keilu

Actual mood:
Waiting for a beautiful soul post the lyrics in comments section, so I can put them on Google translate
 
I was so sleepy when I watched it, I thought yoshiatsu was on the mv LOL

vk poetry translated their previous single! -I just saw it here- 
Now we'll have to beg for the newest (?)

vk poetry translated their previous single! -I just saw it here- 
Now we'll have to beg for the newest (?)

Actual mood:
Waiting for a beautiful soul post the lyrics in comments section, so I can put them on Google translate
 
I was so sleepy when I watched it, I thought yoshiatsu was on the mv LOL

I will wait for one lyric translated  *---*

+1
 
 
About the mv! I only understood oboreru sakana and the eating flyer references. Please, let me know if there are more

I laugh a lot with google translate in  his description:
麺じゃないよ。メンズ地下アイドルじゃないよ。ツイッタラーじゃないよ。ギャ男だよ。

Well..  he works part-time at a magical okama (transvestite) bar. (Mahokake in ikebukuro)
Lol 
I actually went there, but he was not there at that time unfortunately,  but it was fun as some staff actually speaks English. Lots of dick jokes... 🤣
An alternative to your maid cafe.
So if you go to Japan.... drop by. Lol lol lol
 
Actually it was way more fun than maid or vampire cafes that I also visited... Not all cutesy, but not host asshole-ish  and really decent English. 

Mathilda announces something... Gosan announces something. 
Coincidence?! 

Ah this ok 😉. I follow a fan of Kiryu , she lives in Japan and work it but she not to be apart of this live. Maybe the band asks don't talk of his fans for this 😐. don't know. Or maybe their are behind this because their label say that. I know that B.P. hide things since Kana's disapearance and Hayat burn-out.  Because fans page not tell about the burn-out of Hayato.  And I think not many  foreign assisted in this live. It's only suppositions.

It's normal because Hayato had burn-out before the live. He had a burn after the departure of Kana and during the recording of single Nou Kowasu. Hayato wrote on in his twitter burn out in english and in this time, he 's not able to wrote and compose songs. So B.P. Records to him 3 days of holidays ( thanks to google translate and translaters). After this his feel better , he wrote and compose songs. Nou Kowasu recorded in last minutes. But after this , Hayato seems to be better recently 😊.  I think this episode of Kiryu and maybe their other bands hidden too.

see. I didn't see anything about what you say Hayato too. and I follow a fan from codomo who goes to every live of them... great...

What I was trying to say is why I didn't see this in fanpages or tumblr accounts about Kiryu. I mean, I saw posts about his illness and wearing the sunglasses in instore events, but anything about him pushing himself too hard like this:
 

^ Mako (vocalist) is not doing any music, tho recently he pops up at random vk concerts in the audience, or hangs out with some musician friends (like ex-D'espairsRay Hizumi, or ex-Merry go round Kazuma). To my knowledge, neither Toki (drummer) or Kazuya (bassist) are in the music biz anymore, or at least their status is "unknown".
 
Former bassist Yukino was in the studs (alongside aie and late ex-Kagerou frontman Daisuke), and afterwards he formed the band dim my division who changed their name (and line-up a bit), becoming DIMMDIVISION.. He goes by the name Yuki Amano there, and is on vocals and guitar.
 
Lastly, former bassist Takamasa Matsuura is nowadays not participating in bands, but is the head of Blastbeat Japan, which is a non-profit organization geared towards supporting young people through music events. More info and English interview here.

I figured it would be cool to have a thread like this for people just starting out going to lives, or maybe even some of you veterans out there that are always trying to make the most of your time and/or maximize efficiency getting in and out.
 
Hack #1: Getting Good Ticket Numbers
 

Hack #2: Getting a Locker
 
 
Hack #3: Have Everything Ready
 

Hack #4: How to Bring Your Own Drink/Keep It Out of the Way
 
 
Hack #5: Buying Goods
 
 
Hack #6: Trying to See Better if You’re Short
 
 
Hack #7: Showing Your Spirit
 
 
Hack #8: Making gya friends
 
 
Hack #9: Saving Money on Transportation Costs
 
 
Hack #10: Finding Cheap/Close Accommodation
 
 
Hack #11: Buying Tickets
 
 
Hack #12: Bringing/Giving a Gift
 
 
If you know of more tricks, please add to the list by replying! 
 
