Author: Padraig Fahy

  • [The JukeBox] #92 – Mariya Takeuchi – September

    [The JukeBox] #92 – Mariya Takeuchi – September

    It’s time for Mariya’s hit parade.

    (Yes, I know I’m posting this in October… I was busy OK)

    September, released in August 1979 on RCA Records label and was part of the 1980 album LOVE SONGS. It spent over half a year within the Oricon Top 100 charts for 1979 and won the “Best Newcomer Award” at the 1979 Japan Record Awards.

    There isn’t much to say but I like the song. You can’t go wrong with Mariya.

    YouTube

    [No Spotify… The album looks to be geolocked to Japan. I have reached out to Sony via Twitter and asked them to add it]

    Lyrics

    I jumped into the door of the train
    Chasing after your mustard yellow shirt
    I know I shouldn’t be
    So I hid when you turned around
    The city’s been colored in with crayons
    I run along, my tears stained from it too
    I know you’re meeting up with someone older
    September   And then you
    September   Turned into fall
    You cast a shadow over my heart
    As if your summer sunlight was dimming
    September   And now September
    September   Is a land of goodbye for us
    The knot holding our love together is coming apart
    My tears become the leaves on the trees

    I wanna meet her so I can ask
    For her to give him back to me
    But I can’t, I’m too timid– my lips freeze over
    September   And then you
    September   Turned into fall
    The fact that we can’t even talk now
    Is proof that you’re over me
    September   And now September
    September   Is a land of goodbye for us
    The moon’s the loneliest color
    Of all the seasons

    Tomorrow I’ll give you back the Dictionary you lent me
    The way you can tell the only word I cut out was “Love”
    Is “good-bye good-bye”
    September       And then you
    September   Turned into fall
    Being the only one to have my feelings hurt
    That was the kindness you left behind
    September   And now September
    September   Is a land of goodbye for us
    I’ll never wear these tricolor beach clothes
    Ever again

    Romanji

    karashi-iro no shatsu oinagara
    tobinotta densha no doa
    ikenai to shirinagara
    machi wa irodzuita kureyon ga
    namida made somete hashiru
    toshiue no hito ni au yakusoku to shitte’te
    September soshite anata wa
    September aki ni kawatta
    natsu no hizashi ga yowamaru you ni
    kokoro ni kage ga sashita
    September soshite kyuugatsu wa
    September sayonara no kuni
    hodokekakete’ru ai no musubime
    namida ga ki no ha ni naru

    atte sono hito ni tanomitai
    kare no koto kaeshite ne to
    demo dame ne ki no yowasa kuchibiru mo kogoeru
    September soshite anata wa
    September aki ni kawatta
    hanasu koto sae naku naru nante
    watashi ni akita shouko
    September soshite kyuugatsu wa
    September sayonara no kuni
    meguru kisetsu no irodori no naka
    ichiban samishii tsuki

    karite ita Dictionary ashita kaesu wa
    “Love” to iu kotoba dake
    sore ga Good-bye Good-bye
    September soshite anata wa
    September aki ni kawatta
    watashi hitori ga kizutsuku koto ga
    nokosareta yasashisa ne
    September soshite kyuugatsu wa
    September sayonara no kuni
    torikoro-ru no umibe no fuku mo
    nido to kiru koto wa nai

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  • WWE Payback 2023 Predictions

    WWE Payback 2023 Predictions

    WWE Payback is back for the first time since 2020.

    Here are my predictions:

    Non-Title Matches

    • LA Knight vs The Miz

      • PREDICTION: LA Knight

    • Becky Lynch vs Trish Stratus in a Steel Cage Match

      • PREDICTION: Becky Lynch

    • [Potenially a Match] – Cody Rhodes vs Grayson Waller

      • PREDICTION: Cody Rhodes

    Title Matches

    • Rey Mysterio (C) vs Austin Theory for the United States Championship

      • PREDICTION: Rey Mysterio to retain.

    • Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs The Judgment Day in a Steel City Street Fight for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship

      • PREDICTION: Sami & Kevin retain.

    • Rhea Ripley (C) vs Raquel Rodriguez for the Women’s World Championship

      • PREDICTION: Rhea to retain.

