A couple of us will be at the Holiday Anime Faire tommorrow. It's a bit different in that it's local community-oriented event as opposed to the usual convention setting. Instead of open mic, we'll simply be playing the music in our collection- so more like being a DJ as opposed to being a KJ. As it is Christmas season, we'll be breaking out all the ( Read more... )

Some of you folks may know and remember lifftchi from Open Mic at Fanime and AX, with his spirited renditions of X Japan songs. He's also taken some pictures for AOD in the past. Well, he has just co-authored a book on Xen, an open source sysadmin tool . Check out his book hereAlso, the LA Weekly had an article yesterday on AX2003 Karaoke Contest winner ( Read more... )

A song about Rugby, and Street Gangs...only the Japanese can mix the two and make it work. LOVE IS ALL:

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I think part of the reason why rugby is so unappreciated here in the States is because it lacks good accompanying music. The NBA has its hip hop/rap, and of course there is the famous iconic music of NFL Films. Japanese rugby has...Bonnie Tyler ( Read more... )

These were the most requested songs from our main karaoke library during Open Mic this year ( Read more... )

I am so getting this book. Reasons:

• It the first book I've ever seen about karaoke that's not a song book.
  
• The first chapter (available for free reading here) is interesting once you get past the largely boring story of his childhood. Liked the bit about how his friend evaluated song books.
  
• I've actually been to Village Karaoke, the place in New ( Read more... )

Vote for lionboogy (aka "Bumblebee") for the Ultimate Transformers Fan contest!

Voting link below (he is entry 41-1241592935):

http://www.etonline.com/transformers

You can vote one per day. As they say, vote early and often and spread the word!

It's probably been years since I've stepped inside a video room at a convention, but I got an advanced look at Fanime's video schedule, and they are dedicating a full video room just for older "classic" titles. Among the offerings are titles such as Lupin, KOR, Macross, Space Adventure Cobra, Video Girl Ai, and (gasp) even Rose of Versailles and ( Read more... )

We set a record for Fanime Karaoke contest signups- the 25 spots were snapped up in about 25 minutes last night. We'll still be taking 10 people at con as at-con signups.

Assuming we are renewed for 2010, we'll definitely be expanding the Fanime contest.

Oh, and I would be amiss without sharing this link:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-02-18/canada-st-onge-to-sing-valkyria-anime-theme-song

One thing is for sure- I'll be buying at least one anime soundtrack this

Most folks today consider Project A-kon to be the first anime convention in the US. While A-kon is the oldest convention that is still currently running (this year will be A-kon #20), there were at least three events before A-kon dedicated to anime. This insightful article takes us back to those events and interviews some of the original organizers ( Read more... )