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Why thank you sir.  You are most generous.    If I can't, I'll definitely mention you in this new song whenever I finish it since you're the one who inspired it.

About the EMS 64M carts... isn't there some kind of way to switch pages by quick power cycling, like can be done on the Gameboy???  Maybe it's determined by some capacitor on the board, or is it some kind of proprietary code thing that can't be figured out???  Since it can be done right on the Gameboy, there must be some kind of way to brute force it to switch pages with its own built-in components, even if done in an ugly way.

I've been meaning to try this for a very long time.  That damn DMG LCD ribbon cable has pissed me off so much.  I tore one long ago while backlighting.  Good job on this.  If you do or learn more with it, please feel free to share.  Others have done it before, but I don't think much info was posted on it.

Clean the battery contacts.  Pop them out of the case, soak them in automotive battery cleaner for a little while, scrape them clean.  If the Gameboy spontaneously shuts off when you touch the batteries or spin them in place while it's on, then you definitely need to do this.

Yes, definitely get Eneloop rechargeable batteries, & a good smart charger to charge them up.  Using the Gameboy without them really doesn't make any sense at all.  This is a good charger that I use: 

La Crosse BC-700 Battery Charger

As for bass kicks, as everyone says, the WAV channel will definitely give you the strongest kicks when you use the triangle waveform & a loud volume.  However, the pulse channels can give some pretty decent kicks too.  I use them all the time.  Just keep the volumes on the other instruments low, & turn the volume on your bass hits up to max.  You can check out how I use them (as well as some insane fast programming) in my Scrap Brain Zone cover.  I give out all my lsdsng files on my Soundcloud page to help others learn.  I guess I should post them on the lsdsng site too...

I've ordered from Nonfinite before.  Never any problems.

The problem may be somewhere with the backlight wiring.  It would be best to open up the Gameboy & double check all connections now.  Check to make sure that the wires are soldered on good, & not loose or barely touching in any way.  Also, make sure that connections aren't touching each other.  Examine any new solder points & make sure that they aren't touching anything else that they could short circuit as well.  This includes when you close the case.  As you are closing it & putting it back together, make sure that any solder blobs aren't so big that they'll touch something they're not supposed to when you close the 2 halves together.

Another thing to do is to clean the battery contacts.  You can actually pop them out of the case to soak them in battery cleaner or something, though you don't absolutely have too.  Make sure you scrape the surfaces that touch the batteries clean, even if you do or don't soak them in cleaner as well.  Feel free to test it before you even do anything.  Does the system short out like that if you touch, or even spin the batteries in place, while it's on???  Then you definitely need to clean the contacts.  This includes the tops of the springs as well.

BTW, don't worry about slow responses.  On forums like this, it usually takes much time to get a response, sometimes even a day or 2, because not everybody is online all the time, especially somebody who would know specifically about your concern.  A display of quick frustration will definitely attract the trolls.  Do not invite them your way.  Trolls are everywhere.  ^_^