album cover contains either a psychedelic computer-drawn
image, a lavish painting with mythological figures, or is illustrated by
Travis Smith.

81. Write epics.

82. In case you didn't know, epics must be about adolescency, concerning a
legend, or a deep dystopian tale where a cheesy fictional city/world/pizza
shop serves as a metaphor for this world.

83. Have racks with loads of equipment.

84. Have racks without equipment. Who is going to see them if you don't
display them?

85. No intro for your song? Insert a single-note broken rhythm accented on
the snare, with shifting keyboard chords underneath.

86. Refuse to lend prog CDs to mainstream friends. When asked why, tell
him/her that (s)he "will understand when (s)he matures"

87. When playing ANY gig, from the lowliest bar to the most gargantuan
arena, be sure that no member of the audience will leave without having
heard every lick you are able to play.

88. Have at least 5 solo spots during a concert.

89. In case you have forgotten while reading this, prog metal is
intelligent music for intelligent people.

90. No, Marillion is not prog. I kindly refer you to rule 20.

91. BOOOM!!!

92. Buy new albums from past prog-greats.

93. When they turn out to be crap and nothing like the old albums, hit
yourself in the head with a hammer until you like them.

94. Hold that there is no bad prog, only DIFFERENT.

95. Of course, that only applies to bands you like. See Rule 1.

96. In case you wondered, Dream Theater is and will always be the benchmark
for prog metal. The more something sounds like Images and Words, the more
progressive it is.

97. Proclaim Rule 96 to people with a straight face in all seriousness.
This is not optional.

98. Have side-projects. Make sure that all side-projects consist of
pointless jamming over endless repetitions of cliched riffs.

99. Make sure that at least one of your side-projects feature Mike Portnoy
on drums.

100. If you cannot get Mike Portnoy, get someone who sounds like him.

101. You mean you have been reading this when you could have been
practicing along to Metropolis Part II or composing a sidelong epic?

For shame!!!

FOR SALE: Seagate 160gb external hard-disk

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:33:36 GMT

Seagate 160gb external hard-disk complete with:
original Seagate power supply
original Seagate USB Cable
Original Seagate Box

cosmetics: 9/10 (medyo dusty lang sya pero pwede kong linisin)
function: 10/10

never traveled pa to, so 100% working siya without any defects

selling for Php2000.00

Reason for selling:
i'll be upgrading to 500gb or 1tb ex-hdd
of course Seagate din.

Moe~moe guitar player

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:43:32 GMT

this is the Jikuu Kaizoku Seven Seas band, a metal band from the land of the rising sun.
Eita, their guitar player (right side) has been featured many times at Young Guitar Magazine in Japan.
SHE.....(yes, SHE) has this moe-moe anime look but she can play lightning fast licks, as in fast.
she's at the same level as Syu of Galneryus, or Panther of Sex Machineguns.

don't believe me?
check this videos out.

DAITA Concert Goodies finally arrived!

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:09:42 GMT

special thanks to Joel for bringing these items to me hahahahahaha!!!! and welcome back to pinas!
enjoy your vacation!

for sale: FFVII Crisis Core PSP limited ed.

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:44:03 GMT

Here’s the list of what’s included on the FF7 Crisis Core PSP Limited Edition:
- FF7 Crisis Core UMD (Japanese Version)
- Cloud’s/Zack’s Sword Keychain
- FF7 Crisis Core Earphone
- PSP-2000 Slim Painted with FF7 Crisis Core at the back cover.
- Custom Black Box of PSP FF7

Bonus packages are:
- 2GB SONY HighSpeed Memory Stick
- DVD with Collection of ISO/CSO Games
- Already downgraded to Custom Firmware 3.90-M-33-3
- All body have protective shield
- Protective sheet for the screen is included

No dead pixels. Beautiful screen.

