Yes I know and I am rather aware that I am making this a tad bit late considering the Dir en Grey concert was close to two weeks ago....
But yes we went and saw Diru (Me, Bady, Bady's +1, and Alex) for our second time showed up about 4 hours earlier than we did last time and STILL managed to be in about the same place as we were last time (by last time I mean the Feb. 23, 2007 Inward Scream). Of course this same spot was by the Denny's and the newspaper stands (Oxford?). I dont remember most of the time I spent in line cause I think i was asleep for a quarter of the time and daydreaming 2/4's of the time (or 1/2) and the other 1/4 of my time was devoted to finding a Pink Berry with Alex so he could get his fix.... (That was a Sad adventure) Then as it gets closer to the doors opening some retard of a events manager seperates the line between LN tickets and TM tickets only for every one to find out that THERE ISNT SUPPOSED to be seperate lines so everyone had to go back (yay for the first 185 people inline cause they were numbered I was 140). Then doors opened and we managed to get into the second Tier and mildly amuse ourselves with the texting-wording-thingy that was displayed (Alex got pit we didnt want it although on second thought I wish I had) then we listened to some delightful Human Abstract (Not?). Then the wait..... Then to my dissappointment (even though i knew it wasnt going to happen) we didnt get to hear GDS, although it kinda made me happy cause If I am correct the last time they played it was at the Wiltern Last year. then out comes everyone and they play..... AMAZING and I could actually HEAR kyo's acapella this time escaping stupid happy birthday rants. I dont remember much from it considering its worn off a little but I think Conceived was my favourite song Played... Then the aftermath as we saw a girl basically get thrown into a railing as everyone surger for Shinya's drum cover (owwww)
Now for Tonights AMAZING SHOW FOR MUCC
MOST FREAKING AMAZING SHOW I HAVE EVER SEEN!!111 It has to be the best like in so many ways HOB= Great venue.
Tatsurou while he was up on stage inbetween songs he would pump the audience up and he was jumping up and down and running around the stage during the songs AND HO SHIT HARMONICA FOR THE WIN?????? It seriously was the greatest concert I have ever been to Not only cause they were keeping your constant attention but the music was amazing, venue amazing, just everyhting *tatsurou: are you pervert? Yukke: wha? what?
XDDDDDD
and Tatsurou took video of the audience (which i wonder will it be used in a PV?)
well im tired and I suck at writing concert reports so you got this outta me and I am going to go to bed seeing as to how its 2:>34 in morning
Oooooooooohhhhhhhh dear....
and ticketmaster.
...that wasn't supposed to happen.
So, now the livenation line has to merge back into the original line.
CHAOS!!!!!!!!!!!
The sun's comming up!
We're numbers 142-145 in line according to the list.
Yay!
We're here!!!!!!
We can't line up in front of the wiltern yet, so were across the
street at the park.
I think we get to line up at 8.
Yes! Only 4 hours!!!
My first cosplay.
So, yeah, I forgot to post about this way back when (well like a week or two ago), but Me and my friend Willie have decided to do our first cosplay. =D
We're hoping to have it done and to wear them for Halloween even though no one will know who we are. xD We might just end up as going as "dead painters" or something like that.
We're cosplaying as....
MUCC from Kuchiki no Tou!!!
I am going as Tatsurou and Willie is going as YUKKE.
We went on a magical adventure yesterday to go find some jumpsuits/coveralls and after looking for a store that didnt exist and going by two other stores that didnt have any, we eventually found them.
40$ each later, we ended up going and getting some white paint.
YAY.
So, today we decided to paint them.
That was an adventure. o-o
Paint EVERYWHERE.
Painting Progress:
It was fun, Willie wore mine while I painted it and then I wore Willie's while he painted it. It was ridiculous.
Finished Product:
^Mine front and back.
We didnt have any references for the back so we just did whatever we want. I thought it would be cool to write ムック on the back so I did. xD
^Willie's front and back.
His had a lot more paint on it. We even took an old screen door at one point and painted through it. It was fun. We also took a straw and blew paint onto it, but Willie wasnt very smart and accidentallty sucked up some paint at one point. >_< He didnt swallow any and we had him wash his mouth out right away, but it was still kinda funny.
He wrote ムック on his too, but he wrote it on the leg. Its a little harder to see.
Anyways, CANT WAIT!
We're planning on wearing them for Halloween and for Anime Expo next year.
We're hoping to have it done and to wear them for Halloween even though no one will know who we are. xD We might just end up as going as "dead painters" or something like that.
We're cosplaying as....
MUCC from Kuchiki no Tou!!!
I am going as Tatsurou and Willie is going as YUKKE.
We went on a magical adventure yesterday to go find some jumpsuits/coveralls and after looking for a store that didnt exist and going by two other stores that didnt have any, we eventually found them.
40$ each later, we ended up going and getting some white paint.
YAY.
So, today we decided to paint them.
That was an adventure. o-o
Paint EVERYWHERE.
Painting Progress:
It was fun, Willie wore mine while I painted it and then I wore Willie's while he painted it. It was ridiculous.
Finished Product:
^Mine front and back.
We didnt have any references for the back so we just did whatever we want. I thought it would be cool to write ムック on the back so I did. xD
^Willie's front and back.
His had a lot more paint on it. We even took an old screen door at one point and painted through it. It was fun. We also took a straw and blew paint onto it, but Willie wasnt very smart and accidentallty sucked up some paint at one point. >_< He didnt swallow any and we had him wash his mouth out right away, but it was still kinda funny.
He wrote ムック on his too, but he wrote it on the leg. Its a little harder to see.
Anyways, CANT WAIT!
We're planning on wearing them for Halloween and for Anime Expo next year.
CONCERTOS!!!!!
My failed attempt at Spanish! Sad thing is i think that i am equally excited about both concerts, just cause i KNOW how intense diru concerts are they are just amazing and i love just the atmosphere of the people and the excitement of the place as much as love their music, and for MUCC its more like i LOVE THEM so much and its a different kind of music so the crowd is different. So basically im More excited for diru for the atmosphere and mucc for the music? if that makes any sense???
MUCC's Coming back too!
Hm, this is a little delayed, but ohwell.
