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Five years is a pretty good run these days, tbh.

A+ for bringing up Savage Cock. Gotta rock the cock.

What a weird look. It feels like they just bought a big box of used VK costume pieces and kind of awkwardly stuck them on over their street clothes...

I was in the mood for a crappy thriller, so I watched Thr3e (2006). It's one of the only movies I've ever seen that's actually as bad as the Rotten Tomatoes reviews make it out to be. The character of the aunt was so ridiculous and out of place that I thought it was a joke at first, and the dialogue is so bad that it's not even fun to laugh at.

Regarding FLOPPY: They're holding a 13th anniversary one-man and releasing a live-limited single in August, so it seems like Sharaku is still making time for it every now and then between other activities. I think GalapagosS is on hiatus though?

Saw II is still one of the dumbest movies I've ever seen, even by the incredibly low standards of that particular corner of the genre. Why the hell would the guy immediately decide a murderous rampage - especially when he was outnumbered like 5 to 1 and the other people were still trying to cooperate with him - was the only way to get the numbers from the backs of the other prisoners' necks? Literally all he had to do was ask them to turn around and show him or, worst case scenario, find an excuse to come up behind them and slyly push their hair/clothes to the side? Still boggles my mind that someone actually wrote something so stupid and people went "Okay, sounds good, let's film that".

Ryohei (Megamasso) - https://www.instagram.com/mm_peko/

marder suitcase. The only other band I can think of is yazzmad, and obviously they're not very active. I don't know if they even have any other labelmates at this point? Maybe they're just putting all their energy into promoting LIPHLICH now since they're the only active band left?

My Japanese still sucks, but this looked simple so I took a shot at it. I feel like I probably still missed the mark on at least a few of those starred lines though. If you have any corrections, feel free to let me know. ラブ＋MUSIC / LOVE + MUSIC Lyrics: Lime Music: Kousuke Uhh, what did you eat yesterday? Even if you had some really bad pasta, that’s fine Uhh, yesterday I discovered a girl that was really my type - Do!! Do!! Do!!* High tension Love lala chu chu chu love lala Yes lover, I’m totally losing myself in you Love lala chu chu chu love lala Yes lover days It’s not even in the Daijirin** Won’t you teach me the meaning of true love? Love is a surprise in this world There’s not enough love to go around I’m drying up and withering So, aim it at my heart It’s a surprise in this world Hey, there’s a love shortage Now, that heart-pounding, fluttering feeling I’ll aim it at you It’s like the Milano-style doria from Saizeriya*** Somehow, it’s burning a little today, isn’t it?**** But it’s fine, the girl that came to see me with it That girl is just so incredibly cute High tension Love lala chu chu chu love lala Yes lover, I’m totally losing myself in you Love lala chu chu chu love lala Yes lover days It’s not on Wikipedia either Won’t you teach me the meaning of true love? Love is a surprise in this world There’s not enough love to go around I’m drying up and withering So, aim it at my heart It’s a surprise in this world Hey, there’s a love shortage Now, that heart-pounding, fluttering feeling I’ll aim it at you It’s not in the textbook, but I know what love means Do you remember the note I added? The meaning of love It’s you, now as well***** The world is going mad Look, there’s a shortage of love, isn’t there? Sometimes, I get so sick and worried from the darkness that I can’t sleep The news is depressing Look, there’s a shortage of love People who don’t know the meaning of pain Are bearing scars and being hurt****** Give the world love + Look, love makes it go round Still, I’ll give it to you Love + music, yeah!! Notes: *, ****, *****, ******Not sure about these lines, **A dictionary ***Apparently a doria is like a casserole dish, and Saizeriya is an Italian restaurant chain ラブ＋MUSIC / RABU + MUSIC Eetto kinou tabeta mono wa nanda? Yatara to mazui PASUTA doudemo ii ne Eetto kinou MAJI de boku no TAIPU na Channee hakken DO!! DO!! DO!! HAI TENSHON LOVE LALA CHU CHU CHU LOVE LALA YES LOVER mugamuchuu desu LOVE LALA CHU CHU CHU LOVE LALA YES LOVER DAYS Daijirin ni mo nai Hontou no ai no imi o oshiete kure yo Sekai ni SAPURAIZU (LOVE) aijou fusoku desu KARAKARA karehatete iru Kokoro o megake Sekai ni SAPURAIZU (Hora) aijou fusoku desu DOKIDOKI TOKIMEKI o ima Anata ni megake SAIZERIYA MIRANO-fuu DORIA da Nanka chotto kyou wa kogete iru ne Demo ii sa kore o motte kita ano ko ga Yatara to kawaii channee HAI TENSHON LOVE LALA CHU CHU CHU LOVE LALA YES LOVER mugamuchuu desu LOVE LALA CHU CHU CHU LOVE LALA YES LOVER DAYS WIKIPEDIA ni mo nai Hontou no ai no imi o oshiete kure yo Sekai ni SAPURAIZU (LOVE) aijou fusoku desu KARAKARA karehatete iru Kokoro o megake Sekai ni SAPURAIZU (Hora) aijou fusoku desu DOKIDOKI TOKIMEKI o ima Anata ni megake Kyoukasho ni wa nai kedo Wakatteru ai to iu kotoba Kakitashita NOOTO Oboeteru? Ai no imi o Anata wa ima mo Sekai wa kuruidasu (Hora) aijou fusoku de ne Tokidoki nemurenai hodo Yami yami nayande Yuuutsu na NYUUSU desu (Hora) aijou fusoku desu Itami o shiranai hito ga Kizu oi kizutsuke Sekai ni RABU PURASU (Hora) aijou kara mawari Soredemo anata ni okuru RABU PURASU MUSIC YEAH!! Kanji: http://rocklyric.jp/lyric.php?sid=152695/ラブ＋MUSIC/LEZARD

I've never really been able to get into LEZARD, but I'm liking the new song a lot!

