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  2. Posted

    This might be obvious, but for some people it helps to go to a different environment. Go to the library and use their PC instead of your laptop, if you don't already. It might help you focus in on the task and spend some hours on it.

     

    Other than that, this is how I dealt with it: freak out for a little bit, take a deep breath, then do it.

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  4. Posted

    23 hours ago, Aferni said:

    Seriously....I was really looking forward to this release. Damnit Riku.

     

    Also Lmao at this asshat for ordering a Pizza through the band LINE chat..I wonder though does anyone else find it suspicious that he was the only member without a blog OR a twitter...hmm

     

    isn't he the leader of the band too?

     

    I feel like that's classic “vocalist is sooo mysterious” vk bullshit

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  9. Posted

    Some of my favorites:

    • Sixteen photobooks planned for a 2006 release, that were cancelled due to KISAKI's tax evasion scandal around that time. About half were to be of KISAKI × random VK bands, but the rest were dedicated to VIDOLL, Phantasmagoria, CODOMO A, and hardcore bands that had played with Phantasmagoria. If I recall correctly, all of the books had been completely finished, but the company refused to release the photos. UNDER CODE must have lost a HUGE amount of money on them, and we collectively lost a good chunk of mid-2000s vk history.
    • Distray (old Matina band) had a 5-month single campaign which was never released, and fellow Matina band LAYBIAL never released their planned full album.
    • During their 2013 revival, DAS:VASSER announced two DVDs, but never released them. I was pretty sad about that one.

    Here's a partial list of cancelled releases in the weloveucp.com database.

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  10. Posted

    Trying to buy items from David's international web shop, but they only accept bank transfer, and my bank is trying to charge a $45 fee to send it.

     

    Anyone have any tips or suggestions for getting the money over without paying such a large fee?

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    In celebration of the 20th anniversary since the formation of Matina and MIRAGE, KISAKI will hold BURIAL OF EPISODE-TOKYO- at Shinjuku (新宿) BLAZE on 2018-03-31.

     

    • MIRAGE will hold a one-day(?) revival, featuring original members AKIRA, YAYOI, and KISAKI, plus support guitarist A.O.I (SHAZNA) and drummer Matarou (魔太朗) (VANIRU).
    • Session band Matina ALL STARS (魔帝那オールスターズ) will appear: V. Kouki (幸樹) [Mist of Rouge~DOUT (ダウト)] / G. ? / B. Enya Tomoyuki (塩谷 朋之) [Mist of Rouge~More] / D. TERO (テロ) [VIDOLL~†я i ￠к].
    • TOKYO YANKEES, THE DEAD P☆P STARS, Vasalla (覇叉羅) (one-day revival), KING, and Kra will also appear.
    • Premium tickets include a t-shirt. All attendees receive a present.
    • This marks [the beginning of?] MIRAGE's “burial” (meaning has not been revealed).
    • KISAKI made some remarks about his “retirement.”
    • KISAKI might have formed the new company LORELEI ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, though it doesn't seem to be a record label (yet).

     

    Please see the full writeup at https://weloveucp.com/blog/matina-event-revealed-matina-all-stars-mirage-burial-kisaki-retirement-and-new-company/ for additional details.

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    Tbh I'm glad he made the post, and that he put it in concrete terms. I've always found that side interesting, but haven't had much view into it, aside from talks with unreliable ex-bangya and the odd foreign vk bandman.

     

    I do think it's hilarious that so many girls piled onto him for “not doing it for the art,” when vk (and maybe Japanese music in general) is such a commodified, commercially driven enterprise. Where's the anger at Kiryu for releasing 8 types of one single? Why do you support cheki sales which are inherently valueless and exist only to obscure the direct transfer of bangya funds to bandmen? If this is just art, why is that only bands with beautiful members go major? Why is it acceptable that someone in a hardcore deathmetal band can come back two months later in a dokidoki “you're our sixth member ♡” osare band and no one gives him shit? Those practices don't bother me personally--I don't mind artists making a living--but I love the nerve of some of those fans to accuse him of being morally bankrupt when they happily throw their parents' money at any skinny dude who walks on stage with a mic.

     

    So yeah, props from me for the Left Eye moment, but also lol at all of Japan crucifying him (as he should have expected). Double lol at Reita, a guy who's lived comfortably off remaking the same 3 mediocre songs for a decade, chiming in. I'd much rather hear the opinion of someone who's been playing in Narciss for 10 years with no hope of every making any money--that's someone who knows about doing things for the art.

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  16. Posted

    49 minutes ago, kareta-uta said:

    Just so that there are no misunderstandings: It seems like weloveucp used google translate because I can't see ANYTHING in Yuya's tweet hinting that it was drowning. I put his tweet in google translate and there the wrong translated "drowning" comes up but the Japanese tweet only says it was "a sudden accident".

     

    Yes, that's exactly what happened. The post at weloveucp was already corrected, and I tweeted out a correction a while ago. Thanks!

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  17. Posted

    On 4/16/2017 at 8:10 AM, Kiryu999 said:

    But what is a sound collection? 1980yen for all these songs is way too cheap for it to be the full songs. They also say that everything is re-recorded if I undersand it right. 

     

    The translation just sounds a little weird in English. It's 音源集, which is literally “sound source collection,” which is just an alternate way of saying “collection album/best album.” So yeah, full songs.

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  19. Posted

    51 minutes ago, Seimeisen said:

    Why does a song called "Go to the Bathroom" have a music video about a girl preparing to eat her ex? At least that's what I'm assuming is going on. Which raises another question, why do I even bother trying to make sense out of VK music videos?

     

    Confusion aside, I dig it. And also getting pre-hiatus vibes. The bass sorta reminds me of マグロ from 7.

     

    I assumed she was boiling the parts so she could flush them down the toilet :0

  21. Posted

    22 hours ago, Takadanobabaalien said:

    I just realized this:

     

    品番:YKMK-011
    価格:千二百円(TAX IN)
    発売元/販売元:黒百合と影

     

    This is from their single which is released in some days.

     

    Earlier they have always had hatsubaimoto/hanbaimoto as either daikisound or yamikakumei, but now it just says kuroyuritokage.

    Does this mean they are self-produced at last?

    I'm confused because the YKMK code is what yamikakumei uses though...

    Maybe @inartisticknows more about how this works?

     

    They might just attribute it that way because it's a live-limited thing. Especially if the packaging turns out to be really cheap, it might be that they had it made without going through their label's people.

    Definitely agree that it's weird, but too early to draw any conclusion yet. Will be interesting to see how their next not-live-limited release is credited!

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