MUCC's coming back!
I love these guys. I've seen them twice so far and I can't wait to see them again.
2008.12.07 Irving Plaza / Ｎew York
2008.12.10 House of Blues / Los Angeles
http://www.55-69.com/
As long as everything works out well with my schedule, you should be seeing me at the LA show! I have my English Final that day, but I should still be able to make it!
MUCC's coming back!
I love these guys. I've seen them twice so far and I can't wait to see them again.
2008.12.07 Irving Plaza / Ｎew York
2008.12.10 House of Blues / Los Angeles
http://www.55-69.com/
As long as everything works out well with my schedule, you should be seeing me at the LA show! I have my English Final that day, but I should still be able to make it!
Dir en grey's touring US again!
Score!!
Even thought they arent quite my favourite band anymore, I -loved- going to their show last time. They're such a blast live!
Their opening band is an American band named The Human Abstract. Hm. The name sounds vaguely familiar, but I know nothing about them. >_< Hope they're good!
http://www.bratmarketing.com/degtour/
11.29.08 Saturday The Wiltern LG Los Angeles, CA
Mhmm! Thats where I'll be!
Ontop of all this, its on a Saturday AND its during Thanksgiving break! Sweet!
::excited desu::
Days 3+4!
WAHHHHHH Its been too long!
I didnt post last night cause I was WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY too sleep deprived.
After getting up at 9 on Saturday, I didnt end up actually going to sleep till 5pm on Sunday.
Anyways, So we got there at like a little past 10 on Sunday. Ashli and Daniel went to the bank and Alex, Matt and I went to the Exhibit Hall and split up from there. After searching around for a little over an hour I went and got in line at the J-Rock Revolution Panel and waited. Met up with Hahen and we chilled in line with this guy next to us who had a dolfie and liked cameras....o-0
JRR Panel was fun. Riku from Chariots was there and so was the President of Cure magazine (O_O). Half the Panel was a Q&A session with Riku. I wanted to ask a question for Cure's president and for JRR, but they kept asking for questions for Riku cause he was getting bored I think. I wanted to Ask Cure why they made their magazines smaller and got rid of the posters, and I wanted to ask JRR if they were ever going to release a DVD of the JRR1. But during the Panel, some guy started freaking out and accusing one of the staff members of illegally downloading stuff and approving of it and that he had proof and all that junk. He even walked down the aisle towards the stage and they had to turn his mike off and he kept shouting toward them his accusations. It was intense. Misha handled it _beautifully_ though, might I add?
After that I wandered around a little bit and called Caroline and met up with her and shortly afterwards we walked the 6 blocks to the Crash Mansion where the LM.C concert was being held. It was Me, Caroline and Bonnie in the beginning, but then we met up with her two other friends that I dont remember the names of. They were cool though. We waited for line for about 3 hours during which I had to run back to the convention center and drop off my bag and then we spent the rest of the time freaking out about how we were going to get out will call tickets cause the box office opened the same time the concert did.
We got in fine and didnt have to wait long for our tickets cause they only let in a few people at a time. I ended up like 5th from the front center and them slowly moved up till I was like 3 rows from the front then decided to stop fighting to keep my spot and slowly moved to the right till I was in like the 2nd row and stayed there for a while and then slowly moved backwards to let some people in front of me and then just chilled in the 5th-6th row for a while where I had some room to move around. The concert ended shortly after that. I was looking on the ground and the girl next to me moved her foot and I saw a black pick under it. I jumped down and grabbed it. It was HIKO, their bassist's. At that point I ran back to the bar and drank the conviniently placed cup of ice water that I saw there that was probably poisoned but I didnt care cause I was incredibly thirsty. Then I bought a 5$ bottle of water and Caroline and I went and sat at a table that was on the side a little ways away from the stage and watched the encore from there. It was cool cause my feet got to rest and we still had a good view.
Then we walked back to the convention center where we met up with everyone and then went to iHop and ate food. During the LM.C concert I had realized that I hadn't eaten all day so my stomach was pretty happy that it got to eat.
This is where it got interesting. We didnt sleep. We went and sat somewhere so we could sleep but then the security came and told us we couldnt sleep....twice. So we got up and moved and tried to sleep somewhere else for a while (like squished in a little opening next to a window) and then I gave up and went and talked with Arex and the people he found. We talked till 4am when they closed the food area and we had to move and so we went to the tabletop gaming room where we ended up playing Apples to Apples with a bunch of random geeks and then we almost played D&D but couldnt find any dice. Then we played on the escalators. I ran down the up one and then I walked up the down one and stayed in place as people walked by me. My thighs are sore now. >_< Eventually it got close to 8am when they started playing anime in the video rooms again, so we went and watched Fruits basket and fell sleep to that. Most refreshing random amounts of sleep while sitting up over the course of 2 hours EVER. After that we were refreshed and went off to tackle the rest of the day!
The rest of the day consisted of eating an 8$ breakfast and then going to watch Who's line is it anime. Its like Who's line is it anyway, but full of Anime references, it was amazingly funny. (Worst time to hear the Final Fantasy victory theme?) During which we all lost the game. The guy down the row from us was giving a suggestion and he said his suggestion then he was like, "Oh yeah, and bytheway, I just lost the game." The whole room groaned. xD
After that then we went back to my aunt's house and fell asleep at like 5 and didnt wake up till almost noon this morning.
I didnt post last night cause I was WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY too sleep deprived.
After getting up at 9 on Saturday, I didnt end up actually going to sleep till 5pm on Sunday.
Anyways, So we got there at like a little past 10 on Sunday. Ashli and Daniel went to the bank and Alex, Matt and I went to the Exhibit Hall and split up from there. After searching around for a little over an hour I went and got in line at the J-Rock Revolution Panel and waited. Met up with Hahen and we chilled in line with this guy next to us who had a dolfie and liked cameras....o-0
JRR Panel was fun. Riku from Chariots was there and so was the President of Cure magazine (O_O). Half the Panel was a Q&A session with Riku. I wanted to ask a question for Cure's president and for JRR, but they kept asking for questions for Riku cause he was getting bored I think. I wanted to Ask Cure why they made their magazines smaller and got rid of the posters, and I wanted to ask JRR if they were ever going to release a DVD of the JRR1. But during the Panel, some guy started freaking out and accusing one of the staff members of illegally downloading stuff and approving of it and that he had proof and all that junk. He even walked down the aisle towards the stage and they had to turn his mike off and he kept shouting toward them his accusations. It was intense. Misha handled it _beautifully_ though, might I add?
