piecesofalice | Fanmix: The Weight of Smoke

Fashion 70s goodness (including the return of Ugly Hipster Jumper and a scuba suit) tomorrow -

cutselvage has been here this weekend, so we had a good ol' time that sadly wasn't seventies related. Don't be too sad, guys. I promise you paisley!

Anyway, in lieu of fashion polls, I offer you a fanmix I've been sitting on for a while. I wish I could put "making really good fanmixes" on my resume, as I'm sure I'd be the CEO of Fandom Music Inc. easily. Here's one about my new favourite set of partners - Toma and Sebumi from Keizoku 2: SPEC (PARTNERS GUYS).

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NOTES: Not to toot ye olde horn or anything, but I think this is probably one of the best mixes I've ever made. I just love it - it's a little 'shippy, a little sad, a little angry, a little quirky - just like the show. If you're in the mood for a procedural with a quirk - like Life, but supernatural - then I recommend SPEC in a heartbeat. I also posted about the OST at Lost in Omo!, so check that out, too.

Enjoy!

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THE WEIGHT OF SMOKE | A {SPEC} MIx

I watch you walking
You look like smoke

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{1.} WASHINGTON | Holy Moses

I know, I know you're keeping all your secrets to yourself
I know, I know you're holding onto mine as well

{2.} OWEN PALLET | E Is For Estranged

Haven't you heard?
I am a flightless bird

{3.} PENDULUM | Girl In The Fire

{4.} AGNES OBEL | Close Watch

There's nothing much to choose
Between the right and wrong

{5.} DOVES | Spellbound

A heart shaped face with words as cold as stone
I can't believe this is my fate

{6.} THE DOORS | The Crystal Ship

The time you ran was too insane
We'll meet again, we'll meet again

{7.} THE NATIONAL | Brainy

You’ll never believe me what I found
Think I better follow you around

{8.} LEE SEUNG YEOL | Lola (Our Lady of Sorrows)

Let's not forget
Who we were were

{9.} YOUN SUN NAH | Enter Sandman

Exit light, enter night
Take my hand

{10.} MASSIVE ATTACK | Man Next Door

I've got to get away from here
This is not a place for me to stay

{11.} JACK JOHNSON | It's All Understood

And fact is only what you believe
And fact and fiction work as a team

{12.} MY AUNT MARY | The Weight of Smoke

"You're the only light."

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They're the genderswapped Dani and Charlie. They really are. <3

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The hospital scene is adorable. I love watching how their relationship progressed and changed. They went from really disliking each other, to becoming frenemies, and then they began relying on each other and becoming “nakama”, to finally trusting each other completely. We know next to nothing about Sebumi’s past or his family (maybe we’ll get some info in the SP and the movie), but he must be a very lonely guy, and after losing both his senpai and his kouhai, it’s like Toma is all he has left. And he’s constantly protecting her, I mean, he saved her life so many times. That scene where he’s being accused of hacking into the database and Toma stands up for him and gets a gun shoved in her face by random-ragey cop (wtf was up with him, sheesh)? We all know Sebumi would have beat the crap out of the guy if he hadn’t been held back at the time.
I want to believe we’ll get something in regards to a possible romantic relationship between the two, but this is Japan, so I don’t want to get my hopes up, lol. I was looking up some articles about Chiaki Kuriyama’s participation in the film (I’m really curious about her character. Also, I’ve adored her ever since I saw her in “Atami no Sousakan” with Odagiri Joe some time ago, amazing drama, btw, criminally underrated), and although there’s no new info, whenever I google-translate the articles, there’s always a hint about a possible love triangle. SO, YES, I’m hanging on to that like crazy.

I HAD SEEN THOSE PICTURES BEFORE. Sexiest photoshoot ever (the one were they’re in like.. the bathroom or something? Holy hell). I completely and unashamedly believe the rumours about them being together at some point, and I demand that they reproduce, lol. If Ryo and Erika did a photoshoot like that? I’d probably die, omg.

I just finished watching Trick season 2, and I’ll watch the first movie tonight. I agree it’s not easy to get into it, but it’s incredible once you do. I think it has to be the drama with the most loveable characters I’ve ever seen. Seriously, I love each and every one of them. Yamada is a genius, and it’s so hard for me to understand why someone as incredible as her is so damn alone. And Ueda, omg. I get so much second-hand embarrassment whenever he’s around, but he is perfect all the same. They belong together, if only because no one else will have them, lmao. It helps that their chemistry is off the charts as well. The UST, wow. And YABE!!!! He has to be my favorite character of the drama. I read he has his own show... I wonder if it got subbed, BECAUSE I MUST WATCH IT (In which episode of SPEC does he appear?). I have to say, what makes the drama a winner for me has to be the huge amount of crack. Specially in season two. There’s this scene where Ueda kinda has this huge epiphany, and while he talks about it, the camera goes over his head and starts slowly zooming into one of those hilarious pictures of his younger days... I laughed until tears came out, lol. That’s the kind of humor I like, nonsensical and cracky. I even enjoy the dick jokes (omg, so many) and the slapstick.

Abe Hiroshi is in this Thai movie called Chocolate, which I will watch because 1) the protagonist is an autistic teenage girl who can kick MAJOR ass, and 2) because he’s butt naked in one scene, thank you very much.
OMG, they’re in a commercial together? MIND BLOWN. We need a crossover ASAP. I think Ryo is also in a movie with Watabe Atsuro, “Gravity’s Clowns”. We should just get them all together in one movie, although the world might implode from the sheer awesomeness of it all.

ALSO ALSO

"The song tells of a lover serenading a 'Beautiful Dreamer', who is oblivious to all worldly cares and may actually be dead." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Dreamer)

...THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT WHO CARES

Fanmix: The Weight of Smoke | A {SPEC} Mix

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