SHIPPING: From JAPAN, this will arrive in Manila on July 12th, 2008 (Saturday).
Php 15,000 fixed

for photos and other details visit this site

http://www.yoeru.com/gadgets/ff7-psp-sale/

White Fatalis kill

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:16:16 GMT

Panorama Sunset

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 03:10:52 GMT

my very first panorama picture!!

merged in adobe photoshop CS

photo taken at Manila Bay

FOR SALE: Artbooks!

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:03:41 GMT

JAPANESE COMICKERS 2 and SWEET DREAMS by Shunya Yamashita

Japanese Comickers 2 sample (bought from Powerbooks Greenbelt)

Sweet Dreams sample (i got this book from www.animebooks.com)
almost brand new condition, never been dusted or what so ever.

Prices
Japanese Comickers 2 - Php 900
Sweet Dreams ~The Art of Shunya Yamashita~ - Php 1000

Reason for selling?
Bangko Sentral doesnt have enough money to support my "bisyo" so i need money hehehe
lolz, hehehe i didnt find it useful since i bought them so... yeah hehehe

School shits

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:18:46 GMT

i've been very busy this past few weeks doing school works for our midterms,
i have to make a "small" campaign ad for iPhone...
i have to work until midnight coz deadline is on monday and i have 3 more stuffs to finish...

i've been stressed all this time, so stressed that i had my hair cut!

gusto ko na mag gig ulet,!!! sana magka-gig na ulet kami.....sana magka-gig na ulet kami, sana magka-gig na ulet kami!

well what can i do, i need to prioritize my priorities..

FVCK!!

PINOY SIKAT!!

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:37:35 GMT

here is a PV of Mihimaru GT and guess what.....

the video was taken in Cebu!!!
may jeep pa sa settings nila!!!
by the way this song is from Drummania V4

DJ MAX portable 2 official world ranking

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:40:44 GMT

i've been playing DJ MAX Portable 2 for a while now so i checked my ranking at dj max's official world ranking chart
and i'm in 53rd place in 6 buttons!! wahahahaha

pre-valentines greeting

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:16:17 GMT

A lot of people say that Experience is the best teacher

but if she was your teacher....

you can say that The Teacher is the best experience.

HAPPY V-DAY

hahaha lolz

Sun, 27 Jan 2008 02:26:01 GMT

hahahahaha

V-DAY D-DAY!!!

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:07:30 GMT

something i made a while ago...the effect of boredom...

this is a JOKE....please dont take it seriously....

METAL MADNESS

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:56:10 GMT

ever wonder why John Travolta isnt active in doing movies lately?

because he is singing in a power metal band CELLADOR!!!

you should see this video especially if you are in to super fast guitar shredding, power drumming and high-pitched singing and of course...a John Travolta fan.

Senti-Shit

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Its been 2 weeks since we came back from Perth. it was really boring the whole week, probably the 3 weeks we’ve spent in australia drained all the fun and excitement, “the kid”, ~~and the perv~~ in me thats why i feel really really bored, a little depressed and hungry the whole time. 3 weeks was too damn short, feels so long yet so short. i really miss my sister, Marwan, Wanying, Jasmine, Nic, Jazz, Asten and all the nice people we’ve met. i really miss the house, our room, our toilet, Philips TV, the cars and the GPS (”…on the roundabout take 2nd exit”) and the redback in the bin, the wii, the shopping streets, the performers in murray st., the zoo, floreat and scarborough beaches, the train and the bus (”standard, zone 1 please”), ~~the adult xxx shop~~, the DEEN!! (yeah NYE party!), Morley (and the hot chick working on the mall), the freeway, busselton beach, albany and that freaking albany highway, kings park, TAKA (yeah!), insans, rosemount bowl, Nando’s!! (how can i forget that!), Hungry Jack’s, Karrinyup shopping center, Kosmic Sounds and Concept Music, Hay st., the Ferraris, the IGA, the Rubyroom and Freo.