After that I wandered around a little bit and called Caroline and met up with her and shortly afterwards we walked the 6 blocks to the Crash Mansion where the LM.C concert was being held. It was Me, Caroline and Bonnie in the beginning, but then we met up with her two other friends that I dont remember the names of. They were cool though. We waited for line for about 3 hours during which I had to run back to the convention center and drop off my bag and then we spent the rest of the time freaking out about how we were going to get out will call tickets cause the box office opened the same time the concert did.
We got in fine and didnt have to wait long for our tickets cause they only let in a few people at a time. I ended up like 5th from the front center and them slowly moved up till I was like 3 rows from the front then decided to stop fighting to keep my spot and slowly moved to the right till I was in like the 2nd row and stayed there for a while and then slowly moved backwards to let some people in front of me and then just chilled in the 5th-6th row for a while where I had some room to move around. The concert ended shortly after that. I was looking on the ground and the girl next to me moved her foot and I saw a black pick under it. I jumped down and grabbed it. It was HIKO, their bassist's. At that point I ran back to the bar and drank the conviniently placed cup of ice water that I saw there that was probably poisoned but I didnt care cause I was incredibly thirsty. Then I bought a 5$ bottle of water and Caroline and I went and sat at a table that was on the side a little ways away from the stage and watched the encore from there. It was cool cause my feet got to rest and we still had a good view.
Then we walked back to the convention center where we met up with everyone and then went to iHop and ate food. During the LM.C concert I had realized that I hadn't eaten all day so my stomach was pretty happy that it got to eat.
This is where it got interesting. We didnt sleep. We went and sat somewhere so we could sleep but then the security came and told us we couldnt sleep....twice. So we got up and moved and tried to sleep somewhere else for a while (like squished in a little opening next to a window) and then I gave up and went and talked with Arex and the people he found. We talked till 4am when they closed the food area and we had to move and so we went to the tabletop gaming room where we ended up playing Apples to Apples with a bunch of random geeks and then we almost played D&D but couldnt find any dice. Then we played on the escalators. I ran down the up one and then I walked up the down one and stayed in place as people walked by me. My thighs are sore now. >_< Eventually it got close to 8am when they started playing anime in the video rooms again, so we went and watched Fruits basket and fell sleep to that. Most refreshing random amounts of sleep while sitting up over the course of 2 hours EVER. After that we were refreshed and went off to tackle the rest of the day!
The rest of the day consisted of eating an 8$ breakfast and then going to watch Who's line is it anime. Its like Who's line is it anyway, but full of Anime references, it was amazingly funny. (Worst time to hear the Final Fantasy victory theme?) During which we all lost the game. The guy down the row from us was giving a suggestion and he said his suggestion then he was like, "Oh yeah, and bytheway, I just lost the game." The whole room groaned. xD
After that then we went back to my aunt's house and fell asleep at like 5 and didnt wake up till almost noon this morning.
LM.C!
think. I'm like 5 rows from the front. =D
Jrock revolution
Ooooohhhhhh scandal!!!!
Misha, you handled that amazingly!
Crazy file sharing guy. Haha.
Day 3!!!!
this morning.
Matt's with us now. We're just getting on the freeway.
My plans for today?
Shopping
Well I'm also going to the Jrock revolution panel at some point.
And then tonight, I get to go see LM.C again down the street with
Caroline and bonnie!
Yay!
Day 2!
Wahhhh I am sooo wiped. I'll end up posting some pictures when the con's over, but for now, just text.
Missed the David Hayter Panel, the line was super long and the room was already super full so I decided to just skip it and check out where the LM.C panel was supposed to be. I got there and the line was already started. (It was like 10:30 and the panel was at 1) So I decided that because I had nothing better to do, I'd stand in line for the next 2 1/2 hours. Ended up walking all the way across the convention center with the girl behind me to go buy some LM.C merch to get signed after the panel.
The panel was fun. Maya talked most the time and they both gave very vague answers that told us nothing. (ex. "whats you're favourite PV?" "I love all of them really") As soon as the panel was over, the few hundred people that were at the panel RAN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CONVENTION CENTER. It was crazy. People kept asking, "Where are they all going?"
Once I got there the line was already SUPER LONG and I was one of the first ones from the front of the panel.
We ended up getting in line up a bit further with Alex and then I got my GLITTER LOUD BOX booklet signed. I also bought their MUSIC VIDEOS DVD for 12$
Ugh less description now, I;m about ready to fall asleep on my keyboard.
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Bought LM.C shirt at Maru Music booth, ate food, went to J-Rock cosplay meetup gathering, got in line for AX Idol tickets. Really funny guys behind us. "tune to I'll make a man out of you) "And I'll! Make this line! Interesting!!!!
Then went to AX Idol, everyone was amazing. I think I think Voc Mognagna is fairly attractive. xD
After AX Idol met up w/Lisa + Kelly and talked for a while then went to go to Denny's with Me, Ashli, Matt, Caroline, Serena, Bonnie and Sonya. On the way there we met up with 3 guys (Josh, Fresh and Eric) who said we shouold go to iHop instead cause the line was shorter. They went with us and at one point we had 12 people at our table. The whole of ihop was really loud and noisy, it was so much fun.
Ahhhhhh I;m seriously falling asleep while typing this. Not joking, I just nodded off.
anyways, good news. I GET TO SEE LM.C AGAIN TOMORROW With caroline and Bonnie.
G'night.
Missed the David Hayter Panel, the line was super long and the room was already super full so I decided to just skip it and check out where the LM.C panel was supposed to be. I got there and the line was already started. (It was like 10:30 and the panel was at 1) So I decided that because I had nothing better to do, I'd stand in line for the next 2 1/2 hours. Ended up walking all the way across the convention center with the girl behind me to go buy some LM.C merch to get signed after the panel.
