Holy crap y'all! Time to head back to school and listen to some GK while you're doing homework! WOOHOO!!

078 - From Outta NOWA
NOANOWA - Magical Circus
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So this week we have some music by artists we've never reviewed before, news from bands that haven't been together the whole time we've been doing the show, and other different things that are different. So tune in, won't you?

The episode recording was so much fun you guys!! If you weren't there, you really do need to check us out on uStream every Thursday at about 7:45 PM Eastern or thereabouts. It's fun stuff!

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So what do you say we do some notes, hm?

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Original: Excite

--“Sudden Death Game” takes the bands edginess to a new level; it’s a new kind of song.  The riffs come to an end in a cool way.  How long have you been working on it?

Mitsumura: We actually came up with the intro in May or June of last year at the end of a retreat.  We were inspired by some drumming Tsushima did, and from there we gradually layered the guitar over it.  But we played around with just the intro for half a year. (laugh)  At first we weren’t even going to put it on a single, and we thought we’d just write it for fun, and thought up a lot of weird parts for the arrangement.

--And when did it come to its current form?

M: We came up with the hook around March or April of this year.  While at first it seemed like post-rock, we thought about creating it with a “human electronic” feeling, but the melody kept getting harder and harder.  So when we went to our retreat this year, I really felt that Black Sabbath was a boon to us.  We’d only listened to “Paranoid,” the second album, and I thought that we’d created a great song for sure.

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On this day, 13 years ago, the world did not end. I think it's time to celebrate with an episode of Gaijin Kanpai!

077 - The SZone Scandal
Scandal - Temptation Box
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As always, feel free to join us in our uStream when we record every Thursday night at 7:30 PM Eastern time! Socialize with other fans, talk to us, contribute to the show, and see what happens before the show gets edited!

Oh Nyoooooooooooootes!

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Original: Uta-Net

The 4-girl group SCANDAL will be releasing their long-awaited 2^nd album “TEMPTATION BOX!”  SCANDAL, the band that was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 51^st Japan Record Awards and whose single release shortly afterward became a huge hit. 

In the temptation box that you can’t help but peek into are the thoughts you want to see at any cost.  With cute, poppy songs, hard rock, and ballads, this album is chock full of everything SCANDAL has to offer!  

--It’s been 10 months since you released your last album, “BEST SCANDAL.”  What do you see, looking back on those 10 months?

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IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!

001 - Pilot: Summer School
Ouran High School Host Club - Nodame Cantabile
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Thank you for your patience, and we hope you enjoy the first episode of GK Omake! It's our first episode so of course there are some rough spots to work out. If you have any thoughts on what's good or what may need some improvement, there's that great little "Comment" button right at the bottom...

Now let PeiPei and DaLune take you for a ride...

SHOW NOTES...HAJIME!

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It's game week, kids! We'll start ya off with a game soundtrack by Glay (hah!), then do a review, and then play a game. Woohoo! This is a fun one :)

076 - GK Quiz Show
Jaylee vs. Zer0 JMusic Quiz
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Many apologies for this week's audio quality. Technical difficulties happen, unfortunately, but we got it together for ya. Would you really have wanted us to replace this entire episode? No, no you wouldn't. Cuz this episode is awesome. The game was REALLY close - you gotta hear this.

The show is, as usual, edited for time and content, so if you wanna join the fun every week get your rear end over to our uStream! We record on Thursday nights at 7:30 PM Eastern time, and we'd certainly love to have you! :)

How would you like some notes? Notes would be good.

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Many music videos are released every month in Japan to promote the latest single or album coming out. Though we often talk about the music videos that accompany the music we review, some PVs slip through the cracks. This week we task our lovely writer with the difficult job of reviewing some of the recent vids to make their way all the way from Japan to our computer screens in the US.

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GK is back again this week with contest news, some interesting adjectives, and discussion on the two biggest news stories of the week. Woohoo!

075 - Sprinkly and Clicky
Kato Miliyah - HEAVEN
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So let's get to business, shall we, kids? On with the notes!

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Original: Oricon

Her newest album, in which she makes her resolution to keep singing! 

“I can freely say that the place I’m at now is an endless heaven!” That’s Miliyah Kato’s 5^th album, “HEAVEN.” This is a serious album, in which she asks herself, “Why do I sing?” and makes her resolution to keep singing. 

I'm always facing music passionately  

--[With this album] you’ve been able to free yourself, haven’t you?

Miliyah: Precisely.  I feel like I’ve been able to truly express myself. 

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What do you get when you take JRock, Women, a 30th birthday, and a contest? Well this week you get a late Gaijin Kanpai episode that features a long talk about Women in JRock and the biased differences between Rock and Pop music!

074 - Pop Rocks
VAMPS - Beast
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We're already late enough with this episode so let's go through some notes, shall we?

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