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  1. 5 minutes ago, hotcocoa said:

    I use those towels daily as hand or face towels at home, or when I go hiking or jogging.

    But I totally gave up on tote bags, got too many so decided no to get any new for a few years... unless they're Zemeckises bags 😄

     

     

    That's a good idea, it's just that the shape feels off to me to use as a face towel at home, I like them more... square. Personal preference perhaps.

     


  2. I respect your opinion, even though it's wrong.

     

    On another merch note, I don't know why I keep buying towels, I never ever use them for anything! I have a collection of Dir towels still in their plastic wrap in my wardrobe and it's filling it up. I really need to stop. In fact, any merch other than shirts and sometimes bags (like the EXTREMELY COOL MACABRE BAG) just collects dust in my wardrobe so I'm probably going to cut costs and just focus on those in the future.


  3. On 2017-09-02 at 4:57 PM, jaymee said:

    Ugh wayyy better than the Mode of Macabre stuff, which was a total let down :/

     

    Disagree, although the dolman sleeve on this tour looks great too, the MACABRE one is the second best only to the Kisou tour one. 

    The rest of the merch for this tour looks... forgettable. I like how they probably bought like 2000yen garbage cans, slapped a Dir en grey sticker on it and charge 8000 for it.

     

    The phone battery is pretty sweet though, good idea there.

     


  4. By the way, for anyone who might be curious, this was the playlist of the night!

     

    Klubb Lunacy 1/9 Grand Revival 「† Return of Visual "Monster" †」 Setlist

    Klubb Lunacy 21:00 - 22:30

    ROUAGE - めざめのうたげ (Mesame no Utage) | 1994
    emmuree - グロセックス (Gurosex) | 2000
    deadman - Blood | 2001
    Baiser - Dye | 1995
    D≒SIRE - JESUS? | 1995
    Madeth gray'll - 狂死曲 (Kyoushikyoku) | 1999
    Dir en grey - Ash | 1998
    Sleep my Dear - Flowers | 1997
    sukekiyo - 黝いヒステリア (Aoguroi Hysteria) | 2017
    Girugamesh - Decieved Mad Pain | 2005
    lynch. - unknown lost a beauty | 2005
    Versailles - The Red Carpet Day | 2007
    摩天楼オペラ (Matenrou Opera) - honey drop | 2007
    LUNA SEA - ROSIER | 1994
    BUCK-TICK - スピード (Speed) | 1991
    Dir en grey - Unknown...Despair...a Lost | 1998
    Rentrer en Soi - PROTOPLASM | 2007
    MUCC - ファズ (Fuzz) | 2007
    Plastic Tree - Ghost | 2005
    Malice Mizer - 月下の夜想曲 (Gekka no Yasoukyoku) | 1998
    D'espairsRay - Garnet | 2003


    -DJ Dispo set- 22:30 - 00:00 (order might not be 100% accurate)


    DADAROMA - リズリーサーカス (Risley Circus) | 2016
    NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST - Strike in fact | 2014
    SCAPEGOAT - 眠れない僕の趣味 (Nemurenai Boku no Shumi) | 2015
    0.1gの誤算 (0.1g no Gosan) - 溺愛ヤンデレボーイ (Dekiai Yandereboi) | 2017
    Lycaon – 残酷のサロメ (Zankoku no Salome) | 2013
    アルルカン (Arlequin) - 像 (Zou) | 2014
    ゴシップ (Gossip) - R-18 | 2015
    蜉蝣 (Kagerou) - XII Dizzy | 2004
    黒夢 (Kuroyume) - 親愛なるDEATH MASK (Shinainaru DEATH MASK) | 1993
    AvelCain - PSYCHO -サイコ- | 2014
    Mejibray - Sadisgate | 2012
    Dir en grey - 脈 (Myaku) | 2000
    蜉蝣 (Kagerou) - 根暗高速子守唄 (Nekura Housoku Komoriuta) | 2003
    黒百合と影 (kuroyuri to kage) - 「便所2」 (benjo 2) | 2016
    DEZERT - 「胃潰瘍とルソーの錯覚。」 (Ikaiyou to Rousseau no Sakkaku) | 2014
    D'espairsRay - 「タトエバ」キミ...ガ...シンダ...ラ ([Tatoeba]Kimi...ga...Shinda..ra) | 2002
    MUCC - 我、在ルベキ場所 (Ware, Arubeki Basho) | 2003
    The Gazette - Beautiful 5 [shit]ers | 2003
    グリーヴァ (Grieva) - 幻影Syndrome (Genei Syndrome) | 2016
    Phantasmagoria - NEO ARK | 2005
    phobia - 「Ⅵ」ײ section | 2000
    Due' le quartz - 自殺願望 (Jisatsu Ganbou) | 2000
    Penicillin - Blue Moon | 1996
    Buck-Tick - … in heaven … | 1988