The panel was fun. Maya talked most the time and they both gave very vague answers that told us nothing. (ex. "whats you're favourite PV?" "I love all of them really") As soon as the panel was over, the few hundred people that were at the panel RAN ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE CONVENTION CENTER. It was crazy. People kept asking, "Where are they all going?"
Once I got there the line was already SUPER LONG and I was one of the first ones from the front of the panel.
We ended up getting in line up a bit further with Alex and then I got my GLITTER LOUD BOX booklet signed. I also bought their MUSIC VIDEOS DVD for 12$
Ugh less description now, I;m about ready to fall asleep on my keyboard.
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Bought LM.C shirt at Maru Music booth, ate food, went to J-Rock cosplay meetup gathering, got in line for AX Idol tickets. Really funny guys behind us. "tune to I'll make a man out of you) "And I'll! Make this line! Interesting!!!!
Then went to AX Idol, everyone was amazing. I think I think Voc Mognagna is fairly attractive. xD
After AX Idol met up w/Lisa + Kelly and talked for a while then went to go to Denny's with Me, Ashli, Matt, Caroline, Serena, Bonnie and Sonya. On the way there we met up with 3 guys (Josh, Fresh and Eric) who said we shouold go to iHop instead cause the line was shorter. They went with us and at one point we had 12 people at our table. The whole of ihop was really loud and noisy, it was so much fun.
Ahhhhhh I;m seriously falling asleep while typing this. Not joking, I just nodded off.
anyways, good news. I GET TO SEE LM.C AGAIN TOMORROW With caroline and Bonnie.
G'night.
Rock! Rock! Za LM.C!!
twice??!!
Yup.
It was me.
=D
LM.C panel~~
panel which starts at 1:00. xD
Wohoo, Day 1 is OVER.
Ahhhhh....I am exhausted!
AX Idol singing auditions were funny, the highlights were: a spartan singing Snake Eater and during so, a Snake cosplayer going up the the front and posing during it; Vic Mognognya (sp?) confusing a Korean girl as Japanese and getting the whole place to boo at him, and me and Ashli meeting a guy names Sanabu next to us who sang a L'Arc-en-Ciel song, he was cool.
Went and hung out in the artist alley and talked with SPOOn and Atari for a while.
Bought a few manga things, one true story about an english teacher in Japan and all the funny things she hears, and the others about cosplay and convention guidelines, they sound funny.
Went to the Exhibit Hall, Bought Gackt's Red+Blue DVD set things and I think thats it for that.
Ate food and while eating, met up with an awesome Celebration Yoshiki cosplayer who we ended upi hanging out the rest of the day with.
J-Pop 101, hide memorial extravaganza. Had a video montage of funny hide clips, a slideshow about his life, a trivia game (with really hard questions, "What kind of car did hide drive?"), and some cosplayers.
Met up with Lisa for a little bit.
Pop-Shock Masquerade, fun. Got to see the Japanese Fxxxer Family 'perform' Garden. Fun.
After Pop Shock we RAN down to the battle of the bands and the line was already super long. After waiting in line for probably an hour and talking Jrock and singing X Japan songs with our Yoshiki cosplaying friend, we finally got to go in. Front row on the right section off the side of the stage.
Gagagagagagagagaling was good. Better than I expected. Got the crowd pretty pumped actually.
The actual Battle of the Bands was kinda boring like last year. Yoshiki had to leave right after the last band went. Awww, no LM.C for her.
LM.C was AMAZING. They played music videos before the performance and people were singing them and getting pumped. When Maya and Aiji came out everyone rushed toward the stage. I ended up right there at the stage in the front on the right. Maya and Aiji are sooooooo energetic. The concert was absolutely amazing, probably one of the best that I've been to cause they were so close. Aiji came over to our side a lot and played with us. I just have one thing to say. The man has some nice calves. =D I got to touch his calf, knee, and shoe. Maya came by and slapped all our hands a few times. Aiji kept spitting water on us and water bukakke-ing us, so by the end of the concert I was SOAKED.
I ended up with one of Maya's suckers and one of the water bottles that were up there.
Day 2 is tomorrow. I'm planning on going to seee David Hayter (Snake's voice), LM.C's signing session, maybe the Gaia panel and AX Idol. Matt should be showing up tomorrow.
AX Idol singing auditions were funny, the highlights were: a spartan singing Snake Eater and during so, a Snake cosplayer going up the the front and posing during it; Vic Mognognya (sp?) confusing a Korean girl as Japanese and getting the whole place to boo at him, and me and Ashli meeting a guy names Sanabu next to us who sang a L'Arc-en-Ciel song, he was cool.
Went and hung out in the artist alley and talked with SPOOn and Atari for a while.
Bought a few manga things, one true story about an english teacher in Japan and all the funny things she hears, and the others about cosplay and convention guidelines, they sound funny.
Went to the Exhibit Hall, Bought Gackt's Red+Blue DVD set things and I think thats it for that.
Ate food and while eating, met up with an awesome Celebration Yoshiki cosplayer who we ended upi hanging out the rest of the day with.
J-Pop 101, hide memorial extravaganza. Had a video montage of funny hide clips, a slideshow about his life, a trivia game (with really hard questions, "What kind of car did hide drive?"), and some cosplayers.
Met up with Lisa for a little bit.
Pop-Shock Masquerade, fun. Got to see the Japanese Fxxxer Family 'perform' Garden. Fun.
After Pop Shock we RAN down to the battle of the bands and the line was already super long. After waiting in line for probably an hour and talking Jrock and singing X Japan songs with our Yoshiki cosplaying friend, we finally got to go in. Front row on the right section off the side of the stage.
Gagagagagagagagaling was good. Better than I expected. Got the crowd pretty pumped actually.
The actual Battle of the Bands was kinda boring like last year. Yoshiki had to leave right after the last band went. Awww, no LM.C for her.
