Seimeisen

luckily we have sukekiyo to bless us with the good tunes : )

Ao's shipment has finally arrived.

Let the extended hernia listening experience begin.........................
+ 淫美まるでカオスな 2020 but it's just an M-card so i didnt get a picture
 
Yesterday I grabbed these too 👌👌

Big update since life has been busy! (Un)shockingly, the tour was postponed once again, and now they'll perform in August! New dates below:
2020/8/1(土)新横浜NEW SIDE BEACH!!(CORE limited)
2020/8/8(土)なかのZEROホール
2020/8/9(日)仙台CLUB JUNK BOX
2020/8/10(月・祝)名古屋BOTTOM LINE
2020/8/14(金)千葉LOOK
2020/8/16(日)京都FANJ【会場変更】
2020/8/22(土)岡山CRAZYMAMA KINGDOM
2020/8/23(日)松山WstudioRED
2020/8/28(金)金沢vanvanV4
2020/8/29(土)大阪CLUB PARTITA 【会場変更】
2020/8/30(日)福岡BEAT STATION
2020/9/4(金)旭川CASINO DRIVE
2020/9/6(日)札幌cube garden
2020/9/12(土)高崎club FLEEZ
2020/9/13(日)HEAVEN’S ROCK 熊谷 VJ-1
2020/9/18(金)赤羽ReNY alpha
2020/9/19(土)日比谷野外大音楽堂
 
Cases are still rising in Japan however, so in order to actually be able to perform, artists have had to perform in venues with limited capacity, take temperatures, practice social distancing, have hand sanitizer, as part of government guidelines. In response to this, MERRY have decided to accept donations from fans to support the tour during the pandemic, mainly the first 6 dates of the tour in Tokyo. They specifically asked for donations from politicians, government workers, and the elderly, and will need enough for supplies (masks, thermometers, disinfectants, etc.), be able to have two concerts per day to reduce audience numbers, and to possibly install a plastic sheet between the audience and the stage through each date of the tour, even if the total donation amount is not sufficient (some safety measures will still be carried out). They also add if concerts do end up cancelled, the money will go to future band activities instead. And instead of opening a crowdfund page, they instead put out bassist Tetsu's personal bank info to donate to since he's apparently the manager of the band now. 
 
According to a fan I follow on twitter (who basically summed this all up), this is the band's response to the government putting out the mentioned guidelines to artists and venues but doesn't really provide them support after they've been forced to cancel concerts for months (see: Mikansei Alice, albeit that's a whole other issue). What is also apparent is how the band members themselves don't really ask for donations on their livestreams, nor do they think they'll receive that much anyway??? It appears as if they'll follow the guideline so far as to provide masks and sanitizers, but as for reducing audience capacity, holding two lives in one day, the fucking plastic sheet...is a bit much, even for them. From how I interpret it, they want to keep the show going as safe as possible, and still have a normal rock concert, and to give Kenichi a proper sendoff after 18 years with them.
 
The original statement *omitted the bank info here
 
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Again, this is how I understood this whole thing, while seeing responses from fans on twitter (and some are pretty negative as well, *cough*JPfandom*cough*), but if I'm missing something here, pls comment :v

Awww hell yeah, looking forward to The Sexy Time Album: Extended Edition ~By Night~ Part 2: Electric Bluegaloo!
 
Also oof, that T-shirt is brilliant.

demanding a soapland remake please thanks

Finally some good news about the album! ♥ The title will be "ABRACADABRA" and it will be released on 2020/09/21, in a variety of editions: regular (SHM-CD), limited "A" (SHM-CD + Blu-ray), limited "B" (SHM-CD + DVD), limited analog double LP, limited cassette, and a number of HQ download and streaming versions.
 
Here be ye olde list o' songs (the track order might still change):
 
・PEACE (SE)　[music: Imai Hisashi]
・URAHARA-JUKU　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Imai Hisashi]
・堕天使 (Datenshi) – YOW-ROW ver.　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Imai Hisashi]
・MOONLIGHT ESCAPE　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Imai Hisashi]
・凍える (Kogoeru) – Crystal CUBE ver.　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Hoshino Hidehiko]
・獣たちの夜 (Kemonotachi no yoru) – YOW-ROW ver.　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Imai Hisashi]
・月の砂漠 (Tsuki no sabaku)　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Hoshino Hidehiko]
・舞夢マイム (Maimu MIME)　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Imai Hisashi]
・Villain　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi & Imai Hisashi / music: Imai Hisashi]
・ダンス天国 (DANCE tengoku)　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Hoshino Hidehiko]
・ケセラセラ エレジー (QUE SERA SERA ELEGY)　[lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi]
・SOPHIA DREAM　[lyrics & music: Imai Hisashi]
・ユリイカ (EUREKA)　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi & Imai Hisashi / music: Imai Hisashi]
・忘却 (Boukyaku)　[lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi / music: Imai Hisashi]
 
They also opened a special website for the album, all in English for some reason (I'm not complaining tho :D).

we aren't allowed to be mad over cashgrab releases this year, sisters can't tour.

