#Nagoya Women’s University

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Hanako with her owner, Dr. Komei Koshihara

Hanako ("flower girl") was a remarkable koi fish that lived for 226 years.

In 1966, Professor Masayoshi Hiro from Nagoya Women’s University's Laboratory of Animal Science dedicated two months to meticulously ascertain Hanako's age.

Like the method of counting rings in tree trunks to determine a tree's age, a fish's age is deduced by counting the rings on its scales.

These rings, discernible only under a microscope by an expert, reflect the seasonal variations experienced by the fish.

A broader ring indicates the summer season, when a fish typically consumes more food and experiences accelerated growth.

Conversely, a narrower ring suggests the winter months, marked by a slower metabolism in the fish.

Through this technique, Hanako was determined to have been born approximately in 1751 and lived until 7 July 1977.

Remarkably, upon examination of the other koi fish sharing the same pond with Hanako, it was found that they too were all centenarians, with each surpassing 100 years of age.

Her owner, Dr. Komei Koshihara, called her “his dearest friend.”

Hanako has the unbeaten title of longest lived freshwater fish in recorded history.

She lived through two world wars and nine (9) different Emperors of Japan.

[mindblowingscience]

A type of bacteria commonly found in human oral and gut flora could play a major role in the development of endometriosis, scientists have discovered – potentially giving us crucial insight into the development of the painful condition, and opening up new ways to treat it. That would mean fresh hope for the millions of women living with the debilitating effects of endometriosis. The condition can lead to heavy periods, difficulty getting pregnant, and prolonged periods of pain, and experts aren't sure what causes it, though they have a few ideas. In a new study, a team of researchers from Nagoya University and other institutions in Japan looked at tissue samples from 79 women with endometriosis and 76 healthy women, finding a strong correlation between Fusobacterium and the disease. Endometriosis occurs when cells similar to those in the endometrium – the layer of tissue covering the inside of the uterus – start growing in other areas, like the ovaries and fallopian tubes. It's in the endometrium where the bacteria was found. "In a cohort of women, 64 percent of patients with endometriosis but less than 10 percent of [healthy] controls were found to have Fusobacterium infiltration in the endometrium," write the researchers in their published paper.

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[kokiafans]

KOKIA in flashback - 2004

We move into an Olympic year: 2004. With the country getting excited for the Olympic Games in Athens, KOKIA gets to perform the official support song for the Japanese delegation: Yume ga chikara ('dreams are strength'). KOKIA composes the song and the arrangement is done by composer Akira Senju, a collaboration outside the J-pop world.

Her other single this year, so much love for you♡, gets a spring live tour, attendance decided by lottery among people who bought the single. Both singles end up on her new album Uta ga chikara ('songs are strength'), marking the third year in a row KOKIA releases a full album.

In the spirit of the Olympic motto of 'faster, higher, stronger', KOKIA adds 'longer' in a long tone challenge on TV, showing off her opera roots.

◆ Lives and events ◆

February 22 Japan-China friendship music festival, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sino-Japanese Treaty of Peace and Friendship (Tokyo, NHK hall)

March 14 fm osaka BLOOMING BEAUTY (Osaka, Nanba Hatch)

March 20 Circle K, Tokai TV PRESENTS SUPER LIVE 2004 (Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium Rainbow Hall)

April 29 STELLA concert 2004 ~hoshi no yozora ni oto ga mau ('sounds dancing in the night sky of stars') Tokyo Special~ (Tokyo, Aoyama amphitheater)

【KOKIA SPRING LIVE so much love for you♡】 ※ Raffle event for people who purchased the single so much love for you♡

May 1 - Osaka, AMERIKAMURA FANJ twice May 2 - Aichi, Electric Lady Land May 4 - Fukuoka, ROOMS May 5 - Tokyo, TOKYO FM Hall

May 3 Hiroshima Flower Festival (Hiroshima Flower Festival Olive Stage) ※ Live recording for RCC Radio's 'Hello Flower! Smile Radio'

May 8 K-MIX Fuji, Fujinomiya office, opening celebration KOKIA SPECIAL LIVE (Shizuoka, Fuji Rose Theatre middle hall) ※ Live recording for public decided by lottery by FM K-MIX

May 15 Happy Birthday LaQua KOKIA mini live (Tokyo, LaQua Garden Stage ap SQUARE) ※ Two performances on 1 day

June 6 Olympic torch relay for the 2004 Athens Olympics / Tokyo arrival ceremony (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Square, special stage)   ※ Performed the official support song Yume ga chikara ('dreams are strength') for the Japanese delegation after the ceremony

June 12 Sapporo Medical University festival pre-party vol.5e HEART BEAT MUSIC ESSENTIAL LIVE Special Guest KOKIA (Sapporo Medical University)

June 14 U-CDTV 14th Becky's live ※ Recorded live for the TBS show U-CDTV

June 17  Daimei no nai ongakukai 21 (‘Untitled concert 21’) (Showa Women's University Hitomi Memorial Hall)  ※ Recorded live for the TV Asahi show Daimei no nai ongakukai ('Untitled concert')

June 20 Olympic concert 2004 (Tokyo, NHK Hall)

June 26 Fashion Canta Week α-STATION Special Talk&Live Do Music! in Kyoto Station Building (Kyoto Station Building, Muromachikoji Square) ※ live recording by α-STATION (FM Kyoto)

June 27 15th anniversary of satellite broadcasting BS dream live 2004 (Tokyo, NHK Hall) ※ live recorded performance by BShi, BS2

June 29 Opening reception to exhibition of Olympic posters drawn by masters (Tokyo, Pola Museum Annex)

July 10 JA BANK Presents LIVE in MIE 2004 ACOUSTIC COLLABORATION 3 (Mie prefecture culture hall, big hall)

July 17 JOC Ganbare! Nippon! ('Do your best Japan!') Park in Tokyo Dome City ~KOKIA special concert~ (Tokyo, LaQua Garden Stage ap SQUARE)

【2004 KOKIA LIVE TOUR ~haba taite!~ ('spread your wings')】 July 20 - Tokyo, SHIBUYA-AX July 26 - Aichi, Club Diamond Hall August 3 - Osaka, BIGCAT

July 24 28th Olympic Games (2004, Athens), ceremony and send-off party of the Japanese delegation (Tokyo Prince Hotel, phoenix area)

August 22 24 hour TV charity live 2004 (Aichi, Sakae, Hisaya-odori Park special stage)

August 29 4th Forest of eternity Shirakami festival ~iyashi no mori shirakami yasuragi concert ('peaceful concert at Shirakami in the healing forest') (Akita, Hachimorimachi Goshonodai Fureai Park)

September 1 28th Olympic Games (2004, Athens), ceremony of disbandment of the Japanese delegation (Tokyo, Takanawa Prince Hotel, Prince Room)

September 3 TREASURE 052 with ZIP-FM SWEET RENDEZOUS (Naogya Club Quattro)

September 11 KOKIA SPECIAL LIVE (Tower Records Shibuya store B1 STAGE ONE) ※ event for those who purchased the album Uta ga chikara ('songs are strength') at the store.

September 14 Marunouchi Oazo opening live (Tokyo, Marunouchi OAZO in-building 1F event space)

September 26 Over The Horizon (Shibuya O-East)

October 2 ZIP-FM 2004 AUTUMN CAMPAIGN "MOVE THE TOWN" ZIP SUPER SQUARE (Aichi, Sakae, Hisaya-odori Park, Hisaya square)

October 11 Cosmo Earth Conscious Act FM Nagano Clean Campaign in Iizuna plateau (Nagano, Iizuna plateau, Daisaboshi Pond touring line) ※ FM Nagano, live recorded performance

October 19 56th national hairdressing competition KOKIA mini live (Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium Rainbow Hall)

October 24 Japan Women's University Mejiro Campus 51st Mejiro festival (Tokyo, Japan Women's University Mejiro Campus, second gymnasium)

November 2 53rd Ube festival, festival eve (Yamaguchi, Ube city hall, inside car park, Harmony square)

November 3 Charity event 2004 Hitori demo ooku, jirai no higai kara sukou! ('Let's save as many people as possible from the harm of landmines') (Tokyo, United Nations University, first floor square)

November 4 AKIKO YOSHIDA LIVE Piano to Akisuke ('piano and Aki') (Shibuya 7th Floor) ※ live performance accompanying herself with the piano under her real name of AKIKO YOSHIDA

November 6 Cosmo Earth Conscious Act TOKYO FM Clean Campaign (Tokyo, Mutsugoro Animal Kingdom)

November 13 Sai no Kuni Magokoro ('land of color, sincerity') festival, 4th National Sports Festival for the Disabled (Saitama, Kumagaya Dome) ※ live recorded performance by Nack5

November 14 Kobe University 2004 Rokkosai festival pro concert (Kobe University, Rokkodai grand main stage)

November 21 Tokyo Toyota exclusive KOKIA LIVE (Ikebukuro AMLUX Hall) ※ 2 performances in 1 day

December 7 KOKIA utau hito ~kanjita koto dake uta ga iru~ ('singing people ~there's a song that's just how I felt~') (Shibuya town hall)

December 11 Hakodate Christmas Fantasy KOKIA LIVE presented by NTT DoCoMo (Hakodate, Suehiro town, event stage in front of the Kanemori warehouses)

December 12 Atto! Monthly live (Queen's Square Yokohama 1F Queen's Circle)

December 18 OZmagazine Christmas Live 2004 in VenusFort (Tokyo, VenusFort church square)

December 24 CBC Caravanserai 2004 Gift of music (aichi, Oasis 21 Milky Way Square)

December 25 BOMBER-E presents Power of Voice (Aichi, Electric Lady Land)

◆ Releases ◆

April 21 Release of the single so much love for you♡ (Victor Entertainment) ※ End theme for the Fuji TV show U! Umai n desu. ('Yes! That's tasty'). B-side song ~New season~yume ni mukatte fuku kaze~ ('the wind that blows towards my dream') was used in a commercial for the National Professional School Public Relations Study Group.

June 23 Release of the single Yume ga chikara ('dreams are strength') (Victor Entertainment) ※ Official support song for the Japanese delegation of the Athens Olympics

July 21 Release of original album Uta ga chikara ('songs are strength') (Victor Entertainment)

◆ Other releases ◆

March 3 Release of Hotel Venus Original soundtrack (Victor Entertainment) ※ Performed the song DESPERADO

Autumn TOKYO TOYOTA ORIGINAL CD Smile & Heart Bom bom!! Doraibu de kimeyou ('let's go for a drive') (Victor Entertainment)

[mitsujiwordpress]

Sanctos no gosagveo no vchi nvqigaqi: Kazusa Town, Minamishimabara City was once a town where Christianity prospered, as described by Luis Frois（1532-1597）, who wrote that “both the monastery and the school are on a hill near the sea.” Also, at the Collegio in Kazusa, the first Christian edition in Japan, 1591, published by Kazasa Gakurin in Hizen Province (Nagasaki Prefecture). Japan’s oldest extant Roman letter metal printing plate. The first volume is a short biography of saints and martyrs such as the Twelve Apostles, and the second volume is an abridged translation of Luis de Granada’s writings on the spirit of martyrdom. Kazusa Seminario College was the only Christian school in Japan at the time, and apparently had 40 missionaries and 90 students. The first Japanese Christian edition printed by this collegio consisted of two volumes written in Japanese in Roman letters, and it seems that each volume was a large booklet with more than 700 pages. In Minamishimabara City, depopulation and aging are

[lebomboniere06]

The September issue of 25ans magazine has a short article detailing Eiji, which was written by a screenwriter named Mihoko Yamada.