LM.C was AMAZING. They played music videos before the performance and people were singing them and getting pumped. When Maya and Aiji came out everyone rushed toward the stage. I ended up right there at the stage in the front on the right. Maya and Aiji are sooooooo energetic. The concert was absolutely amazing, probably one of the best that I've been to cause they were so close. Aiji came over to our side a lot and played with us. I just have one thing to say. The man has some nice calves. =D I got to touch his calf, knee, and shoe. Maya came by and slapped all our hands a few times. Aiji kept spitting water on us and water bukakke-ing us, so by the end of the concert I was SOAKED.
I ended up with one of Maya's suckers and one of the water bottles that were up there.
Day 2 is tomorrow. I'm planning on going to seee David Hayter (Snake's voice), LM.C's signing session, maybe the Gaia panel and AX Idol. Matt should be showing up tomorrow.
Battle of the bands!!!
Probably at the end. Update later!
Btw, the picture is of gagaaling chilling over to our right.
Anime Expo!
Ahhhhhhhhh I'm here at my aunt's house in La Mirada. Just picked up my 4 day badge for AX this afternoon and I am ready to go!
Well here's my schedule for tomorrow:
09:30-10:00 Get to the convention center and hang out and eat breakfast with Nathan.
10:00-11:00 Maybe go to the opening ceremonies....depends on how I feel.
11:00-01:30 AX Idol singing auditions. I walked in on it last year
and watched for a little bit, it was very entertaining to say the
least. I'll probably spend a little while in there.
??:??-05:00 Probably wandering around in the Exibit Hall
05:00-06:00 J-Pop 101 feat. hide
06:30-08:30 Pop Shock Masquerade
08:30-12:00 Battle of the Bands. LM.C and Gagagagagagaling are
supposed to be there, I thought I'd check it out. LM.C has always been
a fun band. xD
Cant wait!
Well here's my schedule for tomorrow:
09:30-10:00 Get to the convention center and hang out and eat breakfast with Nathan.
10:00-11:00 Maybe go to the opening ceremonies....depends on how I feel.
11:00-01:30 AX Idol singing auditions. I walked in on it last year
and watched for a little bit, it was very entertaining to say the
least. I'll probably spend a little while in there.
??:??-05:00 Probably wandering around in the Exibit Hall
05:00-06:00 J-Pop 101 feat. hide
06:30-08:30 Pop Shock Masquerade
08:30-12:00 Battle of the Bands. LM.C and Gagagagagagaling are
supposed to be there, I thought I'd check it out. LM.C has always been
a fun band. xD
Cant wait!
Now... I really don't give a damn what you say, it's my opinion and I wont change it.
It's official! We've gotten our first harassment from a fan. You know what that means, we've attracted some attention, even if it's from this idiot, and because I don't like being harassed I'm going to post his idiotic argument, and refusal to give up when I tried to end the conversation, is that not just kindly of me?
[20:36] Common Hello: Hey.
[20:36] Common Hello: What's up with saying Miyavi has no body?
[20:37] Common Hello: He's pretty fine-looking, to me.
[20:37] Common Hello: Have you seen him, recently?
[20:37] Common Hello: I mean, COME ON.
[20:37] Hahentamashii: ...
[20:37] Hahentamashii: who are you?
[20:37] Common Hello: Dude.
[20:38] Common Hello: You should totally go see him live.
[20:38] Common Hello: xD
[20:38] Hahentamashii: and he had no body, and yes I have seen him recently
[20:38] Common Hello: Man, that is one fine slice of Asian.
[20:39] Common Hello: What is your beef with Myv?
[20:39] Hahentamashii: not really, he's a little boy in a pubesant body
[20:39] Common Hello: Uh.
[20:40] Common Hello: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x201/Yurameki84/miyavi-shirtless.jpg
[20:40] Common Hello: Does THAT look prepubescent, to you?
[20:40] Common Hello: No, that looks like a MAN, to me.
[20:40] Common Hello: xD
[20:40] Hahentamashii: Yes, actually, it does... He needs toneing... or a shirt
[20:41] Hahentamashii: Love his art, think he's hot... when he has cloths on
[20:41] Hahentamashii: why are you talking to me
[20:41] Common Hello: He HAS toning.
[20:41] Common Hello: What the fuck?
[20:41] Common Hello: Have you SEEN Yoshiki, recently?
[20:41] Common Hello: Now THAT man needs a shirt, like ASAP.
[20:41] Hahentamashii: No, I haven't... Yoshiki is hot!
[20:42] Common Hello: Do you even know what the meaning of PREPUBESCENT is?
[20:42] Hahentamashii: Yes, I do.
[20:42] Common Hello: What is it, then?
[20:42] Hahentamashii: And by the total lack of facial/body hair... I'd say MYV is it.
[20:43] Common Hello: Uh.
[20:43] Common Hello: Well, Yoshiki kind of fits that definition, then.
[20:43] Common Hello: And he needs some serious toning.
[20:43] Common Hello: Oh, and let's not forgot that he uses botox.
[20:43] Common Hello: To keep his "naturally boyish" looks.
[20:44] Common Hello: And Myv has grown facial hair, before.
[20:44] Common Hello: There is such a thing as shaving and waxing, you know.
[20:44] Common Hello: Or maybe you don't.
[20:44] Common Hello: I bet your pussy is hairy as Cousin It.
[20:45] Hahentamashii: You're a psychotic fan-girl/boy. I think it's time you shut your keys and move on.
[20:46] Common Hello: I think it's time you stopped talking shit without proper credibility.
[20:48] Hahentamashii: It's not your blog if you have a problem with it I suppose you contact blogger HQ and complain to them and thier lawyers until then I suggest that you realize and understand that I am an American, and I have a freedom to speach, and that includs bashing MYV's lack of abs. Goodday
[20:48] Common Hello: Lack of abs?
[20:48] Common Hello: Babe, lemme show you a picture.
[20:49] Common Hello: http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8032/2745102263ky6.jpg
[20:36] Common Hello: Hey.
[20:36] Common Hello: What's up with saying Miyavi has no body?
[20:37] Common Hello: He's pretty fine-looking, to me.
[20:37] Common Hello: Have you seen him, recently?
[20:37] Common Hello: I mean, COME ON.
[20:37] Hahentamashii: ...
[20:37] Hahentamashii: who are you?
[20:37] Common Hello: Dude.
[20:38] Common Hello: You should totally go see him live.