None of these bands are really the type I would usually go for, but Oshimai was catchy so I've been keeping an eye on Kizu. I'm not into the wrist-cutting emo kid aesthetic, but Lime is exactly the kind of frontman I can't get enough of (short, with a sort of bratty onstage persona - ex. Daishi from PLC and Noah from Avanchick), and I love his voice, so I'm hoping they do well. I think they mentioned that they're going to drop the white facepaint after their one-man (or maybe I read that wrong?), so I'm curious to see if their concept will change a bit in the future.

I was a little nervous after the video tracks, but the previews for the rest of Bentham's new album sound so good. Chicago has grown on me a lot too after hearing it separated from that weird MV.

Man, seems like Noah really went for it at that dance battle.

Yeah, they have it: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/MKMA-1A http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/MKMA-1B http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/MKMA-1C I was actually thinking about buying the cheap version (Type C) because I really like that first song.

NOAH from Avanchick joined recently: https://www.instagram.com/avanchick_noah/ Aoi (Ayabie, Aoi-168-) - https://www.instagram.com/aoi_official0401/ Tanashin (Good Morning America) - https://www.instagram.com/tanashingma/ Shingo Kanehiro (Good Morning America) - https://www.instagram.com/kanehirock/ Also, a couple of the ones I posted before changed: NOBUYA (ROTTENGRAFFTY) - https://www.instagram.com/nobuya_official/ TERU (GLAY) - https://www.instagram.com/tteeeeeerruuuuuu/

Guess he follows Gackt on Instagram.

In a weird coincidence, I was actually just getting around to listening to it yesterday and yeah, the new Megamasso is pretty good.

http://ameblo.jp/lixaltair-yuu/entry-12292202998.html ^English statement: "Dear all of our fans We were very excited to perform at ANIMEX on the 15th Jul. However, due to the circumstances of the event sponsor, our appearance has been cancelled. We were just informed of this today. We wanted to meet all of our fans in Mexico, and we wanted all of you to see THE SOUND BEE HD perform, so we are very disappointed. But we have faith that we will have another chance to perform in Mexico someday. We truly apologize to all the fans who were looking forward to our appearance. We will definitely see you all someday! Thank you and Gracias. THE SOUND BEE HD"

It was at a convention though? I don't know if this one is different, but you usually don't need to sell any tickets at a convention because the concert is included with admission. I know some of the bigger cons hold concerts with separate tickets, but I can't imagine them doing that for bands like Misaruka and Rose Noire. I mean, I've seen like half the Starwave roster live because my local conventions had their bands (Rose Noire, umbrella, the fool, marlee, lix., etc.) playing for free and I already had the pass.

That's a really weird reason. I wonder how someone managed to botch sending them tickets? Sucks that they're not going to be able to go, they all seemed super excited.

Kids today

I'm not much of a singer and I don't go to karaoke often, but I did okay with L'Arc~en~Ciel's "Blurry Eyes" once. I sang along to it so many times in my teens that the words are firmly embedded in my mind, so it didn't really matter that I couldn't read the kanji on the screen. I also sang ELLEGARDEN's "Jamie" that time, but it's not VK and it's in English, so I guess that doesn't really count.

Haha, I do love Sharaku, but it's okay. I'm not really big on meeting bands (I'm too shy to say anything other than "Thank you!" most of the time), so missing the Q&A wasn't a huge loss. It's just kind of annoying that I've been to almost all the AN band Q&As and I dropped the ball when a band I actually like was there. Still, I randomly saw them in different parts of the convention on both Friday and Sunday, so I still ended up with plenty of awkward metronome memories over the course of the weekend. Parts of the Q&A usually end up getting posted online, and sometimes it gets transcribed by VK websites, but I didn't see anything in the days after the event. I'm really surprised by how little coverage there was this year.

Technically they are called "Dio - distraught overlord", and they're not really famous enough for the average metal fan to even come across them online, so I don't think it's ever really been an issue? They went to the US in 2009: http://www.jame-world.com/us/articles-6668-dio-distraught-overlord-interview-in-houston-texas.html And they've been to Europe multiple times, seemingly without any issues. I know Pentagon performed under the name "Pentagon Japan" during their recent convention appearance in the US, since they didn't want to be confused with a Korean group with the same name, but I think that had a lot more to do with the fact that either group could have logically been performing there. Plus they had exactly the same name. "Dio - distraught overlord" is probably different enough for them to get away with it?

Just watched Havenhurst, and it was terrible. Not even bad in a so bad it's good kind of way, just horribly unsatisfying and pointless. I mean, they had the budget, concept and the cast to make a predictable, yet still kinda cool movie, but they totally blew it with the plot.