Beautiful People Collection The reason why that person in season is wonderful ikemen

Mihoko Yamada Essay This month's person Eiji Akaso When the intellectual "seasonal actor" who has a high elegance and affinity is on the cover, it moves That's right. "Said by a female editor of a weekly magazine. "Moving" means that the number of copies is sold out and the sales increase.

"He" is Eiji Akaso, the "seasonal actor" who won first place in the "20s actor soaring ranking" of the "Talent Power Ranking" in August and November 2021. he looks young because he has a baby face, but he is 28 years old.

His name spread to young people in the drama "Cheri Maho","It seems that you can become a witch if you are a virgin until the age of 30" (TV Tokyo series). In Wich starred for the first time alone ,It seems that it was "SUPER RICH (Fuji TV series)" were he played the role of Noriko Eguchi's husband that was "discovered" by the adult women in Japan. Eguchi who played the executive career woman was straight with clear eyes. Mr. Akaso, who is a super young husband who supports with such thoughts and played a business partner. I am not the only one who inflated my delusion how wonderful it would be if such a man supported me both publicly and privately.

In order to unravel the "beautiful person" with Elegance and affinity by 25ans magazine of this month I dig in

Mr. Akaso, the familiar "Elementary school town" in Nagoya" will be the most important. After all, Mr. Akaso was born in Osaka prefecture and is from Aichi prefecture. Because was a member of idol group of "IKEMEN ☆ NAGOYA". As a member of a local male idol group that will be renamed to "BOYS AND MEN" later, Eiji Akaso has appeared in stage performances and variety shows in the three Tokai prefectures since his teens. There is a "past" that was willing to respond to the "much swing" unique to local stations.

With such a flow, the roots are gradually known, but the most famous is that the father is a linguist (English studies), and now the president of Nagoya Gakuin University, it must be Mr. Haruyuki Akaso.

Akaso Eiji San says he has taken a lecture from his father because he is from the same university. "I spent my father's job in Wisconsin, USA until I was three years old." "When I was two or three years old, I was taken to an overseas academic conference," he said in an interview. That's why Twitter is flooded with English sentences and fans from overseas sometimes send comments in English. And my mother is a piano teacher. Akaso san, who learned the piano from the age of 3 to junior high school and was entrusted with the accompaniment in the chorus contest when he was in elementary school, is definitely a thoroughbred and can be said to be the most handsome guy who has a high affinity with the Elegance group of "25ans" readers. Probably.

After winning the Grand Prix at Samantha Thavasa's "Men's Model Audition" in 2013, he has belonged to the same office as Shun Oguri, Kei Tanaka, Shotaro Mamiya, Kentaro Sakaguchi, and younger people. It continues to the present as the first. I often hide my eyebrows with mashed hair, but the points are the thick and powerful "male eyebrows" and the eyes that tend to have brown/honey colored big eyes. The shape of the chin is also popular as "sexy". Eiji Akaso is appearing in July with Kasumi Arimura and Tomoya Nakamura in the role of a clumsy, serious and kind-hearted young man in "Ishiko and Haneo.

Let's enjoy the latest ikemen together!

PROFILE Yamada Mihoko Born in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo. While working on variety programs such as "Dancing! pacific saury Goten!" (NTV), "A Story I Don't Know About One Round" (NTV), "Dodesuka" "!" "Up!" Me-Tele) Also active as a commentator for "Sunday Japon" (TBS series).

[mybeingthere]

Fujita Fumio 藤田不美夫 (b. 1933).Born in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, about 40km due south of Nagoya, no information is available on Fujita Fumio’s early life other than the artist’s own words from a 2005 interview in commenting on his nickname “Forest Painter“: “Since I was child, my places to play were forests... I want you to see the charm of those forests.”

We know that he graduated from the department of oil painting at Musashino Art School (Musashino bijutsu Gakko) in 1956 where he also trained as a teacher, and began work as a graphic designer in 1958 at the age of 25 in Tokyo, a job he did for around seven years. He moved to Atsugi, west of Tokyo, in about 1963 and at about this time began making sosaku hanga (creative woodblock prints), exhibiting at various venues including the Japan Print Association Exhibition. In Atsugi he joined the Rainbow Association 虹の会, known for their life drawing sessions featuring nude women models.

At about this time he also became the resident woodblock artist at a leading Ginza art gallery. In later years his work was exhibited at various galleries, including the Kanai Gallery, Tokyo, department stores and at Musashino Art University, including a 1980 exhibition of woodblock prints at the school. He exhibited for at least one year, in 1989, at the CWAJ print show.Over the years, he became best known for his landscapes of forest scenes, often with other pictorial elements, but his work also encompass the purely abstract and combinations of abstract organic shapes with representational forms.  Birds and horses frequently appear in his work.  In 1987 he became a full-time lecturer at the Odakyu Culture School department of woodblock printing.

Fujita has been an independent artist, not associated with any artistic movement.  He enjoys his indendence saying “I've been doing whatever I like and do not belong to any organization. If I keep health I will just continue to draw what I want.”Fujita’s Facebook page “Gallery Fumio Fujita” can be found at https://www.facebook.com/f.fujita421/. The Facebook page is maintained by his daughter.http://www.myjapanesehanga.com/.../fujita-fumio-b-1933

[theanarchistscookbook]

After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Tragedy and Humiliation.

U.S. and Australian brutalisation of women on the Japanese mainland (Excerpt From Pages 66-69)

All References Are Provided in the Book Itself

“There was a far darker side to the U.S. and allied occupation of Japan, one which is little mentioned in the vast majority of histories – American or otherwise. When Japan surrendered in August 1945, mass rapes by occupying forces were expected… [despite setting up of a comfort women which recruited or otherwise trafficked desperate women to brothels] such crimes were still common and several of them were extremely brutal and resulted in the deaths of the victims. Political science professor Eiji Takemae wrote regard- ing the conduct of American soldiers occupying Japan:

‘U.S. troops comported themselves like conquerors, especially in the early weeks and months of occupation. Misbehavior ranged from black-marketeering, petty theft, reckless driving and disorderly conduct to vandalism, assault, arson, murder and rape. Much of the violence was directed against women, the first attacks beginning within hours after the landing of advanced units. In Yokohama, China and elsewhere, soldiers and sailors broke the law with impunity, and incidents of robbery, rape and occasionally murder were widely reported in the press [which had not yet been censored by the U.S. military government]. When U.S. paratroopers landed in Sapporo an orgy of looting, sexual violence and drunken brawling ensued. Gang rapes and other sex atrocities were not infrequent [...] Military courts arrested relatively few soldiers for their offences and convicted even fewer, and restitution for the victims was rare. Japanese attempts at self-defense were punished severely. In the sole instance of self-help that General Eichberger records in his memoirs, when local residents formed a vigilante group and retaliated against off-duty GIs, the Eighth Army ordered armored vehicles in battle array into the streets and arrested the ringleaders, who received lengthy prison terms.’

The U.S. and Australian militaries did not maintain rule of law when it came to violations of Japanese women by their own forces, neither were the Japanese population allowed to do so themselves. Occupation forces could loot and rape as they pleased and were effectively above the law.

An example of such an incident was in April 1946, when approximately U.S. personnel in three trucks attacked the Nakamura Hospital in Omori district. The soldiers raped over 40 patients and 37 female staff. One woman who had given birth just two days prior had her child thrown on the floor and killed, and she was then raped as well. Male patients trying to protect the women were also killed. The following week several dozen U.S. military personnel cut the phone lines to a housing block in Nagoya and raped all the women they could capture there – including girls as young as ten years old and women as old as fifty-five.

Such behavior was far from unique to American soldiers. Australian forces conducted themselves in much the same way during their own deployment in Japan. As one Japanese witness testified: ‘As soon as Australian troops arrived in Kure in early 1946, they ‘dragged young women into their jeeps, took them to the mountain, and then raped them. I heard them screaming for help nearly every night.’ Such behavior was commonplace, but news of criminal activity by Occupation forces was quickly suppressed.

Australian officer Allan Clifton recalled his own experience of the sexual violence committed in Japan:

‘I stood beside a bed in hospital. On it lay a girl, unconscious, her long, black hair in wild tumult on the pillow. A doctor and two nurses were working to revive her. An hour before she had been raped by twenty soldiers. We found her where they had left her, on a piece of waste land. The hospital was in Hiroshima. The girl was Japanese. The soldiers were Australians. The moaning and wailing had ceased and she was quiet now. The tortured tension on her face had slipped away, and the soft brown skin was smooth and unwrinkled, stained with tears like the face of a child that has cried herself to sleep.’

Australians committing such crimes in Japan were, when discovered, given very minor sentences. Even these were most often later mitigated or quashed by Australian courts. Clifton recounted one such event himself, when an Australian court quashed a sentence given by a military court martial citing ‘insufficient evidence,’ despite the incident having several witnesses. It was clear that courts overseeing Western occupation forces took measures to protect their own from crimes committed against the Japanese – crimes which were largely regarded as just access to ‘spoils of war’ at the time by the Western occupiers.

As had been the case during the war, underreporting of rapes in peace- time due to the associated shame in a traditional society and inaction on the part of authorities (rapes in both cases occurred when Western militaries were themselves in power) would lower the figures significantly. In order to prevent ill feeling towards their occupation from increasing, the United States military government implemented very strict censorship of the media. Mention of crimes committed by Western military personnel against Japanese civilians was strictly forbidden. The occupying forces ‘issued press and pre-censorship codes outlawing the publication of all reports and statistics “inimical to the objectives of the Occupation.”’ When a few weeks into the occupation Japanese press mentioned the rape and widespread looting by American soldiers, the occupying forces quickly responded by censoring all media and imposing a zero tolerance policy against the reporting of such crimes. It was not only the crimes committed by Western forces, but any criticism of the Western allied powers whatsoever which was strictly forbidden during the occupation period – for over six years. This left the U.S. military government, the supreme authority in the country, beyond accountability. Topics such as the establishment of comfort stations and encouragement of vulnerable women into the sex trade, critical analysis of the black market, the population’s starvation level calorie intakes and even references to the Great Depression’s impact on Western economies, anti-colonialism, pan-Asianism and emerging Cold War tensions were all off limits.

What was particularly notable about the censorship imposed under American occupation was that it was intended to conceal its own existence. This meant that not only were certain subjects strictly off limits, but the mention of censorship was also forbidden. As Columbia University Professor Donald Keene noted: ‘the Occupation censorship was even more exasperating than Japanese military censorship had been because it insisted that all traces of censorship be concealed. This meant that articles had to be rewritten in full, rather than merely submitting XXs for the offending phrases.’ For the U.S. military government it was essential not only to control information – but also to give the illusion of a free press when the press was in fact more restricted than it had been even in wartime under imperial rule.

By going one step further to censor even the mention of censorship itself, the United States could claim to stand for freedom of press and freedom of expression. By controlling the media the American military government could attempt to foster goodwill among the Japanese people while making crimes committed by their personnel and those of their allies appear as isolated incidents. While the brutality of American and Australian militaries against Japanese civilians was evident during the war and in its immediate aftermath, it did not end with occupation. The United States has maintained a significant military presence in Japan ever since and crimes including sexual violence and murder against Japanese civilians continue to occur.”

