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A little praise and advertising for Imogen Heap.

Since me, Gacha 1, 3 and 4 is seeing her live next week I figured I could start my fangirling now.

Imogen Heap, ladies and gentlemen, is just fantastic. And you would think, at least I used to think, when you hear her music that this kind of music must be boring live. You would think it was just some playback-music and that the artist would stand still on the stage singing. In that case you are wrong. Imogen Heap brings all her equipment with her on stage and builds up the music, sound by sound, then and there. It's just awesome. Sometimes she uses the audience too and it really makes you feel like you're part of something. And on top of it all her music is just beautiful. I'm really happy that I get to see her again.

Most people have heard her song "Hide and Seek", which is a great song, through tv-series and Jason Derülo's song "Watcha Say", but that song is really just the tip of the iceberg.

Imogen Heap live in Oslo, February this year:

Of course the sound is much better when you're actually there than this camera managed to catch.

And she's so nice! She's got this charming, British sense of humor and cute way of carrying herself. So even between the songs the whole concert got this cozy atmosphere.

The studio-version of "First Train Home" and some other favorites of mine:






Funny thing: I discovered Imogen Heap years ago when some random person used a song from her old band, Frou Frou, in a Kingdom Hearts-amv... Proves that "illegal" streaming of music can actually work for the artist's (and record-companies) benefits.

K

Sorry. Tons of unrelated random nerdy rambling incoming. It's ok if you don't understand it all... :

When I was in junior high I used to walk around brainstorming words beginning with the letter K.

It was just a way of passing boredom. But now I have come to understand that I just simply love the sound of that letter. Hence names like Kio (my "real name" online) or Kei (the name of my protagonist amongst my original characters).

I just love those short K-names. And Japan got lots of them! What a lovely language! My latest anime-crush got the lovely name Kida. And with the correct honorific added he's Kida-kun and it just sounds great, doesn't it? Kiiiida-kun~

Speaking of Japanese voice-actors (...?). Kida-kun's voice is the very same voice-actor playing  Kira in Death Note, haha, and Tamaki in Ouran High School Host Club. This is actually kinda funny because Kira (this supercool, smart villain) and Tamaki (this shallow and kinda pathetic "prince") couldn't be much more different from each other.

And on another note: I think I know why I like Kida-kun. He shares some similarities with my Kei. They're sneaky and irregular in the same all-over-the-place kinda way. Only thing is Kida-kun's outbursts are more planned. He does what he does purposely. Kei on the other hand does it more accidentally.

Yes. I speak of fictional characters as if they actually existed and I knew them.

But I created Kei, so I do know him. In some way. And I'm weird so you'll just have to forgive this pathetic reasoning.

Some day.... I'll make something. A comic or a story or... And then you'll all get to meet Kei and his friends more accurately.  I guess he's just some vague thing I occasionally mention. Sorry for confusing you. It's just that to me he is very important (like a imaginary best friend or pet or hobby or idol, I don't know) and sometimes he just jumps out.

I'll shut up and go to bed now.

(Kida-kun is a character in the anime "Durarara!!" btw, in case you wanted to know. So far it's a fairly fun anime.)