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It's also not about VK, but I don't think anyone has mentioned Sugizo starring in the movie "Soundtrack" yet? He also wrote the music. I think it's the only film starring a VK musician I've ever actually watched. Can't say I really understood the plot, but it has some really beautiful and strange scenes. Lol, I still remember that puppet show from the beginning pretty clearly, and I watched it over a decade ago.

It's not about VK, but DAISUKE, YOU and Yuu from THE SOUND BEE HD are in a movie called "BUGS". I don't really know any details about it except that it's being produced by the singer from the band mil9 and it's described as a "non-stop action movie". https://bugsmovie.jp/ I remember someone mentioning that Kyan Yutaka from Golden Bomber acts, although I've never seen anything he was in. There's a list here: http://asianwiki.com/Yutaka_Kyan ^Looks like all of the members of Golden Bomber acted in a few of the High & Low movies starring members of EXILE. Didn't know that.

I bought Fallout 3 on Steam ages ago, but I couldn't get it to work on my computer since it isn't compatible with newer versions of Windows . I'd given up for a while, but I got the urge to try again last night and finally found a fix that worked. It's running pretty smoothly now. Glad I didn't give up, because I'm enjoying it a lot. I think I liked the vibe and soundtrack of New Vegas better, but the intro part for this one is really nicely done, and I've only really completed a few partial quests so far, so maybe that'll change.

Not my favourite set of costumes, but Hal looks nice with his hair up.

Yeah, those are pretty solid picks. I'm really happy that "my problems" is on it. I love that song.

Kuroyume's MV for "BEAMS" is one of my all-time favourites. It's got just the right balance of silly and serious. https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm32312788 I also really like the vibe of LIPHLICH's MV for "HURRAH HURRAY".

Not super familiar with either band, but I thought Tatsumi looked like a star in that one LIM video, so it’s cool to see him back at it so soon.

Oblivion Dust is great, IMO

Just realized that Miyake Ken is turning 40 this year. Wild. I forget that Okada is the baby of V6 sometimes.

Before I got into Japanese music, the main type of music I used to actively seek out was hair metal (I'm a big fan of bands like LA Guns, Hanoi Rocks, The Dogs D'Amour, Skid Row, etc., although calling some of those bands "metal" has never felt all that accurate to me). I was also into bands like AFI and The Used and just the usual modern pop and rock. I watched a lot of VH1 when I was younger (which is partially why I'm so fond of hair metal), so I was also rather partial to best-ofs from retro or "classic" artists. (ex. Prince, Elvis, Loretta Lynn, Whitney Houston, etc.), and I also used to try out bands from books about heavy metal and punk rock (like a lot of those "100 _ albums you need to hear before you die", etc. kind of things.) There was one book that was like an encyclopedia of hard rock/metal bands put together by the magazine Kerrang that I used to try out bands from a lot, which might have led me down some interesting paths.

This is unrelated, but Riku announced today that he was getting cosmetic surgery on his eyes. I think he got eyelid surgery. Lol, I thought it was a joke at first, since it's Jack Caper, but it seems like he was serious. Here's the before: And here's the after: He seems really happy with how it turned out. Was still a bit suspicious that it was a joke afterwards since they don't look red or swollen or anything, but I guess he might have gotten the non-incisional procedure?

GLAY - Hai to Diamond (or One Love, depending on the day) L'Arc~en~Ciel - Tierra Kuroyume - feminism BUCK-TICK - Mona Lisa Overdrive Psycho le Cemu - Beautiful World

People hate GalapagosS? Why? I really like most of their releases.

The second Toronto show is tonight, in case anyone was considering going. This was a really great line-up - one of the best in a while. They were all good, but the winners for me this year were definitely KO-GO-NO GORAIKO-Z and imai. KO-GO-NO GORAIKO-Z were really playful - plus they have a drummer-vocalist, which I didn't notice from the video preview. Super entertaining set, and I think their music lined up the best with my taste. If I remembered to buy a CD this year, it would have been theirs for sure. Was so dead at the end that I totally forgot. imai was insanely intense. We were like directly in the middle of the audience, and he was making some serious eye contact with the crowd, so my friends and I all felt like he was like staring directly into our souls for his whole set. He didn't need any time to warm up at all either - he was dancing like a beast from the very first track. Can't help but dance when someone is giving you that much energy. This was from the end of his set after he'd been dancing and headbanging like this for about 40 minutes straight: Someone posted video of KO-GO-NO GORAIKO-Z as well, although it doesn't really capture what made them so much fun: Koutei Camera Girl Drei were good too, but they went last at like 12:30~1:00 am, so my legs were basically giving out at that point and it was a bit hard to get too into their set. They were much more aggressive than I was expecting from the preview, which is a big plus for me. Thought they had a more laidback sound.

The live videos from this SALU era are seriously the cutest.

Lol, point taken. I guess I always remember him as having a big chin because of pics like this: The song sounds good to me. Pretty much what I was imagining when I read LUNA SEA and Gundam theme.

^Manga J and Sugizo actually look pretty, if you put your hand over the first row. XD

ANGEL-TAKA gives me such intense Michael Monroe vibes. Was really happy to hear MM is an influence of his and that he's actually modeled some of his looks off him because I get such a feeling of deja vu watching him sometimes. It's also kind of a funny coincidence that the one line someone used to describe MM's shows back around when I finally got to see him live that really stuck with me is "he's like a rock 'n' roll angel".

I translated this myself, and my Japanese isn't very good, but there's a part from the xTRiPx song "10+1" I really like. "Somehow, we managed to raise up a big revolution What’s left after that storm of passion? Even if the answer is “zero”, that’s fine Because life is addition" ‘なんかデカい革命起こしてやんだ’ 息巻いて結果何が残った？ 答えがゼロでもいい 人生は足し算だから

Breathing is the first song of theirs since Remember the Name that I actually like. I'm really interested to hear what the collab with Taro is going to sound like. He has such a strong rock voice, and I've always kind of wondered if AIOLIN would sound better to my ears with someone else singing.

I'm not really surprised. I thought they were promising as Hakubishin, but they seemed a bit lost after the name change.

響 / Hibiki Music and Lyrics: Kobayashi Taro Kyou kara boku wa betsujin ni naru REBERU de Aruki-hajimeru ARUKI-HAJIMERU Hibi o hajimeru YEAH Youkai mitai na negao de Asa o mukaeta kimi o tsurete Aruki-hajimeru aruki-hajimete iku Hibike ima Hibiware ni hibiite ike Iya ni nattemo kanjouron wa ronpa Joushiki no mukou e Hibike yo utae yo Kizu o kakusuna yo Daremo kimi o shibare yashinai daro Yotta ikioi de kokuhaku shita Donna hazukashii koto mo Iya na koto mo natsukashii koto mo “Ijiken na” hibi Ware ni hibiite ita Iya ni nattara Angouka shite futari no aikotoba tsukatte Nigeyou ze ii daro Sugata o kakushite Daremo shiranai basho de Fuzake atte iyou Issun saki wa yami Kimi no kami yuraide nami Issun saki wa yami Boku no kami yuraide kimi Hibike ima Hibiware ni hibiite ike Iya ni nattemo kanjouron wa ronpa Joushiki no mukou e Hibike yo utae yo Kizu o kakusuna yo Daremo kimi o shibare yashinai “Ijiken na” hibi Ware ni hibiite ita Kimi no kotoba ga Angouka shita futari no aikotoba ni natta Ikiyou ze ii daro Waraou ze ii daro Daremo shiranai basho de Fuzake atte iyou Kanji: https://petitlyrics.com/lyrics/2744489