[hypmic-translation]

Division Battle Anthem +

ICHIRO

SAMATOKI

KUUKO: Nagoya’s first train direct to Bodh Gaya (1) The extra agoashi fee managed by the parishioner (2) Wise sayings A power plant-like tension Nobody nobody can resist tradition Badass Temple Throwing aside Buddhism (3) A bullshit coupon for resetting life (4) Sophistry as a means to create caricatures (5) An Aichi-made engine loaded with prayer wheels (6)

SASARA: This Kansai storytelling art is divine inspiration Meaningful And meaningless garbage Well, that’s fine, isn’t it? (7) An unkind elder brother (8) An elder sister waiting for my performance to end Laughter is the hymn of Osaka’s citizens My flow makes me the Beethoven of Naniwa (9) Straight answers are impossible to laugh at The truth is that Kanto dialect is corny, “isn’t it”? (10)

RAMUDA

JAKURAI

CHORUS

JIRO

JYUTO

JYUSHI: A pomegranate of the Underworld is bitter yet fragrant Intoxicated by this poison called loneliness Shaking free from handcuffs and shackles Blood exchanged for blood The curse that people put on each other “You are not worth this” All are truly inferior All are truly inferior Blah!

ROSHO: Lesson one Don’t put out the fire That is yours A manifestation of valuable knowledge Occult mis-education A planned situation I’ll explain right away You just lost once Don’t try it again When it comes to the scum of society We’ll win in the end Will you survive or succumb against me? Even if it’s unpleasant The universe is my blackboard I’ll find a way out of difficulty

GENTARO

HIFUMI

CHORUS

SABURO

RIOU

HITOYA: A late morning I’ll drink a cup of strong black coffee You’re in my way, damn it! The compendium of laws is just position talk (11) Feelings are loss and gain; easy enough to surmise 1, 2, 3, 4 A ceaselessly ringing mobile phone There’s no profit here! Extremely soulful legal interpretations? Okay You can leave it all to me!

REI: Penniless, low-ranking samurai jump in Big pimpin’, beautiful women on both arms The 8-digit debt of someone else’s card My moral standards are unfortunately lacking Ladies and gentlemen are equally easy trappings A fallen angel or a devil? I’m a swindler to the end Chicken or beef? (12) An unyielding mistress Your crimson red lips let you check in

DICE

DOPPO

ICHIRO: Piercing minds with the tip of my pen SAMATOKI: Beating the masses with my words RAMUDA: Seizing my mic as a tool to cleanse JAKURAI: I have no choice, I cannot waver ICHIRO: Come on, badass KUUKO: Let’s go, Bus Bros SAMATOKI: Instant knock-out SASARA: A huge punishment RAMUDA: A dozen gathered KUUKO: Plus another half-dozen JAKURAI: Now it’s our time SASARA: And I’ve got the place ICHIRO, SAMATOKI & KUUKO: Growling into my Hypnosis Mic RAMUDA, JAKURAI & SASARA: Now kneel down and beg for forgiveness!

CHORUS

NOTES:

Taken from Wikipedia, the Bodh Gaya is ‘a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar’.

An ‘agoashi fee’ is actually a shortened version of a longer concept - ago-ashi-makura, which is terminology used in the Japanese entertainment industry to refer to the costs of meals, transportation and accomodation respectively. “Ago = chin/jaw = food”, “ashi = reeds = travel”, “makura = pillow = place to rest”. Essentially, Kuuko is saying you’ll be charged for meals and transportation.

Not gonna lie this confused me a lot, but “throwing aside” seems to refer to not finishing something you’ve started.

Kuuko uses the term ‘risemara’ here, which is gaming slang for repeatedly restarting the beginning of a video game in order to get a specific character or item.

He also uses the word ‘upaya’ here, a term used in Buddhism to describe potentially unorthodox methods of teaching that can still bring one closer to Enlightenment.

Nagoya is the capital of Aichi prefecture. In general, Kuuko’s verse seems to be a criticism of “commercialised” Buddhism, but it could be that I’ve translated it wrong hrjghjr

This is a Kansai dialect phrase.

The word used for “unkind” here is also dialect.

The old name for Osaka, as well as one of it’s wards.

So this is pretty funny; instead of his usual ‘arehen’ Sasara actually uses the Kanto dialect form of “isn’t it?” in order to mock people who speak like that.

“Position talk”, or an opinion. Hitoya’s basically claiming laws are bendable depending on how you see them.

Chicken = are you a coward? Beef = are you going to fight?

[anahitmariam]

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🔴 Ecocide Alert in Nagorno–Kharabakh region amidst war between Armenia & Azerbaijan

Dear Partner,

As you may be aware, on September 27th, 2020, full–blown war exploded between Armenia & Azerbaijan over Naghorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) with four ceasefire regimes negotiated under the umbrella of Minsk OSCE Group, violated during October, 2020.

During this large-scale war, the most intensive since the 1994 ceasefire agreement in the Southern Caucasus region, a number of war crimes were mounted & documented, among them beheadings of Armenian soldiers, killing of civilians in a city square wrapped in Armenian flags, deliberate attacks on

civilian infrastructures - residential buildings, churches, food markets, schools and maternity hospitals.

On October 30, 2020, the environmental community of Armenia, including local, regional & international environmental organizations, conservation pioneers, scientists and non-governmental organizations, was shocked to witness another disastrous war crime against natural ecosystems & crucial livelihoods of Artsakh.

As per credible reports & collected data, comprised by Human’s Right Defender of Armenia, Azerbaijani military forces have used white phosphorus munitions containing elements of chemical weapons in the primary forests of Artsakh, which is a gross violation of International Humanitarian Law, principles of Customary Law, Geneva Convention, Chemical Weapons Convention, Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Technique, as well as the provisions of the relevant UN conventions and documents. As video evidence shows, these weapons are being used in an

attempt to burn down forests where-civilians are taking shelter from Azerbaijan’s attacks.

The ongoing large-scale war seriously threatens the biodiversity of the region, which has been recognized

as one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. This region is well-known for its high rate of endemism and for being home to more than 6000 plant species, 153 species of mammals, 400 species of birds and other living organisms. Hundreds of plant and animal species found in Artsakh are listed both in the local Red Book and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species having a protection status at a global level.

Among them are the critically endangered Persian (Caucasian) Leopard, known to migrate through Mrav ridge of Armenia & Artsakh towards the Iranian border, as well as to Azerbaijan and vice versa, which is a rare species with declining numbers protected at a regional & global level.

Furthermore, Armenia & Artsakh are known for their primary forests, which are amongst the most biodiverse forests in the region. Not only do these forests play a major role in preserving favorable environmental conditions for sustainable development, but local people are heavily dependent on these forests for their livelihoods. Traditional forest-related knowledge accumulated over thousands of years is deeply linked with the cultures of indigenous people living in Artsakh.

The usage of white phosphorus munitions by Azerbaijani forces in those forests will not only destroy valuable ecosystems & habitats and put threatened species at the risk of extinction, but will contaminate rivers & underground waters for years, thus turning into a major threat of regional scale for all the people and wildlife living in the region.

We are therefore calling out to the global conservation community for support to help stop the usage of white phosphorus munitions before they cause an environmental disaster and regional ecocide.

The usage of white phosphorus munitions contradicts to all the provisions of all environmental conventions including the Bern Convention, Nagoya protocol to Helsinki & Rotterdam conventions, verified by the Governments of both Armenia & Azerbaijan.

Although 98% of the global population live under the protection of the Chemical Weapons Convention, this

is, as we understand, unfortunately not applicable towards Armenia & ethnic Armenians living in Artsakh.

Ongoing developments continue to threaten any form of life in the region and thus we’re addressing you, as a leading environmental organization in the field, to:

● Write to appropriate contacts & conservation partners in your network to express your concern of the possible environmental destruction in Artsakh and the region

● Raise awareness within your networks/social channels and:

● Condemn the actions of any military force that uses white phosphorus munitions in forests & habitats destroying crucial ecosystems and therefore forbidden under international law.

● Call for responsibility to protect valuable ecosystems, species populations & genetic resources from ecocide in Artsakh.

● Call for moral responsibility in a time of war and exclude war crimes both against humans and nature.

Please kindly inform us, the undersigned, about actions undertaken by your organization advocating for sustainable development & environmental resilience, and further steps aimed at eliminating the risk of the ecocide in Artsakh region, which is a crucial habitat to threatened species & populations not recognizing political borders and/or regional disputes.

Link to video։ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk4WBNmiygo

Yours sincerely,

1. Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife & Cultural Assets (FPWC),

2. Armenian Society of Biologists NGO,

3. Eco Waste Environmental NGO,

4. Yerevan Aarhus Center,

5. Armenia Tree Project,

6. Sunchild NGO, info@sunchild.org

7. Strategic Development Agency,

8. Solution Hub NGO,

9. Green Age NGO, info@green-age.info

10. American University of Armenia/Harutyun Alpetyan, Waste Governance Expert,

11. Environmental Public Society,

12. BlEJAN, environmental, social, business support NGO,

13. Araves Bird conservation NGO,

14. Armenian Environmental Front,

15. BEM Youth progressive Action Center

16. Freedom of Information Center of Armenia,

17. Institute of Botany after A.Takhtajyan NAS RA,

18. World Independent Youth Union,

19. Doctor Cinema Youth NGO,

20. Amities Luxembourg - Armenie a.s.b.l,

21. Formation et Sensibilisation de Luxembourg,

22. Regional Development and Research Center NGO,

23. "Econews.am" environmental informative website,

24. Public Awareness and Monitoring Centre' NGO,

25. Dingo Team NGO,

26. SALU (Sensibilité et Attention Luxembourg),

27. Caucasus Wildlife Tours,

28. Armenian Environmental Network,

29. Lab Inclusion (France)

30. Green Armenia Environmental Education NGO,

31. White Squad Environmental NGO,

32. "Armenian Botanical Society" NGO,

33. SwIdeas AB (Sweden),

34. 500 km in Armenia

35. Sunchild Eco - tours, hello@set.am

36. BLESK LLC env. assessment org./Armenian Branch,

37. "Dalma-Sona" Foundation,

38. University of Traditional Medicine, Armenia,

39. Armenian Women for Health & Healthy Environment NGO,

40. One Health Coalition,

41. "EcoLur" informational NGO,

42. Clean Goris NGO,

43. Country Water Partnership NGO,

44. Sustainable Water Environment NGO,

45. "Centre for Community Mobilization and Support" NGO,

46. Green Lane NGO,

47. "Consumers' Consulting Center" NGO,

48. My Forest Armenia NGO,

49. "Support of Botanical Garden" Charity Foundation,

50. Armenian Forests Environmental NGO,

ԷԿՈՑԻԴԻ ՎՏԱՆԳ ԱՐՑԱԽՈՒՄ

Հարգելի՛ գործընկեր,

Համոզված ենք, որ տեղյակ եք սեպտեմբերի 27-ից ցայսօր շարունակվող ՝ Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի՝ Արցախի տարածաշրջանում, Հայաստանի և Ադրբեջանի միջև սանձազերծված պատերազմի մասին, որի, նույնիսկ հումանիտար հրադադարի կնքման մասով, միջազգային հանրության կողմից նախաձեռնած բազմաթիվ ջանքերն ապարդյուն էին:

Հարավային Կովկասում սանձազերծված այս լայնամասշտաբ պատերազմի ընթացքում փաստագրվել են մի շարք պատերազմական հանցագործություններ, որոնց թվում՝ հայ զինվորների գլխատումներ, հայկական դրոշներով փաթաթված քաղ. բնակչության սպանդ, մշակութային – հոգևոր արժեք հանդիսացող եկեղեցու հրթիռակոծում, քաղաքացիական ենթակառուցվածքների միտումնավոր հրետանակոծում, որոնց թվում՝ դպրոցներ, բնակելի շենքեր, քաղաքային շուկա և նույնիսկ ծննդատուն:

