Bore by Request Only - EB's Favorite Music of 2009

[Robo]

Some of my, admittedly very Pitchfork-friendly, favorites of the year:


Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
Summertime Clothes
My Girls


Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Silver Trembling Hands
Watching the Planets


The Antlers - Hospice
Two
Kettering
Bear


Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
Zero
Skeletons


Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
See You
Over It


Cymbals Eat Guitars - Why There Are Mountains
Wind Phoenix
And the Hazy Sea


The xx - xx
Crystalized
Basic Space
Intro
VCR


Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young
4 Chords of the Apocalypse
11th Dimension
Tourist


Japandroids - Post-Nothing
Heart Sweats
Crazy/Forever


The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Young Adult Friction
A Teenager in Love


and the following 15...

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Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Mew - No More Stories/Are Told Today/I'm Sorry/They Washed Away//No More Stories/The World Is Grey/I'm Tired/Let's Wash Away
Sonic Youth - The Eternal
Screaming Females - Power Move
Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
Dead Man's Bones - Dead Man's Bones
Atlas Sound - Logos
Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
Peter Bjorn and John - Living Things
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, the Commuter
Bear in Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth
Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
Fever Ray - Fever Ray

[close]

Now show me yours.

[The Fake Shemp]

Animal Collective.

[Great Rumbler]

Steve Roach - Dynamic Stillness
Opening Sky
Nature of Things

[MyNameIsMethodis]

There wast a single good album released this year.

[Robo]

what the fuck.  I oughta lock this shit thread. 

[The Fake Shemp]

I may not like Animal Collective, but Green Shinobi ruined this thread.

[drew]

Animal Collective.

iawtp

[tiesto]

Got a large list of em:

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[The Fake Shemp]

I thought this year was pretty bad. I think I spent more time listening to The Beatles remasters more than anything. Here are the only albums I enjoyed and purchased released this year:

[The Fake Shemp]

I also bought The Blueprint III and Cosmic Egg, and neither lived up to my expectations, but weren't bad.

[Mandark]

Speaking of the Beatles remasters, mono or stereo?

Cause I'm a bit wary of the "we just invented stereo and omg the drums are all on the right and the guitar's all on the left or did I just blow your mind!?" thing that happens with oldies.

[archie4208]

Album of the year.  Mastodon annihilated.

[The Fake Shemp]

Speaking of the Beatles remasters, mono or stereo?

Cause I'm a bit wary of the "we just invented stereo and omg the drums are all on the right and the guitar's all on the left or did I just blow your mind!?" thing that happens with oldies.

I thought the stereo mixes were incredibly well done, but mono offers a different listening experience. That said, for casual listening, I'd personally recommend stereo. The mono mix is kind of neat in a purist, lift-your-pink-while-you-listen way.

[billyofcourse]

My favorites from this year.

1. Passion Pit - Manners
2. Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
3. Two Tongues - Two Tongues
4. Moneen - The World I Want To Leave Behind
5. Every Time I Die - The New Junk Aesthetic
6. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
7. Black Eyed Peas - The E.N.D
8. Brand New - Daisy
9. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - Letting Up Despite Great Faults
10. Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

[TakingBackSunday]

Speaking of the Beatles remasters, mono or stereo?

Cause I'm a bit wary of the "we just invented stereo and omg the drums are all on the right and the guitar's all on the left or did I just blow your mind!?" thing that happens with oldies.

Well, if you're buying them, it's going to be next to impossible to find the mono set, which are admittedly better.  It goes like this:

Mono: Please Please me -> Revolver
Stereo: Everything after that

Make a judgement call about Sgt. Peppers, because some songs sound amazing in mono on that album, yet so do some of the stereo mixes.

I'll make my post in this thread tomorrow, but I already know it's been ruined by Muse.

