* 1 kokonainen kana, nahka poistettu, leikattu paloiksi
* 2 isoa sipulia, hyvin pieneksi silputtuna
* kourallinen tuoretta korianteria silputtuna
* kourallinen tuoretta persiljaa pilkottuna
* 3 valkosipulinkynttä murskattuna
* 2 tl inkivääriä
* 1 tl pippuria
* 1 tl kurkumaa
* 1/2 tl suolaa
* 1/4 tl sahramia
* 1 tl smen-voita (ei pakollinen)
* 1 kourallinen vihreitä ja/tai punaisia oliiveja
* 1 säilötty sitruuna, jaettu neljään osaan ja siemenet poistettu
* 1 dl oliiviöljyä
* 1 dl vettä

Valmistus:

Poista hedelmäliha säilötystä sitruunasta ja leikkaa se paloiksi. Lisää säilötty sitruuna kulhoon kananpalojen, sipulin, valkosipulin, korianterin, persiljan, mausteiden ja smen-voin kanssa. Sekoita hyvin. Jos mahdollista, anna kanan marinoitua jääkaapissa useamman tunnin ajan tai jopa yön yli.

Laita oliiviölyä tagineen, niin että pohja peittyy. Asettele kananpalat päälle (lihaisampi puoli alaspäin) ja levitä sipulit ympärille.

(Näissä kuvissa homma menee vähän eritavalla kuin ohjeessa. Ei ehitty marinoida ollenkaan vaan heitin kaikki aineet vaan pataan.. )

Lisää päälle säilöttyä sitruunaa ja oliivit. Kaada vielä vähän öljyä päälle. Lisää vesi päälle ja laita tagine keskilämpöiseen uuniin (n. 175 asteeseen).

Jos taginesta ei kuulu “tirinää” noin 20 minuutin sisällä, nosta lämpötilaa hiukan. Anna kanan kypsyä noin 1,5 tuntia (älä nosta taginen kantta tänä aikana). Tämän jälkeen käännä kananpalaset lihapuoli ylöspäin ja anna kypsyä kunnes liha on pehmeää.

Ota tagine pois uunista ja anna jäähtyä ainakin 15 minuuttia ennen tarjoilua. Marokkolaiseen tapaan tämä ruoka syödään suoraan taginesta leipää apuna käyttäen. Ranskanperunoita tarjoillaan usein tämän aterian yhteydessä ja joskus jopa asetellaan kanan päälle ennen tarjoilua.

No primeiro programa da nova temporada (4a no total, 2a na MTV), uma playlist de bandas de rock brasileiro independente, que estão no nível do melhor do rock moderno mundial. Linkados, os myspace de cada uma delas para você ouvir e navegar.

Bloco 1:

Bloco 2:

#1
  ”Walkmachine”
   FÓSSIL (PE)

   MySpace
 

#2
  ”Fat Breath”
  ELMA (SP)

  Veja aqui esta apresentação ao vivo

  MySpace

#3
 ”Drama Queen”
  THEE BUTCHERS ORCHESTRA (SP)

  MySpace

#4

   “Call a Doctor”
  UNCLE BUTCHER & HIS ONEMAN BAND (SP)

  Veja aqui o clipe

 MySpace

#5
 ”Down To The Boderline”
 O LENDÁRIO CHUCROBILLYMAN (PR)

  Veja uma apresentação ao vivo

 MySpace

#6
  ”Noise Jam”
  MACACO BONG (MT)

 Veja o clipe
 MySpace 

#7
 ”Até Cubanos”
  CHIMPANZÉ CLUBE TRIO (SP)

  Veja uma apresentação ao vivo

  MySpace 
 

#8
  ”Perseguida”
  MALDITAS OVELHAS (SP)

  Veja uma apresentação ao vivo

  MySpace 

#9
  ”Pesadelo no Bambus”
  PATA DE ELEFANTE (RS)

 Veja um vídeo ao vivo feito pela Kana
 MySpace 

#10
 ”Kicked Down The Door”
 THE BLACK NEEDLES (SP)

 MySpace 
 

#11
  ”Viagem às Cavernas”
  OS HAXIXINS (SP)

 Veja o clipe

 MySpace 

#12
  ”My Favorite Way”
  BLACK DRAWING CHALKS (GO)

  Veja o clipe

  MySpace

#MUITO BOM, MUITO FODA, TOCOU DEMAIS!

“Green Onions”
BOOKER T & THE MG’s
(1966) 
 

• 70g riisi
• 2 broilerikoiba
• 1,25l vett
• 125g porgandeid
• 70g porrut
• 1 küüslauguküüs
• 1 puljongikuubik
• soola
• pipart
• õli
• maitserohelist

Broiler panna vette keema ning keeta pehmeks. Liha tõsta välja jahtuma ning puljong kurnata. Potipõhjas passeerida porru, küüslauk ja porgand. Lisada puljong ja puljongikuubik, ajada keema. Kui supp on keema tõusnud, lisada riis. Liha võtta kondilt ja tükeldada. Kui riis on peaaegu pehme, lisada liha ja maitsestada. Lisada tükeldatud maitseroheline.

5-6 portsu.

Después de sacar Motto hace un mes más o menos, Kana vuelve con Dear/Maybe el día 2 de diciembre.

Tracklist:

01 Dear
02 MAYBE
03 Yours only, feat.WISE ～maison de m-flo～

Dear… Pv

credits: Jmusicrevolution y hikkifmo10

Lokakuun ruokahaasteen voitto meni Kissa pöydällä blogiin ja sieltä saatiin marraskuulle kuuma hot hot hot-haaste. Kylmää ja pimeäähän tuolla ulkona onkin, tämä haaste otettiin meillä ilolla vastaan.

Spiecy-Spicy Tipu

• maustamattomia broilerin ohutfileitä 6-8 kpl
• oliiviöljyä paistoon

chili-sipulimarinadi:

• 1-2 dl  vaaleaa oliiviöljyä
• 3 chilipalkoa siemenineen pilkottuna.
• 3 shalottisipulia silputtuna
• 3 pullukkaa valkosipulinkynttä silputtuna
• 1 rkl hunajaa
• thai-kalakastiketta, vaaleaa soijakastiketta
• suolaa ja pippuria myllystä

Sekoita marinadin ainekset, kippaa pakastepussiin kanafileiden kanssa. Sulje pussi ja laita kylmään marinoitumaan vähintään pariksi tunniksi.

Esilämmitä uuni 200° (kiertoilma). Pyyhi marinoituneista fileistä haluamasi määrä marinadimöhnöä pois ja ota fileisiin HOT! kuumalla paistinpannulla pikaisesti väriä. Siirrä fileet uuninkestävään vuokaan, laita marinadia mukaan ja pidä uunissa kymmenen-viitisentoista minuuttia.