Հայաստանի և Արցախի ողջ բնապահպանական հանրույթն ու քաղ.հասարակությունը, որոնց թվում՝ տեղական, տարածաշրջանային կառույցներ և միջազգային բնապահպանական կազմակերպություններ, գիտնականներ և գիտական ինստիտուտներ հերթական անգամ ցնցվեցին հոկտեմբերի 30-ին՝ ականատեսը լինելով Արցախի տարածաշրջանի բնական էկոհամակարգերի և կենսապահպան անտառների նկատմամբ գործած ռազմական հանցագործությունից:

ՀՀ Մարդու Իրավունքների Պաշտպանի կողմից փաստագրված տվյալների համաձայն ադրբեջանական ռազմական ուժերը Արցախի կուսական անտառային էկոհամակարգը թիրախավորել են կիրառելով սպիտակ ֆոսֆորային քիմիական զինամթերք, ինչը միջազգային մարդասիրական իրավունքի, սովորութային իրավունքի նորմերի ու սկզբունքների, Ժնևյան կոնվենցիաների, ինչպես նաև ՄԱԿ-ի համապատասխան կոնվենցիաներով ու փաստաթղթերով նախատեսված դրույթների կոպտագույն խախտում է:

Ցայսօր շարունակվող լայնամասշտաբ պատերազմը տարածաշրջանի բնական էկոհամակարգերի ու կենսաբազմազանության լուրջ սպառնալիքներից է: Հիշեցնենք, որ մեր տարածաշրջանը միջազգային առաջատար բնապահպանական կառույցների կողմից ճանաչվել է որպես աշխարհի կենսաբազմազանության թեժակետերից մեկը, ասել է թե՝ պիտի պահպանվի համաշխարհային մակարդակով:

Մեր տարածքը հայտնի է էնդեմիզմի բարձր մակարդակով՝ բնական կենսամիջավայր ապահովելով ավելի քան 6000 բուսատեսակների, 153 տեսակի կաթնասունների և 400 տեսակի թռչունների համար, ինչը համաշխարհային բնական ժառանգություն է: Արցախում հայտնաբերված բույսերի և կենդանիների հարյուրավոր տեսակներ ներառված են ինչպես տեղական Կարմիր գրքում, այնպես էլ համաշխարհային՝ IUCN/ԲՊՄՄ կարմիր ցուցակում՝ որպես անհետացման եզրին գտնվող, համաշխարհային պաշտպանության տա�� գտնվող տեսակներ:

Հայաստանն ու Արցախը հայտնի են իրենց կուսական անտառներով, որոնք տարածաշրջանի ամենաբազմազան անտառային էկոհամակարգերից են և կարևոր դեր են խաղում ամբողջ տարածաշրջանի կայուն զարգացման և էկոլոգիական հավասարակշռություն պահպանելու համար, իսկ տեղաբնիկները մեծապես կախված են անտառների բարիքներից: Հազարամյակների ընթացքում ձևավորված ավանդական գիտելիքները նույնպես խորապես կապված են անտառների հետ և ձևավորել են տեղաբնիկների հարուստ մշակույթն ու կենցաղը:

Արգելված զինամթերքի կիրառումը փաստացի վտանգում է մասնավորապես անհետացման եզրին գտնվող գորշ արջի, բեզոարյան այծի, հայկական մուֆլոնի, լուսանի, անգղերի և վերջապես՝ տարածաշրջանի հազվագյուտ, անհետացման եզրին գտնվող Պարսկական (Կովկասյան) ընձառյուծի գոյությունն, որ իր միգրացիան է կատարում նաև Մռավի լեռնաշղթայով՝ անցնելով ՀՀ-ի, Արցախի, Իրանի ու Ադրբեջանի տարածքներով:

Վերացնելով կարևոր ապրելավայրեր ու ոչնչացնելով մի ամբողջ էկոհամակարգ՝ սպիտակ ֆոսֆորական զինամթերքը կուտակվում է հողի և գետերի մեջ, տարիներով աղտոտելով ստորգետնյա ջրերը՝ այդպիսով վերածվելով տարածաշրջանային մասշտաբի սպառնալիքի Հարավային Կովկասում ապրող բոլոր ազգերի համար՝ այդ թվում ադրբեջանցիների:

Սպիտակ ֆոսֆորային զինամթերքի օգտագործումն հակասում է բոլոր բնապահպանական միջազգային կոնվենցիաների դրույթներին՝ Բեռնի կոնվենցիայից, Նագոյայի արձանագրությունից մինչև Հելսինկիի և Ռոտերդամի կոնվենցիաներ, որոնք վավերացված են ինչպես Հայաստանի, այնպես էլ Ադրբեջանի կառավարությունների կողմից: Թեպետ քիմիական զենքի մասին միջազգային կոնվենցիան միտված է պաշտպանելու համաշխարհային բնակչության 98%-ին, այն ակնհայտորեն շրջանցում է Հայաստանում և Արցախում բնակվող էթնիկ հայերին, ինչը մենք անընդունելի ենք համարում:

Քիմիական զենքի այս տեսակը միջազգային հանրույթն օբյեկտիվորեն ճանաչում է որպես ռազմական հանցագործություն:

Բնության պահպանությունը քաղաքական և ռազմական սահմաններ չի՛ ճանաչում, քանի որ բոլորս ապրում ենք միևնույն տարածաշրջանում և օգտվում միևնույն կենսական ռեսուրսներից:

Սպիտակ ֆոսֆորային զինատեսակի կիրառումը կենսաբազմազանությամբ հարուստ այսպիսի տարածաշրջանում անխոս կհանգեցնի բնապահպանական աղետի ու աներկբայորեն կվերածվի տարածաշրջանային էկոցիդի:

Ներկա զարգացումները շարունակում են սպառնալ հարավկովկասյան տարածաշրջանին, և այս աղետը կանխարգելելու նպատակով կոչ ենք անում Ձեզ, որպես ոլորտի առաջատար կազմակերպություն՝

- Ձեր գործընկերներային ցանցին տեղեկացնելու Արցախին և տարածաշրջանին սպառնացող լուրջ վտանգի մասին

- Դատապարտելու ռազմական ուժերի կողմից կենսական անտառների, ապրելավայրերի և էկոհամակարգերի փաստացի ոչնչացումը, ինչն արգելված է միջազգային իրավունքի բոլոր նորմերով

- Պատասխանատվության կոչ անել՝ պաշտպանելու համար արցախյան արժեքավոր էկոհամակարգերը, հազվագյուտ տեսակների պոպուլյացիաներն ու առկա գենետիկ ռեսուրսը սպառնացող էկոցիդից

- Հղում կատարել և պահանջել բարոյական պատասխանատվություն դրսևորել պատերազմի ընթացքում ինչպես մարդկանց, այնպես էլ բնության նկատմամբ

Խնդրում ենք նաև մեզ՝ ներքոստորագրյալներիս, տեղեկացնել Ձեր՝ որպես բնության և կենսաբազմազանության պահպանման համար ջանքեր գործադրող, ունիվերսալ հումանիտար արժեքների ջատագով կազամակերպության կողմից նախաձեռնած գործողությունների ու հետագա քայլերի մասին՝ միտված Արցախյան տարածաշրջանում էկոցիդը կանխելուն, որ բազմաթիվ անհետացման եզրին գտնվող տեսակների ապրելավայր է ու չի ճանաչում ռազմաքաղաքական սահմաններ:

Տեսանյութը՝ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk4WBNmiygo

Հարգանոք՝

1. Վայրի բնության և մշակութային արժեքների պահպանման հիմնադրամ

2. Էկո -աղբ բնապահպանական ՀԿ

3. Երևանի Օրհուսի կենտրոն

4. ՀՀ ԳԱԱ Ա․Թախտաջյանի անվան Բուսաբանության ինստիտուտ

5. Արևորդի ՀԿ

6. Գրին Էյջ ՀԿ

7. Հայաստանի Ամերիկյան համալսարան, Հարություն Ալպետյան, թափոնների կառավարման մասնագետ

8. ԲԼԵՅԱՆ բնապ., սոց. և բիզնեսի աջակցման ՀԿ

9. Հայկական Բնապահպանական Ճակատ

10. ԱրԱվես թռչունների պահպանման միություն

11. Ինֆորմացիայի Ազատության կենտրոն

12. Էկոնյուզ բնապահպանական տեղեկատվական կայք

13. Վայրի կենդանիների դիտարկման գործակալություն

14. Կանաչ Հայաստան բնապահպանական կրթական ՀԿ

15. Համաշխարհային անկախ երիտասարդական միավորում

16. Դոկտոր սինեմա երիտասարդական ՀԿ

17. Լյուքսեմբուրգ-Հայաստան բարեկամության ասոցիացիա

18. Ուսուցում և իրազեկում ՀԿ- Լյուքսեմբուրգ

19. Հայկական բուսաբանական ընկերություն ՀԿ

20. Սպիտակ ջոկատ բնապահպանական ՀԿ

21. Ռազմավարական զարգացման գործակալություն ՀԿ

22. Կենսաբանների հայկական միություն ՀԿ

23. Սոլյուշն Հաբ ՀԿ

24. Էկոլոգիական հասարակական միություն

25. ԲԵՄ երիտասարդների առաջադիմական գործունեության կենտրոն

26. ԷկոԼուր տեղեկատվական ՀԿ

27. Տարածքային զարգացման և հետազոտությունների կենտրոն ՀԿ

28. Հանրային իրազեկման և մոնիտորինգի կենտրոն ՀԿ

29. Դինգո Թիմ ՀԿ

30. SALU/ Sensibilité et Attention, Լյուքսեմբուրգ

31. Հայկական Բնապահպանական Ցանց (ԱՄՆ )

32. Lab Inclusion (Ֆրանսիա)

33. Մեկ Առողջություն կոալիցիա

34. Էյ Թի Փի (Armenia Tree Project)

35. Սվիդեա ընկերություն (Sweden)

36. 500 կմ Հայաստանում նախաձեռնություն

37. Բլեսկ ՍՊ բնապ. գնահատման ընկերություն

38. Դալմա – Սոնա հիմնադրամ

39. Ավանդական բժշկության համալսարան

40. Հայ կանայք հանուն առողջության և առողջ շրջակա միջավայրի

41. Սպիտակ ջոկատ բնապահպանական ՀԿ

42. Հայաստանի անտառներ բնապահպանական հկ

43. Աջակցություն բուսաբանական այգուն բարեգործական հիմնադրամ

44. Ազգային ջրային համագործակցություն ՀԿ

45. Կայուն ջրային միջավայր ՀԿ

46. Մայ Ֆորեսթ Արմենիա ՀԿ

47. Սպառողների խորհրդատվության կենտրոն ՀԿ

48. Համայնքային համախմբման և աջակցության կենտրոն ՀԿ

49. Մաքուր Գորիս ՀԿ

50. Կանաչ արահետ ՀԿ

[porlockstompf]

ALL BOMBS 2018     my favourite platterstompf

01 up-tight "live in europe" [cdr & k7]

02 france "à la recherche de la flexitude du temps" [cd]

03 dylan carlson "conquistador" [lp]

04 kawaguchi masami's new rock syndicate " now" [lp]     + masami kawaguchi "13.3.18" [dl]     + masami kawaguchi, fukuoka rinji & anla couris "ramen en los parlantes" [cd] 05 bardo pond / plastic crimewave syndicate "live amen" [k7]     + bardo pond "volume VIII" [lp]     + bardo pond & major stars "this inner light b/w s.l.t." [7"]     + curanderos "on the glaze b/w danger bird" [lathe cut 12"]

06 hôpital de la conception the electric rockin' chair [k7] 07 skullflower "werecat powers of the crossroads at midnight" [lp] 08 ulaan markhor "helm" [k7]                                09 roy montgomery "day of the lords" [lathe 8"]                    + roy montgomery "suffuse" [cd] 10 demdike stare & il gruppo di improvvisazione nuova consonanza       "the feed-back loop" [k7]      + demdike stare "passion" [dl]      + demdike stare "stitch by stitch part IV (back)" [k7] ...