[Beezy]

Albums from 2009 that were good from start to finish:

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[Phoenix Dark]

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

Fever

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Part II

Gihad

Them Crooked Vultures - Them Crooked Vultures

Elephants

Mos Def - The Ecstatic 

Auditorium

St. Vincent - Actor

Black Rainbow

Fashawn - Boy Meets World

Ecology

Brother Ali - Us

Fresh Air

The Death Weather - Horehound

60 Feet Tall

P.O.S. - Never Better

Drumroll

Oh No - Dr. No's Ethiopium

Adventure

[Human Snorenado]

Year was pretty blah, good albums from Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Wilco, Antony and the Johnsons, and Justin Vernon's side project Volcano Choir just came out- that's pretty good.  Everyone here has the worst taste in music, you're all fired.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Hmmm......some of the songs I listened to the most -

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[Don Flamenco]

my favorites have been mentioned--

Flaming Lips - Embryonic
Dan Deacon - Bromst
Yo La Tengo
Sonic Youth


I hope Pavement releases a new album next year to promote their comeback! 

[Brehvolution]

Shortlist of songs I liked this year:
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Dream Theater - The Count of Tuscany(it's split in 2 parts on youtube)

[twerd]

1. Oh No Ono - Eggs
Recommended if you Dig: Mew, Queen, Chemically Castrated Singers
(AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO ALERT) Swim:
Helplessly Young:

2. The Antlers - Hospice
Recommended if you Dig: Depression, Lyrically-rich music, P4k.com
Bear:
Wake:

3. Noah & The Whale - The First Days of Spring
Recommended if you Dig: Smog, Breakups, The National
(AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO ALERT) Blue Skies:
I Have Nothing:

4. The Xx - xx
Recommended if you Dig: Pasty-faced techno R&B (see also: Hot Chip)
Crystalized:
Basic Space:

5. Danny! - Where is Danny?
Recommended if you Dig: Madvillian, humorous rap, Danny!
Just cop the album: http://www.multiupload.com/Y79SSWDS6G

6. The Middle East - The Recordings of the Middle East
Recommended if you Dig: Oil, Espers, Anathallo
Lonely:
Beleriand:

7. Yppah - They Know What Ghost Know
Recommended if you Dig: Psychedelic Trip-Hop, Drugs, Lots of Drugs
Gumball Machine Weekend:
The Tingling:

8. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
Recommended if you Dig: The 80s, Erlend Oye, Vogue-ing
Gravity:
Keep A Secret:

9. Memory Tapes - Seek Magic
Recommended if you Dig: Animal Collective songs you can actually dance to
Bicycle:
Swimming Field:

10. Ed Harrison - Neotokyo
Recommended if you Dig: Aphex Twin's less weird stuff, Amon Tobin, really good electronica
Nimbus:
Annul:

11. Bike for Three! - More Heart Than Brains
Recommended if you Dig: Electronica hip-hop, Canadian Cowboy rap
Always I Will Miss You. Always You:
Lazarus Phenomenon:

12. Spitzer Space Telescope - Spitzer Space Telescope
Recommended if you Dig: The Tallest Man On Earth, vintage Dylan, Folk music
The River Styx:
Song of Voyage:

13. Phaseone - White Collar Crime
Recommended if you Dig: Really, really good remix mixtapes. It includes a great AC remix too, BrandNew!
Just cop the album: http://lefserecords.com/tracks/Phaseone-WhiteCollarCrime.zip

14. Delorean - Ayrton Senna
Recommended if you Dig: A more electronica Phoenix, Dancing, BTTF references
Deli:
Big Dipper:

15. The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
Recommended if you Dig: Frightened Rabbit, Depressingly rocking songs
Seven Years of Letters:
I Became A Prostitute:

16. Clark - Totems Flare
Recommended if you Dig: Drugs, Clark's glitch-hop, Staring into space
Future Daniel:
Growls Garden:

17. Major Lazer - Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do
Recommended if you Dig: Dancing with Black People, Mad Decent, Diplo/MIA or Switch/Santigold
Hold The Line:
(AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO ALERT) Keep It Goin' Louder:

18. Taken By Trees - East of Eden
Recommended if you Dig: Peter Bjorn and John (she's the singer on Young Folks), Jenny Wilson, Emiliana Torrini
My Boys:
Day by Day:

19. La Roux - La Roux
Recommended if you Dig: Little Boots, 80s Singles
(AWESOME MUSIC VIDEO ALERT) I'm Not Your Toy:
Bulletproof:

20. Slaraffenland - We're on Your Side
Recommended if you Dig: I dunno, man. It's good.
Open Your Eyes:
Meet and Greet:

[TakingBackSunday]

I want to pick up that new Neil Young collection really bad after reading about it.

[OptimoPeach]

Most of my picks have already been listed, but where's the Sunset Rubdown love? Not their best effort, but I think it at least deserves a mention

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Check out the Baroness album (Blue Record) archie listed above. They're like Mastodon with a crunchy southern groove

[TEEEPO]

no order, just going to list albums that pop in my head which could potentially wind up on the top of my list.


alvo noto - xerrox 2


sunn o))) - monolith and dimensions


grizzly bear - veckatimest


cold cave - love comes close


warp 20th unheard


the xx - x


leyland kirby - sadly, the future is no longer what it was*
only part i've listened to


evangelista - prince of truth


ac - mpp


kreng - l’autopsie phénoménale de dieu


place to bury strangers - exploding head

[Tucah]

Favorite albums this year:






Actually, I lied. Those were just the first few albums I thought of that I liked, not really my favorite albums. Still good stuff though.

[Brehvolution]

Check out the Baroness album (Blue Record) archie listed above. They're like Mastodon with a crunchy southern groove

I think that is the one the gracious Eric P uploaded for me awhile back. I liked it. There is probably a lot I'm forgetting about music wise this year.

[Bebpo]

I haven't really heard any amazing albums this year.  Regina Spektor's Far was probably the closest.

I need to listen to new bands

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Speaking of the Beatles remasters, mono or stereo?

Cause I'm a bit wary of the "we just invented stereo and omg the drums are all on the right and the guitar's all on the left or did I just blow your mind!?" thing that happens with oldies.

Well, if you're buying them, it's going to be next to impossible to find the mono set, which are admittedly better.  It goes like this:

Mono: Please Please me -> Revolver
Stereo: Everything after that

Make a judgement call about Sgt. Peppers, because some songs sound amazing in mono on that album, yet so do some of the stereo mixes.

I'll make my post in this thread tomorrow, but I already know it's been ruined by Muse.

This is the most uninformed piece of shit post i've ever read on this forum.

Please do your research. Here's a list of every disrepency between mono and stereo, each version has songs that song completely different, in different keys etc.

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles/var-format.html

It's reading shit like brand news post that makes me puke as a die hard beatles fan. Nothing could be even further from the truth. There is no "better" version. Each version has variations pretty much in every song except for Abbey Road and Let It Be.

http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Mono-Box-Set/dp/B002BSHXJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260681082&sr=8-1

NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE HUH?

Don't listen to weekend warrior Beatles fans. If you HAVE to choose on just one, ask yourself these questions:

A. Am I listening with Headphones or speakers?
B. Do I enjoy how they were originally heard, or originally visioned?
C. Do I care that each set is different almost in every song?

If you answer the following:
A: Headphones
B:Visioned
C: No

then get the Stereo. The mono will sound muddy and underwater with headphones.

But check out that link and make a informed decision. Don't listen to drabble like Brand New's fucking stupid post.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Oh, and the mono discs have nicer production, as they're identical replications of the original LP's, while the stereo one has all the documentaries compiled on one disc (which is terrible, not worth the price I paid for it).

