Kai's birthday. Ye gods, he's ten years old...
He wants pork chops and noodles -
without any vegetables, please, mum!! - and strawberries (or failing that, a mint Vienetta) for his tea-time treat, and then to watch DVDs all night (well, 'til bedtime anyway!) Then on Saturday I'm taking him to Keynsham to spend his birthday money. I know, it doesn't sound terribly exciting, but it's what he wants. He's not much for parties - takes after me that way - and has had most of the things he wants (new room, den, clocks and barometers) already, so it'll be a quiet celebration.
Chatting on ICQ last night, Lutra mentioned she'd love the mp3 of the
Wolf's Rain closing theme
Gravity. Being me, I immediately hunted it down for her (I swear, if I wasn't a growly ogre I'd be a helpful little pixie [grinning, can hear Carol and Sue spluttering!])
here. Has
loads of anime themes at a very high quality. I grabbed all the
Saiyuki, the
Akira opening theme, a handful of
Cowboy Bebop - and all the
Wolf's Rain.
The music really is gorgeous... The background track to one of the scenes in ep 6 sounded very familiar to me, and luckily it was one of those on the site -
Strangers. It sounds very similar to Maria Wong's song in
Yami no Matsuei, the tune, anyway. If/when I have more time I need to check who wrote them.
The site has the full version of
Gravity, which is lovely, but I found myself preferring
Tell Me What the Rain Knows, which brought a lump to my throat - until I checked the lyrics, at which point I found myself in tears...
Tell me what the rain knows
O are these the Tears of Ages
That wash away the Wolf's Way
And leave not a trace of the day?
Tell me what the rain knows
O is this the flood of fortune
That pours itself upon me?
O see how I drown in this sea
Hark, hear the howl that eats the moon alive
Your fur is on fire
The smoke turns the whole sky raven black
And the world upon your back will crack
Where will you go
Now you've no home?
Let the rain wash away your last days
I'm being very careful not to read any spoilers for
Wolf's Rain, so I've no idea of the resolution - but I can't see it having a happy ending. In a way I hope it doesn't: the poetic, if grim, realism (excuse the use of the term to refer to a fantasy) of the anime would be spoiled by a such a thing...
I've reached ep 12 now - and I have to say that the translation of the second CD is dreadful: I'm having to try to interpret the subtitles as I go along. I should have been forewarned when 'gravity' was translated as 'centrifugal force'. Still, it's a damn sight better than nothing, and not too great a burden. The overall beauty of the artwork - and the depth of the story - makes up for just about everything. (So far anyway.)
All the signs are in Russian - well, Cyrillic anyway. Is the story supposed to be set in Russia? The weather and much of the scenery suggests so - though that's hardly conclusive... Just an observation.
The anime mp3 site doesn't, alas, have the
Robotech track I've been hunting - sung by Lancer (Yellow Dancer): I don't know the title but the words go:
Another winter day
Another grey reminder that what used to be
Has gone away.
It's really hard to see
How long we have to live with our insanity.
We have to pay for all we use,
We never think before we light the fuse.
Look up! Look up! Look up!
The sky is falling.
Look up! There's something that
You have to do.
Before you try to go outside
To take in the view,
Look up because the sky
Could fall on you...
If anyone can let me have the mp3 of it, please let me know. I've hunted for it everywhere I can think of: it was on an OST CD at one point but it looks as though the CD has been deleted...
Today's cookie...
One day, you will understand this fortune.
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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