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天野攸紀(amano yuki) live-limited acoustic single "memento" will be released at his acoustic live (and HAKU presents live) at Shibuya SONG LINES at 2014/03/30 (1,000yen)

I prefer to travel alone as well because most people aren't interested in the same kind of things. Anyway I have a few amazing though somewhat random memories of the time I was living in Japan: 1) Cycling 20km just to see Japanese pampas grass. I was dead beat at the end of it but to witness the expanse of golden lights dancing at dusk when the grass is in season was something special. 2) I found myself in a very rural part of Ise because I had visited the shrine in the morning and didn't want to return to Kyoto so early. There, local trains run once every 2 hours. While waiting for the train I met a high school girl who approached me to ask for the train schedule, whether the next train stops at every stop, and a bunch of other strange questions (for a Japanese at least). From our conversation that followed I found out that was her very first time taking the train - she cycles to the next village for school every day but that morning her bicycle had died so she had no choice but to take the train. I remember teaching her how to pay for the train ride and the priceless look on her face when the train started moving =D 3) I wandered into this small ramen place in rural Gifu when I was in the area as a stopover between Takayama and Nagoya. They had no menu whatsoever. Apparently the shopkeeper knows every single of her customers, and she would get their orders ready the moment they step into the place. Obviously they were excited seeing someone they've never seen before, so everyone gathered around me and we chatted about random stuff from Japanese politics to the dog next door (they much preferred the latter topic). 4) Going up to the Japanese Alps was fun, but unpleasant because I forgot my jacket. 5) Among my closest friends were a freelance translator who had probably been to half the countries in the world, a Japanese with rainbow hair who had gone to Paris to study fashion, and a somewhat popular host(!) in Osaka. There were other less quirky but no less amazing people I've met as well.

I'll be knocking at their door! I just bought a bottle of Champagne, believing there to be some nice jrock inside, but it was just some overpriced alcoholic beverage. I feel betrayed.

椎名林檎(shena ringo) self-cover album "逆輸入 ～港湾局～" will be released at 2014/05/27 (2 TYPE) limited edition (3,780yen) & regular edition (3,240yen) will include CD only [track list] ・プライベイト / 広末涼子 arrange: 前山田健一 ・カプチーノ / ともさかりえ arrange: 小林武史 ・雨傘 / TOKIO arrange: 根岸孝旨 ・渦中の男 / TOKIO arrange: 上田剛士 ・日和姫 / PUFFY arrange: ヒダカトオル ・主演の女 / PUFFY arrange: 大友良英 ・決定的三分間 / 栗山千明 arrange: 中山信彦 ・青春の瞬き / 栗山千明 arrange: 冨田恵一 ・真夏の脱獄者 / SMAP arrange: 大沢伸一 ・幸先坂 / 真木よう子 arrange: 佐藤芳明 ・望遠鏡の外の景色 / 野田秀樹 arrange: 村田陽一

A bit of backstory, I drive, but usually just take public transport as it is cheaper and more convenient than driving. So there I was, getting into the metro, and there is a delay. So I go sit down after a long day, and lo-and-behold to my right there is this guy telling this woman off to my right... He is in her face, and talking in Chinese so I am confused, and don`t really know what is going on... I am thinking to myself that I should go stop this, but I don`t know what is happening, maybe she actually did something bad, etc... Or maybe it isn`t what I am thinking it is... Anyway the train comes, and I get in, they get in the next car, and it is packed so I can`t see them... But I have this twisting in my stomach, I feel like I was wrong and should have stopped him... Luckily, they get off at my stop, and I trail them... He is still going off on her, and her head is down... My blood boils, and I go up to him, shove him with the force of Goku himself, and ask him what the f*** he is doing... He says he is just talking to her, and he looks like he is going to make a move on me... I am ready to unleash. I shove him again, and tell him he shouldn`t talk to her like that, it`s not right. He says sorry, it`s his ex-girlfriend. I say I don`t care, you shouldn`t talk to her like that, and you should say sorry to her, not me... I am one second away from just starting to beat on him if he says anything else or try to keep talking to her, so I make him go back the way he came, and he does, pitifully. I start talking to the girl, saying she shouldn`t take that from anyone, and she just smiles and says thanks... Everybody is looking at me, and a lady comes up to shake my hand, etc... I feel good about what I did, I was pumped up and felt like a champ... but at the same time... It feels so wrong, like she wont let make it stop, and it will keep going on... Like all I did was postpone it... I hate it, I hate people like that, and I never ever want to be like that. At the same time, I hate that he is Chinese, and acts like that, and he is so much of a coward that he can only talk like that to a small woman, and b*tches out when I get in his face. Like China has this rich history, and overcame so much, and had martial artists defending their villages, and putting their lives on the line against evil dynasties, and had good emperors trying to defend China, and all that happened, and we still have chickensh*ts like this coming out of the great country. Tbh I would have loved to use the martial arts my Sifu taught me to beat the hell out of this guy...

Hasn't he techinically been part of the band since Core Pride came out? Hahaha.