<—-uuniin                                                                 uunista ulos—->

Helppo Kurkkuraita (chilipoltteen taltuttamiseen)

• n. 2 dl turkkilaista jogurttia, maustamatonta
  
• vajaa desi maustamatonta Valion luomujogurttia
• n. ½ tuoretta kurkkua raasteena
• rkl hyvää oliiviöljyä
• suolaa maun mukaan
• (minttusilppu olisi kivaa, mutta ei meillä ollut nyt minttua kotona)

Sekoita aineet sekaisin, äläkä turhaan valuta kurkkua, koska turkkilainen partis on kovin paksua. Anna raidan vetäytyä hetken jääkaapissa.

Kuvassa oma karppi-versioni uunipaahdetulla kesäkurpitsalla ja porkkanoilla sekä salaatilla.  Muille lisäksi laiva(vene!)perunoita.

By Michael Fields

Earlier this year, in a previous post, I noted that change is the one constant in business and in life. Change is good as long as it ultimately carries a person and a business forward with new insight, knowledge and skills. Without change, a person can stagnate and an organization can lose its edge.

Look at the Yankees. Over the past 15 years, the team has changed managers, stadiums, and nearly every position player on the field. These changes might have been too much for another team. But the DNA of champions is deeply embedded within the Yankees organization. Ultimately, it was a combination of their winning DNA and the changes made during rebuilding years that lead the team back to the top – after nearly a decade without a Series ring.

Like the Yankees, KANA’s got winning DNA. The changes we’ve made at KANA to date this year are intended to have the same end game: getting us back on top. While these changes haven’t been easy and much hard work remains ahead of us, we continue making steady progress on all fronts.

Just last month, on the business side, we announced Accel-KKR’s plans to acquire our company and take it private. KANA has been a strong leader in customer service for more than a decade. This is attributed to the depth of our customer base, the talent of our employees, and the investment in innovation technology, like KANA 10. Accel-KKR recognized these winning attributes, and they played a significant role in bringing about this corporate shift.

Accel-KKR’s financial strength and expertise make it the ideal partner to help us fortify our operation – from providing strong, responsive customer support to ongoing product enhancements to adding to the innovation of our new service experience management (SEM) solution, to which we just integrated new social capabilities.

This month, we’re making yet another change, on the communications front. We are folding KANA’s executive management blog, Speak Out, into the Company’s Evolved Thinking blog, which was established years ago by our service division and has built a strong following. KANA’s Speak Out contributors (myself included) will now post on Evolved Thinking.

As many of you may know, Evolved Thinking is a place for KANA’s thought leaders to share their perspectives on trends in customer service and support, self-service, knowledge management, social CRM and other topics central to improving the service experience. This focus won’t change. Rather, we’ll be posting more often and offering a broader spectrum of contributor voices to sound off on these pertinent topics, share best practices and, of course, to continue providing insight into changes in our industry and at KANA.

KANA: Change Redux

Earlier this year, in a previous post, I noted that change is the one constant in business and in life. Change is good as long as it ultimately carries a person and a business forward with new insight, knowledge and skills. Without change, a person can stagnate and an organization can lose its edge.

Look at the Yankees. Over the past 15 years, the team has changed managers, stadiums, and nearly every position player on the field. These changes might have been too much for another team. But the DNA of champions is deeply embedded within the Yankees organization. Ultimately, it was a combination of their winning DNA and the changes made during rebuilding years that lead the team back to the top – after nearly a decade without a Series ring.

Like the Yankees, KANA’s got winning DNA. The changes we’ve made at KANA to date this year are intended to have the same end game: getting us back on top. While these changes haven’t been easy and much hard work remains ahead of us, we continue making steady progress on all fronts.

Just last month, on the business side, we announced Accel-KKR’s plans to acquire our company and take it private. KANA has been a strong leader in customer service for more than a decade. This is attributed to the depth of our customer base, the talent of our employees, and the investment in innovation technology, like KANA 10. Accel-KKR recognized these winning attributes, and they played a significant role in bringing about this corporate shift.

Accel-KKR’s financial strength and expertise make it the ideal partner to help us fortify our operation – from providing strong, responsive customer support to ongoing product enhancements to adding to the innovation of our new service experience management (SEM) solution, to which we just integrated new social capabilities.

This month, we’re making yet another change, on the communications front. We are folding KANA’s executive management blog, Speak Out, into the Company’s Evolved Thinking blog, which was established years ago by our service division and has built a strong following. KANA’s Speak Out contributors (myself included) will now post on Evolved Thinking.

As many of you may know, Evolved Thinking is a place for KANA’s thought leaders to share their perspectives on trends in customer service and support, self-service, knowledge management, social CRM and other topics central to improving the service experience. This focus won’t change. Rather, we’ll be posting more often and offering a broader spectrum of contributor voices to sound off on these pertinent topics, share best practices and, of course, to continue providing insight into changes in our industry and at KANA.

• 5 kartulit
• 3 väiksemat porgandit
• 2 suitsukana koiba
• 1 sibul
• 1 küüslauguküüs
• 100g porrut
• 2 puljongikuubikut
• soola, pipart
• tilli

Klimbid:

• 2 muna
• 3dl jahu
• 1,5spl sulatatud võid
• 3spl sulatatud juustu (merevaik)
• veidi piima u. 50ml.
• soola

Tükeldatud porgand, sibul, küüslauk ja porrulauk passeerida potipõhjas, valada peale u. 1,25l vett ja ajada keema. Lisada tükeldatud kartul. Kanakoiva küljest võtta liha ja tükeldada ning lisada supile.

Klimbitaigna jaoks kloppida munad lahti ja segada teised ained juurde. Kui ei soovi sulatatud juustu panna, lisada lihtsalt veidi rohkem piima(150ml). Aga sulajuustuga jäid klimbid väga mõnusad. Kui liha on supile sisse pandud, teha ka klimbid. Lusikas kasta supivedelikku ja märja lusikaga võtta kausi äärest poole teelusika suurune klimp ning hoida niikaua lusikat supis, kuni klimp tuleb lusika küljest lahti. Klimbid on valmis, kui tõusevad pinnale.

Supp maitsestada tilli, soola ja pipraga.

Sellest kogusest tuleb suur potitäis suppi, umbes 6-7 portsu.

Ok i know its not Friday but it is nessessary, so Mordern Warfare 2 came in today and its a massive hype around the globe, i just so happened to be the 4th person from my store to preorder so i went to pick it up, it cost me 175 instead of the usual 199 so its all gud. not a massive problem funniest thing however is the night vision googles.

Wait John, you spent 175 on googles?! you dont even play FPS?!.

Now wait a minute guyse, let me explain the googles i’ll go into detail, i got it for the artbook as well, next it comes with the CE edition of Mordernwarfare 2 which i sell to some poor sook who is willing to take it for 100 for the addtional stuff so technically i’d be paying 75 for them both .

Art book there is nothing fancy… I’ll look through that in due time… however, shameless me had fun… so… Heres wut they look like:

Pretty Damn harlious i might say. I refer this as the “Mechanical giant penis that sits in the front of your eyes as you look in the dark”. Its pretty big, kinda heavy as well… but never the less, fun to have. As far as i am concerned this “toy” takes 5 AA batteries. So thats another thing i cant afford atm, lol.