    Klubb Lunacy 00:00 - 03:00

    DENTAKU - エフエルアウトライン (FL Outline) *Background music while announcing outfit competition winner.* 
    X Japan - 紅 (Kurenai) | 1989
    Dir en grey - GAUZE MEDLEY (Schwein no Isu -> Tsumi to Batsu -> 304 Goushitsu, Hakushi no Sakura -> Yurameki -> Yokan -> MASK -> ZAN) | 1999
    Gackt - Vanilla | 2000
    An Cafe - Smile Ichiban Ii Onna | 2006
    ゴールデンボンバー (Golden Bomber) - Dance My Generation | 2013
    Girugamesh - evolution | 2008
    cali≠gari - マグロ (Maguro) | 2001
    deadman - follow the night light | 2005
    D'espairsRay - MIRROR | 2007
    MUCC - 大嫌い (Daikirai) | 2002
    Dir en grey - CLEVER SLEAZOID | 2005
    Girugamesh - Shining | 2007
    The GazettE - HEADACHE MAN | 2009
    NOCTURNAL BLOODLUST - DESPERATE | 2014
    DADAROMA - 溺れる魚 (Oboreru Sakana) | 2014
    MEJIBRAY - DECADANCE - Counting Goats … if I can't be yours - | 2013
    Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood | 2001
    Versailles - Zombie | 2008
    Dir en grey - 鱗 (Uroko) |2014
    X Japan - X | 1989
    Luna Sea - SHADE | 1991
    黒夢 (Kuroyume) - JESUS | 1993
    La'Mule - ナイフ (Knife) | 2000
    hide - Rocket Dive | 1998
    LAREINE - 冬東京 (Fuyuu Tokyo) | 2000
    D'espairsRay - "forbidden" | 2005
    Dir en grey - OBSCURE | 2003
    UnsraW - -9- | 2006
    Maximum the Hormone - 絶望ビリー (Zetsubou Billy) | 2007
    The Gazette - Ruder | 2005
    Girugamesh - 終わりと未来 (Owari to Mirai) | 2006
    蜉蝣 (Kagerou) - 絶望にサヨナラ (Zetsubou ni Sayonara) | 2005
    MUCC - 絶望 (Zetsubou) | 2002
    D'espairsRay - in vain | 2005
    Dir en grey - raison detre | 1999
    Malice Mizer - illuminati | 1998
    Malice Mizer - 月下の夜想曲 (Gekka no Yasoukyoku) | 1998
    Gackt - Vanilla | 2000
    The GazettE - Filth in the beauty | 2006
    Dir en grey - THE FINAL | 2004

    To be continued in Lunacy vol.2... †††


  5. I've actually never had a to hide a drink at a venue. I wonder if it's a being a tall gaijin male perk or something but as long as it's water, no one has ever complained about me bringing drinks from outside despite signs that say otherwise. I just assumed they referred to alcoholic beverages and the likes. Just bring water and don't drink it in the face of the staff and you should be perfectly fine.

     

    Also, for anyone not living in Japan, if you want to attend a decently compact tour, nothing beats buying a Japan Rail Pass. Unlimited travelling with all JR routes is what's enabled me to travel from Sapporo to Fukuoka and back to see Dir en grey tours in the past, and all in pretty great comfort onboard the Shinkansen I might add.