11 bridget hayden "pure touch only from now on, they said so" [lp] 12 brian ruryk & schakalens bror "2 guitars country style" [k7]                   13 hex waves "canine rising" [k7]                               14 altaat "maa on täysi" [k7] 15 yann gourdon "15.10.15" [cd & dl]

16 ian william craig "tresholder" [lp] 17 stephen o'malley & anthony pateras "rêve noir" [cd] 18 sunn 0))) downtown la rehearsal rifftape march '98 [lp] (2018)°    + °sunn 0))) live @ echoplex los angeles 181118 [dl] (2018)° 19 wet tuna "great wet wonders" [cdx2]   + wet tuna "livin' the die" [lp]   + wet tuna "mountain busted" [cdrx7] 20 the opawa 45s "silver screen guitar" [k7]    + the opawa 45s "the ostrich triptych" [dl]    + the opawa 45s "live at lyttelton coffee company" [dl]

21 pro et contra "pro et contra " [cd] 22 the dead c "on the outbreak of civil war b/w good consul is punished [7"]       23 mainliner & expo 70 black hole bw totality wormhole [7"]   + mainliner / plastic crimewave syndiate "no mellow" [k7] 24 midnight mines "stations b/w radio dub" [7"]    + midnight mines "invisible insurrection of a million minds" [k7]      aka midnight mines "live @ cafe oto 200517" [dl] 25 buñuel "the easy way out" [lp]

26 ilta hämärä "velloa" [7"]                                   27 fadensonnen "brut" [k7] 28 fukuoka rinji & michel henritzi "desert moon' [cd] 29 slift "la planète inexplorée" [12"]   30 black helium "primitive fuck" [lp]

31 keiji haino & konstrukt a philosophy warping... [live] [lp]   + keiji haino & sumac "american dollar bill..."  CF 2017 !!!   + keiji haino & musqis "keiji haino & musqis" [cd]                       32 wooing "daydream time machine" [7"]                   33 fuji/ junzo "live at de audio plant" [k7]   + fuji & suzuki junzo "live at de audio plant plus" [dl] 34 leda "japanese key b/w the silent contest" [7"] 35 the caretaker "everywhere at the end of time stage IV" [lpx2]   + the caretaker "everywhere at the end of time stage V" []

36 albedo fantastica "culvert & starry night" [cd] 37 giegue "'77 tachikawa trip [hadaka no rallizes tribute]" [dl]     + giegue "noise guitar pop" [ep] [dl] 38 the band whose name is a symbol "basement blowouts" [lp] 39 mark lanegan & duke garwood "with animals" [cd]     + mark lanegan & duke garwood "mescalito" [10"] 40 suzuki junzo & ikuro takahashi     "live phantasmagoria vol I helluva lounge 27/11/16" [cdr]

41 comacozer / blown out "in search for highs volume I" [cdr] 42 parades against parades "driving me stoned" [lp] 43 headroom / dire wolves (just exactly perfect sisters band) "split" [lp] 44 hastings of malawi "visceral underskinnings" [lp] 45 barth, hjorthol, & åm "the broken vessel" [cd]

46 "in death's dream kingdom" [lpx4] 47 le réveil des tropiques "big bang" [lp]                 ��  48 urthona "destruction blues" [cd]   + urthona & the asterism "murmurations" [cd] 49 brant bjork "mankind women" [cd]                     50 antony milton "(don't have) much to say" [dl]

Your Annual Bowery Eclectic:

& The Usual Baker Street Irregulars:

many many rereleases & the odd compilation (short list):

01 high rise "high rise II" [1986] [lp & k7]

02 public image ltd "the public image is rotten (songs from the heart)"      [cdx5 & dvdx2] 03 einstürzende neubauten "grundstück" [2004] [lp] 04 earth "the bees made honey in the lion's skull" [2008] [lpx2] 05 ian william craig" a turn of breath [extended]" [2014] [lpx2]

06 tappa zukie "dubshot zukie" [dl] 07 bauhaus "bela lugosi's dead: the bela session" [1979] [lp/cd] 08 brainticket "zürich/lausanne" [1983-1984][cdx2] 09 snatch "snatch" [1983] [lp] 10 new york dolls "personality crisis: live recordings & studio demos '72-'75"     [cdx5]

11 "step forward youth roots masters from the "punky reggae party" [cdx2] 12 augustus pablo "dub from the hills" [dl]     + augustus pablo "presents dj's from 70's to 80's" [1997] [cd] 13 international harvester "remains" [1968-1969] [lpx5] 14 "birth work death - work, money & status in country music" [lp] 15 "hillbillies in hell volume 666 country music's tormented testament '52-'74" [lp]      + "hillbillies in hell volume 777 country music's tormented testament '52-'74" [cd]   + "hillbillies in hell the rapture country music's tormented testament '52-'74" [cd]   + "hillbillies in hell the resurrection country music's tormented testament                 '52-'74" [cd]

16 simply saucer "cyborgs revisited" [rec '74-75] [1989] [lpx2] 17 the heads "rkt!" [1998-2002] [cdx2] 18 thisquietarmy "unconquered [10th anniversary edition]" [2008-2018] [cdx2] 19 ut "ut live at the venue" [rec 1981] [lp]   + ut "early life" [1987] [lp] 20 siglo xx "box" [1982-1983] [lpx3]

most pleasing purchases:

01 cottonwoodhill "places of light b/w poetry" [1970] [7"]

02 batkin brothers "mai... b/w tropical" [1970] [7"] 03 worst "mmxvii" [2017] [k7] 04 shit & shine "bass puppy" [2010] [12"] 05 sister spliff & demon dread "marchena city dub" [1980] [lp] /      king blood "eyewash silver" [2010] (2015) [cd]

gigs:

bardo pond live @ magasin4 040618

bootlegs:

01 bardo pond “live @ 100 club london 060618″ [dl]   + bardo pond "live @ union pool brooklyn 170218" [dl]        

02 van morrison "the catacombs tapes / live in boston '68" [dl] 03 einstürzende neubauten “live @ helsinki 241118″ [usb]

favourite record sleeve:

surprise ;)

the dream dates “the mess you’re in b/w search & destroy” [7’’] (1979)

radio:

               ...  sadly, 2018 saw brian turner leaving wfmu ...

podcasts:

01 jim sclavunos "conway savage tribute @ soho radio 240918" [dl]

2018 summer hit:

your annual reminder:

                   youpi youpi yeah “youpi youpi yeah” [cd] (2010)

humorstompf:

01 hans teeuwen "real rancour" / "echte rancune" [dvd & dl]

          ex aequo      01 stewart lee "content provider" [dvd]

  02 simon munnery "renegade plumber" & "sings soren kierkegaard" [gfs] [dl] 03 jeroen leenders "jeroen leenders experience" [soundcloud] [dl] 04 tony law "lost show" [gofasterstripe] [dl] 05 james acaster "repertoire" [netflix] ex aequo      luke mcqueen "the luke mcqueen pilots" [bbc]

dire times... the world needs lou sanders more than ever !

bilderstompf:

01 "here to be heard: the story of the slits" [dvd & scrapbook]

02 suburra "season I" [netflix] 03 counterpart "season I" [starz] / 12 monkeys "season IV" [syfy] 04 bas heijne "onbehagen" [vpro] 05 altered carbon "season I" [netflix] /      queen of the south "season III" [usa network]

06 bron/broen "season IV" [sveriges tv / danmark radio] 07 endeavour "season V" [itv] 08 commissario monalbano "season XII" [rai 1] 09 killjoys "season IV" [syfy] 10 inside n°9 "season IV" [bbc] / david rodigan "reggae fever" [bbc]

favourite blog:

best interwebs:

       ... a rare glimpse of the true potentiality of the interwebs ...

may your home be safe from tigers, x leroy

HNY & stay hungry!

the long list:

adam stone & dead sea apes "warheads" [cd] alvin lucier "criss cross b/w hanover" [lp] + alvin lucier "so you (hermes, orpheus, eurydice" [cd] amm "an unintended legacy" [cdx3] amt & the melting paraiso ufo "reverse of rebirth in universe" [cd] + amt & the melting paraiso ufo "hallelujah mystic garden part one" [lp] + amt & the melting paraiso ufo "electric dream ecstasy" [cd] + amt & the melting paraiso ufo "paralyzed brain" [cd] + amt & the melting paraiso ufo "the man who fell to us live in nagoya 2017" [cd] + amt & the melting paraiso ufo    "either the fragmented body or the reconstituted soul" [cd] + amt & the melting paraiso ufo "sacred & inviolable phase shift" [cd] + amt & the melting paraiso ufo vs lee van cleef "psychic battles vol V" [lp] anna von hausswolff "dead magic" [cd] black spirituals "black access/black axes" [lpx2] black thumb "lucy leave [syd barrett]" [dl] bonnie 'prince' billy & roadie "hope is all i'm holding" [dl] + will oldham "songs of love & horror" [lp] + bonnie 'prince' billy / naked shortsellers "the best of folks b/w harbour men" [7"] + bonnie 'prince' billy "blueberry jam" [dl] boris "eternity - dear 25th anniversary tour live 28-12-17" [dl] + boris "phenomenon's drive" [12"] br'lâab "other people's crimes" [10"]

campbell james kneale "naamah" [k7] + campbell james kneale "o blessed fornicatrix" [k7] + campbell james kneale "timid seamstress" [k7] + campbell james kneale & anla courtis "one-1-I b/w two-2-II" [7"] chris forsyth & the solar motel band "rare dreams: solar live 2.27.18" [dl] connorparty "koko [keiji haino]" [dl] cousin silas & the glove of bones "spirits of afrodubism" [k7] dan melchior "the folksinger" [lp] + dan melchior & sigtryggur berg sigmarsson dark arc [lp] + dan melchior & dylan nyoukis "unusual dealers" [cdr] daniel bachman "the morning star" [cd] david nance group "peaced & slightly pulverized" [cd]      --- "110 blues" --- + david nance group "stalled out b/w profit" [subscriber 7"] dhidalah "moon people" [k7/dl] ecstatic vision "under the influence" [cd] efrim manuel menuck "pissing stars" [lp] einstürzende neubauten "live in helsinki nov 24 0529pm" [usb stick] elkhorn "lionfish" [k7] + elkhorn "live fish" [cdr] eugene chadbourne "solo guitar volume 1 1/3" [dl] + eugene chadbourne "29.10.17" [dl] + eugene chadbourne, beresford & ward "pleasures of the horror" [lp] flame 1 [aka burial & the bug] "fog bw shrine" [12"] fuji yuki, michel henritzi, & harutaka mochizuki "shiroi kao" [cd]