EDITED 5/23/2018 with suggestions from the replies  Also, thanks mod @platyfor the sticky!

what about a band named tuk tuk
 

Közi is part of ZIZ. He probably sings no pains, no gains... again
 
I can't remember if Tetsu don't like being related with Malice Mizer. I'd sell my soul for hear him singing Kioku to sora

Seems that ex-BUK BUK vocalist 沫 (Awa)'s session band "沫セッション" (Awa session) is now called "AWA" and is directly described as "ex-BUK BUK" and they play mainly/(only?) BUK BUK songs. Also seems that れ。 (ex-BUK BUK) would be their bassist but since he cant participate at announced lives (?) 吉 will replace him (he played guitar with Awa before). Awa also plays guitar alongside am.
Meanwhile ex-BUK BUK guitar 純 (Jun) seems to play in other session bands that cover mostly DEZERT songs.
I dont get why they just dont continued as BUK BUK in the old DEZERT style direction.

this entire comment considering japan's history with sekuhara and its patriarchal culture that doesn't promote any real sex ed and importance of consent is especially rich in the context of visual kei's heavy emphasis on sexual contact between artists and their fans

@nekkichi is correct, and it is also important to consider the culture of the boards as well. Even in the English-speaking world, a report of rape or murder or suicide will be presented in a much different way on Twitter or Tumblr than on say, 4chan or Encyclopedia Dramatica. Tanuki/2ch are extremely blase and candid about sordid topics and sounding "self-pitying" (for lack of better words) would be extremely frowned upon given the board's culture. It is not a nice place. People mock suicide victims and eagerly discuss their desire to commit child abuse. While I understand the reports are just as unverifiable as anything else on Tanuki, it seems irresponsible to make judgments on what a woman's report on this type of thing "should sound like", especially for those who are not familiar with the posting culture & for those who haven't experienced or witnessed the societal and scene-specific issues mentioned in the post above.

But...the internet. You don't have to sell CDs to sell music anymore. It's a false equivalence in the age of gigabit internet.
 
In my opinion, blaming overseas fans for poor sales is a straw man argument. Plenty of non-visual indie acts from all over the world produce music on a dime and manage to sell it to anyone interested. In fact, most of these bands do the legwork with constant online promotion in order to get the word out, and promotion via word of mouth is free. We do it all the time on their behalf. We have YouTube, we have iTunes, we have SoundCloud, we have OTOTOY, we have Bandcamp, we have official home pages, and we have countless other services which provide instant international exposure for a minimal price. At what point does it transition from "music is expensive to make" to "fuck you foreigners, you don't get to hear these particular songs"? Because honestly, that's what this whole live-distributed music has transformed into from the perspective of someone who is never going to take a trip to Japan.
 
Also, there's a big, BIG difference between a live distributed release that functions as a preview and a live distributed release that functions as a present. One of them might end up on a future release available for international purchase. The other disappears into the sands of time. Limited live-distributed releases in particular are a form of ass cancer that needs to go terminal and die. That's intentionally spending money and limiting your exposure for no appreciable gain.
 
If you have money for wigs and photo shoots but not enough money to record music, you're doing the whole visual kei band thing wrong.

For as much as I love visual kei, there are plenty of practices I detest. I could go on forever. It wouldn't be fair to celebrate all of the good in the scene without admitting the bad as well. There are so many things that make me sad, make me irate, or make me want to rip my hair out that it was hard to settle on just five. Here's five commonplace practices in visual kei that's a total ball ache for any international fan invested into the scene.
 

 
 


 

 

 
Like I said above, I have way more than five things that annoy me about the scene. Does anyone else want to fill in the gaps with practices that they hate that they've come to accept within the scene? Come share your frustrations and horror stories with me. We have plenty of tea and live-distributed crackers for you.

You had the opportunity and you took it.
*standing applause*

ZON new single, "GAS" will be released on October 31. (2300 yen)
 
[tracklist]
1.GAS
2.(title tba)
3.(title tba)
DVD
1.GAS (Music Video)
 

I found english translations on @VKPoetry0's blog. thanks a lot for them! I'm so shook about the lyrics.
I don't know if I can post them here, so I'll share links of these translations:
 
shukusei elegy
iolite