Pinay Youtube Super star

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:59:38 GMT

Charice Pempengco, a pinay became super duper famous around the world because of youtube.
She was featured in Ellen Show (we have that on 2nd ave channel)

and also featured on a korean show, singing with some bishie boy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI_Zex4YH8o

The Super Music Store!!

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:22:42 GMT

today we went to a music store called Kosmic Sound (http://www.kosmicsound.com/) when we got there i thought it was just a music store just like the stores we have in manila.... but when i entered the store wow! it is a Musicians' Heaven!!, it was freakin` huge! as big as The WTC in Pasay or bigger! it was really amazing, i was speechless, wherever you look there is something that will amaze you.

you can see Gibson, ESP, PRS, Fender, MusicMan, Ibanez , Bc Rich and many more everywhere!!! too bad taking pictures inside is not advisable so i just took a few pics.

so i looked for the ultimate guitar, i saw a Charvel VH model, a lot of Dimebag models, George Lynch guitars, some PRS anniversary models, Ibanez JS models, John Petrucci and Steve Lukather guitars but the best guitar that really caught my attention is this...

Steve Vai's Ibanez JEM77BRMR guitar!!!
it was amazing! its like meeting steve himself!! it was awesome!!

...and yup it is Mirror Finish!! and Prestige Neck

Vanilla Ice concert and NewYear's Eve Party

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:36:45 GMT

thats right!, we went to vanilla ice’s concert two nights ago and last night we celebrated new year outside with my sister’s friends, it was really a fun experience hehe, seeing girls with no undies (yeah i was surprised too..) and a lot more…!!

here are some few pictures…

http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/inuki69/Travel/parties/

(not including the girls with no undies)

some pics

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:31:51 GMT

here are some pics from our tour in the city yesterday

http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/inuki69/Travel/

so many hot chicks,
its summer here so they wear less clothes, its almost porn hahaha i almost passed out *nose-bleed*

there is also an anime store here so we bought some shirts, gundam shirt for my dad and ikkitousen for me.

anyway its so hot today, i mean like manila hot....it feels like home,

ill post again tommorrow,

ja~

Greetings from Australia

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:37:53 GMT

yeah~~

this is our 3rd day here actually, we've been busy since we got here, touring around and meeting a lot of good people and stuffs.

when we arrived it was i think 19c so the wind was so cold (for us atleast) it is like aircon everywhere!!,but for the people here its hot because it is SUMMER...

the first thing i learned here was to always fasten your seatbelt, its a crime not to wear your seatbelt when on the road...

- the time is also weird, its 8:00pm here but the sun is still up, its like 4pm in manila but it is actually 8pm

i'll try to post some pictures later ok??

happy holidays

Christmas Wishlist

Sun, 25 Nov 2007 11:46:31 GMT

1. Canon EOS 400D
2. Nikon D40x
3. Ibanez RG320FM-AM
4. Creative Zen Vision W

5. DJMAX Portable 2 Orpheus Package

boring....

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:18:02 GMT

wala ako masyadong ginawa kanina....
so after ng practice namin nila perce pag uwi ko nag-vector nalang ulet ako...

eto naman ginawa ko...

http://candyworx.deviantart.com/art/Gundam-Exia-ver-2-70076442

antok na ako....

nyt nyt

Band break-up?!

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:33:05 GMT

wahahah

nde naman!! cool-off lang....

well...on vacation ngayon ang Himitsu Heiki since wala na kaming gig this coming months...mag hybernate muna kami hehehe....then mag-ready for next year's events

....got to learn some new stuffs!! hehehehe para makasabay ako kina Mike5 at Led baka mag-expire ako eh hahah

WELCOME PALA SA ATE KO!! hahaha iwan mo na yang wordpress!! wahaha dito ka nalang sa lj wahahaha!!

P.S. Camera ko ha...sa pasko!! Canon EOS 400D hehehehe thanx! ^__^

kita kts!