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April 2014 News

This is the April 201411ya edition of the Gwern.net newsletter; the previous was March.

This is a summarized version of the revision-history RSS feed, overlapping with the Changelog page. It also includes material from my Google+ & the LW media threads.

Writings

Media

Books

Fiction:

Nonfiction:

  • Gleick, Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman (brief review)

Film/TV

Animation:

  • Madoka: Rebellion (a must-watch for anyone who enjoyed the TV series; I am not certain in general what to make of it, and need to rewatch it. If you’re going to watch it at all, I recommend avoiding spoilers.)

  • Ayakashi (review)

  • Frozen (unobjectionable for a Disney movie although not without flaws—slangy dialogue will date it fast, plot made characters unnecessarily evil, Olaf the snowman was the most hateful character since Jar Jar Binks)

Music

Kancolle:

  • “Welcome to my harbor” (mag; Kantai Collection Arrange Compilation 2 {201312ya}) [instrumental]

  • “Old navy never die.” (Morrigan feat. リリィ; Old navy never die. {C85; Kancolle}) [choral]

Touhou:

Doujin:

  • “Landscape” (ryuryu; Homeland {VM14}) [instrumental]

  • “Morning Glory” (Spr+out; Seasons {201312ya}) [pianostep]

  • “Every cat dances to the premium music” (OSTER project; ねこのかんづめ☆プレミアム 200916ya) [jazz]

  • “青色ブロウティアー” (カミヤシロ; Blue-pencil 201312ya) [instrumental]

Vocaloid:

  • “Inverse Relation” (Miku; Clean Tears; Reverberations {C84}) [trance]

  • “Count Down” (Gumi+Gakupo; M@SATOSHI; Wakabairo D-i-s-k {VM17}) [Jpop]

  • “Mitasare” (Luka; もふ@, Tinkle-POP, 6人の君と僕の歌 {VM20}) [classical]

  • “Counterclockwise” (Miku; ryuryu; Homeland {VM14}) [trance]

  • “STEP” (Lily; maretu? Robot☆Anime VOCALOID War {March 201411ya}) [Jpop]

  • “Aqua” (Meiko+Miku; shu-t; AIMS {201015ya}) [trance]