[20:38] Common Hello: xD
[20:38] Hahentamashii: and he had no body, and yes I have seen him recently
[20:38] Common Hello: Man, that is one fine slice of Asian.
[20:39] Common Hello: What is your beef with Myv?
[20:39] Hahentamashii: not really, he's a little boy in a pubesant body
[20:39] Common Hello: Uh.
[20:40] Common Hello: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x201/Yurameki84/miyavi-shirtless.jpg
[20:40] Common Hello: Does THAT look prepubescent, to you?
[20:40] Common Hello: No, that looks like a MAN, to me.
[20:40] Common Hello: xD
[20:40] Hahentamashii: Yes, actually, it does... He needs toneing... or a shirt
[20:41] Hahentamashii: Love his art, think he's hot... when he has cloths on
[20:41] Hahentamashii: why are you talking to me
[20:41] Common Hello: He HAS toning.
[20:41] Common Hello: What the fuck?
[20:41] Common Hello: Have you SEEN Yoshiki, recently?
[20:41] Common Hello: Now THAT man needs a shirt, like ASAP.
[20:41] Hahentamashii: No, I haven't... Yoshiki is hot!
[20:42] Common Hello: Do you even know what the meaning of PREPUBESCENT is?
[20:42] Hahentamashii: Yes, I do.
[20:42] Common Hello: What is it, then?
[20:42] Hahentamashii: And by the total lack of facial/body hair... I'd say MYV is it.
[20:43] Common Hello: Uh.
[20:43] Common Hello: Well, Yoshiki kind of fits that definition, then.
[20:43] Common Hello: And he needs some serious toning.
[20:43] Common Hello: Oh, and let's not forgot that he uses botox.
[20:43] Common Hello: To keep his "naturally boyish" looks.
[20:44] Common Hello: And Myv has grown facial hair, before.
[20:44] Common Hello: There is such a thing as shaving and waxing, you know.
[20:44] Common Hello: Or maybe you don't.
[20:44] Common Hello: I bet your pussy is hairy as Cousin It.
[20:45] Hahentamashii: You're a psychotic fan-girl/boy. I think it's time you shut your keys and move on.
[20:46] Common Hello: I think it's time you stopped talking shit without proper credibility.
[20:48] Hahentamashii: It's not your blog if you have a problem with it I suppose you contact blogger HQ and complain to them and thier lawyers until then I suggest that you realize and understand that I am an American, and I have a freedom to speach, and that includs bashing MYV's lack of abs. Goodday
[20:48] Common Hello: Lack of abs?
[20:48] Common Hello: Babe, lemme show you a picture.
[20:49] Common Hello: http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8032/2745102263ky6.jpg
MoonFlower
Well after my lavish experience with the Vocalist (Taka) of The Underneath fallowed by their ah shocking performance I had to buy the CD. Now I do have to say that I entered Taste of Chaos with the pre-judgment that they wouldn't be so great. I'd heard good things about them through various J networks but wasn't convinced. The sudden change from Transtic Nerve to The Underneath just wasn't that attractive, but with the amps blaring and Taka moving in ways that a man should only move in privet I have to say I was put into submission. The CD is very good, 10 songs is a bit to shy of what I would have wanted but the music is very good. "The Underneath are the new and powerful rock band that represents the next generation of Japan."
-Special thanks to J-Shock for bringing their music to the states.
Moon Flowers songs are all very great, I'm not very happy with some of their names, but hey, the MUSAK is great. I love it. Not my "sleep by" cup of joe but certainly a very nice fine tea to dance to.
-Special thanks to J-Shock for bringing their music to the states.
Moon Flowers songs are all very great, I'm not very happy with some of their names, but hey, the MUSAK is great. I love it. Not my "sleep by" cup of joe but certainly a very nice fine tea to dance to.
1. Gekkoh
2. Chain
3. Marrie
4. Deep
5. Fall
6. Fat Fatty F**king Pigs
7. Bite the Bullet
8. Alone Together
9. Womb is Planet
10. Prayer
2. Chain
3. Marrie
4. Deep
5. Fall
6. Fat Fatty F**king Pigs
7. Bite the Bullet
8. Alone Together
9. Womb is Planet
10. Prayer
Tiiiiiiiiired. X_X
for the mucc signing. Can't wait!!!!
Ohyeah, spring was kicked in the head by a crowd surfer. D=
Mucc, Shion
THis is a great new album from mucc with some fresh stuff, although its quite different from the stuff that they have come out before (their other albums) this unique in its own respect!!!! In particular i love the album titled song "Shion" and after having trouble with how i felt about "Anjelier" i have come to the conclusion that i do in fact like it a lot. This is of course an album full of Mucc's ever changing style, and technique and this album proves it with the new styles of music that they have made.
My over all score: 9.5
My over all score: 9.5
Taste of Chaos, Shion, X Japan
Look at what I got in the mail today!!!
One week till Taste of Chaos!
'Tis going to be so much fun.
Also...
New FOOLS MATE came in the other day. Has a cover article on X Japan going over all the shows they've had at the Tokyo Dome. Kinda cool to see the differences in their style.
New MUCC album, Shion, came in a few days ago also. I might write more in depth about it some other time, but I'll just say right now that I love it! Anjelier is my favourite track.
X-Japan
I'm a rose blooming in the desert... I will try to live with love, with dreams, and forever with tears.
X-japan played today in the Tokyo Dome. It's their first venue in what I would say a decade of sorrow and separation. Not much news is out yet about the even that I, unfortunately, missed but sooner or later fans from around the world will start talking about what the rest of us were unable to see.
With rumors that Yoshiki collapsed on stage everyone is excited to hear just how well everything played out. I'm sure none of us can wait for them to come to America (IF THEY DO!!!) so that we can see and hear them for ourselves, however with our hide there to complete the band there are several stand ins that have been announced; among them a few American artists as well as SKIN's own Sugizo, who, although is not my number one pick for stand in, is a preferable artist compared to others announced.
Hopefully soon someone will put up the lyrics to Without You, an amazing classical piano piece written by Yoshiki after the death of original band member hide. I can just imagine Toshi on stage singing after all these years to once another live. I really can't wait to just hear about it....
o.O.... Please?