The googles themselves have 2 modes, one is what they call “long range mode” which emits some red ring of light and enable you to see up to 15 meters… for you amerikans its 50 feet. So thats a fair distance. The other mode is what they call “stealth mode” which enables just normal night vision.
I havent tried it out yet, no batteries but it sounds fun.
SO John, firstly why are you nakkid while taking that foto?

Obvious fapping is obvious… its my mechanical penis on my head what do you want me to do?!

Well some people think it looks cool i am skeptical i think its harlious but yeah. Its fun to have. I guess… now i can spy on pplz at night… ppl i stalk watch out

John Emergency Sign out lol.

• broilerifilee
• lehtsalat
• tomat
• kurk
• pirn
• paprika
• sinihallitusjuust
• õli, palsamiäädikas
• sool, sidrunipipar

Tükeldada broilerifilee suupärasteks tükkideks ja praadida õlis.

Lehtsalat viilutada või rebida tükkideks. Tomat, kurk, paprika ja pirn viilutada või teha kuubikud. Sinihallitusjuustu võib näppude vahel murendada või lõigata kuubikuteks.
Segada kõik komponendid. Maitsestada soola ja pipraga ning lisada veidi õli ja palsamiäädikat.

Juurde võib pakkuda näiteks tomati-mozzarella ciabattasid.

Loomulikult teen ma siin pea iga päev süüa, aga pigem mingisugust lihtsat wok-rooga või juurviljasuppi ning eriti näpuga retseptides järge ei aja. Nüüd lõpuks otsustasin siis katsetada mingisugust Hiina retsepti ja serveerisin õhtusöögiks tšillipipra sealiha stir-fry.

See oli mu esimene liha friteerimise katsetus, ja alguses pelgasin veidi, pritsivat õli jne, meil on siin ju suure lahtise leegiga gaasipliit…aga nälg ja uudishimu sai hirmust võitu, ja ongi parem, sest nüüd ma tean, et friteerimist karta ei tasu.

Nüüd maitsest – täitsa Hiina toidu moodi! Ainult soola oli vähe, õigemini ei olnud üldse. Retsepti järgi ei pidanud lisama, ja mina kohusetundlikult nii ka tegin. Tšilli andis mõnusat vürtsi ja pani suu õhkama, aga järelmaitse oli selline…natuke mage.

Ja veel – rohkem kastet oleks tahtnud! Proovin järgmine kord lisada rohkem kastme koostisosi (ja lisada ka maisitärklisega segatud vett). Sellisel juhul peaks vist liha ka veidi kauem õlis friteerima, et taigen liha ümber ‘kõvemaks’ muutuks (vältimaks seda, et friteeritud liha taigen kastmes pehmeks ‘liguneks’). Kui järgi proovin, annan teada.

• 500ml õli friteerimiseks (kasutasin taimeõli)
• 2 tl seesamiõli
• 3 spl maisitärklist
• 1 lahtiklopitud muna
• soovitatavalt veidi soola, 0.5-1 tl näiteks
• 250g seafileed (kuubikuteks lõigatud)
• 2 spl oliiviõli
• 1 punane paprika (kuubikuteks lõigatud)
• 1 tl tšillipipart või tšillihelbeid
• 2 spl sojakastet
• 2 spl mett
• Serveerimiseks riisi või nuudleid

# Kuumuta õli paksupõhjalises potis (katseta riivsaiaga – viska paar tera potti, kui hakkab särisema, on õige temperatuur saavutatud).

# Valmista taigen – sega omavahel seesamiõli, maisitärklis, muna (ning lisa ka veidi soola, kui soovid/julged).

# Kasta sealihatükid taignasse ning tõsta siis õli sisse, friteeri ca 4 minutit.

# Tõsta friteeritud lihatükid majapidamispaberile ning tupsuta kuivaks.

# Kuumuta wok-pannil oliiviõli, lisa paprika ja tšilli ning prae 3 minutit pidevalt segads. Seejärel lisa pannile sojakaste, mesi ja kõige lõpuks ka sealiha. Prae rooga veel ca 1 minut, ning serveeri.

# Paku kõrvale riisi või nuudleid. Mina tegin lisaks ka lihtsa roa lillkapsast ja brokkolist, praadides neid wok-pannil oliiviõlis paar-kolm minutit, lisades poole praadimise ajal pannile natuke maisitärklisega segatud vett, seesamiõli ning austrikastet.

Päev hiljem proovisin veel üht Hiina retsepti, millel nimeks kleepuv sidrunikana. Mulle endale igasugused tsitruselised toidud väga maitsevad ning see retsept tundus seepärast eriti isuäratav. Ja ma ei pidanud pettuma – toit sai väga maitsev, selline väga mõnusa sidrunise järelmaitsega, natuke hapukas, aga samas magus; erilised plusspunktid annaks ilusa värvilise väljanägemise eest.

Aga J kurtis, et olevat liiga hapu ja et kas seda va sidrunit ikka liiga palju ei saanud. No ma ei tea, tegin kõik retsepti järgi ja BBC lehel just kõik kaebavad, et ‘väga hea toit, aga sidrunit liiga vähe, järgmine kord panen rohkem sidrunimahla’ või et ‘kui ainult rohkem sidrunimahla paneks, siis saaks õige maitsega’ jne. Võta siis kinni…ju need Hiina sidrunid on veidi vängemad, ma ka ei tea. Aga võib-olla J lihtsalt ei ole sidrunifänn – mäletan, et talle ei istunud eriti ka see piparmündi-brokkoli pastaroog, mis samuti sidrunise järelmaitsega oli. Mulle igal juhul maitsesid mõlemad väga ja soovitan neid soojalt neile, kes tsitruselisi armastavad!

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Pihla mittaili talon takana kasvavien koivujen väliin jääviä nurmialueita. – Tässä on vaikka pirtti ja tähän väliin sopii kamari. Mutta mihin me navetta laitettaisiin? hän aprikoi. – Hm, kaipa sekin vielä löytyy… Hilla ota sinä tuo havu ja lakaise lattiat, niin me Taimin kanssa etsitään huonekaluja ja käpyjä, hän määräsi.

”Nytpä tahdon olla ma pienen mökin laittaja. Seinät kun saan valmihiksi, toisen pään teen kammariksi, päähän toiseen pirttisen, sievän, hauskan, puhtoisen …” lauloi hän ja toiset liittyivät mukaan. Laulun vauhdittamina puhdistettiin ensin roskista pirtin ja kamarin alueet ja sitten ne kalustettiin erikokoisilla puupölkyillä ja kivillä. Navetallekin löytyi pian lähikoivun alta sopiva paikka.

Isoista kävyistä saatiin lehmiä ja hevosia, pienistä lampaita ja possuja. Tikkujaloillaan ne pian seisoivat puunjuurten muodostamassa ometassaan. Muurahaisiakin kuljetettiin risuilla ympäröityyn aitaukseen kanoiksi, mutta ne rimpuilivat vähitellen varpujen lomitse karkuteille ja viimein päätettiin pärjätä ilman niitä.

- Kanat voisivat olla leikisti tunkiolla nokkimassa matoja, keksi Hilla ja asia oli sillä ratkaistu.