gnod "chapel perilous" [cd] + gnod "be aware of your limitations" [12"] grouper "grid of points" [lp] heather leigh & peter brötzmann "crowmoon (the auckland concert)" [cd] + heather leigh & peter brötzmann "sparrow nights" [cd] + heather leigh "throne" [cd] "hexadic III" [lp] hibushibire "official live bootleg vol III" [cdr] + hibushibire "official live bootleg vol IV" [cdr] honey radar "psychic cruise" [7"] + honey radar / john peel   "middle class revolt bw the fall as introduced by john peel" [7"]    aka chunklet industries a mark e smith tribute single [7"] + honey radar & henry owings    "wind-up man b/w 172 seconds over louisville" [7"] + honey radar & gotobeds "no present" [7"] ilta hämärä "himmeä kaihoisa sininen" [lp] it hurts "estuary" [lathe 8"] jean dupuy "all of the time: sound works 1969-2017" [lp] jo meares "back to the world" [cd] jjuujjuu "zionic mud" [lp] john zorn "insurrection" [cd]   jozef van wissem "we adore you, you have no name" [cd] julia kent, jean d.l. "the great lake swallows" [cd]           keaton is dead "treat me like I knew you would" [dl]       + keaton is dead "flying woman machine" [dl] + keaton is dead "itzy bitzy [ep]" [dl] mainliner / expo seventy "black hole bw totality wormhole" [7"] marisa anderson "cloud corner" [cd] mark kozelek "mark kozelek" [cdx2] michael gira "the egg: stories by michael gira" [cd] michael gordon, kronos quartet "clouded yellow" [cd] michael nyman "mcqueen" [cd] moe / marhaug "capsaicin" [cd] moon duo "no fun b/w jukebox babe" [12"] mv & ee & the golden road "feral run live @ brattleboro 140118" [dl]

nick cave & the bad seeds "distant sky [live in copenhagen]" [12"] + nick cave & warren ellis "kings [ost]" [cd] + nick cave & warren ellis "wind river [ost]" [cd] norman westberg "after vacation" [lp] + norman westberg "idling live" [cd] + norman westberg "before the bridge" [dl] oneida "romance" [cd] orchestra of constant distress "distress test" [lp & k7] oren ambarchi, jim o'rourke, with special guest u-zhaan "hence" [lp] + oren ambarchi, kassel jaeger & james rushford "face time" [lp] + oren ambarchi, crys cole & leif elggren "certainly" [lp] + oren ambarchi, sprenger & sollmann "panama b/w suez" [12"] -"scale" [cdx2] peter brötzmann & fredrick lonberg-holm "ouroboros" [lp] purling hiss "out tonight b/w walkin' with jesus" [k7] schakalens bror "omelette of disease" [lp] + schakalens bror "overdrive" [k7] scientists "braindead (resuscitated) b/w survivalskills" [7"] + scientists "mini mini mini b/w perpetual motion" [7"] simon wickham-smith "extreme bukake" [dl] stefan christensen "city code" [lp] sumac "love in shadow" [cd] + sumac "wfmu" [k7] sun kil moon "this is my dinner" [cdx2] + sun kil moon "linda blair" [dl] suzuki junzo "the magus" [cd] tape loop orchestra "lead is into the light" [lp] + tape loop orchestra "return to the light" [lp] + tape loop orchestra "before the light" [lp] tashi wada with yoshi wada & friends "nue" [cd] the aints! "church of simultaneous existence" [cdx2] the band whose name is a symbol "ottawa psychfest 2018" [dl] + the band whose name is a symbol "symbol ensemble III" [dl] + the band whose name is a symbol "basement blowouts 2" [dl] + the band whose name is a symbol "droneverdose" [lp] + the band whose name is a symbol "codocil" [dl] the limiñanas "shadow people" [cd] touts "sleep" [dl] träden "träden" [cd] uh "uh" [cd] uncle jim "my niece's pierced knees" [dl]       young fathers "coccoa sugar" [cd] zeal and ardor "stranger fruit" [cd]

-anthroprophh "omegaville" [cdx2]                           -black elephant "cosmic blues" [lp]                         -brigid mae power "the two worlds" [cd]                     -broeder dieleman "komma" [cdx2]                             -carlton melton "mind minerals" [cd]                         -civic "new vietnam" [12"]                                  + civic "live on pbs" [k7]  + civic "those who no" [7"] -dirtmusic "bu bir ruya" [cd]                             -la morte young "a quiet - earthquake style" [cd] -long hots "monday night raw" [k7]                             -mazzy star "still" [12"]                                       -nicolas wiese "unrelated" [lp] -okkyung lee "dahl-tah-ghi" [cd]                                   -sadahiro yamada "shitaiha" [k7] -sean mccann "saccharine scores" [cd]                           -stefan neville & greg malcolm "a nuance" [lp]                   -the final age "the final age" [lp]    

    moments of brilliance (long list B):

1/3 octave band "headlands" [lathe cut 12"]                   20 guilders "il grande silenzio: guitar improvisation 2017" [cd]     "a" trio & amm "aamm" [cd]                                 a-sun amissa "ceremony in the stillness" [cd] akio suzuki & aki onda "ke i te ki" [cd]                     alexandra philips & jan henderikse "you b/w i" [10"] alien mustangs "alienation" [lp] alternative tv "her dark places" [12"] andreas ammer & fm einheit "sie sprechen mit der stasi" [dl] anji cheung "terma" [k7]                                           + ani cheung & burial hex "solstice tape split" [k7] ash brooks "crown of thyme" [k7] ben bertrand "ngc 1999" [lp] benjamin boone & philip levine "the poetry of jazz" [cd] big blood & thunder crutch "big blood & thunder crutch" [cdr] + big blood "operate earth spaceship properly" [lp] blk w/bear "mo re b roken th an y ou" [cd] bill callahan "live at third man records" [12"]         bill orcutt "neu bros/ok phone/rural beatles" [lp] + chris corsano & bill orcutt "brace up!" [lp]                     + bill orcutt & chris cosano "gucci tops & bottoms" [k7] bong "thought & existence" [cd] boris "secrets" [cd] brian eno w/ kevin shields "the weight of history b/w only once away my son" [12"] bruce russell & noel meek "classical music" [lp] bob bucko jr "under cover summer" [k7x2] + bob bucko jr "trade mark of quality" [k7x3] brownout "fear of a brown planet" [cd] capri-batterie & stewart lee "bristol fashion" [lp] cave "allways" [cd] claire potter & bridget hayden "i am come from a place" [k7] colin stetson "the first ost vol I" [dl] + colin stetson "hereditary [ost]" [cd] constant mongrel "living in excellence" [lp] corrupted "felicific algorithm" [lp] country heroes "honky tonk tears" [cd] -courtney marie andrews "may your kindness remain" [cd] dalot & sound awakener little things [dl]   + dalot & sound awakener strangers in the city [dl] darksmith "hatred of sound" [lp] datashock "kräuter der provinz" [lpx2] dead fretts "howlin' wolf (live)" [dl] + dead fretts "third day (live)" [dl] death grips "year of the snitch" [cd] derridada "derridada waits for wolf" [k7]           dreadful "attack of the space machine" [dl] dreamweapon "sol" [lp]  

eagle twin "the thundering heard: songs of hoof & horn" [cd] ellen fullman & okkyung lee "the air around her" [dl] emmanuel witzthum "songs of love & loss" [cdr] epic beardmen "season 1" [12"] félicia atkinson & jefre cantu-ledesma "limpid as the solitudes" [lp] + félicia atkinson "coyotes" [k7] flower room "arrangement I" [dl] futurians "distorted living" [lp] + futurians "lta" [k7] gad whip "post internet blues" [lp] geography of hell "hiroshima 1945 / nagasaki 1945" [lpx2] gerald murnane "recites how i wrote elastic man by the fall" [dl] giuda "saturday night's alright for fighting" [7"] giulio aldinucci "disappearing in a mirror" [cd] + ian hawgood & giulio aldinucci "consequence shadows" [cd] + giulio aldinucci & star pillow "hidden" [cd] + martijn comes & giulio aldinucci "split" [lp] goat "let it burn b/w friday pt 1" [7"] grand veymont "route du vertige" [lp]                       heads "collider" [cd]   henry blacker "the making of junior bonner" [cdr]                             hunderd year old man "breaching" [cd] + hunderd year old man "rei" [s-sided 12"] immersion "sleepless" [cd]                                    jandek "houston tuesday" [cd] + jandek "san francisco friday" [cd] jah wobble "the butterfly effect" [cd] + jah wobble "dream world" [cd] john zorn "in a convex mirror" [cd] + john zorn "the urmuz epigrams" [cd] jon spencer "spencer sings the hits" [lp] kinky friedman "circus of life" [cd]                         kleistwahr "acceptance is not respect" [cd]

lajoie-tuttle "american primate" [k7]                           lee 'scratch' perry "the black album" [cd] + lee perry & diggory kenrick "the antisnake" [10"] lo carmen "gold guns and silver" [dl] l.o.x. "l.o.x. time" [k7] low "double negative" [cd] lydia lunch "marchesa" [cd] mad professor "elctro dubclubbing" [cd] + mad professor "ariwa 2018 riddim series" [dl] marianne faithfull "negative capability" [cd] marissa nadler "for my crimes" [cd] martin & bell "roman totale's death song [a tribute]" (040218) [dl] mary gauthier "rifles & rosary beads" [cd] -max rubadub "style & passion" [cd] mayuko hino "lunisolar" [cd] michael morley "blessed high regency" [dl] + michael morley "reverse bondage k.o." [dl] + michael morley "zéro de conduite" [dl] + michael morley "call back your dogs" [dl] + michael morley "here today gone tomorrow" [dl] + michael morley "rise above" [dl] + michael morley "we are here because of you" [dl] + gate "winter songs" [dl] + the righteous yeah "goodbye forever" [dl] + the righteous yeah "unknown album" [dl] + the righteous yeah "history of love" [dl] + the righteous yeah "game changer" [dl] + the righteous yeah "oiseau de paradis" [dl] mick harvey & christopher r. barker  "the fall & rise of edgar bourchier & the horrors of war" [cd] minami deutsch "with dim light" [lp] ml wah & herbcraft "no slack" [k7] + ml wah "big air" [k7] more klementines "more klementines" [lp]

nagual & stefan christensen "third" [7"] + nagual "florida" [cdr] nww / artaud [mini cd] + nww "nerve junction" [cd] + nww "changez les blockeurs and" [cd] + nww "experimente [personal archive mixes]" [cdr] + nww "experimente II [son of trippin' music]" [cdr] + stapleton, ka-spel, potter & rollet    "the man who floated away b/w the closer... etc" [cd] ocre "ocre" [7"] øjerum "selv i drømme lyser den første sne" [lp] + øjerum "a certain grief" [k7] okkyung lee "speckled stones & dissonant green dots" [dl] pama international meets manasseh "trojan sessions in dub" [cd] peter zummo "frame loop" [lp] [rec 1984] philip marino "chasing ghosts" [cd] philippe petit & friends "on top" [12"] phosphorescent "ç'est la vie" [cd] pierre vervloesem & alinovsky "invisible quality" [cd]           pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs pigs "king of cowards" [cd] pinch points "mechanical injury" [k7] platinum boys "we don't dance (anymore)" [7"] pumice "platelets" [7"] r stevie moore, alan jenkins & the kettering vampires "the embodiment of progressive ideals" [cd] razen "the night receptionist" [cd] rie fukuda & tabata misuru "precog" [cd] roy montgomery "jesus saves country boys too" [cd] ryan porter "the optimist" [cdx2] ryley walker "deafman glance" [cd] + ryley walker, z mark duo & extended fractures duo "lb 067" [k7]