In other news JRock Revolution web page has absolutely nothing up about the live yet, but they do have interviews with both Pata and Heath, which are interesting to say the least, aswell as ticket info for MYV's live in May (San Fransisco)
Will post again with more info later.
Later, hahen
X-japan played today in the Tokyo Dome. It's their first venue in what I would say a decade of sorrow and separation. Not much news is out yet about the even that I, unfortunately, missed but sooner or later fans from around the world will start talking about what the rest of us were unable to see.
With rumors that Yoshiki collapsed on stage everyone is excited to hear just how well everything played out. I'm sure none of us can wait for them to come to America (IF THEY DO!!!) so that we can see and hear them for ourselves, however with our hide there to complete the band there are several stand ins that have been announced; among them a few American artists as well as SKIN's own Sugizo, who, although is not my number one pick for stand in, is a preferable artist compared to others announced.
Hopefully soon someone will put up the lyrics to Without You, an amazing classical piano piece written by Yoshiki after the death of original band member hide. I can just imagine Toshi on stage singing after all these years to once another live. I really can't wait to just hear about it....
o.O.... Please?
In other news JRock Revolution web page has absolutely nothing up about the live yet, but they do have interviews with both Pata and Heath, which are interesting to say the least, aswell as ticket info for MYV's live in May (San Fransisco)
Will post again with more info later.
Later, hahen
Dream, news, dream, uhh...more news?
I had a dream the other night. I was arriving at Anime Expo and I saw Shounari from LuLu there. I walked up to him and was like, "LuLu! Hi!" and he's like 'uhh..thats not my name...' (he didnt say it, he just gave me a look that said it). So I kinda got embarassed and then said, "Well tell RuRu I said hi!" (I was meaning Taa, the vocalist, but I'm an idiot). Then I kinda followed him and tried to take a picture but I had no camera. Lame.
Miyavi's going on a world tour! Coolio. I'm not a huge miyavi fan, but I enjoyed seeing him at JRR, he was easily one of the most entertaining acts that night, it'd be cool to see him again.
One problem.
The two dates that he is playing in LA are on either sides of the AP Economics test. While _I'm_ not taking it, everyone I know that would go with me is. Kinda puts a damper on my plans. Ohwell, I have it marked on my Calendar still just incase I can randomly find myself down there.
Versailles is also playing on the 3rd of June. Constance says I have to go with her, but I dont know if I'll be able to fight my way down there. Versailles would be cool to see though.
I had another dream last night.
I'm in an auditorium/venue like thing and I go upstairs and watch the concert through the catwalk like space. Gackt is performing. It's like he's doing a shakespearian play by himself. He's weird.
While this is happening, The bands come out of the door to my left. I jump up to say hi. D is coming out first. ASAGI comes out and I'm like "ASAGI! Hi!" ::awkward hug::. The Tsunehito comes out and I do the same thing. (They were confused by the hugs) Then HIDE-ZOU comes out and I'm like, "... HI!" ::hug::. I forgot his name. xD Then Ruiza and Hiroki came out and I didnt do anything cause I felt bad about forgetting HIDE-ZOU's name.
Then MUCC comes out. I'm like, "HI!" and then I drag them all into this random group hug, it was funny. MUCC likes hugs, D doesnt. Keep that in mind. Then they run off.
I cant wait till Taste of Chaos. I want to get MUCC something...I dunno what. I'm definitely giving Tatsurou a hug though. <3 I might try to give the others hugs too, but I dunno. SPOOn says that were able to get in the autograph line twice. I sure hope so. =D I want to get my Issue of FOOLS MATE signed. The one where they are on the cover with the little girls dressed up like them. I love that photoshoot.
Some weird guy is filling in for hide. He's an American guitarist. I've never heard of him before.
As Go from jrocknyc said, I wanted SUGIZO to fill in. =( Well I'm hoping that he only fills in for a few songs or whatnot and other people fill in at other times.
Miyavi's going on a world tour! Coolio. I'm not a huge miyavi fan, but I enjoyed seeing him at JRR, he was easily one of the most entertaining acts that night, it'd be cool to see him again.
One problem.
The two dates that he is playing in LA are on either sides of the AP Economics test. While _I'm_ not taking it, everyone I know that would go with me is. Kinda puts a damper on my plans. Ohwell, I have it marked on my Calendar still just incase I can randomly find myself down there.
Versailles is also playing on the 3rd of June. Constance says I have to go with her, but I dont know if I'll be able to fight my way down there. Versailles would be cool to see though.
I had another dream last night.
I'm in an auditorium/venue like thing and I go upstairs and watch the concert through the catwalk like space. Gackt is performing. It's like he's doing a shakespearian play by himself. He's weird.
While this is happening, The bands come out of the door to my left. I jump up to say hi. D is coming out first. ASAGI comes out and I'm like "ASAGI! Hi!" ::awkward hug::. The Tsunehito comes out and I do the same thing. (They were confused by the hugs) Then HIDE-ZOU comes out and I'm like, "... HI!" ::hug::. I forgot his name. xD Then Ruiza and Hiroki came out and I didnt do anything cause I felt bad about forgetting HIDE-ZOU's name.
Then MUCC comes out. I'm like, "HI!" and then I drag them all into this random group hug, it was funny. MUCC likes hugs, D doesnt. Keep that in mind. Then they run off.
I cant wait till Taste of Chaos. I want to get MUCC something...I dunno what. I'm definitely giving Tatsurou a hug though. <3 I might try to give the others hugs too, but I dunno. SPOOn says that were able to get in the autograph line twice. I sure hope so. =D I want to get my Issue of FOOLS MATE signed. The one where they are on the cover with the little girls dressed up like them. I love that photoshoot.
Some weird guy is filling in for hide. He's an American guitarist. I've never heard of him before.
As Go from jrocknyc said, I wanted SUGIZO to fill in. =( Well I'm hoping that he only fills in for a few songs or whatnot and other people fill in at other times.
