Jrocknyc

May 30

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“Enough Korean Hookers in Japan to Fill a Stadium” might be the best headline in the last five years. :)

“Enough Korean Hookers in Japan to Fill a Stadium” might be the best headline in the last five years. :)

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Bad news for those of you looking for a Japanese BF/GF at school… 

Notoriously insular, corporate Japan has long been wary of embracing Western-educated compatriots who return home. 
Discouraged by their career prospects if they study abroad, even at elite universities, a shrinking portion of Japanese college students is seeking higher education in the West. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/business/global/as-global-rivals-gain-ground-corporate-japan-clings-to-cautious-ways.html

…but it’s okay, lots of cool Japanese artists and musicians and actors still come to America. Who wants to marry a boring old wealthy investment banker ANYWAY?!

Bad news for those of you looking for a Japanese BF/GF at school… 

Notoriously insular, corporate Japan has long been wary of embracing Western-educated compatriots who return home. 

Discouraged by their career prospects if they study abroad, even at elite universities, a shrinking portion of Japanese college students is seeking higher education in the West. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/30/business/global/as-global-rivals-gain-ground-corporate-japan-clings-to-cautious-ways.html

…but it’s okay, lots of cool Japanese artists and musicians and actors still come to America. Who wants to marry a boring old wealthy investment banker ANYWAY?!

mrgaddess:


I BELIEVE IF DIR EN GREY WANTS TO BE A RESPECTED BAND IN THE METAL GENRE, THEY NEED TO SHAKE OFF THE FANS WHO RUN AROUND IN CAT EARS/TAILS YELLING KAWAII AND SUCH. I KNOW BANDS SHOULD BE BASED OFF THE MUSIC AND THE MUSIC ALONE. BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WON’T GIVE THEM A CHANCE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE FANS. THEY DON’T WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TYPE OF PEOPLE, AND THEY DEFINITELY DON’T WANT TO GO TO SHOWS WITH BOYS/GIRLS IN COSPLAY OR LISTEN TO THEIR SHITTY “JAPANESE” WHILE THEY TRY TO GLOMP THEM.



I agree with this more then I should but omg just like, kill all the weebos kaythanks

If not for the girls in cat ears YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE HEARD OF DIR EN GREY because they would have released one EP that no one bought and then moved on to careers as clerks at 7-11.

mrgaddess:

I BELIEVE IF DIR EN GREY WANTS TO BE A RESPECTED BAND IN THE METAL GENRE, THEY NEED TO SHAKE OFF THE FANS WHO RUN AROUND IN CAT EARS/TAILS YELLING KAWAII AND SUCH. I KNOW BANDS SHOULD BE BASED OFF THE MUSIC AND THE MUSIC ALONE. BUT I KNOW PEOPLE WON’T GIVE THEM A CHANCE BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE FANS. THEY DON’T WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TYPE OF PEOPLE, AND THEY DEFINITELY DON’T WANT TO GO TO SHOWS WITH BOYS/GIRLS IN COSPLAY OR LISTEN TO THEIR SHITTY “JAPANESE” WHILE THEY TRY TO GLOMP THEM.

I agree with this more then I should but omg just like, kill all the weebos kaythanks

If not for the girls in cat ears YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE HEARD OF DIR EN GREY because they would have released one EP that no one bought and then moved on to careers as clerks at 7-11.

(Source: j-music-confessions)

May 29

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The latest Luna Sea countdown is over…(thx jigsaw)Big whoop, Luna Sea’s doing more shows that are gonna be just like last year’s shows that you still haven’t watched all the way through because it gradually became clear that while they’re still excellent, they are no longer the SUPER-EXCELLENT band that brought you Lunatic Tokyo et al…
natalie.mu/music/news/70112:

LUNA SEA LIVE 2012-2013 The End of the Dream
2012年12月23日(日)大阪府 大阪城ホール
OPEN 16:00 / START 17:00
2013年1月11日(金)東京都 日本武道館
OPEN 17:30 / START 18:30
2013年1月12日(土)東京都 日本武道館
OPEN 16:00 / START 17:00
2013年1月13日(日)東京都 日本武道館
OPEN 14:00 / START 15:00
2013年1月18日(金)東京都 日本武道館
OPEN 17:30 / START 18:30
2013年1月19日(土)東京都 日本武道館
OPEN 16:00 / START 17:00
2013年1月20日(日)東京都 日本武道館
OPEN 14:00 / START 15:00
料金:全席指定9000円
チケット一般発売日:2012年9月1日(土)10:00


And hooray, another large file to fill your hard drive:

WOWOW「日曜スーパーライブ『WOWOW Presents LUNA SEA TV SPECIAL -The End of the Dream-』」
2012年7月8日(日)20:00~
The latest Luna Sea countdown is over…(thx jigsaw)

Big whoop, Luna Sea’s doing more shows that are gonna be just like last year’s shows that you still haven’t watched all the way through because it gradually became clear that while they’re still excellent, they are no longer the SUPER-EXCELLENT band that brought you Lunatic Tokyo et al…

natalie.mu/music/news/70112:

LUNA SEA LIVE 2012-2013 The End of the Dream

2012年12月23日(日)大阪府 大阪城ホール

OPEN 16:00 / START 17:00

2013年1月11日(金)東京都 日本武道館

OPEN 17:30 / START 18:30

2013年1月12日(土)東京都 日本武道館

OPEN 16:00 / START 17:00

2013年1月13日(日)東京都 日本武道館

OPEN 14:00 / START 15:00

2013年1月18日(金)東京都 日本武道館

OPEN 17:30 / START 18:30

2013年1月19日(土)東京都 日本武道館

OPEN 16:00 / START 17:00

2013年1月20日(日)東京都 日本武道館

OPEN 14:00 / START 15:00

料金:全席指定9000円

チケット一般発売日:2012年9月1日(土)10:00

And hooray, another large file to fill your hard drive:

WOWOW「日曜スーパーライブ『WOWOW Presents LUNA SEA TV SPECIAL -The End of the Dream-』」

2012年7月8日(日)20:00~

three day weekend: no good new torrents, now what

three day weekend: no good new torrents, now what

“(CBS/AP) MIAMI - Police in Florida have identified the naked man who they say officers fatally shot after he refused to stop eating another naked man’s face on a downtown Miami highway ramp.” — EATING. ANOTHER -NAKED- MAN’S. FACE. ON A HIGHWAY RAMP.

Amazingly, NOT in Japan.

Throwing a dart at the map … and just GOING! It’s hard to think of anything more ill-advised than blindly heading off to a travel destination selected in this manner. You could end up in strife-torn Aleppo, lawless Somalia or, worse still, Reading, England, the town I grew up in. It was dubbed “a cemetery with lights” by Oscar Wilde when he was imprisoned there.

via Slate http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doonan/2012/05/bucket_lists_why_are_we_so_obsessed_with_making_them_.html?wpisrc=sl_iphone

Throwing a dart at the map … and just GOING! It’s hard to think of anything more ill-advised than blindly heading off to a travel destination selected in this manner. You could end up in strife-torn Aleppo, lawless Somalia or, worse still, Reading, England, the town I grew up in. It was dubbed “a cemetery with lights” by Oscar Wilde when he was imprisoned there.

via Slate http://www.slate.com/articles/life/doonan/2012/05/bucket_lists_why_are_we_so_obsessed_with_making_them_.html?wpisrc=sl_iphone

May 28


“As soon as I saw past the fact that in front of me happened to be two penises fused together at the base, I realized that I was looking at the only category of consumer product that had yet to be touched by design,” Imboden said. “The category had been isolated by the taboo that surrounded it. I figured, I can transcend that.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/can-a-better-vibrator-inspire-an-age-of-great-american-sex/257108/

The Appleficiaton of Sex Toys.

“As soon as I saw past the fact that in front of me happened to be two penises fused together at the base, I realized that I was looking at the only category of consumer product that had yet to be touched by design,” Imboden said. “The category had been isolated by the taboo that surrounded it. I figured, I can transcend that.”

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/05/can-a-better-vibrator-inspire-an-age-of-great-american-sex/257108/

The Appleficiaton of Sex Toys.

If your job requires the wearing of primary colors (http://youtu.be/5A8mI_FeM2c), you should QUIT IT.

If your job requires the wearing of primary colors (http://youtu.be/5A8mI_FeM2c), you should QUIT IT.

Mao Sugiyama, a self-described “asexual” from Tokyo, cooked up, seasoned and served his own genitalia to five diners at a swanky banquet in Japan last month, Calorie Lab reported.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/05/24/asexual-mao-sugiyama-cooks-serves-own-genitals_n_1543307.html
Once again a Japanese wins the “That’s the Most Fucked-Up Thing I’ve Ever Heard” Sweepstakes.

Mao Sugiyama, a self-described “asexual” from Tokyo, cooked up, seasoned and served his own genitalia to five diners at a swanky banquet in Japan last month, Calorie Lab reported.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mobileweb/2012/05/24/asexual-mao-sugiyama-cooks-serves-own-genitals_n_1543307.html

Once again a Japanese wins the “That’s the Most Fucked-Up Thing I’ve Ever Heard” Sweepstakes.