     

    The "bangya culture" is actually pretty unsavory to me as a whole, and when I first came to Japan I was a bit disappointed that the lives weren't the glorious punky chaos I expected, but once you get used to it you sort of just adapt to it just enough to not cause friction while still enjoying the shows on your own terms. That's my tip to any other guys (or girls) who also feel a bit disappointed at times with the atmosphere at the lives, haha. A good advice would be to stand in the back for the first show for a band and watch and see what the fans do, and then decide what you feel good about, and what you don't. I never participate in furi but I'm always game for headbanging and fistbumping and various other things, and since my main band is Dir en grey, that's perfect since there's no furi at their shows, haha.

     

     

     


  6. lunacy_profile_1.jpg

     

    Klubb Lunacy is one of Europe's oldest Visual Kei nightclubs, which originally ran between 2004 and 2010. After a 7 years long hiatus, I'm happy to announce that I'm the one who is carrying on the torch and together with the old owner I'm reforming it and intend to make it stronger than ever. The first date is set for 1 of September in Stockholm, Sweden. Six hours of old and new Visual Kei music, a Visual Kei outfit competition with an amazing prize sponsored by RarezHut, and the chance to hang out with over one hundred other fans of this increasingly rare style of music.

     

    And while we hope that some of you might be able to attend this grand revival, we don't intend to limit our activities to Sweden, and would be glad to bring it wherever enough people who are interested might be located, mainly in Europe. So if you have any connections or ideas please feel free to message me and we'll see what can be done!

     

    The clubs Facebook is located here:

    https://www.facebook.com/KlubbLunacy/

     

    And the event itself is located here:

    https://www.facebook.com/events/1435508826514161/

     

    Most posts have an English version after the Swedish text, so please scroll down if you want more info!

     

    We're glad for any and all support we can get from you guys as we try to bring back some community and party to the fandom! 

     

    Also a special thanks to @orange~ who designed our logo!


  7. I actually saw them perform with Metronome last month in Japan. I went to see Metronome and my friends went to see PLC.

     

    I did enjoy their set, but I've always felt that their theme is kind of cringe-y. But it might be because I'm not into the anime/cosplay world so I don't quite get the point, and it might be one of the reasons I never gave their music much of a shot in the past. I wasn't sold on everything but some of the stuff was quite good, so I might check out some releases again, I think I might even own a few CDs... somewhere... (unsurprisingly, my friends said the songs I enjoyed the most were quite old material.)

     

    Will take recommendations!

     


  8. About 4½ but yes, your point still stands, I actually didn't think they gained much overseas exposure until they started putting out their mini albums. I can only speak about the fandom from 2003 (when Batsu started out) and forward but since then at least D'espairsRay have been in fairly good standing. And it's true that the early fandom focused on different bands, but it wasn't until the VK boom that VK fans became a force to be reckoned with in terms of playing concerts and stuff, so I think the point about GLAY, Shazna etc. being of relatively tiny importance to the overseas fandom compared to how it was in Japan still stands. And probably the reverse for a lot of the no name bands that were riding on the VK popularity boom and saw their chance to come overseas and play to audiences of a size they had no business playing to.

     

    To be fair though, I think the American and the European perspective is a bit different and I don't have a lot of knowledge on the early days of the fandom over there, so it could also be that I have a different perspective based on that.


  9. Based on the oneman tours D'espairsRay could do before their first disbandment, I think it's fairly safe to say they had a decently large fanbase in Japan.

    Also, as for being the target of dislike overseas, I'm not sure if we were in different circles or what but I distinctly remember them being quite hyped from an early stage, just the fact that they were one of the earliest bands to come to Europe back in 2004 should be proof that they received popularity fairly early here, the shows sold very well too.

