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Sounds good so far. I always thought Rui looked super awkward in Misaruka, so this is big step up for him, IMO.

Took a few listens to get into it, but I'm really liking Free Throw. I'm really happy Takeshi formed this band, because I haven't been able to get excited enough to listen to a full release from the HIATUS since A World of Pandemonium, and I just realized that came out 6 years ago.

Haha, I guess, for some reason I always forget that Slash is back in. I don't know, I've never been willing to take the risk of going to see GNR. Might just be that I'm super thrifty and I assume that the tickets will be really expensive. Plus I kind of prefer smaller shows, and I assume they only play bigger venues. I suppose it depends on the situation. I've only seen Michael Monroe once, and it was a really big deal because it was the first time he'd been back to my country in like 10 years or something and it was a headlining show, so the crowd was super into it. The members also did pictures and autographs afterwards, and they were really cool about it despite the fact that the venue was trying to get everyone out fast. I don't know if he's been back since, but I was just thinking recently that I'd love to see him again. I've only ever seen The Darkness headlining as well, and I had a lot of fun both times. Justin jumped into the audience right in front of me and crowdsurfed all the way around the venue the second time. They're also one of the few bands I like that the friends I drag to concerts with me have actually heard of, so that's probably a big part of why their shows stand out in my mind.

I'm kind of indifferent to GNR these days, but Michael Monroe and The Darkness on the same day is a killer line-up indeed.

Oh, nice to see another metronome fan! I was at the Toronto concert as well. Missed the Q&A, unfortunately, since I mixed up the time and got there like a solid hour after it was over, but the show was great.

I really need to stop sleeping on Quruli. God, that random dance break at 6:55 is fabulous.

The guy in the green looks like he missed costume day and just went "Screw it, I can make my own using this stuff from my sister's room".

Kind of surprised no one has mentioned Tetsu Takano (MALICE MIZER -> ZIGZO, nil, The JUNEJULYAUGUST, THE BLACK COMET CLUB BAND, Indies Denryoku...etc.). Part of me loves the fact that he and Chiba Yusuke are both trying to rock the silver fox look now.

Yuuki Suda, the bassist from Suck a Stew Dry/THURSDAY'S YOUTH, is a big Hidekazu Hinata (STRAIGHTENER, Nothing's Carved In Stone) fanboy. Hinata treats him as a sort of little brother figure, which is pretty cute. He was just posting about Hinata coming to THURSDAY'S YOUTH's first one-man recently.

No one will ever know.

Since some non-VK bands were mentioned, I need to throw in Tanashin from Good Morning America going from a barely noticeable emo kid bassist in their previous band for better, for worse and in early Good Morning America to suddenly becoming basically the band mascot.

Gonna throw in a mention for Daisuke (media youth -> THE SOUND BEE HD).

I dunno, but I'm reading this as "VK doesn't sell enough tickets in Europe these days to sustain a tour". I feel like they're saying that they're not bringing any more VK bands until there is more interest?

I'm gonna be a little sad when my budgie's iris rings come in. There's something charmingly evil about its pitch black eyes.

+ tours for bands like ONE OK ROCK and SCANDAL.

^Yes, the statement mentions an issue with the local organizer first and says something like "and also, with the worsening state of things in Europe", which makes me think the terror attacks weren't the main reason. It seems like B7Klan have been pushing this tour much harder than the MERRY one, so I'm really surprised that it ended up getting cancelled.

There's always Fudanjuku, the idol group made up of girls that crossdress as boys.

http://www.runningtothekitchen.com/sweet-corn-egg-drop-soup/ ^You can add some meat or vegetables to it to give it more substance, but this is basically the cheapest and easiest soup I've ever made. I just made it earlier today, actually, because I was feeling lazy. This is also a new staple for me: http://www.food.com/recipe/chicken-in-red-curry-with-bamboo-shoots-83381 ^You can use basically any kind of meat or vegetables with this recipe, so it's super practical. I've tried it with a bunch of different combinations (baby corn, peppers, mushrooms, shrimp, broccoli, etc.) and it always tastes good. You don't necessarily need kaffir lime leaves - you can probably get away with just lime juice - but they make it taste way better. Any sort of miso soup with noodles, tofu, meat, cabbage, etc. added is usually pretty cheap and easy as well. I think I made this one before, but I either skipped the noodles or used angel hair vermicelli instead of udon, since it was all I had at the time. Can't remember. https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/napa-cabbage-and-udon-miso-soup-30561 This isn't bad either, if you happen to have big bags of dried lily and wood ear mushrooms in your pantry like I do. It's good with hot sauce. http://omnivorescookbook.com/moo-shu-vegetables

Has there ever been an occasion where the band actually made the goal? I feel like literally every single one of these fails miserably.

As much as I love them, it's not like they're producing much these days anyway.

My budgie loves cilantro.

I'm not totally sold on the song yet, but it's great to see Danablu making actual videos. Hopefully they'll end up on a label soon so I can actually buy their stuff... I miss Aki's flailing, but I guess I've got that WESN video for that.

I really hope they're just trying to create the illusion that they're selling fast, because if someone really did pay $1000 for his costume, wow.

Feels so weird to hear Nishiura's manly speaking voice next to his emo kid singing.

Oh Jesus, I thought that was the cover art for a ballad compilation for a second.