Yeti (RADWIMPS) For people following Japanese rock "from both sides" (as in both "non-vk" and "vk") like me, it's really not hard to see that Emiru (and co.) , funnily and obviously enough, "worships" Radwimps - especially their frontman Yojiro Noda. There isn't really anything worth mentioning "plagiarism-wise" (read: I can't find anything to accuse them for, lol) but yeti's indie-like position, visual and audial styles is something what you'd apply to their possible idols, or so. (if I'm really understanding what bear was trying to say...)

New Shiina is NEVER NOT A GOOD THING.

Refound it.

Oh, nice! I wish I was more familiar with using Linux. Probably, what is keeping me from ditching Windows is foobar2000. P: But Windows works perfectly so far I have used it as a PHP development environment, though. I have used so many Linux distros several times before, but I end up switching back to Windows each time eventually. =w=;; Anyway, I'll give Linux a try again once I'm better at programming since it seems to be programmers friendly more than Windows. Lately, I've been so into learning JavaScript. It's fun! XD Here is where I code and see how it works. Edit: Trying to code a Rock-Paper-Scissors game. 8D

new look/album cover for "Gyakuyunyuu ~Kouwankyoku~" - regular edition (the other one is not really any different): She will have 4 lives in the end of May/beginning of June, for album promotion (more info on Ringohan, as usual)

New look : https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/t1.0-9/1947463_509933685778550_361247824_n.jpg

best band for sure love the pic of OTG in yukata, 2006, the best period !

^ They are recording and mixing stuff, also had some sort of shoot (dunno if video or photo), according to what I could find out from Jin's recent tweets.

Yep! I'm getting tempted to give Tegami Bachi a try because of it, but at the same time I'm not sure because it's a totally different genre. I got one of his artbooks too and it's so nice ._.

Started travelling alone when I was 16. In life, I was mentored by money-makers who wouldn`t spend a dime in excess, and would pinch every penny. Look for cheap bus routes that make more stops and take longer, but are way cheaper. Book all planes as far in advance in possible. It can be half the price to fly to one country, then take another flight to the one you want to go to by a cheap airline. For example, if you want to go to one European country, which is popular, it may cost $1000, but if you fly to a smaller, less popular country, then take their airline to your destination, it can be $4-500. Hostels are good, but have their downsides. They can be dirty, or noisy, or less safe, but you will also meet many other travellers, learn things, and save money. In Japan, you can stay in a regular hotel in Shinjuku for 10,000 Yen, or stay in a Capsule Hotel for 2,000... If you want to teach in a foreign country, try to get the job before you go there. I know many people who work in Taiwan, South Korea, etc... Staying in Japan is hard if you are a foreigner, the best thing to do is enroll in a school, or transfer schools. Exchange programs are possible from High School upwards if you have good grades, and a little bit of money to put down sometimes. When things have not worked out, I have had to sleep on the street. Find a good spot, either so secluded nobody will ever pass by, or in a busy place where there are enough people to be witnesses, so no-one will try anything, or steal your bag while you are sleeping. Wash in a bus station, airport, or go pay for one entry to a gym with showers. Do a short workout so they dont see what is up, and then hit the showers. I have always befriended homeless people, and found out the good spots to sleep, like one sweet place in a park, but the sprinklers turn on at a certain time, so you have to move... Anyway, I have some experience, and like to share, so let me know if you guys need any help. Would love to hear you advice and stories as well. Btw, in areas warm to foreigners, always mention you are not from around there, it makes you exotic and interesting, and people will want to get to know you, or give you good advice. Life is like a video game when you are travelling, and I find it pretty nice.

This 5+ years , ダウナー always have been 1 of my greatest top 10 bands , I can't get over their disbandment , probably the saddest in these few years .. *sigh* why ??? Their music are always amazing !!!!! If their record can't sell , I can understand , but IMO ... they isn't bad at all !! I just wanna SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM NO !!

It's a virtual host manager (that I aptly called Kappa) I wrote for *nix to save myself from having to open the terminal and creating new virtual host files every time I needed to set up a local website. I'm impressed that you picked up on the fact that it's a Kappa! It's a temporary icon (sprite is from a game) until I make a new one.

Let me show you how it`s done: Computer I found. Split between French, English, and Japanese. Dunno how to convert it all to one language at a time, and have to restart it everytime I want to switch back to Japanese. Restarting takes almost 15 minutes. No joke. All sorts of stuff new and old on my desktop, didn`t read it all so hopefully nothing incriminating. Amongst the icons there seems to be C.V.`s I made for African people, research, and a rip by Linh-San/Sama/Senorita which I used to compare. The rip seems quite nice btw. I don`t like to use computers outside of work so I don`t care about buying a new one, I mostly use this when I absolutely have to, or to store stuff on my External Drives, otherwise I do everything on my phone.

Knowing this band, I'm pretty sure they're just making fun of the whole conditional disbandment thing XD

レイニングレター 「シェルター」 「月」 黒猫が通る レクイエム 構想日記

^ What is dat Kappa icon? ROFL!

Hope they change it to [Prosecco] and start selling all their merchandise cheaper.

