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JET has the best pay and support but will stick you anywhere. Recently they added a crap ton of Tokyo locations so there's a good chance of Tokyo now. But you had to apply last fall/winter in order to go this August.
 
A lot of those big companies that hire overseas you should be wary of because they are considered "black companies." Use websites like glassdoor to check for reviews on specific companies.
 
Generally you want to avoid eikaiwa.
 
Do not come on a tourist visa and try to find a job it is stressful and frankly extremely difficult. Likewise: don't work on a tourist visa.
 
One of the best sites to check for job listings is gaijinpot. It's honestly practically the only one.

well my icon is me an roji from like 5000 years ago (2014) but here is a more recent photo of me

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it's not obvious but baroque's singer, ryo, has stated before that he's left handed

- 己龍 - 単独巡業千秋楽『百鬼夜行』二〇一六年八月二十九日 日本武道館〜単独公演四〇〇回記念〜 【DVD】
- ピサロ - gradation 【TYPE B】
- Sick. - Screaming inside can kill.

I didn't mean that Amemura DROP was only for VK, but more that Dir en grey wasn't a VK show. Haha
 
I saw Deviloof there at their oneman in October. I planned on going to a lot more shows before I had to go home, but unfortunately money got tight. Those benches on the side came in handy when I wanted to store my bag without finding a coin locker. I wish I could be there this month to see HONE YOUR SENSE and INCEPTION OF GENOCIDE together.

Osaka MUSE to see kannivalism in 2010
 
but since I came back and became ~bangya~ (and then quit being bangya lol...) was Zepp Tokyo for baroque but others played too (vistlip/Girugamesh/Sadie/DaizyStriper/Nightmare/wyse)
 
 
As for how people know when to go up it's a lot of random things
really small bands you can legit DM/message the guys and they will tell you  There's someone who has a contact in some band playing there Peaking under the freaking curtain* based on BGM and/or the sound of their sound check bandmen hinting about it on twitter about playing late or "hurry up" etc etc As long as there is one contact then they can usually get the schedule. If that's the case then once one girl knows you just have to ask the right people and you know the order too. Sometimes it's guess work "we know Lycaon is torimae and everyone else has played so that means Souiumono must be tori" (actual experience)
 
*One time when I was in charge because the shikiri was dippin out before the end she told me they didn't know the order at all today and that was what we had to do to check. Thank goodness it was Shibuya REX tbh. Not all curtains are easy to look under.
 
I remember one time they got the order wrong and my friend had to run from saizen and was missing a shoe for an entire set because her other boot was left at the rail lollllllll

Namba Hatch to see Dir en grey, but my first real VK livehouse was Amemura DROP.

Osaka MUSE to see kannivalism in 2010
 
but since I came back and became ~bangya~ (and then quit being bangya lol...) was Zepp Tokyo for baroque but others played too (vistlip/Girugamesh/Sadie/DaizyStriper/Nightmare/wyse)
 
 
As for how people know when to go up it's a lot of random things
really small bands you can legit DM/message the guys and they will tell you  There's someone who has a contact in some band playing there Peaking under the freaking curtain* based on BGM and/or the sound of their sound check bandmen hinting about it on twitter about playing late or "hurry up" etc etc As long as there is one contact then they can usually get the schedule. If that's the case then once one girl knows you just have to ask the right people and you know the order too. Sometimes it's guess work "we know Lycaon is torimae and everyone else has played so that means Souiumono must be tori" (actual experience)
 
*One time when I was in charge because the shikiri was dippin out before the end she told me they didn't know the order at all today and that was what we had to do to check. Thank goodness it was Shibuya REX tbh. Not all curtains are easy to look under.
 
I remember one time they got the order wrong and my friend had to run from saizen and was missing a shoe for an entire set because her other boot was left at the rail lollllllll

Osaka MUSE to see kannivalism in 2010
 
but since I came back and became ~bangya~ (and then quit being bangya lol...) was Zepp Tokyo for baroque but others played too (vistlip/Girugamesh/Sadie/DaizyStriper/Nightmare/wyse)
 
 
As for how people know when to go up it's a lot of random things
really small bands you can legit DM/message the guys and they will tell you  There's someone who has a contact in some band playing there Peaking under the freaking curtain* based on BGM and/or the sound of their sound check bandmen hinting about it on twitter about playing late or "hurry up" etc etc As long as there is one contact then they can usually get the schedule. If that's the case then once one girl knows you just have to ask the right people and you know the order too. Sometimes it's guess work "we know Lycaon is torimae and everyone else has played so that means Souiumono must be tori" (actual experience)
 
*One time when I was in charge because the shikiri was dippin out before the end she told me they didn't know the order at all today and that was what we had to do to check. Thank goodness it was Shibuya REX tbh. Not all curtains are easy to look under.
 
I remember one time they got the order wrong and my friend had to run from saizen and was missing a shoe for an entire set because her other boot was left at the rail lollllllll

Oh, hell yeah, I'm not trying to say that "generic, derivative flavor of the month" bands haven't been a part of the VK scene since its inception or anything. I mean, hell, that sort of stuff is common in just about every music scene. For example, take some of the late '00s indie acts Pitchfork hyped up to hell and back (like Sleigh Bells, Wavves, Yuck, Surfer Blood etc) that have at this point basically almost entirely vanished from the public eye..
 
In my personal case it's just that this stuff doesn't connect to what I'm currently looking for sound-wise, both the saccharine pop rock & the brutal core music that seem to dominate among the shit-to-mid tier bands have pretty much never really been my cup of tea, so it's only natural that at some point one starts to gradually float away from the scene in that case tbh. I'm not gonna entirely ditch it tho, VK's played an important part in shaping my musical taste, just can't really be assed to listen to 50 more bands that desperately wanna sound like Dir en grey or Dezert or w/e when I can just listen to the real stuff
 

Same here. Probably not gonna be a song of theirs I go back to very much if I'm not in a certain mood. LOL I didn't even catch correlation with the title until you said that. 

I listened again and I can say firmly that it's just not my thing. there are parts of the song that i like but a lot of it I'm just not big on or find certain parts just plain unnecessary...... i mean tbh it sounds just like the title says ぐちゃぐちゃ so i guess that's a positive but idk if being all muddled and messy is really my favorite thing to listen to
 
but I'm still interested to hear the previews for their new album and especially how it fits in

The info is on their website here: http://xaa-xaa.com/news/?id=534
the info you posted is for B type, A type will have 2 less songs but a DVD 
 
DVD contents:
1.ぐちゃぐちゃ( MUSIC VIDEO )
2.オフショット集
 
someone posted about this in the news section too
 
 
Thoughts on the new look? lol:

so now what are your thoughts on the MV 

so now what are your thoughts on the MV 

so now what are your thoughts on the MV 

I only went to the Osaka date so everything I mention is from that day:
 
That Dali song was the shit I flew into like third row without even knowing wtf they were playing lmao
That session in general was really great good fun but with it being three vocalists I could barely hear Juki 
 
More's setlist was
1.追憶、そして剥離
2.残り香
3.チェシャ
4.抜け出せない領域、モノグラフ。(平成維新 cover)
5.ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
 
Baku covered ruru
Kaworu covered Mrs.Android 
 
 
and ok so like Heisei Ishin's setlist was
 
暴動ジェネレイション 鼓動 good morning HUMAN Endless voyage Micro burst 干戈
  So what they did for the Heisei Ishin revival was Yukkie sang for most of it but they also used Taku's vocal track for some parts.  I personally thought it was done really well and appreciated that they didn't have another person up on stage for their performance.