sarry "oppidum desertum" [cd] + sarry "exspiravit planeta" [dl] scientist meets hempress sativa "in dub" [lp] seez mics "live long enough to learn" [cdr] sheku kanneh-mason "inspiration" [cd] shilpa ray "nihilism" [k7] sigur rós "route one" [lp] sleaford mods "sleaford mods" [12"] sleep "the sciences" [cd] + sleep "leagues beneath" [s/sided 12"] sly & robbie meet nils petter molvaer ft eivind aarset & vladislav delay  "nordub" [cd] + sly & robbie meet dubmatix "overdubbed" [cd] sly & the family drone & dead neanderthals / mai mai mai  "flesh logics b/w anatole" [7"] snakes don't belaong in alaska "interstellar harvester" [cdr] + snakes don't belong in alaska "radar ocean reconnaissance satellite" [cdr] + snakes don't belong in alaska II "astral audit" [dl] somesurprises "alt" [k7] stefan neville & hermione johnson "7/10/17" [dl] stoned earth "psycho city" [dl] + stoned earth "sonic planet" [dl] sundays & cybele "on the grass" [lp] suns of arqa "pressure drop: a tribute to the great lizard logan" [dl] tanz mein herz "une autre version de territory" [lp] tender crust "the earth's axis & hare" [k7] "the black book" [lpx3] the black vomit "black dada nihilismus" [dl]                   the limiñanas "remix" [12"] the oscillation "wasted space" [lp] + the oscillation "uef" [lp] thurston moore "mx liberty b/w panik" [7"] unknown artist "ijzeren rots" [12"]                         wild billy childish & ctmf "something's missing inside" [7"]   young gods "figure sans nom" [dl]

-akira sakata, chikamorachi ft masahiko satoh "proton pump" [cd]   -balmorhea "clear language: reworked" [lp]                         -bongripper "terminal" [lp]                                         -charalambides "tom and christina carter" [lpx2]                   -chris butler "got it togehter!" [cd] -cinchel "a sad study in temporal dissonance" [k7]  + cinchel "at once pleasant [live]" [dl] -cowboy junkies "all that reckoning" [cd]                       -dead valley girls "darkness rains" [cd]                           -dmbq "keeenly" [cd]                                           -earthless "black heaven" [cd]                                    + earthless "from the west" [cd]                                           -foudre! "kami 神" [lp] -guiguisuisui & emerge "enchanted garden" [k7] -haley heynderickx & max garcía conover "among horses III" [cd] -idles "joy as an act of resistance" [cd] -james greer & neil luck "we all emerge some hours later baffled" [cd] -jfk "weapon design" [lp] -jochen arbeit & friends "jochen arbeit & friends webcast" [dl] + jochen arbeit, gerd beßler & hopek quirin "abq" [dl] + jochen arbeit, munsha & hopek quirin "live at roter salon" [dl] + jochen arbeit, martina bertoni, munsha & hopek quirin    "live at volksbühne berlin" [dl] + jochen arbeit & hopek quinn "live at white rabbit" [dl] + jochen arbeit & paolo spaccamonti "cln" [lp] -kathryn joseph "from when i wake the want is" [cd]                   -keir vine "instance" [lp] -ktl "the pyre: versions distilled to stereo" [lp] -kyle bobby dunn & wayne robert thomas "kbd / wrt" [12"] -laurie anderson & kronos quartet "landfall" [cd] -lunar grace "the sunstruck forest" [dl] -randall dunn "beloved" [lp] -scot jenerik "drifting ash" [dl] -soundwalk collective "what we leave behind jean-luc godard archives" [lp]  -sterile garden "concrete maze" [k7]   -tales from the sleeping land "III" [cd]                             

the longest list:

6majik9 ritual "zero / monk nun" [cdrx2] a place to bury strangers "pinned" [cd] + a place to bury strangers "frustrated operator [slowdive remix]" [dl] aesop rock "klutz" [7"] airway "live at moca" [cd] alejandro escovedo & don antonio "the crossing" [cd] amen dunes "freedom" [cd] ana da silva & phew "island" [cd] anton mobin, kris limbach & hopek quirin "live" [dl] antony milton "unrealised films" [dl] årabrot "who do you move" [cd] archie & the bunkers "songs from the lodge" [lp] + archie & the bunkers "play the damned" [7"] aries mond "come on let's wait" [cdr] asbest "driven" [cd] ashtray navigations "zoom up" [cdr] + ashtray navigations "neon eating stationary planes" [cdr] asian women on the telephone "so wot" [k7] awkward geisha & gx jupitter-larsen "final destination" [k7] bandulu dub & dub dillah "disconnect" [dl] bart de paepe "verdronken land" [lp]                       + bart de paepe "pagus wasiae" [lp] bas van huizen "kulverzuchter" [cd] bazuingeschal "bazuingeschal" [lp] beak> ">>>" [cd] bear bones, lay low "atlantean encrypted message" [12"] + bear bones, lay low  & don't dj "plafond 3" [lp] blacklab "under the strawberry moon" [dl] black moon circle "psychedelic spacelord " [cd]                     black rainbows "pandaemonium" [cd] blóm "powerfrau" [k7] blood quartet "until my darkness goes" [k7] blue chelise "daughters of time" [lp] bras mort "give her this, she takes that" [lp] "braublff [materie und laut]" [7"x2] brecht ameel "polygraph heartbeat" [lp] bruce gilbert "ex nihilo" bruxa maria & casual nun "bruxa maria & casual nun" [lp] bryan's magic tears "4 am" [lp] bvdub "drowning in daylight" [lpx2] + bvdub "a different definition of love" [cd] + bvdub "nights of nine vigils" [dl]

camera "emotional detox" [cd] celer "malaria" [dl] + celer "a chance isn't really a chance at all" [dl] + celer "advert subversion" [dl] + celer "arc eye" [dl] + celer "something cathartic" [k7] + celer "plays ravel" [dl] + celer & forest management "landmarks" [k7] ceremony "east coast" [dl] + ceremony "darling" [k7] chaines "the king" [lp] chaos echoes & mats gustafsson "sustain" [lp] + chaos echoes "mouvement" [cd] charalambides "out of place" [k7] charlemagne palestine "interrvallissphereee" [lp] + charlemagne palestine "ttuunneesszz duh rruunneesszz" [lp] charlotte de witte "brussels" [12"] chihei hatakeyama "scene" [k7] + chihei hatakeyama "void XV" [dl] + chihei hatakeyama "void XVI" [dl] + chihei hatakeyama "butterfly's summer and vanished" [cd] + chihei hatakeyama "afterimage" [cd] + eraldo bernocchi, chihei hatakeyama "solitary universe" [cd] + vida voji´c, chihei hatakeyama "fts002" [12"] child's pose "child's pose" [7"] chlorine "the wanting seed" [dl] chris butler & ralph carney "songs for unsung holidays" [cd] chris carter "chemistry lessons volume I" [cd] church of cash "thank you sir" [cd] circuit breaker "hands return to shake" [lp] circuit des yeux ft moon bros "sœur de race [catherine ribeiro]" [dl] cocaine piss "my cake" [s-sided 12"] cold meat "pork sword fever" [7"] commodo "dyrge" [ep] connan mockasin "jassbusters" [cd] consumer electronics "the weight b/w hostility blues" [7"] coolies / the futurians "u. cs-01" [k7] cosmic ground "IV" [cd] craig gerdes "smokin', drinkin' & gamblin'" [cd] crash toto "crash toto" [dl] crayon sun "crayon sun" [cd] crazy doberman "lungs of carbon or urban paranoia without a tonal center" [k7] + crazy doberman "rust clatter for the midwest sun" [7"] + crazy doberman "confused debris from slow dreams" [k7] + crazy doberman "2038" [k7] + crazy doberman "acid gallery 3am empty bottle blow out" [cdr] + crazy doberman "live @ wfmu" [dl] + crazy doberman "live fall 2017" [k7] + crazy doberman "this land god has abandoned" [dl] + crazy doberman "get lost pens of baldwin particle one" [k7] + crazy doberman "th'basement mother 2" [k7] creep show "mr dynamite" [cd] cruel diagonals "disambiguation" [lp] current 93 "the stars on their horsies" [cd] + current 93 "the light is leaving us all" [cd] cyril cyril "certaine ruines" [cd]

d.u.d.s. "immediate" [lp] dagger moths & philippe petit "ovaries" [12"] dandelion "every other day" [7"] dark sun "innerspace astronauts rare & unreleased" [k7] datashock "banana spleen" [k7 ep] david eugene edwards & alaxander hacke "risha" [cd] dead meadow "the nothing they need" [cd] dead neanderthals "life" [cd] + dead neanderthals "birth" [dl] dead otter "bridge of weird" [lp] dead vibrations "dead vibrations" [cd]                          deafheaven "ordinary corrupt human love" [cd] deafkids "espiral da loucura" [dl] dean ween group "rock2" [cd] delacave "window has no glass" [lp] delaney davidson "shining day" [cd] delgres "mo jodi" [cd] deludium skies "aspirations" [cdr] dirk serries "epitaph" [cdx2] + n(52) & dirk serries "scatterwound" [cd] + dirk serries & colin webster "gargoyles" [cd] + dikeman, hadow, serries, verhoeven, vicente "ideal principle" [cd] dirk wachtelaer, jürgen de blonde, alec ilyine, gert de meester  "tales from the hellhole" [dl] dj klakke "black thursday in luxemburg" [dl] dogs in reverse "drella" [k7] donkey bugs ancient chinese secrets [12"] downward spiral galaxy "dsg spacebarn bootleg live 2018" [dl] + downward spiral galaxy "remembering the sunshine on a rainy day" [dl] drew mcdowall & hiro kone "the ghost of georges bataille" [12"] drew's theory "future vintage" [dl] drinks "hippo lite" [cd] drudkh "they often see dreams about the spring" [cd] dub foundation "the good the bad and the dubby" [dl]

