“How did Hirano Aya release an album without me knowing?”
That’s right, Hirano Aya released an album two weeks ago and I didn’t even catch wind of it until last night. My pride as a Hirano Aya fan has just been shattered. *Cries*
To redeem my failure, I have decided to make myself do a review on Hirano Aya’s first album. So, here goes:
(Review after the jump)
HIRANO AYA - RIOT GIRL
01. LOVE GUN
02. HERO (New)
03. MonStAR
04. Ashita no Prism
05. Breakthrough (Album Ver.)
06. Bouken Desho Desho!
07. Aimai Scream (New)
08. Yorokobi no Uta
09. Maybe I can’t good-Bye
10. NEOPHILIA
11. Harmonia Vita (New)
12. For you (New)
13. Hoshi no Kakera (New)
14. RIOT GIRL (New)
Decided to get together and sing a duet. (What were you thinking, pervs!) Usually we’d just put this in the podcast, but we’ve sort of decided that we should stop ‘ear bleeding’ everyone with our horrible musical talents. That said, download at your own discretion.
Ever had a sleepless night where you are wondering the burning question…”What would happen if Zombies start dancing to anime themes?” Well, wonder no more. For here are the zombies who are willing to dance to all your anime goodness.
I’m quite sure that anyone who’s owned a Super NES has at least heard of the game Mario Paint. Not only were the mini-games that came along with it great(especially the fly swatter), making crappy animations with crappy pictures was slightly amusing. Of course, anyone who’s actually played the game knows that the best part of it is not the “painting” but the built in music composer.
Just last night as I was mindlessly sifting through my bookmarks on Firefox I happened across a link to the Youtube profile of TomBobBlender. It’s amazing what this man can do with the original Mario Paint music composer. Not only does he accurately arranges classic video game music in the key of C without using sharps or flats(all because of the constraints of the original composer), but his creative use of the different “instruments” is mind blowing.
Now, this may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but I myself find it simply amazing. Some of these songs are so well done that it brings a tear to my eye, simply out of nostalgia, even though I could just as easily look up the songs and listen to an MP3 or MIDI somewhere. There’s something about watching little Mario hop across the top of the screen along to my favorite video game music.
Here’s one of my favorite songs that he’s done. You can find a few more after the jump if you like.
