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All of this is assumption and there's not a whole lot we can do as fans other than continue to support their decisions to do things respectfully. This will hopefully all boil over in time.

I'm crushed ... I hope this doesn't kill them, since the band lived half its life without Akinori.

But what about "unaggressive whipping?"

^ Why do you think they'll disband?

I feel that.

Some things in life may change, but some things they stay the same. Like time. There's always time on my mind. So pass me by. I'll be fine. Just give me time.

I'm really split on this. D'espairsRay holds a special place in my heart because they were one of the first VK bands I followed other than Dir en grey. But when they went pop, that love died hard. Similarly, Girugamesh did the same thing and everything from MUSIC until gravitation killed me. But I feel like they redeemed themselves in their last few releases. Damn, I don't know.

Why does Damien Rice have to have the innate ability to affect me with his music regardless of the time, day, place, and mood?

In no particular order: 01. DADAROMA 02. NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST 03. THE BLACK SWAN 04. JILUKA 05. Deviloof 06. lynch. 07. KEEL. 08. Develop One's Faculties 09. Fixer 10. DIR EN GREY (always)

Damn! I wish I could go!

It definitely was a date. And things went well ... but I'm also leaving the country soon.

I just got home from NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST's like at Shinsaibashi Live house Soma. That venue is entirely too small for Nokubura, but they still played an absolutely mental set. At one point, I think Hiro said something about seeing some foreigners in the crowd (I wasn't the only one) and then said in English "hey guys, what's up?" His older brother was also there that night and he pointed him out to us a couple times, at one point commenting on how hot it was in the venue (it was disgusting) and asked his brother if he was genki. My neck is absolutely destroyed from head banging and there were like five circle pits and three walls of death. It as probably the most interaction I've had during a live in Japan. They played Jusou as their last song and kept repeating the part after the chorus, going faster and faster, then slowing it down ridiculously slow. Hiro kept panning the crowd and making sure everyone was head banging. At one point, Cazqui and Masa switched instruments and Cazqui played the bass for a bit. The whole show was great and you could tell the entire band was loving the smaller venue so they were more personal with the crowd. During the MCs, Cazqui talked quite a bit, though Hiro obviously did most of the talking. Cazqui also threw out probably 100 picks. There were some issues with the sound in the beginning where the guitars were muted pretty badly and Hiro's mic kept cutting in and out, but after a few songs it all worked out. This is a night that I certainly won't ever forget. I ended up getting a towel and a shirt, although the shirt is clearly cut for women, or skinny effeminate dudes, neither of which I am. So I don't know what to do with it ... Oh well. Still a phenomenal night.

Wow, hitorie is trying hard to sound like RADWIMPS.

Damn, that is a tasty set list!

I don't think you know the definition of oxymoron.

Damn, I was digging their first release, but this sample is really weak. The vocalist sounds like he's not even trying. His voice just isn't projected enough and those growls ... gross.

Damn that's harsh! Haha. He's too busy selling cheap wine at conbini's to do karaoke.

Are those chicken nuggets ...?

Damn ... I'll be home by the time they come back around to Osaka. Just my luck.

Yeah. I still think that's a bit harsh. Just because they made some shady business attempts doesn't warrant that type of response. They're human beings still. I don't particularly like them or their company, but I don't think that's the way you should react to people (no pun intended).

Brought back? When did it ever go away?

^ That's a bit harsh ...

^ WTF is going on at 1:40?

11/13 -Origin of the Decoy- ■SETLIST■ 0.-ZOE- 1. slumber 2.赫蝕 3.16 -MC- 4.FREAK SHOW 5.ILLICIT -Drum solo & Bass solo- 6.蘭丸&駁煽りVer.→YNG突入事件 7.barbarism 8.炯眼、人を射る -LONG MC- 9.Answer 10.Gain EN.炯眼、人を射る I find it interesting that they had a drum solo since they don't have an official drummer ... They also announced a pair of full albums to be released in 2017.