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So, the Hitomi no Screen CD covers are finally out, and they look….. like this:

Well what can I say? There certainly have been some awesome CD / record covers in the history of rock / pop music, but I’ve never been one who would make a buying decision based on the cover art because when I buy music I want music. Great cover art is a nice plus, but I don’t really care too much about it. Which is a good thing in this case because to be perfectly honest I think the Hitomi no Screen covers are a bit on the boring side. Especially the Limited Edition cover looks almost exactly like Mayonaka no Shadow Boy, you know, the same kind of colours and all that. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if when Hitomi no Screen is released Mayonaka no Shadow Boy would make a spectacular re-entry into the Oricon Charts because people might actually pick the wrong CD off the shelves.

When I look at the covers of all five Hey!Say!JUMP singles so far I think it’s kinda ironic that my least favourite single is the one with my favourite cover. I’m talking about Your Seed / Bouken Rider. It’s also ironic that Your Seed which I consider to be HSJ’s darkest song had the brightest and most colourful CD cover.

Anyway, the HnS covers are what they are, and I don’t really care because I really do love the song, and the PV preview looks absolutely awesome as well.

One more thing about the covers: on the Regular Edition it apparently says “Romeo & Juliet” instead of “Hitomi no Screen” which makes it almost look like it’s supposed to be a double A-side CD. But that would only make sense if they released R & J as a special Valentine’s Day gift for their fans. However, that would only work if they had released it before Valentine’s Day and not eight days after. Oh well.

Anyway, the Limited Edition is sold out at CD Japan, and I don’t think they’re gonna restock, but apparently it’s still available from YesAsia and from Amazon.co.jp, so you might want to hurry up and get it while you still can.

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Shonen Club. Is there any better way to open the show than with one of my favourite songs and one of my favourite people? I don’t think so. Yuto is my one love (apart from a few others, but what the heck).

Download: SC 2010-02-07 Opening Medley.avi -SC 2010-02-07 Opening Medley.mp3

YUUUUTOOOOOO!!!!!

Great opening medley. Yay for Yuto, the greatest tallest star in the universe! And double yay for him and Shintaro stealing Yamachan’s “shadow”. Yay for the other Shintaro, Kishimoto Shintaro, who’s the greatest 12-year-old that ever wore a white suit. Yay for Chino who is probably the shortest person that ever took center stage on Shonen Club. Yay for great songs.

And yay, I want to shave Fujigaya’s head. Seriously.

Next up, the NYC boys medley which I’m not gonna post here because we’ve seen the exact same thing so many times before. But yay for Yuma. It was nice to see him back on Shonen Club.

Anyway, as you may or may not know I used to be a skateboarder when I was younger. I’m not doing it anymore because I’m lazy and, quite frankly, I sucked at it, but I still have a very soft spot in my heart for skateboarders. Unfortunately there haven’t been any decent skateborders in Johnny’s since…. since SMAP I guess. Well, ladies and gentlemen, meet 12-year-old Nakamaru Nakamura Reia of Snow Prince Gasshoudan (who if I remember correctly were supposed to be temporary until January)…

Download: SC 2010-02-07 Nakamura Reia.avi – SC 2010-02-07 Nakamura Reia.mp3

LOL, awesome! That was a friggin’ kickflip! I couldn’t do that when I was 12. If Tony Hawk had seen that he would have been proud yo~.

Next was the we’re-reading-your-letters segment which is still as boring as ever, followed by a solo performance of KAT-TUN’s Nakamaru which was actually pretty nice.

Question? wo abake was funny, LOL.

Next up B.I.Shadow with a performanced of You&You with a special guest…

Download: SC 2010-02-07 B.I.Shadow & Nakajima Yuto.avi – SC 2010-02-07 B.I.Shadow & Nakajima Yuto.mp3

Hm, Yugo didn’t break his legs which is kinda noteworthy. In fact, he seems to be better at tap dancing than at lip synching. Anyway, as much as I loved watching this performance it still kinda sucks that no matter what B.I.Shadow get to do there’s always someone stealing their limelight. If it’s not N, Y, and C then it’s Yuto. But having said that… OMG, YUUUUTOOOOOOO!!!!! ♥ Honestly, if he hadn’t debuted with Hey!Say!JUMP he’d be gone by now. Johnny usually doesn’t like guys that tall.

But anyway, at least Nakaken (OMG, NAKAKEEEEENNNN!!!!) got a little bit of attention in Ai no katamari, which would have been an awesome performance even without Nakaken:

Download: SC 2010-02-07 Ai no katamari.avi – SC 2010-02-07 Ai no katamari.mp3

And that’s it. This was a great fun episode, but now I’m looking forward to next week when Hey!Say!7 (with a little help from Hikaru and Daiki) will be there to perform Hitomi no Screen.

To sum it all up: yay for a great episode, but boo for poor YouTube video quality. Sorry ’bout that.

Oh, and before you ask: yes, the Nakamura Reia mp3 was a joke because I’m awesome like that.

Good night everybody.

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It’s Sunday morning, and the world outside my window is foggy, grey and dull. I LOVE IT. No more sunshine on Sundays until the end of May, please. Thank you.

In other news, today’s School Kakumei Live Stage was Romeo & Juliet. Again. Chinen, Yamachan and Hik were dancing around with flowers and wrapped gifts which made it a perfect performance for Valentine’s Day, except Valentine’s Day is next Sunday. Very weird.

Download: SK 2010-02-07 Romeo & Juliet.avi – Credit: nisiyan

Okay, not much to say about this performance, except that if anyone knows the names, addresses, and phone numbers of these two guys in the back then please email me or leave a comment.

Cute.

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