Queen of My Heart

Since hitomi is what i eat,breathe and think i wanted to share my glorious Christmas present with all of you, er..all 3 of you that read this. it's a box set of all Her Majesty's music videos, singles and a live concert for her most recent declaration of awesome-ness (her most recent album 'Love Concent' rivals Chris Clark's 'Body Riddle', Clinic's 'Visitations' and Ayumi Hamasaki's '(miss)understood' for my number 1 album of 2006). She inspires every piece of art i've created lately and she is always in my head, her music dragged me through the worst time in my life and i will always be grateful. i know, cheesy,eh? well, cram it. this song was my favorite song by her for a long time and it still is one of them. It's from many years ago so it's got some serious contenders by this point. But i wanted to share this beautiful video and song, its about how when you are gone, when her world is shattered and empty, there is still her love for you. and that love floats her to the surface, over and over and cannot fail. i think this is a beautiful, no matter how romantic, thought, and i want to live my life this way. the idea of love that i cling to and worship is the basis for the entire 'Japanic' storyline and the reason i can go on day after day. So this song kinda makes me want to kill myself, but in a good way...i hope you like it! (don't worry, you don't have to like it as much as i do...i may actually be her number 1 fan in the States)

i think i will probably upload more of her videos too because i can. She's got SO many great songs that not nearly enough people know about, her popularity ain't what it used to be in Japan and it never was in America. But she's one of the most original J-pop artists in that she doesn't copy what's popular in the west, she has done her own thing for a long time and yes, of course she's been influenced by other cultures and music, she loves 80's pop as much as the next girl...but aside from the influence everyone knows about, which would be Madonna, whom she admires as a business woman and a human being...yeah, it's questionable, i know, but get a load of the rest of the influences she's sighted over the years : Bjork, the Soft Pink Truth (which is Drew Daniel from Matmos along with friends who include one of the Blechtum kids),Chicks on Speed (hitomi really likes electronic glitches and weirdness),Kings of Convenience (Indie-tronic folk right?), the Underwolves, International Pony,Hotel Costes & Grand National (the last 4 i have no knowledge of, but considering her other tastes, i bet they rule)...and lastly, i found the one other person on the planet who owns AND recommends the Minotaur Shock album besides me! it really is a great little record of indie-tronic flava'. you go out there and you find it. i bet it's all of $2 at your local used CD shop.....OR..online...

but i'm for supporting the artist and our innate need for THINGS. go buy the actual CD if you're gonna get it, ok? ok. so there's hitomi, fashion icon, as fashionably challenged as she may appear, model of extraordinarily jagged proportions and a beacon of hope for the future of pop music. She cranks Chicks on Speed while her peers long to be JUST LIKE BRITNEY. i hope this helps you understand my love and adoration for her, even if just a little.

and i guess that's all for the next couple of minutes. i kind of have a back log of crap i want to write about so hopefully i can write more in the next few days. i know you're just aching to hear more. yeah that's right. aching.