Tokage

Someone on Tanuki posted that Yoshiki is going to give me 50% of his money for my birthday

Someone on Tanuki posted that Yoshiki is going to give me 50% of his money for my birthday

''We don't give a shit about going major but wahhhhh we're not allowed to perform at Budokan : ((((( buy our singles''

Cant wait to hear Pink Killer (Jazz-Funk Mix) as the new single b-side

So I watched The Sacrament, and to be honest it's probably my favorite out of all of Ti West's works I've seen so far. I do have to admit i've only watched The Roost and his segment in V/H/S before, but still..The film has a pretty creepy atmosphere, especially considering the story is apparently heavily based on real-life events. Actually didn't know that it was based on the Jonestown massacre while watching it, believe it or not. I sort of half-expected some sort of paranormal twist to pop up near the end, something like that cult segment from V/H/S 2, but that didn't happen... Despite that, I enjoyed it.
 
One of my main gripes though..

Cant wait to hear Pink Killer (Jazz-Funk Mix) as the new single b-side

Cant wait to hear Pink Killer (Jazz-Funk Mix) as the new single b-side

''We don't give a shit about going major but wahhhhh we're not allowed to perform at Budokan : ((((( buy our singles''

''We don't give a shit about going major but wahhhhh we're not allowed to perform at Budokan : ((((( buy our singles''

please note concerned readers that this is the trash anemone and not the good angura anemone

eggs
 

Honorable mention also goes to Dokusatsu Terrorist for their delivery of maximum laughs:
 
 

I also watched The Taking of Deborah Logan. Was supossed to watch it last weekend, but didn't have the time and had to wait til this weekend because my girlfriend wanted to watch it too.
 
I am also a fan of the found footage/faux docuentary-style horror genre. A genre that's got a lot of undeserved criticism because it's such a "simple" genre, and suddenly "everyone" just picked up a camera, filmed some shit and got it released no matter how god-fucking-awful it was.
 
The Taking of Deborah Logan - Like Tokage said, nice, likeable characters, great atmosphere all over. Nothing not to enjoy here. Great film!
 
The scene where the guy takes a look at the pictures were so god damn effective. So simple, yet so effective and bone-chilling.
 

 
 
 
Will watch some more films like this later. The Den, Willow Creek, The Tunnel and more. Fun genre!

Yeah, my theory is that the kids growing up on Mucc / Kagerou / whatever alternative 'nu metal' kei are finally picking up instruments (or just began wearing their influences on their sleeves more) and joining the vk funpool. Which I'm totally here for.

Signing a deal would also mean signing a contract agreeing to actually turn in an album by a set deadline. Yoshiki hasn't done that in twenty years.
 
 
It's not about just the UK show. A lot of fans are being hostile towards Yoshiki because, regardless of Pata's condition, they've known for months, well before Pata took ill in January, that the album wasn't coming out. The album doesn't even have a title, which means it doesn't have artwork, Yoshiki was still mixing it a few weeks ago, and above all they don't even have a record deal. It was never coming out in March.    No one is saying Pata didn't take ill. But even the official announcement says that he's on the mend, just isn't ready to fly yet per doctors orders. This begs the question, had Pata been able to play the gig, were they really going to do this X Day event and alleged world tour (that they coincidentally hadn't got around to even booking yet) promoting the album without the album being ready? Come on.
 
If Pata is actually seriously ill, why is the show already rescheduled? If he died or was left impaired from his illness, wouldn't they need to cancel the gig again and disband? They're full of shit, and pushed it back a year because they have no album finished and no tour booked. It's the same old song and dance from Yoshiki going back 20 years.

Couldn't have said it better desparejo, I totally agree! I feel like it's also sort of incredibly disrespectful to Pata to make it seem like it's his illness that's causing the delays and not Yoshiki's lack of effort.

Holy shit, I didn't pay attention to this !
 
That place where bands with huge fanbases like GLAY and Laruku generally perform, eh ? That's delusional !
 
First of all, I don't get how they even manage to book places like this and Budokan, given their fanbases and poor sales compared to some actually popular bands. I believe those places are doing some wild sales or they're getting discounts of some sort, and second, why would they go through the humiliation of doing things like this ? I mean, you book a place with a huge capacity just to fill it with less than half of its capacity ? What's the point ? For the publicity ? Bad publicity it is. People are only gonna talk about how inconpetent they are to dare to book a place if they don't have enough fans to get it packed. I remember ViViD played for 30% of Budokan's capacity and Kiryu's gig seemed to be even less than that. That's sad. Really sad. I bet their sugar daddy (a.k.a. Visual Kei Oyaji) has a lot of money in order to pay for them to do shit like this, but it's humiliating. Not cool at all. I kinda of feel sorry for them, but it's also funny they have the audacity to publish lies about the Budokan management and write lyrics like "VISUAL IS DEAD" and then come up with shit like that. Lame.

Of course many bands do; no one is going to disband and say "We've decided to break up because no one likes us."
 
There was a band, I think it was Kagrra, that disbanded a few years ago, and a lot of people were mad because apparently someone in their management suggested they call it a day. Some people were arguing that it was absurd to tell a band that they should break up, and that the group should do it as long as they are inspired.
 
The reality is that their career had plateaued; past three albums had hit the same spot on the charts. Management knew they weren't going to get any bigger, but they hadn't hit the level where they were making a lot of money, so it was time to cut their losses and go find jobs while they're still relatively young. That is simply the reality bands have always faced, but it is especially true in the modern age, where 500 units can be the difference between a band getting dropped or making another album.

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG.....

IT WAS ME ALL ALONG.....

Tokage's jacket make me happy...

Now I know who you remind me of!

That would be awesome, but as Jig already said, I feel like that's more in sukekiyo's ballpark than Dir's. Some weird jazz metal would be interesting regardless, though.