NewsRadio quote – Page 11

“What is your stategy for dealing with the waves of incoming British troops?” “The only strategy I know: a straight-up, street-smart, all-American ass kicking!”

broderic on September 5, 2016

I love the nostalgia of looking back twenty years ago to 1996. That was the year I broke. My favorite and I turned 25 during the proto-NewsRadio Quote Month.

Today’s link takes us to a list of music from that era. I remember, love, and cherish some of these songs. It reminds me of sitting on the couch and watching M2.

Sadly, that was then this is now. It doesn’t come back. At least we have “Peaches” from the Presidents of the United States.

http://www.spin.com/2016/08/96-best-alternative-rock-songs-1996/

“I work at a comic book store. I live in my parents’ garage, with the car. And even I think there’s something wrong with four grown men singing in a musical style that even old people hate.”

broderic on September 3, 2016

Did I really say that it is NewsRadio ‘Quote’ of the Day Month?

I think I did.

Strike that it is only NewsRadio Quote Month.

Management regrets the error.

Day? Month? Year? You can never get enough of NewsRadio

“Did you see the hot babe by Catherine’s desk? Get a load of the warheads on that battleship.”

broderic on September 2, 2016

Bookstore Haul: Volume 8

This is long overdue. I think I started it on the 23rd of August. Only just posting now. I need to do this quicker.

Git For Teams. Now I will now how to work with people. Using Git!

“Damn you, Jimmy Hoffa!”

broderic on September 2, 2016

Link of the Day [9.01.16]

Is it?

It is!

NewsRadio Quote of the Day Month has started! It’s been a long time. Like a year. Maybe this time I’ll get into it again, but the quotes are getting to be slim pickings.

Not much to say today. Just a link of the day. Several hours too late to make you click. But just click anyway.

You’re gonna need a translator for this one because I’m sending you over to a Japanese idol’s blog. A member from my favorite group, Nogizaka46. It’s Hina Kawago. She’s writing about taking over center for her kami-oshi, Mai Fukugawa who graduated from the group in June. Kawago-san is one of the least popular members of the group. Fukugawa was one of the most popular of the group. She’s beloved by the members, fans, and idol freaks. Kawago is not. So for her to reach center during a really important show it was awesome.

The first time I had read about her taking over center I teared up. Then reading her blog entry through Google translate I teared up again. I am really glad for her. It seems from the amount of comments the fans did too.

Chou zetsu kawaii, Kawago!

http://blog.nogizaka46.com/hina.kawago/2016/08/034150.php

“Hey, what if there’s a fire? We’d be stuck inside burned alive, like those people on the Titanic.”

broderic on September 30, 2015

I’ll take an Ikuta lead song any day!

But more importantly, where can I get one of those scarves?

“If anyone here is a witch, it’s Beth. Look at how she dresses. Case closed.”

broderic on September 30, 2015

I had this NewsRadio quote queued up as a draft. I can’t let it go to waste. Now what should I write about…

IDOLS!

Those cute, gorgeous, talented girls from Japan. I haven’t written about them here, hunh? No? Then let’s get on with it.

I said that one of these days I would explain my fascination with them. But really there isn’t too much to say. It’s like why I love slice of life anime featuring Japanese school girls playing in a band. I just want to cheer them on with their endeavors. It’s the same for Idols. I want to cheer them on.

They work hard in order to bring us kawaii. I can’t let there effort go to waste. I want all of them to succeed. I want them to achieve their dreams. I want them to make me happy that they are who they are.

I believe that is moe, a feeling of affection towards them. I don’t just like one girl. I support them all.

It’s tough to think about. It just is for me at the moment. I am an idol otaku.

“So, I guess it’s business as usual for you. To you, it must have been like stepping on a bug, except this bug had friends and a personality. And it wasn’t so much a bug as a rat.”

broderic on September 26, 2015

I’ve always been meaning to write about why I embraced Japanese idols so quickly, but never really gotten around to it. I’ll attempt to rectify that with today’s link. The author writes about idols represented in anime, but he could’ve been talking about 3D idols as well.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/editorial/2015-09-23/the-intoxicating-lure-of-idol-anime/.93232

“Lisa’s puppy is licking peanut butter off my hand.”

broderic on September 25, 2015

“Beretta” has become my favorite single from Nogizaka46. It’s not just a great song, but the video is also outstanding. Plus, the rest of the tunes on the singles are pretty awesome as well. My old favorite was “Sonna Baka” which is one of the B-side on this single. They also did the OP for the Naruto anime. In that video they are dressed as ninja. You can’t beat cute ninja. Anyhow, I’m thinking about buying the actual CD from Japan. Crazy…

“Dave, with Matthew, telling him to do something is hypnotism.”

broderic on September 21, 2015

Link of the Day [9.20.15]

I didn’t know that Dark Horse Comics released volume 14 of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service this past July. I only found it in my Local Comics Shop today. I then went to see if it was an advanced copy which it wasn’t, but found out that Dark Horse will release an omnibus edition of the first three volumes of this manga.

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service is a great manga. It follows a bunch of esp’ers whose job is to return dead bodies to their rightful place. The dead speak to them and they help the dead move on into the afterlife. It isn’t a creepy manga. Sometimes it’s gory, but most of the time it is dark. Also, funny as well. Unfortunately, it is coming out really slow as volume 14 has collected the most recent chapters from the Japanese manga magazine. It’s going to be another couple years before the next volume comes out. You should collect the omnibuses in order to catch up. Or you can borrow my collection.

http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/23-112/The-Kurosagi-Corpse-Delivery-Service-Omnibus-Edition-Book-One-TPB

“Oh, Dave, oh my, you would-you would have loved it. A week in a foreign place, strange people, strange customs…” “Oh, I know exactly what you mean. I’ve been to Canada.”

broderic on September 20, 2015

J-Pop morphed into K-Pop from NMB48, AKB48’s sister group from the Osaka region of Japan. I like it, because it doesn’t sound like any of their other J-Pop idol songs.