- Nyt minä keitän pottumaitoa, päätti Pihla ja tarttui yksikorvaiseen peltikattilaan. – Mulla ainakin on kamala nälkä. Ihan mahassa kurnuttaa. Menkää te siksi ajaksi nokkaunille tuonne kamarin puolelle.

Hilla ja Taimi tälläytyivät tottelevaisesti kamarin lattialle kyljelleen jalat koukussa, eikä sinne muuten olisi mahtunutkaan. Pihla hyräili metsän reunasta kesän alussa löytyneen hellan ääressä. Isä oli kertonut sen olleen sodassa tykin ammuksen säilytys- ja kuljetuslaatikkona. Tietenkään lapset eivät ymmärtäneet, mitä se tarkoitti, mutta joka tapauksessa esine oli leikkihellaksi just sopiva, olihan siinä kattiloille ja padoille valmiit reiätkin. Kiviperunat porisivat iloisesti Pihlan hämmennellessä niitä kierovartisella lusikallaan.

Kesken nokkaunien Hillalle tuli pissihätä. Muitta mutkitta hän piipahti aidan luokse ja kyykistyi katajapensaan juurelle.

- Hei, katsokaa mitä minä löysin! hän huudahti ja nosti ihastuneena korkealle soikeaa, ruosteista mötikkää.

Toiset juoksivat uteliaina tarkastelemaan raskasta esinettä. Jokainen käänteli ja koputteli sitä kiinnostuneena.

Äkkiä siihen syöksähti isä hätääntyneenä, tarttui mötikkään ja heitti sen kauas metsään. Lapset tuijottivat suut ammollaan.

- Se oli sodanaikainen käsikranaatti, jäänyt aidan alle piiloon, isä selitti. – Tuollaisiin ei saa milloinkaan koskea, muistakaa se! Ei milloinkaan! Pitää heti tulla kertomaan, jos niitä löytyy lisää, sillä ne ovat hyvin, hyvin vaarallisia, saattavat räjähtää ja siihen ne leikitkin loppuisivat. Iäksi.

Järkyttyneenä isä istahti kannolle ja pyyhkäisi otsaansa flanellipaidan hihaan. – Onneksi satuin katselemaan ikkunasta, ja onneksi se ammus ei ollut enää käyttökunnossa kerran ei tuolla metsässäkään räjähtänyt, hän sitten huokaisi helpottuneena.

(Kivi tähtien takaa)

This week my goal is to work on kana.

I learned most of them last year, but have forgotten much.

Esta semana mi meta es practicar kana.

Aprendí mucha kana el año pasado pero se me olvidó mucho.

1. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Revolver 11 (Japan)
2. Skalariak – Luna De Barcelona (Spain)
3. Ska Cubana – Chango (UK)
4. Maldita Vecindad – El Cocodrilo
5. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – El Matador (Argentina)
6. King Changó – Latin Ska (USA/Venezuela)
7. Panteon Rococo – Reality Shock (Mexico)
8. La Vuela Puerca – Paren Hoy (Uruguay)
9. Seeed – Goosebumps (Germany)
10. Manu Chao – Me gustas tu (France)
11. King Django – Reason (USA)
12. Yeska – Fideo (Para Aqui)
13. Los De Abajo - War For Peace
14. Kana – Culture
15. Jim Murple Memorial – Jim Murple Memorial (France)
16. Roy Paci & Aruski - Non+ (Italy)
17. Kingtide – Kingtide (Australia)
18. Pannonia Allstars Ska Paradise – Paso (Hungary)
19. Babylove & the Van Dangos - Big Big Baboon (Denmark)
20. Persiana Jones – La Tua Vita Cambia  (Italy)
21. Satelite Kingston - Perdimos  (Argentina)
22. Kingston Kitchen – St. James Infirmary Blues (Germany)
23. The Kinky Coocoos – Digues que faràs (Spain)
24. Gerhana Ska Cinta – Legendary Sir Clement (Malaysia)
25. The Upsessions – Hooligan ‘69 (Holland)
26. Rudimentals – Love Riddim (Africa)
27. Russkaja – More (Russia)
28. Seeed – The Tide Is High (Germany)
29. Firebug – Barrel of Truth (Brazil)
30. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs – Guns of Brixton (Argentiana)
31. Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Paradise Blue (Japan)
32. Skalariak – Radio Ghetto (Spain)
33. Manu Chao – Bongo Bong (France/Spain)
34. Desorden Público – Skándalo (Venezuela)
35. Alborosie – Patricia (Italy)
36. Ska Cubano – Big Bamboo (Gran Bambu)
37. Inspector – El Dejado

Wow, I had way too much fun with this chapter… purple prose, Britishisms, references, camp, footnotes, even a current events joke.  If I made any lack-of-research related errors (which I probably did) it was all in the name of Fun.  Oh yeah, remember the girl from New Pic #8?  She finally makes her appearance here.  Anyway, after this, I’m taking a short hiatus, because (1) I haven’t thought of a plot for the next few chapters, (2) I’ve gotten a bit behind when it comes to keeping track of all my TBS related files, and (3) I have a bunch of side projects (knitting, art, writing) that I need to work on.  Anyway, I should be back before the end of the year.  See ya later.
~Smashingmelons42

A man looked over his DVD shelf, and hesitantly picked one, a cheesy romantic comedy which could help him kill a couple of hours on his day off from self-employment. He strode over to the DVD player, and inserted the disc into the tray.

Nothing.

He checked to make sure the light was on, and it was, so he pressed the “on” button on the television a few times, to no avail.

He checked his notebook to make sure he had purchased the three items in the same universe, which he had, so he then pulled out the phonebook from that universe to call the nearest electronics store. He picked up one of the phones.

“Hello? My television isn’t working… What? Of course it’s plugged in. No, it’s not the cable, it’s the TV. Well, it’s the one on Colma Street, between the hardware store and the flower shop, but it doesn’t have any address. My name? Link Dibbley. Alright. OK. Bye.”

Waiting for the tech guy, he sat at his desk in the front room, which doubled as an antique shop, and flipped through a tabloid that had been sitting there for several days, and was probably long obsolete.

The doorbell* rang.

“Hello, what may I do… for… you?”

He trailed off, distracted by the beauty of the young man who had walked in. He was tall and thin, yet well-muscled, and his pants looked awfully… tight. His wine colored hair was pulled into a ponytail, but several strands lay in front of his face, framing his buttery, golden eyes, alabaster skin, and most impressive eyebrows.

“Uh, I’m here to fix your television…” he said huskily… wait, what? It took Link a moment to process what he had said.

“Oh right!” He glanced down to see the typical techie attire, a tie and name tag. “…Rob.”

He directed Rob through the cramped store to the living room and the television in question, and watched intently as he pressed a few buttons, turned the box around, unplugged it, and removed the back cover to get to work.

After a few minutes, Rob looked up.

“You know, you don’t have to watch… I mean, this could take a while…”

“Oh, I don’t mind,” Link replied, grinning madly.

Rob glanced around worriedly.

“Hey, is that a Sony?” He pointed towards a different TV, and continued, smiling nostalgically. “I haven’t seen one of those in a while…”

“Really? ‘Cause I think that one might be broken too!”

