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So, I've decided to reopen the blog at Tumblr.

NEW BLOG: http://alienmaskedcreature.tumblr.com/

ARCHIVE BLOG: This one will remain open for older entries. Good luck navigating it without tags though... @_o

DEAD BLOG: http://alienmaskedcreature.vox.com/ ... Which you won't be able to visit anymore once it disappears very soon so update your bookmarks, etc...

Things transferred... Keep an eye in case I find somewhere decent to blog.

THIS BLOG IS CLOSING

Was going to write an entry on the new MIYAVI PV and how I think both the song and PV are nice when I was greeted with this when I went to log in:

http://closing.vox.com/

Well, that's lame. I've used this blog to discuss and report on stuff I'm interested while using my livejournal account mostly for posting setlists to my main account, maintaining contact with some of my music buds, and using the communities on there which I often find useful. Now, I'm not really sure what to do... I kind of was getting tired of Vox anyway because the layout customization felt limited and because there's not much of a community on here anyway. I know I wasn't talking to myself but it sure often felt like it. So, anyway I was looking for something else to post on so perhaps it's not a big loss but I have posted a lot of shit on here since I opened it. They have some kind of system set up where VOX users can export their blogs for free to TypePad which is run by the same company which owns Vox. They charge for vlog acccounts? Fucking insane... Anyhow, I'm going to try exporting my blog just to see if I can keep my old stuff somewhere in case anyone wants to take look at older entries. I don't think anyone wants to look at old news entries from '07 through '09 because shit is old but I'm thinking the entries with DVD/Video caps are at least worth keeping around in there...

I also have a twitter account in case you're not aware... I stick mostly to jrock stuff there too so it shouldn't get too boring or annoying. I'm starting to like twitter anyway despite resisting the urge to create an account there initially... Of course Kiyo came along and yeah...

Anyhow, let's see if I can transfer this stuff to TypePad without any problem...  

LUNA SEA

LUNA SEA - Time Has Come

After 3 months of cock teasing LUNA SEA has finally announced that they are reuniting. In a press conference held in Hong Kong earlier this morning they announced that they're going on a mini world tour this fall playing in Germany, US, Hong Kong, and Taiwan before doing two TOKYO DOME shows in December. The press conference was broadcasted on USTREAM and according to the band's staff it will apparently be subtitled and uploaded somehwere later on for people who aren't familiar with either Japanese or Cantonese. MUSIC JAPAN+ has an article summarizing the event. They plan to add more shows later on and will perform new songs. I'm guessing they'll do a few new songs leading up to the two Japan shows and then announce an album there for next year with a release in late spring and a more exstensive world tour set for summer. Hopefully they'll hit the east coast then. :P So yeah, I would have been more "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG" about this news if it wasn't handled so poorly the past few months. The teasing was lame. I understand LUNA SEA has a flair for the dramatic but they seriously didn't need to build up this announcement like that... That said, it's good to have LUNA SEA back. :)

Phasemeter Trippin' Bug Shake

http://www.shakalabbits.com/discography/

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! :D The samples are up for SHAKALA's new album! Sounds sooooooooooo fucking goooooooooood!!!!!!!! :D The intro to Pressure Drop!!!! So sweet! :D I thought this was coming out around the middle of next month for some reason but it's out this Wednesday! @_@ Where's the PV?! Also, noticed SADS has joined the 「B-PASS 25th Fes」 line up next month alongside SHAKALA. Kiyo x UKI picture on twitter please! :D

電波通信

電波通信

LOVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVELOVELOVELOVELOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Sads tour「ANDROGYNY INSANITY」

Earlier today Sads announced a new tour for this fall. It's set to begin in November and go through early December. They're calling it Sads tour「ANDROGYNY INSANITY」. @_@ They've also confirmed that they're recording, although they've still not yet specified if it's a single, mini album, or album and wether it will be a retail or live only release. It's surprising because I thought Sads' activites were going to settle down after JITB and yet they've added more and more shows. They'll be appearing at T.M.R's INAZUMA ROCK FES. 2010 in September, and last week announced a live show for September 30th. They even announced another live show today for September 15th a few hours after announcing the tour! @_@ At this point I figure that 2010's KUROYUME plans are off the table and delayed to next year unless Kiyo plans to do a KUROYUME live in December and debut some songs there rather than release something. I also figure he'll do another Birthday live too and a few end of the year lives as usual. I just don't see how there will be any time for KUROYUME recording with all that. I also read on some of the light and shade live reports that he wants to record solo this year. He said he wants to record another light and shade album. I don't see that happening either now. @_@

BUCK-TICK - 「くちづけ」 PV

BUCK-TICK - 「くちづけ」 PV

Really like the new B-T song... I love the parts with the guitar or whatever stringed instrument that I'm hearing which often pops up throughout the song. It first appears around 1:18. PV is nice as their PV's usually are. It does seem though like one of the extras got lost around KAELA's Ring a Ding Dong set and made it in... :D I love the part where she gets up from the flaming wheel chair. Atsushi is wearing some ridiculous outfit like usual. :D IMAI looks pretty cool though...

JACK IN THE BOX 2010 SUMMER

I really enjoyed watching the stream despite feeling like I watched three to four hours of karaoke. I'm not going to write too much about it since much of what I'd want to say is covered in the comments between lipo and me in the previous entry. I'm really happy that most of the musicians I was interested in had their performances streamed rather than omitted like the other acts. Not sure when or if we'll ever get a new DVD with new DEAD END concert footage but I was able to watch their entire set the other night and it was so good. I was happy to watch and listen to GOTHIC CIRCUS performed live. VAMPS was kind of enjoyable. I'm not saying I liked it but it wasn't that bad. MUCC performed their upcoming single FALLING DOWN which sounds so good. I'm trying my best to forget it because I think I'll be tired of it by the time it's released. :P It's catchy as hell. So yeah, I enjoyed it and hopefully we'll see this stream return perhaps with the WINTER JITB show if not then next summer show.

DEAD END - 摩天楼ゲーム[Live] -JACK IN THE BOX 2010 Summer-

That surprisingly is the only good video I could find. A few crazy people recorded the stream with a handheld camera and uploaded their footage to YouTube. @_@ I probably could have saved the stream but I was caught of guard when it started. I went to check the JITB website briefly to do some time conversion and noticed they were already streaming. I was expecting them to start later in the morning! I kind of forgot that the show goes on for hours and hours.They were showing karaoke when I began to watch but girugämesh was set to play soon so I didn't bother fooling with stream recorders and just watched the thing.

MySpace Japan on USTREAM

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/myspace-japan-live

The JACK IN THE BOX 2010 SUMMER stream is up. They skipped the first four bands. When it came time for girugämesh's performance they showed 3 out of the 4 songs they performed. They cut out to some karaoke performance during the second song. I'm guessing they did that because it was a new song. Anyway, DEAD END is up next in 23 minutes if you're interested.