Hello again,

There's not much new this week since we're still catching up with vacation, so I thought I'd talk about what we're listening to right now.

While were all big Jpop fans out here, for some reason lately I've been really big into American music again. First of all, I've been really bumping Nine Inch Nails' "Year Zero." The album isn't as complex as some of Reznor's earlier works, but where it lacks in complexity it picks up in stylistic maturity. At first I was a little dissapointed but "Year Zero" quickly grew into habbit. Current favorite track would have to be "The Good Soldier" (Boom!)

My most anticipated upcoming album is another American release, Tim Armstrong's "A Poet's Life." I've always been a huge Rancid fan, and while "A Poet's Life" sounds very little like Rancid, it has a really amazing lo-fi reggae vibe. I can see myself listening to this album non-stop through summer.

Armstrong's actually going to be giving the album away for free on the net, and the music videos are all available on YouTube, so if you're interested definetly check out that link.

Here's a quick survey of what everyone else is listening to:

Sr. Makiya:
Yo Hitoto - "Hanamizuki" (and all second album)

Sr. Uchino
Avril Lavigne - "The Best Damn Thing"

Miho-Miho
Bon Jovi - "Have a Nice Day" / Shikao Suga - "Parade"