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I found Lupo Label the night before last night. I love them! I first found them live on Youtube and I was like, "why is that girl singing like a boy- that's a boy. I need to find out more about this band." They use a two-singer system which is always interesting to me. They are a relatively new Oshare Kei band, with their first (apparent) recording from 2008. They (so far) are more hardcore than you would hear for Oshare Kei. This makes them even better. As always with bands and artists, don't judge by looks alone. They are distributed by Free-Will and one of their CD's (according to CDJapan they only have 2) is still available for buying.

I also checked out the Loveless, more Loveless CD coming out by Megamasso (you know, the one that features Izam on the "Sumire September Love" re-make). It includes a full-size poster AND a trading card AND the CD-A includes a DVD with the music video featuring IZAM on it and a live. That's like, the most bonuses I've ever ever seen for a release o.o I plan to pre-order this, but as of right now there's only 21 left. As much as I want the CD-A, I may have to settle for CD-B, which includes an extra song. As much as I love Megamasso and Ryouhei, my brain which loves "Sumire September Love" to death is b***h-crying for the DVD o.o But I will probably end up with CD-B because this is being released by Avex, which is a major label and everyone in Japan knows Shazna and Ayabie and "Sumire September Love" because the song's been around since 1982 or even before that. This is also apparently the first time IZAM's been seen for about five years or more. I will be lucky to get CD-B. NO, brain, I will be LUCKY to get CD-B, now shut your mouth. XD

[edit]: Before ordering CD-B, however, as the selling out of CD-A before I can get my money to the bank on Wednesday is inevitable, I will check to see if the second release is selling for CD-A. I will see if the DVD is still included. I know that posters and other extras (such as stickers and trading cards) are usually not included with the second release, as the first release is always limited edition and usually the extras are what makes it limited edition. But wait a minute, I may may may be able to get my money to the bank on Monday... but who am I kidding the limited edition of CD-A might sell out in the next few hours. I'll just see what is included on the second edition. If the DVD is included then its still more than worth it! I hate settling, though... I will fight for this o.o damn you bank for being so far away! I'd go over to the bank if it were close by right now even though its snowing. But, at the same time I pre-order this I will pre-order CD-A of Albare by Paradeis : D then next week I will order CD-B of Albare and Awilda by Kaya, and then next week--I just found this on cdjapan for the Yume Kujira CD-A description: "Single release from visual kei band Oyugi Wagamama Dan x PaRADEis. Type A includes a bonus photo (One out of five photos is autographed)." Wut. Its probably not a real autograph, but think about this: if one out of five photos is autographed, you'd need to buy five cd's to get one. So to get all of them, reasonably you'd need to buy 25. The CD costs $11.64 by current yen to dollar conversion. Sneaky o: if I was rich and had no life (I don't have a life, but I'm not rich) I would do it. I wouldn't keep all of the CD's of course, I'd give them to other nice Paradeis fans-- Or would I...o.o...thank you for taking the Violet's Brain Train. We hope you didn't get too annoyed during your stay and please take caution when exiting the train.

[edit]: ugh! There's only 9 more of CD-B now!! But edition CD-A is selling slowly because its like $43 U.S. To me the price is justified because of the poster and the trading card and the DVD. The trading card would probably be $5 by its self, not to mention the inflation because of the rarity. The DVD would probably be $20 by its self. The poster would be another $20, plus inflation because of rarity. Then the CD would be like $20. So in reality, I'm saving money if I buy CD-A! Since its selling so slowly, I may be able to snag one! Wish me luck (: