I’m still working on getting the next big post up. In the meantime, enjoy this music video by Capsule. Their style used to be very Shibuya-kei (think Pizzicato 5 and early Fantastic Plastic Machine). But like Fantastic Plastic Machine, they have evolved into more electro-house in recent years. The song is called “Retro Memory” and available on their 2004 album, Sound Furniture.
I’ve been painstakingly trying to learn how to play piano for the past year anticipating the moment where I’m sitting at some old timey eating establishment minding my own business when an old crooner from the live band suddenly announces that the keyboardist has been injured and they will have to cancel the show unless there’s anyone in the audience who can fill in. Like physicians on airplanes, the 2 keyboardists next to me will suddenly get very quiet and avoid any eye contact and then I will rise up to the occasion, a la Marty McFly, and meticulously plink out the keys to the theme of Dr. Wiley’s Castle stage from Mega Man 2 while the band jams along with me and we ROCK OUT. Until that happens, here’s a guy with actual talent named Ronald Jenkees. There’s no telling if this guy is some Rain Man-esque savant or a classically trained musician fooling the world. Either way, I love how he can play so fluidly and freely and genuinely looks like he’s having the greatest time doing it.
It’s the end of the week so I thought I’d do a MEGA POST starting with a trailer for a live action Mega Man fan movie made by Eddie Lebron.
Check out the Proto Man cameo at 2:29. The guy playing Dr. Wiley is spot on. I’m sure the actress playing Roll could be cute without the wig, but it unfortunately makes her look like a dude. This movie looks like a very ambitious project and I can’t wait to see it when it’s finished. Check http://www.megamanfilm.com/ for more details.
To continue this post, here is a really creative fan ad for Mega Man’s most recent appearance in the video game world, Mega Man 9. Mega Man 9 took the series back to its roots and reintroduced the NES-style graphics and gameplay similar to Mega Man 2. It is available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii as a downloadable game. The music for this ad is Concrete Man’s theme.
Mega Man (in his Mega Man Legends helmetless form) will also be appearing in the upcoming Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation Heroes, which is a spiritual successor to the the Marvel vs. Capcom series. It will be released on December 11th for Nintendo Wii but be ready to import it because it looks like the game will not be leaving Japanese shores due to the licensing nightmare that would ensue due to Tatsunoko’s distribution rights being owned by various companies in the US.
I’d like to end it all with an oldie but a goodie. Okkusenman is a song about our childhood memories, which may include Mega Man or Ultraman and it is done to the theme music to Dr. Wiley’s Castle from Mega Man 2. The song became hugely popular a year or two ago and has spawned many covers and even flash animated music videos.
This cover of Europe’s The Final Countdown using a kazoo, ukelele, and keyboard hybrid made my day. I’d start my magic tricks illusions with this performance any day.
via Reddit
If you’ve ever seen some commercials that feature people jumping off rooftops and stairs in urban areas or watched the opening scene of Casino Royale, you’ve probably seen Parkour or Free Running before.
Usually these terms can be used interchangeably, but purists differentiate the two with the distinction of Parkour going from one point to another as efficiently as possible, while Free Running is a sort of philosophy where more freedom of movement is involved. I I have always been amazed at what these athletes could do but this video (via Digg) takes the cake - combining Parkour/Free Running and Soccer:
It seems to be viral marketing for the game, FIFA Street 3. Is this just extremely convincing CG or amazingly precise acrobats?
