by gofromjrocknyc
May 18, 2013 06:50 pm ·
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All-girl VK/power-metal groupthing ALDIOUS new albamu! DISTRICT ZERO! Vaguely zombie-esque titleage! 

Listening to the video: “who produced you, a barn?!

by gofromjrocknyc
May 16, 2013 11:25 am · 3
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Ken | “s” 
In Physical (live) (2010)

The studio version of this song came up on shuffle and I forgot I loved it. Never knew there was a live DVD for the album, tho knowing L’Arc I should have guessed!

by gofromjrocknyc
May 15, 2013 01:06 pm · 9
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“According to Ms. A, GACKT shaves his pubic hair and has around 30 silicone balls inserted into his genital area.”

aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com

(Thx cliff!)

L4D in Japan! “A 5-map campaign set in various locations throughout Japan. Survivors start in Tokyo’s red light district, escaping to Kyoto’s Kiyomizu temple, before moving further into the mountains the next morning.” http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=14482 Downloading now…
by gofromjrocknyc
May 13, 2013 09:46 pm · 2
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L4D in Japan!

“A 5-map campaign set in various locations throughout Japan. Survivors start in Tokyo’s red light district, escaping to Kyoto’s Kiyomizu temple, before moving further into the mountains the next morning.”

http://www.l4dmaps.com/details.php?file=14482

Downloading now…

Ahhh, pre-internet Japan. Ahhh, pre-Steveless Def Leppard.
by gofromjrocknyc
May 10, 2013 01:44 pm · 22
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Ahhh, pre-internet Japan. Ahhh, pre-Steveless Def Leppard.

by gofromjrocknyc
May 6, 2013 01:54 pm · 5
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“Stylist Hiro says the hairdo, called ‘Ripe Tomatoes’ or kanjuku tomato in Japanese, is his masterpiece.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317460/Teenagers-Japan-dye-hair-red-green-look-like-ripe-tomatoes.html

Bought this “Enter the Dragon” Lego tee in a shop in Takeshita Dori — before that Chuck Norris meme or the Universal Legofication of Everything — because it was the only thing in all if Harajuku that fit! It survived many a mosh pit.
by gofromjrocknyc
April 26, 2013 05:02 pm · 2
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Bought this “Enter the Dragon” Lego tee in a shop in Takeshita Dori — before that Chuck Norris meme or the Universal Legofication of Everything — because it was the only thing in all if Harajuku that fit! It survived many a mosh pit.

Not that I would sell it, but if I were to, would I get a good price, or is good-era Dir en grey not popular anymore?
by gofromjrocknyc
April 26, 2013 04:42 pm · 7
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Not that I would sell it, but if I were to, would I get a good price, or is good-era Dir en grey not popular anymore?

So lately, my old friend Cassandra and I(MOOOOSTLY her, she’s been working hard) have been working on a podcast & news site called o.t.o. that focuses largely on Visual Kei and Japanese/east asian music in general. This is the first episode in which I actually come on and talk. Cassandra plays the new Silver Ash stuff and I play Tokusatsu(the band) and Janne Da Arc and we also talk a bit about all those bands. It was fun, so CHECK IT OUT!!(before any tokusatsu superfans chew me out for misinfo, I know they don’t have two songs about dogs and cats, I was thinking of the song アベルカイン.)
by xiopairdog
April 26, 2013 02:50 am · 3
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So lately, my old friend Cassandra and I(MOOOOSTLY her, she’s been working hard) have been working on a podcast & news site called o.t.o. that focuses largely on Visual Kei and Japanese/east asian music in general.

This is the first episode in which I actually come on and talk. Cassandra plays the new Silver Ash stuff and I play Tokusatsu(the band) and Janne Da Arc and we also talk a bit about all those bands. It was fun, so CHECK IT OUT!!


(before any tokusatsu superfans chew me out for misinfo, I know they don’t have two songs about dogs and cats, I was thinking of the song アベルカイン.)

by gofromjrocknyc
April 24, 2013 09:13 pm · 6
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EVA 3.33 720p has ~arrived~ :)

 

by xiopairdog
April 14, 2013 06:08 pm · 11
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ビー・マイ・ベイベー / ビー・マイ・ベイベー / ビー・マイ・ベイベー / ビー・マイ・ベイベー / ビー・マイ・ベイベー / ビー・マイ・ベイベー / ビー・マイ・ベイベー / ビー・マイ・ベイベー / …

http://www.syncmusic.jp/wordpress/?p=14666 DIR EN GREY’s new mini album “THE UNRAVELING” which was released on April 3rd was ranked 1st for the Oricon CD album daily ranking of April 2nd. This is DIR EN GREY’s first time to be ranked 1st on Oricon ranking in their career. “THE UNRAVELING” was attracting attention before the release since the CD is composed of the new song “Unraveling” and old songs like “Gou”, “Kasumi” and “THE FINAL” remade. Proof that people prefer the old stuff: it sells better than the new stuff. (Thx pallmid!)
by gofromjrocknyc
April 12, 2013 11:16 am · 12
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http://www.syncmusic.jp/wordpress/?p=14666

DIR EN GREY’s new mini album “THE UNRAVELING” which was released on April 3rd was ranked 1st for the Oricon CD album daily ranking of April 2nd. This is DIR EN GREY’s first time to be ranked 1st on Oricon ranking in their career.

