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This was created by the artist Fat--Cow whose work in animation and other art is nothing short of amazing.  I commissioned him to create it and he went way past my expectations to create a Miku "live stage" Halloween show.  I am happy to share with you, but please always credit the artist

I SUGGEST YOU WATCH THIS - BE PATIENT - IT IS WORTH IT.

WE NOW LIVE IN NC AND HAVE A GUEST ROOM DEDICATED TO MY GRANDDAUGHTER.  SHE HAS A VAST COLLECTION OF STUFFED ANIMALS INCLUDING SEBASTIAN THE CRAB AND OTHER DISNEY CHARACTERS.  ERNIE LIKES THEM A LOT.  YOU MIGHT EVEN SAY HE LOVES THEM.  HE JUMPS UP ON THE BED AND SHOWS THEM HIS DOG COOKIES SOMETIMES...OTHER TIMES HE SHOW THEM...WELL, YOU KNOW.  THANK GOODNESS MY GRANDDAUGHTER HASN'T SEEN OLD ERNIE IN ACTION YET.  THE OTHER DAY I WAS TALKING TO HER AND SAW ERNIE OVER HER SHOULDER GETTING HIS...UMMM, COOKIES.  I HAD TO KEEP A STRAIGHT FACE AND KEEP TALKING TO HER SO SHE WOULDN'T TURN AROUND AND SEE SUCH PERVERSITY.  IT WAS NOT EASY...

DAMN, I LOVE MY DOG.

Last week, Washington joined Colorado in legalized sales of marijuana for recreational use.  If this had happened under President George Bush's administration Bush would have mobilized the National Guard and invaded Idaho to try and stop it.  I'm just saying...

One of the pioneers of the synthesizer, Tomita Isao, composed a symphony dedicated and inspired by Japanese fantasy writer, Kenji Miyazawa.  The name of the symphony is "Symphony Ihatov."

The following is reprinted from the www.

"Hatsune Miku was well-known as rain bringer, and the concert was also held under autumn chill rain at the concert hall in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was also streamed over YouTube.
   After some classical medley of his past songs, "Symphony Ihatov" had been played with Japan Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor, Naoto Otomo. It consists of five movements and each part is assigned Kenji Miyazawa's fantastic masterpieces. Miku participated in four movements, and whenever her part started, she appeared from the shadow of the penetration projection panel above the orchestra pit, and sung and danced in the fantastic illumination. Sometimes she sung mechanical voice as a virtual diva caught by the cage of electric box, another time monotonous vice as severe cold wind onomatopoeia, and the other time ethereal girl's voice as a navigator of the train loaded spirits of the dead through the Galaxy to heaven. And finally she sung with the chorus of children and adult choir. The harmony of Synthesizer and human voice, this was exactly the integration of Tomita's world. 1500 people in the hall and YouTube steaming listener in the world had just experienced new style of fantastic synthesizer music."

Back to me:  If you missed this, you can find bits and pieces of the concert on youtube or look it up in the torrents section of your local public library.  They only used 300 people to perform this masterpiece and in the years ahead it might even become fully appreciated for what it is.

Now Hatsune Miku is another story, one which will continue to grow and morph over time.  She is already famous but she is software and in this sense belongs to the world now.  Her "live" concerts are the best thing ever, a composition of music, dance and holographic technology that can fill an entire stadium.  Not to be missed...