Author: Padraig Fahy

  • [The JukeBox] #95 – Junko Yagami – 黄昏のBAY CITY

    [The JukeBox] #95 – Junko Yagami – 黄昏のBAY CITY

    Back to Japan and back to 1983 for another Jukebox from Junko Yagami and was a prominent artist in the 70s and 80s. To date, they have released over 25 albums in 4 decades.

    Today, Yagami resides in Los Angeles but flies to Japan to perform live.

    黄昏のBAY CITY (“Bay City” here within) was released on the A Side of the 1983 Album ‘Full Moon’ and is considered another ‘staple’ with the City pop genre.

    Lyrics:

    [Intro]
    Uh, uh, uh (Bay City)
    Uh, uh, uh (Bay City)

    [Chorus]
    Ah, ah anata wo otte
    Tasogare no bay city
    Ah, ah meguri aetara
    Damatte dakitomete

    [Verse 1]
    Tabako no kaori, hiekitta kiss
    Nageta dake de anata wa kieta
    Sunao ni nareba tsudzuiteta ai
    Shizun ofu no umi wa warai
    Kaze ga kooru wa

    [Chorus]
    Kogoekitta kamome mitai yo
    Tasogare no bay city
    Ah, ah anata no suki na
    Minato ga kurete yuku

    [Verse 2]
    Wakasa wa tabun mienai naifu
    Motsure atte kokoro ga kireta
    Baka ne ima goro ai ga itai no
    Anata dake ga kono kizuguchi
    Fusageru hito yo

    Uh, uh, uh
    (Bay City)
    Uh, uh, uh
    (Bay City)

    [Bridge]
    Sora ga umi wo idaku mitai ni
    Aishi aeta kiseki wo
    Mou ichido dake mou ichido dake
    Maboroshi de ii

    [Chorus]
    Ah, ah anata wo otte
    Tasogare no bay city
    Ah, ah meguri aetara
    Damatte dakitomete

    [Chorus]
    Ah, ah anata wo otte
    Tasogare no bay city
    Ah, ah meguri aetara
    Damatte dakitomete

    English

    A~h, I follow you to
    The Bay city in twilight
    A~h, and if I see you there
    Just shut up and hold me

    The smell of your cigarettes, and the cold kiss
    You blew to me, and then you disappeared
    If we had been honest, we’d still be in love
    This winter sea is laughing at me
    And the wind is freezing

    I’m like one of the gulls, frozen to the spot
    The Bay city in twilight
    A~h, and your beloved
    Harbor is growing dark

    Youth is like, a hidden knife
    We got tangled up, and my heart was cut open
    And I feel so silly now, with this painful love
    And you are the only man, who can heal this wound
    The only man

    Like the sky, embracing the sea
    It was a miracle that we met
    Just one more time, just one more time
    Even just a vision of you

    A~h, I follow you to
    The Bay city in twilight
    A~h, and if I see you there
    Just shut up and hold me

    A~h, I follow you to
    The Bay city in twilight
    A~h, and if I see you there
    Just shut up and hold me

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  • WrestleMania 40 Predictions

    WrestleMania 40 Predictions

    Since 1985, WrestleMania has been the Super Bowl of WWE. Where one year ends, and the next begins.

    This is the 40th edition of WrestleMania from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    NXT Stand & Deliver 2024 Predictions

    WrestleMania Saturday

    Non-Title Matches

    • Jey Uso vs Jimmy Uso in a singles match
      • PREDICTION: Jey Uso
    • Latino World Order (Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee) vs Santos Escobar vs Dominik Mysterio in a tag team match.
      • PREDICTION: Latino World Order
    • The Bloodline (The Rock & Roman Reigns) vs Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins in a tag team match
      • If Rhodes/Rollins wins, the Bloodline is banned from ringside on WrestleMania Sunday during the title match. If Rock/Reigns win, the title match becomes Bloodline Rules (Anything goes)
      • PREDICTION: The Rock & Roman Reigns

    Title Matches

    • The Judgement Day (Finn Bálor & Damien Priest)(C) vs (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa) vs The Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth) vs The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller & Austin Theory) vs New Catch Republic (Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne) in a 6-pack Tag team ladder match for the RAW Tag Team Championship and the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
      • The belts will be hung separately. The match ends when both sets of titles are retrieved.
      • PREDICTION: The Judgement Day to retain the RAW Tag Team Championship and New Catch Republic to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship
    • Gunther (C) vs Sami Zayn in a singles match for the Intercontinental Championship
      • PREDICTION: Sami Zayn to win and become NEW Intercontinental Championship
    • Rhea Ripley (C) vs Becky Lynch in a singles match for the Women’s World Championship
      • PREDICTION: As much as I like Becky… Rhea is going to retain the Women’s World Championship

    WrestleMania Sunday

    Non-Title Matches

    • LA Knight vs AJ Styles in a singles match.
      • PREDICTION: LA Knight
    • The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Akam, Rezar) in a 6-man tag team Philadelphia Street Fight
      • PREDICTION: The Pride

    Title Matches

    • Logan Paul (C) vs Randy Orton vs Kevin Owens in a triple threat match for the United States Championship
      • PREDICTION: Randy Orton to win and become NEW United States Champion
    • Iyo Sky (C) vs Bayley in a singles match for the WWE Women’s Championship
      • PREDICTION: Iyo Sky to retain the WWE Women’s Championship
    • Seth Rollins (C) vs Drew McIntyre in a singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
      • PREDICTION: Drew MacIntyre to win and become NEW World Heavyweight Champion
    • Roman Reigns (C) vs Cody Rhodes in a ??? [Bloodline (As predicted)] match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
      • PREDICTION: Cody Rhodes to win and become the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion
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  • NXT Stand & Deliver 2024 Predictions

    NXT Stand & Deliver 2024 Predictions

    It has been touted as the ‘Biggest Stand & Deliver’ event yet, it is the 4th NXT Stand & Deliver event, hailing from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during WrestleMania 40 Saturday!