The hernia from that one track CD is more distorted & 'chaotic' than the album version, so its still worth a purchase IMO.
 
 The studio version has a keyboard playing the saxophone parts you hear in the youtube video.

I think I'm on the verge of another shopping spree 💸💸💸
 
I have decided to get the limited edition of ある職業病. I was apprehensive for a while, but then I came across this picture, and, well... damn look at all this shit!

 
I'm even tempted now to get the one-track hernia CD (even though from what I'm told, the track is just "Hernia I" so nothing new), only because the mini album box has a sleeve for it. Buying something I don't need, just to store it in a box. I'm officially crazy, aren't I?
 
 
This might be a long shot, but has anyone here heard the studio version of ラストダンス? I'm sort of on the fence about getting a copy, because I heard the live version and was not impressed! The saxophone just kinda ruined it for me 😕
 
and yet I get that stuck in my head all the goddamn time

I just orderd the limited edition myself, last night. need that extended hernia👌👌
 
Tbh I just made a spreadsheet over the past few days of everything to keep track of what I'm missing so I assume one day I will buy hernia too...😂

I think I'm on the verge of another shopping spree 💸💸💸
 
I have decided to get the limited edition of ある職業病. I was apprehensive for a while, but then I came across this picture, and, well... damn look at all this shit!

 
I'm even tempted now to get the one-track hernia CD (even though from what I'm told, the track is just "Hernia I" so nothing new), only because the mini album box has a sleeve for it. Buying something I don't need, just to store it in a box. I'm officially crazy, aren't I?
 
 
This might be a long shot, but has anyone here heard the studio version of ラストダンス? I'm sort of on the fence about getting a copy, because I heard the live version and was not impressed! The saxophone just kinda ruined it for me 😕
 
and yet I get that stuck in my head all the goddamn time

I think I'm on the verge of another shopping spree 💸💸💸
 
I have decided to get the limited edition of ある職業病. I was apprehensive for a while, but then I came across this picture, and, well... damn look at all this shit!

 
I'm even tempted now to get the one-track hernia CD (even though from what I'm told, the track is just "Hernia I" so nothing new), only because the mini album box has a sleeve for it. Buying something I don't need, just to store it in a box. I'm officially crazy, aren't I?
 
 
This might be a long shot, but has anyone here heard the studio version of ラストダンス? I'm sort of on the fence about getting a copy, because I heard the live version and was not impressed! The saxophone just kinda ruined it for me 😕
 
and yet I get that stuck in my head all the goddamn time

a bunch of cali gari  👀👀
i already put it away but my new stuff includes
 
極秘 第2実験室　予告版 カリガリじゃないじゃない(T_T) 第6実験室　予告版 第7実験室 予告版 ～マグロ～ and then there's a bunch of pamphlets and the cali gari a to z book which has some pretty interesting stuff in it 👀
 
第3実験室 & 第3実験室　改訂版 will be on their way soon so i guess that will complete my mission to get them that i started out on over a month ago....

Turn this shit off.
 
i ain’t wait for them to come back all these years for this sappy nonsense. Bring me the Drop B guitar riffs, Growls, and the rest of that juicy goodness they left us off on.

in a box on the floor until i get around to dumping them all at puresound

Thanks to whichever mod/admin changed the title, I legitimately forgot that the English word "sort" existed and that "ordering your CDs" can mean something else whoopsie

Artist sorting is A-Z, even numbers and Japanese (e.g, 9GOATS is found in 'N,' 蜉蝣 is found in 'K'); releases are sorted chronologically. Same goes for my record shelf (as well as sorting on iTunes). No separation by nation, language, or scene, though I probably could if I wanted to, since I have two different shelf cases on my wall.

A pipe burst at the office
 
And the goods, or rather CDs & DVDs, that were in stock were all destroyed
 
"I'm trying to appear like it's ok but really everything's hopeless"
Everything's hopeless could be about the goods or his mental state or both
 
"It looks like I'm going to have to talk with the insurance agent, but even then not everything will be returned, we can't remake these things, and I'm overflowing with millions of memories of making these things and honestly this has killed me.
I've got 0 HP from my tragic children being wiped out.
Thanks for everything.
Ah, also, today's the last day for the 7/7 live, so if you're free tonight please watch it. 
Please have a nice Saturday."

Seimeisen was referring to '[2017.09.09] 舌先3分サイズ ver.2.0' that was given out at one of the 3 anniversary gigs. It used to sell for 20000yen in mercari and people actually bought it.
 
The other 2 are:
 
[2017.09.02] マグロ－電車は急に止まれない篇－
[2017.09.23] 青春狂騒曲 凌雲立志篇
 
Or maybe you got a great deal and got the 2.0 version for 240yen????
 