    • Seth “Freakin” Rollins vs Shinsuke Nakamura for the World Heavyweight Championship

      • PREDICTION: Shinsuke to win and become the NEW World Heavyweight Championship

    Apologies for the late release of the predictions but I am hopeful that Shinsuke will win tonight 🙏

  • [The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer

    [The JukeBox] #91 – ANRI – Windy Summer

    Another track from ANRI’s 7th Album, Timely!!, Windy Summer.

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    Check out [The JukeBox] #66 – ANRI – 悲しいがとまらない I CAN’T STOP THE LONELINESS

    Honestly, the whole album is so good that I could post a JukeBox for ALL the tracks on this album.

    A refresher of who ANRI is from

    ANRI (Real name ‘Eiko Kawashima’) is a singer-songwriter from Yamato, Japan who has been releasing music since her 1978 album “Apricot Jam” and continues to this day with her latest being her 2018 self-titled album release.

    While listening to ANRI over the last while, something clicked with me. ANRI could be considered to be the Japanese Gloria Estefan and the backing band (in this song at least) would be the Miami Sound Machine. It gels so well together.

    I would love to see a collaboration between ANRI and Gloria.

    Here is Windy Summer (which actually is a great name for Ireland’s summer sometimes lol)

    YouTube

    Spotify

    Lyrics

    Hikari no shizuku ga
    Nami no shibuki abita seeru o
    Hamabe ni terashi dasuto
    Hashiridasu kokoro
    Nani mo kamo ima wasuretai no

    Kaze ni nareru nara
    Kono mi o hizashi ni makasete mo

    Windy summer touzakaru hamabe ni te o futte
    Windy summer todokanu omoi mo kanau wa!!
    Here we’re windy summer!!

    Eien no nami ga
    Tasogare no hikari wo izanau
    Harukana omoide sae
    Kokoro ni hitotsu no
    Kirameki wo kanjitara sugu ni

    Umi e to kakedasu
    Ano koro no yume to kawaranai

    Windy summer kaze mo ima wa omoidouri ne
    Windy summer anata no kokoro e imasugu!!
    Here we’re windy summer!!

    Windy summer touzakaru hamabe ni te o futte

    Windy summer todokanu omoi mo kanau wa!!
    Here wе’re windy summer!!
    Kaze mo ima wa omoidouri nе

    Windy summer anata no kokoro e imasugu!!
    Here we’re windy summer!!

  • WWE SummerSlam 2023 Predictions

    WWE SummerSlam 2023 Predictions

    Rev your engines as WWE heads to Detroit for SummerSlam.

    I’m slightly disappointed about the lack of women’s matches that is on this card. We could have had 3 or four, but we have a mere 2. One which was thrown together with a random stipulation and a title match.

    And can Finn Bálor regain a title that he never lost, 7 years later?

    Let’s predict.

    Non-Title Matches

    • SummerSlam Battle Royal presented by Slim Jim
      • PREDICTION: Only 12 of the 25 entrants have been announced and out of the lot announced so far… LA Knight, YEAH!
    • Ronda Rousey vs Shayna Baszler in a ‘MMA Rules’ match.
      • PREDICTION: We don’t know what the ‘MMA Rules’ stipulation entails but this is really a nothing match and I only see Ronda Rousey winning this.
    • Logan Paul vs Ricochet
      • PREDICTION: This is going to be the match of the night. The two will probably pull off a banger of a match. Logan will win to get the rub.
    • Cody Rhodes vs Brock Lesnar
      • PREDICTION: Brock Lesnar – I don’t believe Cody will pin Brock. If he does, it would only be by shenanigans.

    Title Matches

    • Gunther (C) vs Drew McIntyre for the Intercontinental Championship
      • PREDICTION: Gunther – WWE wants the record to be broken and Gunther is the guy to do it. Sorry Drew, maybe at Wrestlemania.
    • Asuka (C) vs Charlotte Flair vs Bianca Belair in a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Women’s Championship
      • PREDICTION: I despise Charlotte Flair… why is she here. She actively ruins my enjoyment of the women’s division because we KNOW the result before it even happens. Charlotte Flair is going to win. Asuka or Bianca should retain/win, but you know it is not going to happen.
    • Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins (C) vs Finn Bálor for the World Heavyweight Championship
      • PREDICTION: A re-match from Money in the Bank and having Finn winning it, would work storyline-wise. He won the title at SummerSlam 2016 but vacated it the next night on RAW due to injury. 7 years later and he could get it. I hope he gets it. Finn Balor to win
    • Roman Reigns (C) vs Jey Uso in ‘Tribal Combat’ for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
      • PREDICTION: If this had been against anyone else, you could have easily put your money on Roman. But this match is serious. The culmination of a 3-year story and the potential end of Roman’s VERY long title reign. I can see it happening. I can see Roman losing tonight but it will not be clean. Solo will turn on Roman, Jimmy may come back to attack Roman. Ref bumps, visual pins but Jey will get it done. Jey Uso to win the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship

    How are you seeing these matches fare?