“THE UNRAVELING” was attracting attention before the release since the CD is composed of the new song “Unraveling” and old songs like “Gou”, “Kasumi” and “THE FINAL” remade.


Proof that people prefer the old stuff: it sells better than the new stuff.

(Thx pallmid!)

by gofromjrocknyc
April 12, 2013 11:09 am· 2
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North Korea warns: Japan to be first target
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/04/12/north-korea-reportedly-warns-japan-to-be-first-target-over-order-to-destroy/#ixzz2QGIobwsJ
by futurakei
April 11, 2013 07:52 pm · 3
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Random News Roundup

About bands previously discussed in the Jrocknyc shoutbox. Hope it’s useful/interesting to someone :)

ling toshite shigure’s 5th Album, i’mperfect, Out Now
￥ 3,059 | 2013.04.10 | AICL-2526 
Sony Music Associated Records

ling toshite shigure - i’mperfect Tracklist

  1. Beautiful Circus
  2. abnormalize
  3. Metamorphose
  4. Filmsick Mystery
  5. Sitai miss me
  6. make up syndrome (album mix)
  7. MONSTER
  8. キミトオク
  9. Missing ling

OHP: http://sigure.jp/
Via: ナタリー - [Power Push] 凛として時雨「i’mperfect」インタビュー (1/3).

9mm Parabellum Bullet’s 5th Album Dawning Drops on June 26th

The new 9mm album has 13 tracks and the “complete” limited pressing will include a DVD with 17 PVs. They will also release a single titled “Answer And Answer” on May 29th and go on a big summer tour starting in July.

Dawning [w/ DVD, Limited Edition] (9th Anniversary Ver.)
￥ 4500 | 2013.06.26 | TOCT-29168
Dawning Regular Edition
￥ 2800 | TOCT-29169
EMI Music Japan

9mm Parabellum Bullet - Dawning Tracklist

  1. The Lightning
  2. Grasshopper
  3. Answer And Answer
  4. Zero Gravity
  5. シベリアンバード ～涙の渡り鳥～
  6. Scarlet Shoes
  7. コスモス
  8. Wild West Mustang
  9. Starlight
  10. ハートに火をつけて（ALBUM Ver.）
  11. Caution!!
  12. 黒い森の旅人
  13. The Silence

OHP: http://9mm.jp/
Via: ナタリー - 9mm、5thアルバム「Dawning」“9周年盤”に17曲PV集.

VAMPS LIVE 2012

New Vamps tour DVD, for whatever it’s worth. Check out the DVD price.

￥ 6660 | 2013.04.24 | UIBV-6660/1 
Delicious Deli Records

Via: ナタリー - VAMPS、ティザーで「VAMPS LIVE 2012」魅力先取り.

NPR: If the North Koreans launched even a limited artillery strike against the South, South Korean troops would fire back instantly. If North Korea were then to escalate, Presidents Obama in Washington and Park Geun-hye in the Republic of Korea would decide how to respond. That’s the escalation scenario, and it leads to all-out war. I just really really hope NK doesn’t take pot-shots at Japan. The quakes never scared me, but the fuckin’ Kim-Jungs being so close and so well armed, YIKES. UPDATE:  NYT: TOKYO — The Japanese Army set up a battery of interceptor missiles on the grounds of the Defense Ministry in central Tokyo on Tuesday, as the nation girded itself for a possible missile test by North Korea.
by gofromjrocknyc
April 8, 2013 05:36 pm · 4
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NPR:

If the North Koreans launched even a limited artillery strike against the South, South Korean troops would fire back instantly.

If North Korea were then to escalate, Presidents Obama in Washington and Park Geun-hye in the Republic of Korea would decide how to respond.

That’s the escalation scenario, and it leads to all-out war.

I just really really hope NK doesn’t take pot-shots at Japan. The quakes never scared me, but the fuckin’ Kim-Jungs being so close and so well armed, YIKES.

UPDATE: 

NYT:

TOKYO — The Japanese Army set up a battery of interceptor missiles on the grounds of the Defense Ministry in central Tokyo on Tuesday, as the nation girded itself for a possible missile test by North Korea.