    Last Years Prediction: WrestleMania 39 and NXT Stand & Deliver PPV Predictions

    Non-Title Matches

    • Shawn Spears vs Joe Gacy in a singles match
      • PREDICTION: Shawn Spears to win.
    • Thea Hail, Fallon Henley & Kelani Jordan vs Jacy Jayne, Kiana James & Izzi Dame (w/ Jazmyn Nyx) in a 6-woman tag team match
      • PREDICTION: Jacy, Kiana & Izzi to win.
    • Carmelo Hayes vs Trick Williams in a singles match.
      • PREDICTION: Trick Williams to win.

    Title Matches

    • Baron Corbin & Bron Breakker (C) vs Axiom & Nathan Frazer in a tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship
      • PREDICTION: Baron Corbin & Bron Breakker to win and retain the NXT Tag Team Championship
    • Lyra Valkyria (C) vs Roxanne Perez in a singles match for the NXT Women’s Championship
      • PREDICTION: Lyra Valkyria to win and retain the NXT Women’s Championship
    • Oba Femi (C) vs Dijak vs Josh Briggs in a triple threat match for the NXT North American Championship
      • PREDICTION: Dijak to win and become the NEW NXT North American Championship
    • Ilja Dragunov (C) vs Tony D’Angelo in a singles match for the NXT Championship
      • PREDICTION: Ilya Dragunov to win and retain the NXT Championship

    Stay tuned for the WrestleMania 40 Prediction

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  • Gaming News for Wednesday 20th March 2024

    Gaming News for Wednesday 20th March 2024

    • Alpha Protocol is now available on GOG after it was delisted from Steam in 2019.
    • A new Fatal Fury game has been revealed, subtitled City of the Wolves – Releasing early 2025 – Trailer
    • A new Marvel game has been revealed, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is releasing in 2025. Trailer
    • Baldur’s Gate 3 physical edition for consoles have been delayed while PC versions have been released.
    • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate get it’s 99th and final Spirit Board event.
    • Respawn has confirmed that Apex Legends esports props were hacked mid-game and are working on fixing the issue.
    • Project Birdseye has been revealed by the developer of The Callisto Protocol that is an action rougelike that is a spin off the original Callisto Protocol. First look
    • All Overwatch 2 heroes will be free at the launch of Season 10.
    • A new 60-man Battle Royale for World of Warcraft has been released, titled: Plunderstorm.
    • Diablo IV ray tracing updating is coming on March 26th.
    • Evil West, Hot Wheels Unleashed Turbocharged 2, Open Roads SUPERHOT MIND CONTROL DELETE, ARK: Survival Ascended, Diablo IV and Terra Invicta are coming soon to Xbox Game Pass for PC.
    • Rainbow Cotton, which originally released on Dreamcast in 2000 is getting a remake and will release in May.
    • Character designer for the Tales of… series, Mutsumi Inomata has died aged 63.
    • A year after launch, PlayStation has paused production of the PS VR2 due to slow sales.
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  • Classic Attitude Era Wrestling on Twitch

    Classic Attitude Era Wrestling on Twitch

    I recently came across a Twitch stream which is showing WWF, WCW, ECW episodes in chronological order from 1996 until 2011.

    At the time of writing, the stream is currently in September 1998 which include WWF Raw, WWF Heat, ECW Television, WCW Nitro, WCW Thunder and Pay Per Views from the same companies.

    [Update: The stream was called Shootworkbury but it has stopped streaming on Twitch. They are now on Kick]

    https://kick.com/classics

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  • Gaming News for Wednesday 6th March 2024

    Gaming News for Wednesday 6th March 2024

    Another round-up of news including the Xbox Partner Preview that was shown earlier today.

    • Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut is coming to PC via Steam on May 16th – Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzWBNwhb870
    • The PC version of Alan Wake II have been optimized and as a result, the minimum PC system requirements have been lowered
    Alan Wake II PC Requirements, March 2024
    • Epic Games will not be bringing Fortnite to an iOS device any time soon as Apple has terminated their developer account.
    • Sony has secured the FINAL FANTASY VII remake trilogy as a console exclusive.
    • Arrowhead CEO has confirmed that the Helldivers 2 studio has not been acquired by PlayStation.
    • The physical release of Baldur’s Gate 3 has been delayed to April as they have announced that the game will be releasing on 4 discs.
    • Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass for PC: CONTROL Ultimate Edition, No More Heroes III, Paw Patrol World :povpog: , Spongebob Squarepants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehydrated :pogapple: and Lightyear: Frontier
    • On Team Blue, EA Sports F1 23 (PS5, PS4), Sifu (PS5, PS4), Hello Neighbor 2 (PS5, PS4) and Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (PS4, PS5). are now available on Playstation Plus Essentials.

    Xbox Partner Preview Notes

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