  • [The JukeBox] #90 – Macross 82-99 – Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)

    [The JukeBox] #90 – Macross 82-99 – Two Of A Kind (feat Neon Vectors)

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    When a Macross 82-99 album releases, you can’t help but be sucked into a particular track. For me. there are far too many to choose from and one for me features the fantastic vocals of the talented Neon Vectors.

    Two of a Kind was released as part of SAILORWAVE III last March on Neoncity Records and while this song is a banger, the whole album and its previous 2 albums are also bangers. Well worth a listen.

    With the album released on NCR’s Bandcamp, they also released limited physical editions via vinyl and cassette.
    It would be cool to get a record player and all 3 SAILORWAVE albums (Plus the rest of Macross 82-99’s back catalogue) but I have limited space in my house and I don’t think a record player would fit in anywhere. Maybe, a cassette player would work as it has a smaller footprint.

    Maybe a project for another day?!

    Grab some headphones and enjoy the sick bass line of this fantastic song.

    YouTube

    Bandcamp

    https://macross82-99.bandcamp.com/track/two-of-a-kind-feat-neon-vectors

    Spotify

    Lyrics

    We’re two of a kind, you and I
    We’re always on the run, never satisfied
    We’re always looking for the next big thing
    The next adventure, the next thrill

    We’re two of a kind, we’re meant to be
    Together we’ll conquer the world, you and me
    We’re two of a kind, we’re unstoppable
    Together we can do anything, we’re unstoppable

    We’re always breaking the rules, never conforming
    We’re always marching to the beat of our own drum
    We’re always looking for something new, something different
    Something that will make us feel alive

    We’re two of a kind, we’re meant to be
    Together we’ll conquer the world, you and me
    We’re two of a kind, we’re unstoppable
    Together we can do anything, we’re unstoppable

    I know we’re not perfect, but we’re perfect for each other
    We’re two of a kind, and we’ll always have each other

    We’re two of a kind, we’re meant to be
    Together we’ll conquer the world, you and me
    We’re two of a kind, we’re unstoppable
    Together we can do anything, we’re unstoppable

    We’re two of a kind, we’re a team
    We’re always there for each other, no matter what
    We’re two of a kind, and we’ll always be together

  • Side Note: How to Enable DevTools in Discord

    Side Note: How to Enable DevTools in Discord

    I currently have a ticket open with Discord and they required me to get the Build Number for the client that I was using.
    Of course, this information would mainly be in the ‘User Settings’ at the bottom but they wanted the [BUILD INFO] more specifically

    But when I attempted to do ⌘⌥+i on my Mac, it didn’t appear. Checking to ensure that I did it right, focused on the window and nothing, still wouldn’t work.

    It turns out that on the Stable client for Discord, they disabled it to prevent any account compromises.

    To enable it, carry out the following:

    • Quit Discord (Either via ‘Discord’ >> Quit, or pressing ⌘+Q)
    • Navigate to ~/Library/Application Support/discord/
    • Open settings.json in TextEdit or your favourite text editor.
    • Above the } at the bottom of the file, add "DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING": true
    • Save it.
    • Reopen Discord.

    Now, you can open DevTools on Discord on macOS.

    And since there will be someone looking to do this on Windows:

    • Quit Discord.
    • Win+R to open run.
    • Type: %appdata%/discord/ and press enter
    • Open the settings.json in Notepad your favourite text editor
    • Above the } at the bottom of the file, add "DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING": true
    • Save it.
    • Reopen Discord.

    And the Linux users

    • Quit Discord.
    • Navigate to /.config/discord/ either via the terminal or through your File Manager. [It may also be at ~/.discord if it’s not in the aforementioned location.]
    • Open the settings.json in your favourite text editor.
    • Above the } at the bottom of the file, add "DANGEROUS_ENABLE_DEVTOOLS_ONLY_ENABLE_IF_YOU_KNOW_WHAT_YOURE_DOING": true
    • Save it.
    • Reopen Discord.