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Hyde has been living in LA for a few years now if memory serves ^_^! With a lockdown in Tokyo seeming likely now everyone is acting a fool again. Just went to go buy some coffee and saw everyone in my neighborhood panic buying again. I do not know why people here do not have enough toilet paper yet after the last go @_@;;

For J hiphop check out Darth Reider, he is pretty famous here and when a mutual music friend introduced me to him he is one of those guys who has that "it" factor if that makes sense. Was raised overseas too so has the best of east and west in his sensibility too. Usually hate jhiphop but he is amazing.

in a mystery school for a decade now. whenever I have met people in "witch" groups or whatever here it always odd to me how they bastardize things or just have a general "at face" /fashion view of the occult. For "witchcraft" in Japan or any actual mystery school/secret society of merit it is very hard to get any reliable information online, the most famous tibetan tied group that was first persecuted in the past and then hit harder times in it's evolved form during it's cooperation with nazi Germany is most likely still continuing in its former protection area with far right, yakuza top, government etc. But it is not like how things like Freemasonry can be easily researched if you actually truly want to learn. The stigma of Nazism also covers any reputable historian from covering the interactions outside of Japan. If you are looking into hermetic stuff that is the main thing to look into! Find THAT booK

Those places in PVs are just rental spaces available for anything you want to do with them. Not part of any religious thing so technically they are not really churches, just spaces used mainly for marriage to match the western ideal. Just search チャペル レンタルスペース and you can find lots of the places used in PVs on spacemarket website.

Thank you! Love More and Loki is a great guy. Thanks for sharing the song Suji! ❤️ Mr.Antonini is a studio musician living in Rome,Italy that we are using for the 1st releases live support will be the drummer of Anatomy. badabing badaboom! haha. Will try for a bit longer than that. Maybe 3 months and a hotpocket. yussss. /m/

Never had any problems with p2p software. Soulseek is still a great way to download and if you are new to vk great for discovery. Search a band you like, check the users shared folders and download a buncha bands you dont know (•ө•)♡

geocities, strange small fansites etc. P2P file software like Winmx, limewire, soulseek etc.

If you ever come to vist should check out Hit Parade bar in Machida, I think youd love it since you are exploring the 80s jpop stuff (•ө•)♡

No no xD To get specific stories out of me would envolve lots of alcohol in person haha.

Basically how Juka had mental issues and mentioned how the MM camp was trying to work on a reunion but was tight lipped back then. This was about 2 years ago.

Yah one thing that really surprised me when I first moved here was things from only a year ago on TV or music would be called "old" by people. That pressure on bands is never good and is a big part of the need for even bigger bands to accept "mitsu". ¥¥¥ noruma, Hall rental, hairmake staff, rehearsals, outfits, etc. etc. with that pace adds up big time 😿

Thank you haha I hope you can enjoy~ Hopefully can go tour your place Taiwan again. eating some 711 tea eggs, drinking tasty cheep taiwan beer, and listening to Elva haha

Have tried to talk to some Chinese friends and got the same "it is an American conspiracy!" BS too ☹️ though you can try hard to explain that all people deserve self-determination and freedom to fight for that, people will have that strange "if you do not like my team/side f**k you" tribal mentality and any logic won't really work. Hong kong people are lovely, very different from the mainland, and I hope they can preserve that.

Though city pop is a loosely defined genre Akina's STOCK album is def not city pop nor a representation of a whole genre subset evolving, if anything this is tame compared to the shock to the nation with her releasing the experimental dark album Fushigi years earlier. Someone as huge as Nakamori Akina with such a varied career, she is just "the utahime" but some earlier albums have some songs that are more groovy/city pop-ish?. It seems the term is gaining new meaning in the west that encompasses all 70-80s jpop to some? Ive never heard anyone use it for such big jpop idols like akina or moritaka chisato, they are just majorly popular 80s jpop.

Yah I learned all the movements for BFN from going to so many gigs and it was fun! But for every band, every song? haha.. the girl deserved it haha, it was not the mood for that. Yah I like more free environment too. Like stereo ck gigs, just headbanging and gawkimg at yuana and his glory. ❤

Furi/teban: its ok, but for every song? Or when a band writes their songs to match those typical movements, it just seems formulated and boring. Younger fans thinking they have to move their hands to every band also are annoying. Gave the middle finger to a young girl during our set at a festival gig here when she was like *hehe how do i move my hands to this?* Maybe I sound like a visual grandpa but the younger indie bands trying to be "djent". They never seem to pull it off.

It definitely feels like them trying to experiment but it is not really single worthy I think. Meh, Can't always push out perfection with the release frequency they have. but seriously, live these guys are top level. Went to see them during some of the full album gigs a couple years ago, perfection each time. Crazy they remembered all those songs!

Depends, I was new to the band, they wanted to use the songs I made but also wanted to continue using a ghost writer as well. Made the choice to not be involved with that, plus I do not really think they will do well in VK scene, should stay in loud kei. 🤔 meh, to each his own.

Haha not them. A popular band for loud kei but wants to switch over to VK, do not want to spread their name. Yah sure! Any questions about working in the scene over here or any technical stuff just message me anytime. Always happy to help musicians.

Yah recently I got asked to join a popular band but after I agreed to join I learned they use ghost writers to make their songs so I said f*** off. I do composition for idols and jpop sometimes and have seen some bad situations haha like slaves.

Not to be an apologist but I think to last so long in visual kei, plus with just being an artist, you are not going to be a normal person. That is not bad I think. I do not want to listen to normal people's music haha. ( 'ω' و(و"♪ Hope you come back soon!

On the Juka scat story: his ex who was also a MDM staff member was a customer of mine when I was a host in kabukicho, she told me lots of things but nothing ever with scat haha.

Yes! Are you going? Kiwamu is not the demon people think haha

lol, I cannot unleash the drama llama! As tempting as it may be haha Thank you! Shiranui will retire from the visual kei scene but I am already in the studio with the next band and going to the Starwave anniversary event as a guest since from now the next band fits their artist events. I hope you can enjoy the next band as well!

For taiwan music ELVA is my favorite, check out her "super girl" or "shut up and kiss me" videos. For underground taiwan music 脆弱少女組 is really great, got to perform with them on tour in taiwan. They like Japanese city pop alot ( 'ω' و(و"♪