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semi-popular opinion at this point:
nu-metal was never really that bad other than the literal middle school-tier lyrics

I get a feeling like a good 70% of Buck-Tick's discography is about FUCKING 

^Great, now I have a mental image of Mana following potential singers around "You"-style, stalking them on social media, and keeping them in a fancy gothic birdcage in his basement lit only by a single candle, with classical music playing in the background to cover up the screams for help as he and his dinner guests drink tea...
 
Thanks for that. 😟

I wasn't that wild about this track when it first came out - found it kind of hard to remember anything about it, but it's grown on me a lot recently after listening to it without the video. Guess sexy eyepatch Moga was just too distracting.
 
 

I wasn't that wild about this track when it first came out - found it kind of hard to remember anything about it, but it's grown on me a lot recently after listening to it without the video. Guess sexy eyepatch Moga was just too distracting.
 
 

I visited my brother and his royal pythons again after a long time.

Marie was very curious and adventurous, she didn't want to stay still at all so it was hard to get a decent picture of her. That tongue is somehow so funny though.
 

Ernest had really grown a lot, he's noticeably bigger than Marie now. He's still a bit more shy and hesitant one though.
And yes my brother really named these snakes after Marie Curie and Ernest Rutherford. What a nerd.
 
Maybe someday when I stop being a poor and broke student I'll finally get a pet snake for myself too. They're just such amazing creatures.

I know tons of people that like Kpop IRL and they're all perfectly normal, lovely people, but the Kpop fanbase on Twitter is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen.
 
I follow a blog about events, restaurant openings, etc. in my city on Twitter, and they posted an article about a Kpop show not selling well, and I saw a fan in the comments actually going down the list of people who had commented on it going "Unlike please. We don't want to give this terrible article more attention".
 
There's this weird mindset some people into it have where they seem to think they can control how everyone thinks if they just sort of rig the numbers of views, retweets, shares, etc. on social media just right, and it creeps me out.
 
Like there was a hashtag going around called "give us back our 10 million" or something where people were mad because the number of views on a Kpop video suddenly dropped by 10 million or something (out of a much bigger number) on YouTube and there were some fans going "This is disrespectful to fans who spent their valuable time staying up and replaying the video!" or something, and just wow...

I've been trying to will myself to listen to a bunch of full releases from start to finish on Spotify for months and it's been such a struggle, but I put all the releases into a playlist today and started playing them on shuffle, and all of a sudden I'm having so much fun? It's the same music, but it everything sounds so much better. Weird.

I've been trying to will myself to listen to a bunch of full releases from start to finish on Spotify for months and it's been such a struggle, but I put all the releases into a playlist today and started playing them on shuffle, and all of a sudden I'm having so much fun? It's the same music, but it everything sounds so much better. Weird.

Jealous as hell here, Michael always skips the Netherlands. I did have the opportunity to see L.A. Guns with Phil and Tracii last year though! 
 
Still waiting for Sebastian to come back here too. He’s played close to me a few times but without me realising while my room used to basically bathe in Baz, obviously. I had the biggest crush on him. Skid Row... I don’t see it happening (Rachel please). 
 
Tom Keifer C̶i̶n̶d̶e̶r̶e̶l̶l̶a̶ is still on my wishlist, but a girl can dream. Would also love to see some bands like Poison or Ratt, but I doubt they’ll ever tour Europe. 

Sometimes I really wish Lynch Mob could hold onto a stable line-up. I always think about going to see them when they come through my city, and I always get too scared to do it because the singer has suddenly changed right before the shows in the past. As much as I love George Lynch, if I'm seeing Lynch Mob for the first time I at least want it to be with someone I've heard of singing. I'd really love to see them with Oni Logan at least once in my life because I've listened to the Wicked Sensation album so much over the years.
 
 
I've crossed Michael Monroe and L.A. Guns with Phil and Tracii off my list. Still vaguely hoping for Skid Row with Sebastian and the original Lynch Mob before they all get too old...

I don't really show people songs/videos to try to get them into the same music anymore - I used to do it a lot in high school, and my friends were all very polite about it but clearly not very interested. I still kind of cringe looking back on that. These days, I write for a website and post on places like this forum to get all my nerdy J-rock energy out without subjecting my family and friends to it.
 
However, I drag my friends to concerts all the time. (Well, concerts that are $25 or less, anyway. If it's an expensive concert I feel too guilty to ask.) They don't usually care for the music all that much, but they come along for kicks since we don't get to see each other that often now that everyone is working different schedules. It's something to do, and the artists I want to see tend to be a little ridiculous, so I think they always at least end up being entertained by the costumes and stage antics. Recently, I just say "Hey guys, are you up for seeing _ with me?" and they'll say yes without even checking to see what kind of band it is, so I feel super lucky.
 
My two best friends are both casual anime fans, and they're familiar with some of the artists that do theme songs and stuff, so they don't really make fun of my taste in music all that much. Although they both have kind of strange taste in music as well, so I guess they're not really in a position to judge.

I don't really show people songs/videos to try to get them into the same music anymore - I used to do it a lot in high school, and my friends were all very polite about it but clearly not very interested. I still kind of cringe looking back on that. These days, I write for a website and post on places like this forum to get all my nerdy J-rock energy out without subjecting my family and friends to it.
 
However, I drag my friends to concerts all the time. (Well, concerts that are $25 or less, anyway. If it's an expensive concert I feel too guilty to ask.) They don't usually care for the music all that much, but they come along for kicks since we don't get to see each other that often now that everyone is working different schedules. It's something to do, and the artists I want to see tend to be a little ridiculous, so I think they always at least end up being entertained by the costumes and stage antics. Recently, I just say "Hey guys, are you up for seeing _ with me?" and they'll say yes without even checking to see what kind of band it is, so I feel super lucky.
 
My two best friends are both casual anime fans, and they're familiar with some of the artists that do theme songs and stuff, so they don't really make fun of my taste in music all that much. Although they both have kind of strange taste in music as well, so I guess they're not really in a position to judge.

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?

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?

oLd Vk WaS sO mUcH beTtEr was old in 2004 on LJ and it still is in 2019 

People incessantly complaining about live limited releases and pinning it on the bands being "racist" and "anti-foreigner" when they're just trying to get more money by selling more tickets to their lives.
 
There are a lot of foreign bangya and a lot of overseas fans going on vacation to Japan these days. Chances are you can probably find someone to buy them for you unless you like a band with like 2 fans.

I kind of want to like it, but whenever I hear someone say "shuki shuki" all I can think of is that Hysteric Panic video with the cannibal guy eating the idol group, so it feels kind of unsettling and I keep waiting for it to take a dark turn that never comes.

Finally getting around to Mob Psycho 100 at the moment. I love it so far. Kind of reminds me of the Excel Saga manga, which is a huge compliment coming from me.

Currently watching Seven Deadly Sins on Netflix and I'm so conflicted. The story, music, and action are all awesome but the constant ecchi is SO offputting. I'm up for butts and boobs but come on =.=

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.

When ur drawing in a public setting and there just has to be someone who acts like a condescending cunt "awn you're drawing haha" "that's cute" etc. 

Me on Deviloof's new song
 

Is it? Isn't Macabre pretty much universally loved among the fans, and generally considered a VK classic?
 
I'd say Missa, tho. Love it.

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.