Rob raised an eyebrow. “Well, I could come back after work and take a look at it.”

Link nodded enthusiastically.

When Rob had left, Link hurriedly began messing up the Sony. He wondered vaguely how the young man had known about electronics from another universe, but recalled that there was a STUU station nearby, and decided that it wasn’t important.

Wolfe returned to the antique shop several hours later, after work. He took a look at the Sony.

What the hell? All the wires have been totally switched…

As he readjusted the wires, he heard the sound of a heavy object being tossed onto the couch. He looked up to see that the object was a backpack, and that it belonged to a little girl of around ten, with the most immaculate, porcelain-like skin and silky black hair. She appeared to be Asian, but her dark red eyes were distinctly un-Asian looking, although he couldn’t think of any other creeds that they would have looked less out of place in.

“Hi there,” he greeted.

She stood for a moment like a deer in the headlights before replying with an, “Oh, h-hi,” and dashing off to the back of the house.

Just as she left, Link walked in, bearing a tray.

“Hey, do you want to take a break?” he asked. “I made some coffee.”

“Can’t say no to free coffee.”

Wolfe stood, and seated himself on the couch. As he took a sip of the coffee, he remembered something.

“Hey, I just remembered where I’ve heard that name, Dibbley, before. You’re not related to Zell Dibbley, are you?”

Link sighed.

“Which one?”

“Uhh, the eighth, I think.”

“Hmm. Not really.”

“Are you or not?”

“Yes. Probably.”

“So, you’re a wizard, right?”

“…Yes.”

“Uh, I was wondering, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble, like, if you could help me, and some other people get back to Earth,” Wolfe said, stumbling over the words. “I mean, since you must have been there, at some point.”

“I can’t guarantee it’ll be the same one, but I’ll see what I can do. This’ll be your payment, though, OK?”

“OK. I’ll come back tomorrow, then.” He breathed a sigh of relief, and noticed that his coffee cup was now empty. “I guess I’ll get back to work now.”

As he began to stand, Link stopped him.

“Wait, was that your motive all along?”

“No, I only just thought of it. I’m just nice.”

The next day, in the late afternoon, Wolfe returned, along with Terra. Shinobu and Shigure decided that, as long as they were there, they would stay at STUU. After all, should they never come back, someone would have to come up with a plausible excuse.

“Well, now that you’re here, getting to Earth shouldn’t be a problem,” Link explained. “I actually have a shop set up there as well. That’s the nice part about living in a few places at the same time.”

“That’s cool,” Wolfe said, with the sincerity of a little kid who had just learned what astronauts were.

“Yeah, I think I read a book like that once…” Terra mumbled.

“The only problem is that it might not be the right Earth. Anyway, it’s just through this door.”

He strode over to the same door they’d entered through, and, turning the handle about 30 degrees widdershins, opened it.

Instead of opening to reveal the quiet Colma street Terra and Wolfe had just been on, the door opened to reveal a different quiet street, in a nice, well maintained area just outside of a major city, if the nearby skyscrapers were to be believed. Judging from the fiery hues of the leaves and the mild weather, it was probably Autumn, which meant that it was the right season, at least. And, judging from the street signs, they were somewhere in Japan.

“Well, this might or might not be our own Earth…” Terra said.

“But the fact that we’re a few thousand miles away kind of makes it a moot point,” Wolfe finished.

“Ah, right,” Link said. “Didn’t think of that.”

“Hey, if you’ve got any yen on you, we could try making a collect call to California,” Wolfe joked.

“Who would we call?” Terra asked seriously.

“Uh, I dunno.” He turned back to Link. “Do you think there’s any way you could get us a bit closer? I’ll try to find a way to pay you back.”

Link sighed. “Maybe. But you two might want to check around a bit first, to see whether or not it’s the right one. The shop’ll still be here when you get back.”

“Alright.”

With that, the two of them set off, looking for some sort of sign to confirm that this was the same planet they had been just some months ago. Of course, it would be much harder to confirm that it was the same world than to confirm that it wasn’t.

As they walked, Terra happened to see a newsstand. She stopped.

“Huh?” Wolfe said, as he joined her in examining the newspaper.** “Hey, I thought the PM was Taro Aso.”

“I thought so too…” Terra said. “But the turnover rate is pretty high.”

“But it’s only been, like, two or three months since we’ve been gone!”

“Yeah, well…were you following Japanese politics?”

“Uh, no…”

“Maybe they were already considering it when we left.”

“Maybe… But then that doesn’t really help at all, does it?”

“Nope. If we found a library, we could check to see when Hatoyama became Prime Minister.”

“That wouldn’t really help either, though, would it?”

“Nope.”

They stood for several moments in silence.

“We could just keep looking around,” Terra suggested.

“Neh, we probably wouldn’t find anything. Anyway, what’s the point of going to Japan if we don’t have any money?”

“Yeah, good point,” Terra said, on the same wavelength as Wolfe, for once. “So, what should we tell him?”

“Tell who?”

“Link.”

“We tell him it might be the right world.”

“And how are we going to pay him back?”

Wolfe shrugged. They returned to the store.

They explained that, at this point, there wasn’t really any good way to prove or disprove that they were on the right Earth, which Link wearily said was to be expected. He said that he would try to get them somewhat closer to home, if they could give him some reasonably precise coordinates, and that they could figure out what to do next from there. Naturally, the subject of payment came up.

“Firstly, I don’t want your money,” Link said finally. “I have too much crap as is.”

“Well, I can do, uh, odd jobs,” Wolfe said, adding hurriedly, “with limitations. I could give you free tech support for life, at least.”

“Uhh, OK. What about, like, babysitting?”

“That’s something I’m absolutely not qualified for,” Wolfe laughed.

“I guess I could,” Terra volunteered reluctantly.

“OK, anything else?”

“If you need any papers filed or organized or anything, I could do that,” Terra suggested.

Link concluded that this was good enough for now, and he sent them on their way.

“Hey, dad?” a small voice said. He turned to see Kana, who had been hovering in the hallway for who-knew-how long. “Is that guy coming back? Oh, no reason.”

Link sighed.

“What did I tell you about replying to things people haven’t said yet?”

“Oh, right. So, he’ll be back?”

“Yeah.”

“Oh…” she said, downtrodden.

“Why?”

“Oh, no reason.”

She hurried off to her room. Link returned to his desk.

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ALOO GOBI

Ainekset (neljälle)
250 g kukkakaalia
500 g perunaa
2 dl luonnonjogurttia
1 iso sipuli (hienonnettu)
4 rkl ruokaöljyä
2 dl kasvislientä
2 tl suolaa
MASALA
3 valkosipulinkynttä
2 tl inkivääriraastetta
5 chiliä (siemenet pois)
2 rkl sitruunamehua
1 dl tuoretta korianteria
2 tl jeeraa
2 tl sinapinsiemeniä
2 tl jauhettua korianteria
1 tl kurkumaa

Kuumenna öljy pannulla ja kuullota sipuli kullankeltaiseksi. Lisää masala ja pyörittele tasaiseksi. Lisää öljyä jos tarpeen.