I remember fans snatching the "Album 13 commentary Disc" (which you are supposed to play the disc at the same time as the '13' album where the members comment on the tracks) at 4500yen a piece in mercari/yahoo auctions after it was 1st released at live concerts. Now no one wants to buy it at 1300yen; weird.
 
https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m81235012656/?_s=U2FsdGVkX1-D1Q4mdrzm7uaiArgJrAs9LEDr9u6aF8BJSfTouDHO42es1vsTFhxpUu2zOmAhXGm57uDfpgc4RwQ6kM_NRQI7irHqLW6vJjgWfNIGuOj8SM2zv4B-QZD3

Ah... the elusive Rha's Al Ghul Gorgoneion CD, sold at 1 particular sold out live at a tiny venue. Good catch! Hope you didn't pay an arm & an leg for it 😬
 
I don't get why the price for this in the 2nd hand market is so high; its a pre-order bonus for the オヤスミナサイ DVD so there would have been quite a huge number of fans who have it, no? Even the DVD boxset itself isn't sold for such a high price. I remember observing the prices of the 3 live distributed CDs (that are now included in the オヤスミナサイ re-recording EP) in 2nd hand markets plummeting once the EP was announced LOL
 
 
@Tokage, are you a major shareholder of Mercari stock????

I would also like to credit @Tokage as an enabler of buying cali≠gari
 

 
A part of me feels like I could have done more. I was also eyeing a copy of the オヤスミナサイ re-recording EP for ¥8,200, which is a ridiculous price, but still tempting considering how it normally goes for ¥14,000, but someone else took it 🙄
 
憧憬、睡蓮と向日葵 I got for a bargain of ¥2,700 and I'm so glad I did. I've really grown to appreciate this mini album over the past few days, and the artwork and packaging are absolutely beautiful!
 
The BUCK-TICK CDs (except BT BEST TRACKS) are beat the fuck up; SSL has hairline cracks on its irreplaceable case, Six/Nine's disc was atrociously filthy, I actually had to spray/wipe it down, and 狂った太陽 was in absolutely nightmarish condition (which is fine because I only bought it to make scans).
 
If you're wondering why American filth is included in this picture, I got all this stuff in the mail same day. I'm just waiting for my Japanese version copy of boris' "soundtrack from film" マブタノウラ, I was hoping it would have arrived in time for this ~photoshoot~ but it's ~still~  in Portugal, thank you coronavirus!

I would also like to credit @Tokage as an enabler of buying cali≠gari
 

 
A part of me feels like I could have done more. I was also eyeing a copy of the オヤスミナサイ re-recording EP for ¥8,200, which is a ridiculous price, but still tempting considering how it normally goes for ¥14,000, but someone else took it 🙄
 
憧憬、睡蓮と向日葵 I got for a bargain of ¥2,700 and I'm so glad I did. I've really grown to appreciate this mini album over the past few days, and the artwork and packaging are absolutely beautiful!
 
The BUCK-TICK CDs (except BT BEST TRACKS) are beat the fuck up; SSL has hairline cracks on its irreplaceable case, Six/Nine's disc was atrociously filthy, I actually had to spray/wipe it down, and 狂った太陽 was in absolutely nightmarish condition (which is fine because I only bought it to make scans).
 
If you're wondering why American filth is included in this picture, I got all this stuff in the mail same day. I'm just waiting for my Japanese version copy of boris' "soundtrack from film" マブタノウラ, I was hoping it would have arrived in time for this ~photoshoot~ but it's ~still~  in Portugal, thank you coronavirus!

cali≠gari will be releasing 「Blue Film」20th Anniversary Edition on 30th Sep 2020.
 
They will also embark on a 3-date concert tour:
 
プライベート▼エロチカ2020」
2020年10月3日（土）愛知県 ElectricLadyLand
2020年10月25日（日）大阪府 BananaHall
クライマックス▼エロチカ2020
2020年11月15日（日）東京都 KANDA SQUARE HALL
 

I've finally listened to the album, and the only tracks I really like are SANDMAN, DEAD or ALIVE, and Superhero (kind of). This album has the same problem as Plastic Tree's 十色定理: the album features mostly good compositions with mostly atrocious vocals. IMO, Tatsurou is the weakest link and ruins most songs, except for SANDMAN. His voice has been progressively getting worse over the past few years, and I don't see it improving. I don't know how I could describe it, if it'd be accurate to say his higher notes are more nasally/grating. He should either change his style or retire. In the meantime, MUCC is another band I am ready to stop paying attention to.
 
壊れたピアノとリビングデッド was a fluke

Though I don't know that I ever really left intentionally. But after handling a lot of really life changing events in my life, I'll probably be around more consistently!
I don't know much going on in the visual kei world as of late, but I'm still following the Japanese metal scene as much as I can. Excited to hear 12012 is coming back? or did i dream that news up? 
 
But hey if you like Japanese metal, or older visual kei groups like KuRt, SKULL, 12012, GALEYD, and stuff around those time frames, what's good let's chat it up!
 
I also like BTS, A.C.E and Dreamcatcher
And I listen to a lot of lo-fi, indie pop, and 80's music in general. 
 
Yes Hi, hello.