[Moran]

Only albums I've listened to from this year are the Them Crooked Vultures debut and Further Complications, both are great although TCV kind of just sounds like a Queens of the Stoneage record

And yeah I have the mono and stereo boxsets and listen to both pretty much equally other than a few select preferences.

[TakingBackSunday]

Speaking of the Beatles remasters, mono or stereo?

Cause I'm a bit wary of the "we just invented stereo and omg the drums are all on the right and the guitar's all on the left or did I just blow your mind!?" thing that happens with oldies.

Well, if you're buying them, it's going to be next to impossible to find the mono set, which are admittedly better.  It goes like this:

Mono: Please Please me -> Revolver
Stereo: Everything after that

Make a judgement call about Sgt. Peppers, because some songs sound amazing in mono on that album, yet so do some of the stereo mixes.

I'll make my post in this thread tomorrow, but I already know it's been ruined by Muse.

This is the most uninformed piece of shit post i've ever read on this forum.

Please do your research. Here's a list of every disrepency between mono and stereo, each version has songs that song completely different, in different keys etc.

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles/var-format.html

It's reading shit like brand news post that makes me puke as a die hard beatles fan. Nothing could be even further from the truth. There is no "better" version. Each version has variations pretty much in every song except for Abbey Road and Let It Be.

http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Mono-Box-Set/dp/B002BSHXJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260681082&sr=8-1

NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE HUH?

Don't listen to weekend warrior Beatles fans. If you HAVE to choose on just one, ask yourself these questions:

A. Am I listening with Headphones or speakers?
B. Do I enjoy how they were originally heard, or originally visioned?
C. Do I care that each set is different almost in every song?

If you answer the following:
A: Headphones
B:Visioned
C: No

then get the Stereo. The mono will sound muddy and underwater with headphones.

But check out that link and make a informed decision. Don't listen to drabble like Brand New's fucking stupid post.

Go suck a cock, asshole.  What crawled up your ass and made you decide to be a neverending cuntfuck?  What I said doesn't necessarily refute what you're posting.  From all my listens of the mono sets, through listening parties and my own, headphone driven playthroughs, stereo mixes for the early albums sounds like shit.  In those early albums, it's hard to call ANY of the stereo mixes better at all, the tracks and separation are fucking horrid and reek of "wow, a new technology, let's do a half-assed job with this."  Have you even fucking listening to the stereo mixes of the early shit?  It's EXACTLY what Mandark is iffy with.

When you get into Sgt. Peppers, it really is a fucking judgement call: I prefer the mono due to the better transitions (particularly from Good Morning to Sgt Peppers Reprise), and the mono version of She's Leaving home.

Everything after that, I prefer stereo because they got BETTER at the separation and richness of the sound.  I believe they legitimately sound better than the mono sets.

Eat a dick man.  Yeah, you're such a real Beatles fan because you think you know every goddamn thing about the production of the albums, but when it all comes down to it, it's what sounds good to someone.

[TEEEPO]

i've always preferred listening to mono mixes with headphones, then again what the fuck do i know. i find stereo to be pretty damn distracting for older releases, especially when the vocal separation is all sorts of fucked. looking at you silver apples 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Speaking of the Beatles remasters, mono or stereo?

Cause I'm a bit wary of the "we just invented stereo and omg the drums are all on the right and the guitar's all on the left or did I just blow your mind!?" thing that happens with oldies.

Well, if you're buying them, it's going to be next to impossible to find the mono set, which are admittedly better.  It goes like this:

Mono: Please Please me -> Revolver
Stereo: Everything after that

Make a judgement call about Sgt. Peppers, because some songs sound amazing in mono on that album, yet so do some of the stereo mixes.

I'll make my post in this thread tomorrow, but I already know it's been ruined by Muse.

This is the most uninformed piece of shit post i've ever read on this forum.