Kuori ja kuutio perunat 2 cm paloiksi. Heitä pannulle. Kääntele masala ja perunat sekaisin. Katso että pannulla on tarpeeksi öljyä. Jätä keskilämmölle paistumaan n. 5 minuutiksi.

Kaada pannulle kasvisliemi ja paloiteltu kukkakaali. Sekoita ja anna hautua kannen alla 10 minuuttia.

Kun kasvikset alkaa olemaan “al dente” lisää jogurtti ja kiehauta soosia vielä pari minuuttia.

Maista. Suolaa pitää olla tarpeeksi.

Lisää lopuksi vielä hienonnettu korianteli ja nosta levyltä.

KANA TIKKA

1 rkl ruokajogurttia
2 rkl tikka-mausteseosta
500 g kananrintapaloja
KASTIKE
200 g paseerattua tomaattia
1 rkl inkivääriraastetta
3 valkosipulinkynttä
1 rkl hunajaa (tai 1 tl ruokosokeria)
½ tl chilijauhoa
1 rkl sitruunamehua
2 dl kermaa
1 tl sarviapilan siemeniä (jauhettuna)
suolaa ja pippuria

Paloittele kana reiluiksi varraspaloiksi ja laita marinoitumaan jogurtin ja tikka-mausteen kanssa vähintään pariksi tunniksi.

Asettele kanat varrastikkuihin ja laita 270C uuniin 11 minuutiksi. Grilliuuni on vielä parempi. Palojen pinta saa jopa hiukan hiillostua. (Mä laitoin uuniastiassa uuniin ja hyvää tuli.)

Laita sillä välin kastikeainekset kattilaan ja ala keitellä kasaan, n. 20 min.

Lisää lopuksi grillatut kananpalat kastikkeeseen ja hauduttele 5 minuuttia.

Tarkista maku ja nauti.

Tähän lisäksi tein naan-leipiä ja riisiä. Jälkkäriksi taas mangolassia.

Today I’ll be looking at the Natsumatsuri Hibiyayaon concert.  It’s a favorite of mine, so I don’t have all that many bad things to say about it.

Click the pictures for the review, or you can read it all below!

MC

Today’s concert is actually done outside!  This is AKB’s first major outdoor concert, and the idea of a summer festival is present with the lanterns decorated by AKB48 members.  Also, this is AKB’s first actual concert using all three Teams.  Shibuya AX doesn’t count in my opinion.

To start off the show, Nacchinon comes on stage to talk about… whatever they’re talking about, and then they count down for the (live) overture!

Overture

This is the second time the vocalist of ‘Overture’ comes on stage for us.  The first being in AX08.  That time, I don’t think he had ever listened to the overture since he recorded it.  Luckily this time he was better: probably because he heard the overture only eight months ago.  Very little progress was made, despite his wearing of a rainbow purse and a towel over his head.  He even ended his own lyrics with “Are.”  I mean, at least finish the sentence if you decide to start it.  Oh well… On to the short skirts!

Dear My Teacher

Team A does their instructor-pleasing shuffle on stage non-nonchalantly and the concert begins!

My favorite parts of the song are the opening lines with Mai and Rina and then we they come back closer to the start of the chorus.

As you can see, it’s already raining!  I wonder if that’s the reason why there hasn’t been another large-scale concert outside…

What!?  Why are they moving?  Oh wait, does this mean what I think it means: they’re going to sing the second verse!?  Yes.  Yes, it does!

If you listen super closely, during and after the above three’s trio line, you can hear the Team K fans chant “1 + 2 = N-Nacchi.”  I love it.  Best chant ever.

Since so many girls have graduated and/or been added, the second verse has a few new additions like Mariko, Amina, and Fujie.

I definitely forgot that Acchan had lines in this song.  I need to watch A1 again, I think.

As you can see, it’s already raining!  I wonder if that’s the reason why there hasn’t been another large-scale concert outside…

Saishuu Beru ga Naru

Next up is Team K’s fourth Stage’s title song, which happens to be a new favorite in the time period of the concert.  Team K fist pumps out on stage, but with the now damp floor, it seems to be slippery as evidence of Sayaka tripping during the transition.

Natsuki’s back with an awesome hair-do!  Yay!

Please note the water on the camera lens.

I love when they get to perform all the verses of a song.  It gives the whole Team their original parts, and usually is the half of the song that my favorite member sings in.

I love how they had that whole ‘Amai Kokansetsu’ single and one of the reasons for it was the part of the stage that Ohori would often be in during songs due to her popularity.  They said that she was often in the back corner, all the while showing video of ‘Saishuu Beru ga Naru.’  What the viewer doesn’t see is that she mirrors Natsuki during the majority of the song and Natsuki is in the other corner, and that the duo get to be front and center in the first chorus and part of the bridge.

Shounichi

Team B’s most popular song gets presented for the first time here.  I used to dislike how they didn’t get to do their prayer, but in reality, that’s really not part of the song, but it’s more like it’s the intro to B3 and is just associated with the song because it’s similar in concept and immediately before the song when it was performed in the theater.

Just a little earlier that month Sasshi had been promoted, and only a little over a week before this concert, Ayarin was fired.  This kind of shows how Sasshi was given Team B front girl status immediately after she was given a full position.

Look!  A camera!

Aitakatta

Now the entire AKB gets to be on stage at the same time!  Who would have ever thought?

Natsuki gets the first real close-up.  That makes me happy inside.

Team K took off the removable raggedy parts of their costumes like in K4… if you care.

Moeno also was promoted a little while before the concert.  Since they probably only have sixteen ‘Shounichi’ costumes, she’s stuck with the ‘Boku no Sakura’ uniform that the RS wear here.  Also interesting to note: Inoue Naru has yet to graduate.

The current RS join in during the last chorus.  I find it funny that the first time I saw this concert, I had no clue who any of them were, yet now all I can think is about how I love a ton of them!

Nagisa no CHERRY

One of the perfect summer songs actually got a spot here.  I love when they perform seasonal songs in the right season.  Here, Mayuyu takes Acchan’s spot as she’s performed it the most recently.

Harugon, Haachan, and Rabutan get stuck with the back-dancing.  Nakagawa actually seems to out-dance her fellow Haruka despite her side position.

Namida no Shounen

Another fitting A2 song.  We even get a multi-Team cast!

CinDy takes Orii Ayumi’s lines as she does in B2.  It’s nice to see her with her old Team’s members.  She looks less old compared to them than she does with Team B!

Each time I watch this performance I always wonder about how Mai’s hair stays so styled dispite the humidity and rain that’s currently pouring.  I know that I should wonder this about all of the girls, but it’s only Mai’s hair that makes me wonder this.

Nage KISSU de Uchi Otose

Acchan’s unit for the night is her cowboy-costumed one from A3.  It seems like this is the wota fall-back favorite next to ‘Nagisa no CHERRY’ when it comes to Acchan.

Fujie has taken over Masuyama Kayano’s position… this is a very fitting selection.  It just sucks that I like both of them, so I never know which I’d prefer to see in this song at AX.

I love these costumes.  They’re so colorful.  And sparkly.