     

    I think bangya circles are kind of misleading often as well, because most people have one or at most two bands they hardcore follow and don't usually care much for other bands, so you can often end up thinking that it's representative of the VK fanbase as a whole. Sort of like how overseas VK fans have no idea who GLAY is since they don't have any fans, but in Japan they're one of the biggest VK bands around. It becomes a closed group culture of sorts, just like there are bands that are/were hyped on here that had next to no following in Japan.


  10. I'm pretty sure that foreign fanbase is an afterthought at best. 

     

    That said though, I attended the entire tour and didn't see one single of the many Chinese people present break out in tears, rip their Dir shirts to shreds or try to suicide bomb the venue. I didn't see a single overtly supremacist statement or controversial point beyond a very mainstream "free tibet" deal which makes sense based on their Buddhist backgrounds. It's about as dangerous and edgy as wanting to free Syria from ISIS.  I think it's safe to say these "problems" mostly exist in your head, and to be frank you present them in such a convoluted way that I think most people aren't even sure of what you're trying to say.

     

    Let that be an end to this for now, we don't need any "Dir en grey are supremacists" discussions based on hearsay.

     


  11.  

    I attended two of the shows on this old school tour in osaka and posted them on Facebook. Decides I might just as well repost them here:

     

    Day 1:

    "

    I just attended the best show of my life, and it was a MUCC live.

     

    The best way I can describe it is as if I went back in a time machine to 2001 and attended one of their oneman lives. They performed only old songs, including tracks so old several fans noticably did not recognize then, like Kranke (my favorite song!) and Koibito. The entire live felt dangerous and rough, just like one of those 90s lives where the audience are headbanging their necks off and the band is taunting them further into a frenzy. Before VK became a polished business.

     

    It was super intense, during some songs the entire audience was moshing and thanks to the intense mosh I ended up in the second row in front of tatsurou during the second half of the live, where I ended up catching him as he stage dived during Orugooru. At the end, when they played Kurutta Kajitsu, we were even ordered to perform a wall of death and delivered it splendidly.

     

    https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/mucc/2017/esaka-muse-osaka-japan-2be5b0e2.html

     

    Tomorrow is Homura Uta day... can't wait. Dir en grey, take note. This is how you do nostalgia shows."

     

    Day 2:

    "

    So... MUCC day 2 was every bit as good as day 1. Homura Uta day, so practically the whole album was performed, along with some songs from Antique and Tsuuzetsu.


    Especially the performance of Kimi ni Sachi Are and Kurayami ni Saku Hana stood out as soulcrushingly beautiful, and tracks like Kokuen made the whole audience mosh yet again while Tatsurou kept jumping into the front rows to make us work harder.

     

    Before OYOGE! TAIYAKI-KUN Tatsurou addressed me directly, asking if I knew the lyrics (since I was seemingly the only foreigner at least in the front of the venue). I made an OK sign and he looked surprised and happy and made some comment about it, and then we all sang it together, the entire venue.

     

    During the wall of death during Kurutta Kajitsu today, he jumped into the audience and participated for a bit before being rescued back onto the stage. 

     

    To be honest, unless MUCC makes further nostalgia tours, I might not attend any more of their lives in the future. Nothing can top this tour no matter how hard they try. Sure, I'd like to see a Zekuu and Kuchiki no Tou tour as well, but until that happens I might just lay off their lives in the future.

     

    Todays Setlist:

    HOMURA UTA (intro)
    ZETSUBOU
    SHIAWASE NO SHUUCHAKU
    KOKUEN
    YAKEATO
    KARE GA SHINDA HI
    KIMI NI SACHI ARE
    MAMA
    SHIGATSU NO RENGESOU
    BOKU GA HONTOU NO BOKU NI TAEKIREZU TSUKUTTA HONTOU NO BOKU
    KURAYAMI NI SAKU HANA
    USO DE YUGAMU SHINZOU
    KAERANU HITO
    KOKONOKA
    OYOGE! TAIYAKI-KUN
    SUISOU
    MAE E
    SUIMIN

    Encore:
    YUME NO MACHI
    SHOUFU
    DAIKIRAI
    KURUTTA KAJITSU (WARAI)"

     

    Hope someone here finds it interesting to read!

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