New CD Roundup
Mix Speaker's,Inc. - MONSTERS ~Pocket no naka ni JUNK STORY~
Well, I got in the new Mix Speaker's,Inc. album last Monday, but I havent blogged about it simply because, well, it wasn't zomg amazing. It was good, I enjoyed it, but none of the songs really stood out to me and made me remember them (Like their song 'If' did <3)
Well, I got in the new Mix Speaker's,Inc. album last Monday, but I havent blogged about it simply because, well, it wasn't zomg amazing. It was good, I enjoyed it, but none of the songs really stood out to me and made me remember them (Like their song 'If' did <3)
The DVD that came with it was fun though. It had 2 PVs one for 'If' and one for another song I cant think of the name for right now. Its fun to watch them play their instruments in those funny outfits. xD
Rating: Eh.
Acid Black Cherry - BLACK LIST
Lemme put it this way. I love this abum so much that I'm not even waiting till I get home to write about it. As soon as I started listening to this I thought, "Wbng's gonna _love_ this." and then I thought, "This is definitely an album I'm going to be listening to in repeat for a good while."
sins, the first track totally pulled me in. Its got more of a hard rocking feel to it along the lines of SPELL MAGIC. This is just what I was hopig for. ABC's harder tracks are the ones that completely get me moving.
Along with sins, the other tracks that really caught my attention were Rakuen and Prologue End.
Rakuen is a fairly catchy song with a good beath that I cant help but bob my head along to. Overall just a very enjoyable song to listen to, nothing super special about it.
Prologue End is the longest track on the album running at 6 minutes and 13 seconds (right after sins at 6:05). Its a fairly calm song showcasing Yasu's vocal abilities with a nice piano backing. Reminds me a lot of Aishitenai except more calming. My favourite part is a little after the halfway mark, the song seems to gain a bit more momentum (not a lot, just a tiny bit) and is then followed by a key change right when the chorus starts up again for the last time. I love key changes. Really, I do. Like that one in the end of FUZZ by MUCC is amazing.
I cant wait till I get to go home and watch the bonus DVD that comes with it.
EDIT: Watched the DVD two days ago (and forgot to post about it).
Yasu is hot.
That is all.
xD Just kidding.
The DVD included the PVs for SPELL MAGIC, BLACK CHERRY, Aishitenai, and Fuyu no Maboroshi. It also includes the BLACK LIST versions of the PVs SPELL MAGIC, BLACK CHERRY, and Fuyu no Maboroshi which are basically the same PVs, except its mostly footage of the band playing. It also has the BLACK LIST versions of the Off Shoots of the 4 PVs which are also, just a bit different that the Off Shoots that came with the singles. Its different footage, but most of the same stuff. (Well its only 3-5 minutes of shooting, how much footage can thy have?)
Ohyeah, it also has commentary on the first 4 PVs, but because I dont understand Japanese yet, I didnt watch it with the commentary.
I cant wait untill someone rips and uploads the DVD from the type B version. It includes live footage of those 4 songs and another one filmed at their Secret Lives.
Rating: <33333
Rentrer en Soi
Shun (Gt.), Ryo (Ba.), Satsuki (Vo.), Mika (Gt.), Takumi (Dr.)Reh-to-re-en-soy, I do have to say that this is a band that EVERYONE can love, personally they are my number two band (although my last.fm doesnt show it x.x) What is there to not love about Satsuki-vocals??? I remember the first time i heard them, it was one pleasant afternoon in about August of '06 while me and my friends were in Badies (yes IE) Mom's Blue Durango (2000?) while on the way to her house after school IT WAS AMAZING!!! The first song i ever listened to was Protoplasm it was enough to make me die at the moment and ever since then my favourite song by them has *sigh* been "I hate myself and want to..." how can you not love it underneath the moon rain???
OMG TOC Da Dream.
So the other day I'm just layin' there doin' ma thing, ya know? Just breathing and breathing and breathing... and then "BAM!" it hits me in the face, REM that is (sleeping, not the band).
So now I'm dreaming and I'm at Bady's place only it's not the house that I'm used too but that doesn't matter because I'm in DREAM. It's REALLY dirty, but that's okay she doesn't live in that part of the house, some cranky huge fat old lady does and she's really gross! So I bypass the old lady and head into the house, and we're just hanging out when the door bell rings (YOU HAVE A DOOR BELL?!? Seriously!) I go and get it, not because like I live there or anything, but because it's my dream I have to go to the door. It's a pizza guy..... he wants money.... "uhhhhh Bady?" I let her handle it. Smooth, huh?
Anyways I hear this noise it is the sound of sweet practice for the ToC, strings only(Taste of Chaos... for the ignorant) It's taking place down the street from Bady's house for some reason. That's not weird at all! Sooo, I walk down the street a little, but not too close. and all of a sudden it's starts too pour. Like true wet cats the J-Rockers start running screaming through the night and fall right into Bady's pool (I've no idea where it came from.) I save them heroically and drag them sopping wet into the house, around the creepy lady and in to my room. MATT? What are you doing here? Oh well I find some towels while they stand there and magically learn perfect english. Now here's the weird part... where I do love the music I really have no knowledge of J-rock, it's people or who sings what, but for some reason my brain knows that Shin and Aki are members of Kaggra, and they tell me that in my dream. I drag them through the house and give them a room to sleep in. (No I don't know how many rooms are in this house, but I seriously think that I don't care.)
Akiya (gt.) & Shin (gt.)
The next morning the J-rockers have moved the concert up the street right in front of Bady's house. The street just happens to be a football field wide and I have to crawl out of one of the windows to get on to the metal bleachers. My parents are there. Yay.... -blinks-.... anyways there are cheerleaders EVERYWHERE and they are acting like circus performers. I climb down the bleachers, walk around the pool, and run right into a wall of solid muscle. It's a door guard and he asks my name explaining that ToC has taken over the house to use as a dressing and hiding area of the various bands; they've cleaned it and removed the scary lady. I'm allowed inside. Yay! I saved some wet guitarists. I have a moment of apprehension though.... what will Bad's think of it? ... it is Bad's house......... Uh oh.... I ask about it and they explain that to make up for it that Yoshiki (Bad's is obsessed with him) is waiting to meet her in her room. I start heading up there watching Bad's head for the door when
"HAHEN (not really)!!!!"
my mother wakes me up. Just lovely. Sorry Bady.
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