Gomen ne Jewel

I’ve always felt that these costumes looked a lot like ‘Nage KISSU de Uchi Otose’ and so having them right next to each other in a concert’s set list helps me confirm that they really do look similar and it may very well be on purpose.

The RS’s outfits look even more ‘Nage KISSU’-like…

I’ve heard many people complain about how they don’t like how Asuka and Yuka don’t get solos during the dance break.  While yes, that isn’t very great for them, we must remember that the other half of the unit at the time was the two most popular members of Team K and that Mocchi and Masuda got the same amount of solo lines (albeit in worse positions), so they had to loose something, which ended up being contrasting colors on their costumes and they share a dance part.  Good for them, regardless.

The stage seems to be getting even slicker.  Suzuki definitely took a tumble here.  Speaking of which, Nakanishi Yuka, Hatayama Arisa, Suzuki Nae, Oya Shizuka, Nakatsuka Tomomi, and Arima Yuka (I think) back dance here.  I might be wrong on the last two.

Glass no I LOVE YOU

I like how this song’s opening positions always tend to be sort of interesting.  Going back to the A2 roots, two girls appear on stage and the other two appear on speakers on the outside of the stage.  Very original and cute.

Why does Akimoto do this to me?  Rie, Moeno, and Sasshi are grouped so often.  I seem to always find them together.  It’s almost lucky that they will all be in different Teams soon.  But then I wonder if during a shuffle performance they’ll just take each other’s units.  Oh, and Myao’s here, too.  She gets to lead.

Junai no CRESCENDO

This is especially fitting in this concert.  I’m pretty sure the lyrics might mention rain.  And it’s raining.  Awesome.

I love how the setting matches their costumes so much.  I’m serious, this all works so well that I think it’s perfectly epic.  The blue, the pink, the rhinestones.  Sexy.

No3b looks like an actual music group here.

And again, suburb lighting.  Lovely.

Ame
no Doubutsuen

Ruining the mood like it always does comes the original song about rain.  And a zoo.

I love how dispite how unpopular Kana might be now, she still gets her part whenever Team K performs this song.  Oh, and that’s the lineless camel by Naruse in the background there.

Such coincidence.  Wonderful.

Ah!  The French revolutionaries are coming!  Quick, animals, go back to your cages!

Kagami no Naka no Jean de Arc

The choice to show this unit song so close to the time that its leader left AKB is a curious one.  They most likely had time to choose a different one or just cut it out since Ayarin had stopped regularly performing about three weeks previous to the concert, yet they decided to keep it in the set list.  Was it a diss at the original performer, or was it simply a push of it’s new one?  Maybe one day we’ll get to see Ayarin on stage with her flag.

I love Rumi’s spot in this song.  Everything about it.  She gets the same amount of lines as the center in the first verse (Ayarin/Sasshi get one solo in the second) and has the best outfit.  And she’s a perfect fit here, too.

CinDy gets to rev the audience up.

Despite the flag only really being used at the start and end of the performance, it’s so intense whenever the lead grabs it.

Blue Rose

‘Blue Rose’ half-shuffled version.  Here, Kashiwagi takes Yuka’s spot since she performed in ‘Gomen ne Jewel’ and Mika takes Ohori’s position because she’s about to have a unit song.  I love how they pushed Mikachi all of the time.

I think they chose the ‘Temodemo no Namida’ duo to substitute in just because they wanted to add in their unit, but they already filled the set list.  ‘Temodemo’ would look so amazing here, though.  I’m going to take a moment to imagine it… and yeah, it would be great.

Fog much?  I’m pretty sure that even Memolist mentioned there being a ton.  I guess that they don’t have very much practice with using it outside, let alone with rain there to contain it on stage.

Oshibe to Meshibe to Yoru no Chouchou

One of the more famous versions of this song is here.

It used to be that there were often costume changes for ‘Oshibe to Meshibe,’ but they kind of slowed down after this time.  Off-hand I remember that there were variations like teacher/student, office ladies, gangsters, Middle Eastern-wear, and a lingerie version.  On the second to last night of K4, they performed a version wearing the ‘Kinjirareta Futari’ costumes and an ‘Original Mix’ of the instrumental featuring a melody that sounded similar to a music box and like ‘Kinjirareta.’

I wonder how it feels for them to perform with bare feet.  I’ve heard that since everyone was slippery, Nacchan came up with a great idea to save them: pouring some sort of cola soft drink on the ground, placing a towel over it, and then stepping on it.  This made their shoes a bit stickier so they could hold on to the ground a bit better.  With these two rolling around on the wet, now sticky surface, I wonder if it was a bit uncomfortable.

Romance, Irane!

After an MC (shown on the second disc), comes
AKB’s most recent original single that was distributed traditionally.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love this song.  The costumes, the lyrics, the choreography, the epic-ness…

They get to do two verses again, and so we get to see Natsuki singing in the very middle of the stage.  Aren’t we lucky?

So gosh-darned cool.

RUN RUN RUN

Usually, ‘RUN RUN RUN’’s opening consists of the girls taking off their vests and running to put them on the sides of the stage before proceeding to sing.  Here, the girls who just performed get to dance about for a moment before going back.

The Team performing this song and ‘Romance’ are modified Himawari-gumi Teams.  ‘Romance, Irane!’ had H2 Team 1, minus Sae and Yuka and adding Fujie and Chikano, and ‘RUN RUN RUN’ has H1 Team 2, minus Kayano, Yukarin, and Deguchi and adding Rina, Sae, and Yuka.

It’s always interesting how they use new costumes.  Since K4 was the newest Stage at the time.  They were pimping-out the ‘Shamu Neko’ uniforms.  These girls get to wear them here, and in an important performance of Baby! Baby! Baby!, the participating girls (Team A, I think) got to wear them.  It’s a shame that I’m not really all to fond of them.

By the way, for consistency, both verses were sung here.  It seems like every Team (A, K, B, 1, and 2)gets to perform one song by themselves with two verses.

Wasshoi B!

Ah!  ‘Wasshoi B!’ and some of my favorite costumes!  Yay.

This is one of the only nearly-full-member ‘Wasshoi B!’’s I’ve seen.  I think that the 3D show that featured some B3 Team songs may have had the full Team, but I’m not sure.  At least Naru is here, though!

I found Natsuki’s lantern!  I had never seen it before, but I just caught a glimpse of something that looked like an ‘N,’ and sure enough: it was!  I had always figured that that’s what Natsuki would have done with hers, but I never had proof.  Now I do.  Of course, I technically have no clue if it’s actually hers or someone else’s, but ‘N’ is kind of her thing, so it would have to be Natsuki’s or Mikipomu’s, as she’s a Natsuki fan.

I remember the first ‘Wasshoi B!’ I saw in that 3D show.  I couldn’t figure out why a couple of the girls didn’t have microphones for a moment and then were given some a little while later.  I think I kind of studied this for half an hour before seeing that they had given them up to lift another girl.  I was so impressed by myself for noticing it!

I love Team B.  The original, the new recruits, and the New Team B.

Gokimen Naname na Mermaid

I love this song.  Why on earth did it not get into AX09?  What is wrong with the world?  The rest of B3 got in!