Please do your research. Here's a list of every disrepency between mono and stereo, each version has songs that song completely different, in different keys etc.

http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles/var-format.html

It's reading shit like brand news post that makes me puke as a die hard beatles fan. Nothing could be even further from the truth. There is no "better" version. Each version has variations pretty much in every song except for Abbey Road and Let It Be.

http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Mono-Box-Set/dp/B002BSHXJA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260681082&sr=8-1

NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE HUH?

Don't listen to weekend warrior Beatles fans. If you HAVE to choose on just one, ask yourself these questions:

A. Am I listening with Headphones or speakers?
B. Do I enjoy how they were originally heard, or originally visioned?
C. Do I care that each set is different almost in every song?

If you answer the following:
A: Headphones
B:Visioned
C: No

then get the Stereo. The mono will sound muddy and underwater with headphones.

But check out that link and make a informed decision. Don't listen to drabble like Brand New's fucking stupid post.

Go suck a cock, asshole.  What crawled up your ass and made you decide to be a neverending cuntfuck?  What I said doesn't necessarily refute what you're posting.  From all my listens of the mono sets, through listening parties and my own, headphone driven playthroughs, stereo mixes for the early albums sounds like shit.  In those early albums, it's hard to call ANY of the stereo mixes better at all, the tracks and separation are fucking horrid and reek of "wow, a new technology, let's do a half-assed job with this."  Have you even fucking listening to the stereo mixes of the early shit?  It's EXACTLY what Mandark is iffy with.

When you get into Sgt. Peppers, it really is a fucking judgement call: I prefer the mono due to the better transitions (particularly from Good Morning to Sgt Peppers Reprise), and the mono version of She's Leaving home.

Everything after that, I prefer stereo because they got BETTER at the separation and richness of the sound.  I believe they legitimately sound better than the mono sets.

Eat a dick man.  Yeah, you're such a real Beatles fan because you think you know every goddamn thing about the production of the albums, but when it all comes down to it, it's what sounds good to someone.

And yet you have no idea what you're talking about. ""wow, a new technology, let's do a half-assed job with this."" Does your idiocity ever end? There's a reason why the Help mono mix comes with the stereo mix too.

When you get into Sgt. Peppers, it really is a fucking judgement call: I prefer the mono due to the better transitions (particularly from Good Morning to Sgt Peppers Reprise),

What mono transitions? Almost all of them are cut short and are rougher. God you're an idiot.

it's hard to call ANY of the stereo mixes better at all,

WRONG. Help is certainly better, and while I personally perfer the mono versions of the other, there entirely fucking different albums that you can't even compare.

And you said you attend listening parties. That's the gayest shit in the world. Five bucks say's you held some girls hand during "I Wanna Hold Your Hand".

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Heres another site for you brand new so you can learn what real differences there is. The other one has all the stereo vs mono bullshit but this one tells how fucked up each mix is

http://wgo.signal11.org.uk/wgo.htm

[Himu]

Sgt Pepper's is definitely better in mono.

[Himu]

This thread is amazing.

[TakingBackSunday]

And yet you have no idea what you're talking about. ""wow, a new technology, let's do a half-assed job with this."" Does your idiocity ever end? There's a reason why the Help mono mix comes with the stereo mix too.

So?  The separation still sounds distracting.

What mono transitions? Almost all of them are cut short and are rougher. God you're an idiot.

What the shit are you talking about?  I'm beginning to think you know just as little as apparently I do.  The transition of Good Morning to Sgt. Peppers Reprise ring a bell?  Within You Without you to When I'm Sixty Four?  Shorter and rougher my ass, now you're making things up because you can't stand that I prefer the mono mix.

And I will fully say with certainty that I have a hard time listening to the stereo mixes of the early albums, as do MOST people here.  It's fucking distracting.  Get your dick out of your ass: just because you think you know everything about every miniscule detail about every tracks recording and mastering process doesn't mean you know for sure which version people like.  I made a casual post for Mandark telling him my opinion about the stereo mixes for the albums, not thinking anybody would look twice, and you nerd rage because I didn't spew official Beatles PR for the bullshit.  Yeah, you're a true fan. 

