Monday, February 01, 2010

Gnomes

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Ryo, the drummer that played with us when I first played with Steve, was back from Miyavi's world tour and it was great to catch up with him again!

There were tons of artists also there today.

-Leona Lewis has a lovely, lovely singing voice, and only when you talk to her does it remind you that she is British.

-AJ got along with us effortlessly and he's cool to be around and shoot the breeze with.

-Karasu, the VK superband composed of Mucc, Alice Nine, jealkb, Ayabie, and Sadie members, were also there. JJ had been in an A9 PV once and he and Hiroto recognized each other, and the three of us had nice chats during downtime.

-Kimura Kaela is TINY. Even in heels she was TEENSY. Also just uncomfortably and distressingly cute. We went on after her and when we passed each other we said our requisite otsukare's and she smiled and clapped for me and oih my freakin goodgness egbonjggnorgggurogdfsdffhtnbvwvrerth

-Perfume are very clearly good friends and have loads of fun being around each other, and I think that contributes to that something they have that makes them so infectious. When we greeted each other, I mentioned that we had both been on the same broadcast of Music Fair when I played with Tommy Heavenly. I'm 150% sure they didn't remember at all but they just seemed so pleased to hear this and looks of doubt or attempts at recollection never crossed their faces, and they were charming and adorable. Between meeting Kaela and Nocchi, I think I can die happy, like right now. Also, A~chan is much prettier in real life.

-Every single member of AKB48 was there, and while I can't say that I found a single one of them to be my type, each and every one of them exchanged proper greetings with me as we got ready for camera checks, and that was quite nice of them. Of course that means I had to respond 48 times as well. (Or more, because apparently there are actually more than 48 girls? I don't get it whatever)


tomorrow is some other stuff
also new cps schedule, i will write it out later

You Key Gah Foo' Roo

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Just played bass at NHK Hall, which is huge, with AJ of Backstreet Boys. It was fun and I'm kinda fanboyin' bout other stuff so I will try to write when I get home. Meanwhile, it snows.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

dudes

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-the s.a. guys are just intensely interesting. I'm convinced Yudai is a 70-year old time traveler from the past and Junro is part gnome.

-Mine and Baku of Aaddies mentioned me extensively in their MC (°□°;)

-Nogod and us are way tight. Dancho said something early on and Shiun took mock offense to it so Shinno has a picture of Dancho dogeza-ing to CPS.

Dudes who don't play in flashy colorful mainstream vk bands are way cool and by extension I like this kind of music more.


DID I MENTION I RODE AN ELEVATOR WITH SHOKOTAN.

CORRECTION

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HEY

so it's not called oboreru sakana

its called "Zugaikotsu Kurumi Wari Ningyou"

i dont care for either name but its a cool tune だよ


I've loved these bands that have been on this tour. Some great guys.

haha what

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i just rode the elevator with shokotan


(shoko nakagawa)


good thing i look totally ridiculous today huh

Picasso's Fish

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aw yeah we doin 2 new songs today

"Warau Picasso"
"Oboreru Sakana"

Can't shake the feeling that there's probably already a songwith the same title by someone.

oh well i will write ten songs all called 'sakura'

Ohio

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Gozaimasu.

Today's the last one of the tour.

I just wanna thank everyone for your kind and sound words of support, advice, and encouragement, and that whether I continue with music or not, it's okay.

In the meantime, however, I shall continue to bring sufficient quotients of rock and adequate portions of roll.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

wish me luck

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Here we go!

Big Slope

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In Osaka safe and sound.

I was done w/ makeup at 9am. (>_<)

I love you guys, seriously.
Got some other cool thing coming up and in Feb I should have more time and patience to write.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Osaka

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Been super busy EVALUATING MY LIFE AND PURPOSE so it's been difficult to write.

On the way to Osaka for the next part of the tour. Stayin' in a hotel. Shiun's drivin'.


Quick thoughts:

-new year show
we were bad. crowd was great, even though we were playing an away game, as we are not undercode material.

-nagoya
getting better.


Things need to improve. Lots of work to do, though increasingly I find myself fantasizing about settling down for a normal life.

BUT WHO CARES NOW, cuz brb gonna stomp osaka in da face :)

Saturday, January 16, 2010

lunch

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oh man this is amazing

Rehearsals

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Nogod is fantastic as usual, and the rest of the bands are quite nice. Sex Android in particular has that SOUND, just that right mix of guitar tone and drum power needed to make the simple songs transcend.

Our new flyer looks neat; will snap that soon.

self defence

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in kobe, jieitai everywhere for some reason and we are pretending they are after us because we are six years old i guess

sf

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Global Japan.


In Shizuoka now; pit stop. Watchin' Jelly and Kiyoharu DVD's in the backseat. So glad this tour is so spaced out, so I'll be back in Tokyo tmr morning.

Whee〜

Name Old Room

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Tour starts today in Nagoya.

It's 5 in the morning and I got 2 hours of sleep maybe?


i feel like this combover puppy

Thursday, January 07, 2010

recent life 4

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Went into the studio w/Joe to test out various new gear we have acquired.

On the left is my new Fender Jazz bass, which seems to fit well with ChemiPi songs in general. I still use the 5 of course.

On the right is Joe's gift to me, a fretless bass. What a sound! Wish I had this when recording the g. solo section in Praparat! Still, I see myself using it in spots on future recordings.

recent life 3

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aw yeah look at dis mochi

recent life 2

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Outside the Egyptian Embassy in Daikanyama.

recent life 1

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First off, one week late Happy New Year! Live report when I get home.

Yesterday saw Shiun's last live with MiU.


Saw this Resident Evil guy at Tea Water ("Ochanomizu" in Clever Japanese-speaking American parlance) and immediately wondered where I misplaced my Autobot t-shirt, because I am clearly five years old.

Friday, January 01, 2010

hny

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happy new year FROM THE FUTURE♪