In B3, the first verse and chorus is done by only half of Team B, as they left during ‘Hissatsu Teleport.’  Here, they give the other half of the girls choreography and present it as though everyone is usually on stage.  Also, they’ve added a few RS for no apparent reason.

Except, they do have at least three very good performers up there: Chiichan, Sara, and Chunchun!

Korogaru ishi ni Nare

Team K pops out for their anthem wearing the red Kouhaku fringe costumes.

Yay for Natsuki!

As you can see, some how my favorite lost her amazing costume from the last time she performed in it.  She used to have the best out of the three: the shorts.  Now, she’s stuck with the conservative one.  I’m guessing Sae is wearing hers, as Sae’s was white, and they put all of Team K in red for this.

Melos no Michi

Okay, the video of the very start of the song, the battle of Sae versus Nonti, is terrible.  You can’t see a thing.  I don’t know if they thought it’d be cool or what, but it just looks bad.

See, if Natsuki had her costume, she could look as awesome (even better, probably) than Sae.

The only reason I really like this song is because of N’s placement.  Her group has very, very similar voices, and you can hear hers pretty well.   It’s also nice that it’s one of the first two groups, which have the longer lines in the first verse.

At some point, some Kenkyuusei come in the back with the blue Stage-version ‘Skirt, Hirari’ costumes on.  I’ve never understood why there are so many versions of these costumes.  I’ve only seen the blue variations here in one (small) video and one picture.  They’re just not very attractive.

And they definitely don’t match.  They could have put the RS in the white Kouhaku outfits or something instead.  Those would match Team K and the Research Students’ costumes from the Team B Research Students’ costumes.

Only Today

This is another one of my favorite songs.  It’s so catchy and cute with a nice poppy instrumental.  And the girls get to wear the ‘Ato 1cm’ outfits!  I love these so much.  Almost as much as the ‘Romance, Irane!’ costumes.  The large amount of girls in Team A makes me wonder how many costumes they have per set for Himawari-gumi.  Since there are so many girls that have weird sizes, they must have more than sixteen and closer to twenty.

I found the lantern again!  I didn’t even have to try this time!

Normal-sized hair accessories on normal-sized girls…

And Takamina-sized hair accessories on Takamina-sized girls.

Skirt, Hirari

When I first read about this performance, I was super-excited because it was Team A-only, and I heard that it put the “SukaHira Seven” in their rightful places.

Too bad this is actually an encore version of the audio, as it has the single version with added Team A voices so you hear a lot of whoever is singing, but also everyone else simultaneously.

Who is that behind Amina?  Creepy.

Only a portion of the girls are actually wearing skirts.  And those skirts can’t flutter.  The irony.

Team A sang two songs without RS in the back?  It’s almost like they’re favored.  I guess they’re shuffling Teams for a good reason.

Sakura no Hanabiratachi 2008

For the last song of the night, they sing their first single.  Team A is in front for the first half.

Then Team K pops up to form a line dancing with a forward-backward motion.

And then they go into ‘Nounai Paradise’-mode and add in some of that choreography.

Team B’s turn means they bring in the thumbs up and jumping motions of ‘B! B! B! Wasshoi!’ from ‘Wasshoi B!’

Team A has no characteristics, so they just act as though they are all good buddies and rock side-to-side and then pose and wave ‘Aitakatta’-like.

Pretty…

And this is the cover of the DVD and the PB to go along with it for this concert.

(Kenkyuusei Dance)

Yay!  I love this one.  It’s short, meaningless, but a transition, and I count it as a song.  I want a studio version!

The RS get to wear Team A, K, and B t-shirts.  I wonder how many got onto the Team that their t-shirt said.  And oh look, Chiichan!

Takajo Aki gets to introduce the encore.  One would think that it would be Oya’s job since she was the un-official Kenkyuusei leader, but I guess not.

Virgin Love (Research Students ver.)

I always think that ‘Virgin Love’ is just an okay song, but since I love just about every single performance I see of it, I think I actually really do enjoy it.

Who is this?  I have no clue.  Please fill me in.

Takajo is all over in this performance.  They were pushing her before she even joined Team A.

Yuka gets to perform with SKE48 tonight, too!  She’s busy.

By the end of the song, Team A starts coming out and the ‘Virgin Love’’s start sounding better.

Baby! Baby! Baby! (Team A ver.)

For whatever reason, Team A gets to sing an extra single.  Again, they’re just that special.

All three Teams performed ‘Baby! Baby! Baby!’ as part of their Stages (A4R, K4, and B3) for a little while when it was first released, so I guess they didn’t have to stage a new version or anything.  I just wish they would have just used the selected members or something.  Maybe without Ayarin.I usually really like short over-alls, but the ones that Hiichan and Acchan are wearing aren’t very attractive.  I feel sorry for them.

And I totally love seeing Fujie and Rina on the same stage.  Yes, I’m aware that Fujie is not in this screen capture.

Also, more talk of the costumes: I usually don’t like encore costumes like these from AKB, but I really like them here.  I think that it’s because the tops are light and seem more effortless and since it’s outside, it seems more fun-friendly instead of how I always expect to be awed by concert hall performances.

The lighting during the bridge alternates side-to-side.  I’m not sure if I like it.

Kojiharu definitely just shot someone.

PARTY ga Hajimaru yo (SKE48 ver.)

SKE48 performs ‘PARTY.’  It’s of course super-interesting since I’m not that big of a fan of the song, and I can’t tell the difference between a bunch of them at this point.  They hadn’t gotten their makeovers yet.

But there’s my Rikako!

Boku no Taiyou

For the third all-AKB song of the night, we have a single that hadn’t been performed in a real concert yet, and one of their better selling due to a one-of-a-kind photo included with each CD.  Here, a double-Team Himawari-gumi performance is given with Team B in the back.

Yay!  My girls are together!

Seriously, I’m loving this hair.  If only she dyed it back…

Team A and Team B get to wear denim shorts/skirts/pants/overalls, while Team K gets to wear white bottoms, similar to the RS.

Natsuki!  You are my sun!

Ohori’s recently-published memoir mentions that her grandmother passed away shortly before this performance.  Meetan had never had much support from her parents but her grandmother was a big part of her life.  In the book, Megumi says that this is one of the songs that she really sang her heart out in remembrance of her.

AKB48

AKB48’s fight song!

Team K starts in the front row, so that means it’s an instant N attack!

And it’s still raining…

The RS jump on stage at some point.  Now, where is SKE?

BINGO!

Takamina announces this one as usual.  I don’t know if anyone other than her and Ohe have ever done so.

It’s another modified Himawari-gumi performance with the less popular girls and RS in the back.  Natsuki’s in front and she gets her usual lines.  It’s wonderful.

The audience get their little strands of metallic tape.  Soon they’ll be flashier than the AKB members!

Natsuki!

Guess who’s pretty much dead center for bows?  Yup, that’s right.  No need to ask where she for this one.

And that’s Natsumatsuri Hibiyayaon in just under five hours.  I made sure to be really quick with this one for whatever reason.  Next stop: Budokan!