* CAT5 slowly transforms into GOAT5

Haven't visited Japan yet, despite lusting for it over the past 10 years or so. It's just not my time I guess. I have however, visited Hawaii (island of Oahu) and that was like the next best thing to Japan or Korea (or at least I felt like it was). Tons of Japanese tourists and lots of things catered to them, so it was practically like being in Japan! They have a lot of Japanese stores as well as certain famous restaurants and ramen houses. Plus, of course, there's the amazing sights of tropical paradise (almost like Okinawa?)~ I seriously recommend it if you can't get to Japan or feel a little overwhelmed with the idea of being outed as a 'gaijin'. It's still the US, so you won't be looked at or treated funny for speaking English. It's not cheap, but it's worth it for beach lovers, city explorers, nature lovers and photography junkies (it's seriously heaven for landscape shots!!). It's also ridiculously rich in culture and quite an amazing experience. It's something you need to soak in for a while. I went for 5 days and trust me, that is not enough. Definitely planning on making my return for a longer period of time. I haven't traveled all that much outside of North America so I can't really recommend much. I do agree that New York City is an awesome and exciting place! If you're a big city person I absolutely recommend it as there is so much to do, especially (but not limited to) Manhattan. I do hope to make a trip to Asia one day. I'm not too big on wanting to visit Europe, however I would love to see the UK and the Scandinavian countries :')

Hello, here I am. Necessary eyepatch. I was at some venue listening to a random band and some chick fail crowd-surfed her finger right into my eye. ☆⌒(＞。≪)

Reissue of a manga series which started nearly 20 years ago. The art is so pretty ._.

Kamito from Antikythera is a huge Guniw Tools fan and the band's first full album is pretty much a love letter to the band. I'd say that's probably enough to qualify it for this thread XD (following your format) The copycat The original

Having been born in the middle of Europe makes me kind of lucky I guess. It takes me a few hours to get to either The Netherlands, Germany, France, or the UK, so I guess it's a given I've been in all four countries. Apart from that I've also been able to go on two exchanges through secondary school (Which cost more than it should have but oh well...) One to Denmark, and one to Slovakia. I'd love to go back to Denmark but I doubt I'd ever go back to Slovakia. It was an interesting place though. Opposite of Denmark almost. I've also been in Los Angeles for a few days on a trip through a website I write for, and had a 10 hour layover in New York because someone didn't check my flight's hours. I spent those walking around the city then. I think I take NY over LA but I should go and have a decent trip to go and actually find out for sure. I am now in Seoul, and that's been my first deliberate choice of staying abroad for a long time. I needed to get out of my country and away from people for a bit. If I can earn enough while I'm here, I'll probably head to Japan after (I'd love to hear of people who've already been there and/or have found a job there. I'm very interested in working in Japan if I could, but I have no idea how to take on the challenge and where to start). If I can do it, I doubt I'll ever really move back to Belgium, but we'll see what happens. Seoul is interesting though, to say the least. Teaching English without actually being a native speaker is not officially allowed, so if you don't live in a native English country or hold a degree in English language, don't bother trying to go and get a job in Korea. I have a degree and pretty much fluent English but I'm getting nowhere. It's frustrating.

I just discovered ORIE... 3-piece indies with female vocals, founded 2013, one 2-track demo released in november, 1st MV released in february. It's simple and happy with good backing and a nice pace. Can't go wrong with this I guess... official web; http://orieband.jimdo.com

Small twitter update: the band has been recording since yesterday.

*Read all the hate and comments on this topic* Me: ....Woohoo, Jin's back.

Maybe his voice isn't perfect, but at least it sounds exactly the same live, which means NEGA's songs weren't edited too much to sound better. Some bands have their songs recorded and the vocal is good, but when I see a live video, the vocalist totally can't sing.

Yes, he's not a very talented vocalist. But so what? You don't have to be very talented at what you do, be it singing, playing the guitar, bass, drums or whatever, as long as you're able to sound good and make good riffs/create good atmosphere, and you can do those things without being a very talented guitarist/bassist/drummer/vocalist. Being talented is so fucking overrated.

lmao its not your place, to say nega brought nothing.

Jin has an unique voice, and most VK fans don't seem to like unique voices nowadays. The criticism he receives is ridiculous, really, having read that last entry on his blog back then about how he thought himself to be a horrible vocalist, and that he let his fans down, it was just terrible to know he'd allow himself to be driven that far up the walls by a group of cunts who, instead of appreciating music, can only criticize it. I thought because of that he was the last one to come back with a new band because of how deep people have buried him, but I'm honestly glad he's back because he is an awesome person with great charisma, and a musician with a tremendous insight in music.

I'm really excited for this. Nega was definitely one of the best bands at the time and I'm glad Jin hasdecided to continue. Curious as to who will be in the band with him. As for his vocals, i LOVED his voice! It was much more unique than most other bands and his vocals added more to the music, be it Nega or Perestroika. Really looming forward to seeing if he continues his style or changes it a bit.

^ trash Nega was great and Jin was great. Anyway i was scared he was done with music. time for him to show these kids how its done.