[MyNameIsMethodis]

I bet you couldnt even tell me ringos real name wihtout wiki-ing it.

[TakingBackSunday]

I can tell you that you're as big a failure as Pete Fucking Best.

[TakingBackSunday]

Jesus, but I don't even think it is.  It's methodis who's day was absolutely ruined because I made a flippant post about what I preferred.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Well I hope you make like Stu fucking Sutcliffe.

[Moran]

 

[twerd]

jesus christ. 

[Bloodwake]

So, those Beatles remasters were awesome, huh guys?

I haven't really listened to a lot in the past few months, but my favorite album was probably Passion Pit's addition, although I would honestly give the Beatles remasters my nod anyways since that's basically what I listened to the most.

[Mr. Gundam]

Time for my top ten.

1. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- self-titled LP/Higher than the Stars EP
2. the xx -- self-titled LP
3. Camera Obscura -- My Maudlin Career
4. The Clientele -- Bonfire on the Heath
5. The Dutchess and the Duke -- Sunset/Sunrise
6. Phoenix -- Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
7. Neko Case -- Middle Cyclone
8. U.S.E. -- Love World
9. Dirty Projectors -- Bitte Orca
10. Sunset Rubdown -- Dragonslayer

[TakingBackSunday]

That's a damn good list, distant.  That Camera Obscura album was on repeat for about 2 hours during my 8 hour drive a couple days ago. 

[Mr. Gundam]

My biggest disappointment of 2009 was Asobi Seksu's new album. WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING?!?

[Phoenix Dark]

My biggest disappointment of 2009 would have to be DOOM's album, Born Like This. Long anticipated, much delayed albums that sounds like they were thrown together during the span of a couple weeks just rub me the wrong way. There are some great tracks on there but most of the songs and beats were recycled, with slight changes that made some songs worse (like the obnoxious drums on Angelz).

I guess I just opened myself up to hypocrisy charges though: OB4CLII features more than a few recycled, old beats as well. But I'd say it's very hard to deny Raekwon destroyed nearly every beat on the album with precision. Can't be said of DOOM on Born Like This.


Other disappointments:
-Madvillainy 2 didn't come out. Madlib released so much amazing material this year, I really can't wait to hear what he gave DOOM this time.

-Jay Electronica didn't release anything. I rarely get uber excited over any upcoming album or artist but I'm totally on the hype train for Jay. He's one of the few rappers who seems to put time and dedication into every line, and rarely wastes ink. I can't fucking wait to hear what he has.

[Robo]

Mine is either the Franz Ferdinand album or Patrick Wolf's newest turd.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Crack the Skye is my biggest dissapointment.

[The Fake Shemp]

Cosmic Egg

[Mr. Gundam]

Bloc Party's new album was a piece of shit, too. Silent Alarm was brilliant, and they've gotten worse with each subsequent album.

[Ichirou]

I enjoyed the new Pearl Jam album, Backspacer.  I think that's the only new music I bought this year, alongside with a bunch of the Beatles remasters.

[fistfulofmetal]

top 5 albums of 09 in order with the best song on each album:



Mastodon - Crack the Skye
The Last Baron


Sacrifice - The Ones I Condemn
Desolation Alive


Dream Theater - Black Clouds and Silver Linings
The Count of Tuscany (Part 1), Part 2


Megadeth - Endgame
Dialectic Chaos + This Day We Fight!


Skeletonwitch - Breathing the Fire
Submit to the Suffering

edit: forgot about an album. swapped the Heaven and Hell album with Skeletonwitch

[Howard Alan Treesong]

My biggest disappointment of 2009 was Asobi Seksu's new album. WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING?!?

to add insult to injury, I got a mail this morning that they're about to embark on an acoustic tour.

ACOUSTIC.

[Akala]

this just in: asobi seksu misses the point of itself.