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March 28, 2008

Just because it's cool

From Drawn: The Illustration Blog

September 05, 2006

Thriller

Michael Jackson, meet Final Fantasy.



Via: VideoSift

via James

April 30, 2006

Cool new stuff I'll share even though no one cares...

Rent or buy Steamboy and Final Fantasy VII- Advent Children. Seriously good stuff. CGI and animation are getting so good these days that if was a live actor I'd be very paranoid.

December 09, 2005

Inner Universe

For any who care, I just ran across a comment at the site Samizdata which clears up a puzzle that has troubled me for years- what is the frickin' singer singing in the lead title to Stand Alone Complex- a song called 'Inner Universe' by Yoko Kanno (yup just fire up LimeWire)-

The song is indeed (a TV edit of) the "Inner Universe" theme from the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime series, as davetheweatherman pointed out, composed by Yoko Kanno and sung by Origa.

Congratulations on your good taste in music.

Here are the lyrics, which I had not realized were a combination of Russian, Latin, and English. (Although I'm loathe to cite Wiki on anything controversial or political, I've found their gaming/anime/geek entries are usually pretty accurate and informative.)

Inner Universe

Ангелы и демоны кружили надо мной
Рассекали тернии и млечные пути
Не знает счастья только тот,
Кто его зова понять не смог

Налюбуйтесь, налюбуйтесь
Aeria gloris, Aeria gloris
Налюбуйтесь, налюбуйтесь
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

I am calling, calling now
Spirits rise and falling
Собой остаться дольше

Calling, calling, in the depth of longing
Собой остаться дольше...

Налюбуйтесь, налюбуйтесь
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris
Налюбуйтесь, налюбуйтесь
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

Stand alone... Where was life when it had a meaning . . .
Stand alone... Nothing's real anymore and . . .

Бесконечный бег...
Пока жива, я могу стараться на лету не упасть,
Не разучиться мечтать...любить...
Бесконечный бег...

Calling, calling, for the place of knowing
There's more than what can be linked
Calling, calling now, never will I look away
For what life has left for me

Yearning, yearning, for what's left of loving
Собой остаться дольше...
Calling, calling now, spirits rise and falling
Собой остаться дольше...
Calling, calling, in the depth of longing
Собой остаться дольше...

Налюбуйтесь, налюбуйтесь
Aeria gloris, Aeria gloris
Налюбуйтесь, налюбуйтесь
Aeria gloris, aeria gloris

Yes it's in Russian, English, and Latin. At some point I'll visit Babelfish and translate. Any commenters feel free.