è-lg "vu du dôme" [lp] earthling society "mo - the demon" [lp] echotourist soundsystem "naomi" [k7] eiko ishibashi & darin gray "ichida" [lp] electric moon "live 2015 zeiss planetarium bochum aka kosmos" [dl/lpx3] eleh "home age 2" [cd] + caterina barbieri & eleh "bestie infinite b/w wear patterns" [lp] elephant9 "greatest show on earth" [cd] emma ruth rundle "on dark horses" [cd] ergo phizmiz "boîte - the end of music" [k7x3] + ergo phizmiz "fstarstark mstarn winkyface" [dl] eric arn & margaret unknown "paranza corta" [lp] eugene chadbourne "29.10.17" [cd] fermata "salvaged space" [k7] fire down below "hymn of the cosmic man" [cd] flowers must die "där blommor dör" [lpx2] forest management "21st century man" [12"] + forest management "rotating angle" [k7] + forest management "biqui" [k7] + forest management & v i c i m "arid fragments" [dl] former selves "forgiveness circles" [k7] free/slope "abracadabra" [lp] frustration "midlife crisis b/w sad face" [7"] fuc lerrari & nean jégroni "souvenirs uchroniques" [k7]              futur.s mort.s "futur.s mort.s II" [dl] gallery six "kazemakase" [cdr] + gallery six "bansyun" [dl] + gallery six "geisyun" [dl] garcia peoples "cosmic cash" [lp] + garcia peoples "suite" [dl] gareth sager & the hungry ghosts "juicy rivers" [cd] gas "rausch" [cd] gashrat "rock on [do it for me]" [dl] ggallan partridge "eyesore" [8"] glasseyelashes "jellyfish" [k7] gnaw their tongues "genocidal majesty" [cd] + golden ashes "the desolation" [dl] goat "double date"  [10"] goat bath eternity "downers" [k7] goatman "rhythms" [lp] gøggs "pre strike sweep" [cd] graham day & the forefathers "emmaretta b/w love help me" [7"] gudrun gut "moment" [lp] guerilla toss "twisted crystal" [cd] guru guru "rotate!" [cd]

hairbone "earth to momma" [lp] hank wood & the hammerheads "hank wood & the hammerheads" [lp] harutaka mochizuki & makoto kawashima "free wind mood" [lp] hawthonn "red goddess [of this men shall know nothing]" [cd] herman de vries & the eschenau chaos band "idem" [lp] hermann nitsch "traubenfleisch" [cdx2] high aura'd "if i'm walking in the dark, i'm whispering" [k7] + high aura'd & asama "oil pourer" [k7] holy motors "slow sundown" [cd] holy wave "adult fear" [cd] hookworms "microshift" [cd] hopek quirin "live at chateau gorilla" [dl] howlin' rain "the alligaor bride" [cd] i am johnny cash "i am johnny cash" [cd] iguana death cult "femme fatale b/w faster faster" [7"] ilsantobevitore "realm of consciousness" [k7] ilyas ahmed "closer to stranger" [lp]   international observer "free from the dungeons of dub" [cd] j c satàn "centaur desire" [lp] j gallagher "unknown cowboy [demos]" [dl] james carothers "still country, still king: a tribute to george jones" [cd] jarboe "the cut of the warrior" [cd] jay glass dubs "plegnic" [lp] + jay glass dubs & bokeh edwards "earth two² [mixtape]" [k7] + jay glass dubs "the safest dub" [12"] + leslie winner & jay glass dubs "ymfees" [12"] jean grae x quelle chris "everything's fine" [lpx2] jeffrey lewis & the deposit returners "works by tuli kupferberg [1923-2010]" [cd] jem-one "endless days" [12"] jess williamson "cosmic wink" [cd] jessica93 "en public [live] in rennes" [dl] jim o'rourke "sleep like it's winter" [cd] + jim o'rourke "steamroom 38" [dl] + jim o'rourke "steamroom 39" [dl] + jim o'rourke "steamroom 40" [dl] + jim o'rourke "steamroom 41" [dl] + jim o'rourke "steamroom 42" [dl] jimi tenor& tony allen "oto live series" [12"] joanne cash "unbroken" [cd] joe talia "tint" [lp] jóhann jóhannsson "mandy" [ost] [cd] + jóhann jóhannsson & hildur gudnadóttir "mary magdalene [ost]" [cd] + jóhann jóhannsson "the mercy [ost]" [cd] john carter cash "we must believe in magic" [cd] john krausbauer & david kendall "pdrm" [cd] john parish "bird dog dante" [cd] john tilbury, keith rowe, & kjell bjorgeengen "sissel" [cd] jon porras "voices of the air" [cd] josh pearson "straight hits" [cd] joujou jaguar "cheap life" [7"] jsm "sound system" [12"] junkpile jimmy "wants you dead" [lp] just mustard "wednesday" [12"] julian cope "skellington III" [cd]

kapital & richard pinhas "flux" [cd] kawabata makoto "live @ akihabara goodman 281118" [dl]             kikagaku moyo "masana temples" [cd]                             killing flies "killing flies" [cd]                               king bong "beekse bergen vol I old school cool" [dl] + king bong "beekse bergen vol II electric boogaloo" [dl] + king bong "beekse bergen vol III bong sulfur sax magick" [dl] + king bong "beekse bergen vol IV dreadful gate" [dl] + king bong "beekse bergen vol V to infinity & between" [dl] + king bong "dickus pickus live at circolo gagarin" [dl] klara lewis & simon fisher turner "care" [lp] kosmischer läufer  "secret cosmic music of the east german olympic program '72-'83 vol IV" [dl] la muerte "la muerte" [cd] lärmschutz "dons" [k7] langham research centre "tics & ampersands" [k7] + langham research centre "gateshead multi-storey car park" [dl] + langham research centre "tape reworks vol I" [7"] lawrence wasser "the garden" [k7] lay llamas "thuban" [cd] + lay llamas "thuban dub ep vol I" [dl]                            lea bertucci "metal aether" [12"] leather jacuzzi "the whole hog" [lp] lee ranaldo "electric trim live @ rough trade east" [lp/dl] leroy "leroy" [12"]                                                 les horribles travailleurs, mechanical ape "collaborative soundworks" [k7] lincoln durham "and into heaven came the night" [cd] little wings & maher shalal hash baz "share" [12"] louise landes, bart de paepe, & paul labrecque "collodial love" [10"] + louise landes levi "ikiru or the wanderer" [dl] "losing today" [dl] ludo mich with jennifer walshe & w ravenveer  "ludo mich with jennifer walshe & w ravenveer" k7] luke mawdsley "luke mawdsley" [dl] lumerians "call of the void" [cd] make flames ft gavin laird "a map is not the territory it portrays" [dl] mamuthones "fear on the corner" [lp] marianne schuppe "nosongs" [cd] marie davidson "working class woman" [cd] + marie davidson & lamusa II "la ecstase" [dl] mary bell "histrion" [12"] mary halvorson with bill frisell "the maid with the flaxen hair" [cd] mats gstafson & didi kern "marvel motor" [lp] matt lajoie "the fountain [k7] + matt lajoie "free to be.." [k7] maurizio abate "the maadi sessions" [lp] + maurizio abate "standing waters" [cd] + riccardo sinigaglia & maurzio abate "dialoghi nel vuoto" [lp] maze & lindholm "where the wolf has been seen" [lp] meg baird & mary lattimore "ghost forests" [cd]     melvins "pinkus abortion technician" [cd] + melvins cock & bull bw reedy creek roast [7"] merzbow, balázs pándi, mats gustafsson, thurston moore  "cuts up cuts out" [lp] [rsd] + merzbow "monoakuma" [cd] mésange "gyspy moth" [lp] meteor vortex "absorb / implode" [k7]     mick jenkins "pieces of a man" [dl] miss red "k.o." [cd] + miss red "dagga b/w one shot killer" [12"] mythic sunship "another shape of psychedelic music" [cd] + mythic sunship "upheaval" [cd]

nathan salsburg "third" [cd] neneh cherry "broken politics" [cd] nickk dropkick "der club de faust" [dl] + nickk dropkick "sweet, sweet jazz for the soul" [dl] neil campbell "i must have my manias" [dl] neko case "hell-on" [cd] nerve beats "nerve beats" [lp] newaxeyes "black fax" [lp] nhung nguyen "illumination [piano day '18]" [dl] + nhung nguyen "oblivion" [dl]   nordvargr "mx.tape.rn" [dl]   no joy & sonic boom "no joy & sonic boom" [12"] obnox "templo del sonido" [lp] + obnox "bang messiah" [lp] olan mill "variations on the letter h" [k7] + olan mill "sounds of a new father" [cd] + olan mill "curves" [cdr] olympus "band on the gum" [dl] one eleven heavy "everything's better" [lp] øresund space collective "live in berlin '18" [cdx2] + øresund space collective "chatoyant breath" [cdx2] + øresund space collective "kybalion" [cd] + øresund space collective "space jam 160 live @ urban spree" [dl] orgue agnès "à une gorge" [lp] otherworld ensemble "live at malmitalo" [cd] oulu space jam collective "intergalactic spy music redux" [dl] + oulu space jam collective "the lotus-eaters" [dl] p j philipson "distante" [dl] + p j philipson "linotopia" [cd] p wits "blonde on blonde" [k7x2] + p wits "feel-be" [ep] [dl] + p wits "i will fall" [single] [dl] paint "paint" [cd] papa m "a broke moon rises" [cd] parquet courts "wide awake" [cd] + parquet courts "wide awake remixes" [12"] pausal "volume flow" [cd] perhaps "hexagon" [lp] + perhaps "hexagain" [cdr] + perhaps "excerpts" [dl] peter broderick "two balloons" [10"] peter strickmann "mellow toes" [lp]                                 pharaoh overlord "chewing gum live" [lp] + pharaoh overlord "zero" [cd] pheek "returning home" [dl] pierre bastien, cabo san roque, anna homler, adrian northover, & dave tucker "fts003" [lp] pink fairies "resident reptiles" [cd] posset "another forever tomorrow" [cdr] prana crafter "enter the stream" [k7] + prana crafter "bodhi cheetah's choice" [k7] preening "greasetrap frisbee" [7"] primitive knot "thee opener of the way" [k7] pullout kings "sweat crimes" [k7] questions and answers "tell us the truth" [7"]   

               radar men from the moon & 10.000 russos "rmftm & 10.000 russos" [lp] rafael anton irisarri "el ferrocarril desvaneciente" [k7] + rafael anton irisarri "sirimiri" [k7] rainbow grave "sex threat b/w you are nowhere" [7"] + rainbow grave & orthodox "death pyramid b/w spain is the place"[7"] rainforest spiritual enslavement "red ants genesis" [k7] ras g "ras g meets moresounds" [12"] red lama "motions" [lp] richard youngs "endless futures" [lp] + richard youngs "belief" [lp] + richard youngs "fierce years etc." [dl] + richard youngs "six panels for dissolution" [dl] + richard youngs "foot guitar vol VI" [dl] + richard youngs "foot guitar vol VII" [dl] + richard youngs "arrow" [dl] + richard youngs "daybreak" [dl] rosanne cash "she remembers everything [deluxe]" sasha grey & pig "that's the way [i like it] remixed by youth" [10″] + sasha grey & pig "that's the way [i like it]" [12″]                samara lubelski "flickers at the station" [lp] + samara lubelski / bill nace "samara lubelski / bill nace" [cd] sarah davachi "let night come on bells end the day" [cd] + sarah davachi "gave in rest" [cd] savage grounds "let your love groan" [7"] scarab "erect in the garden of grace" [dl] schwund "technik und gefühl" [lp] set and setting "tabula rasa" [lp] shame "songs of praise" [cd] + shame "all the hits" [12"] + shame "tasteless" [dl] shit & shine "bad vibes" [lp] + shit & shine "very high" [12"] simon felice "the projector" [cd] sister iodine "venom" [lpx2] snapped ankles "violations" [12"] sneers "heaven will rescue us, we're the scum, we're in the sun" [lp] sons of kemet "your queen is a reptile" [lpx2] sound awakener "duskiness" [dl] spaceslug "eye the tide" [cd] spiral galaxy with plastic crimewave "d machine" [dl] + spiral galaxy with plastic crimewave "celestial omen" [dl] spiritualized "and nothing hurt" [cd] starbirthed "citrine dreams" [2017] [k7] + starbirthed "starbirthed" [lp] + starbirthed "the dweller on the treshold" [k7] + starbirthed" messages from..." [dl] sterile garden "night loops III" [dl] + sterile garden "wandering in circles" [dl] + sterile garden "city corridors: sound & the city" [dl] + sterile garden "live recordings" [dl] steve ignorant & paranoid visions "1977220174u" [cd] stuart a staples "arrhythmia" [cd] sudden infant "buddhist nihilism" [cd] sugar pills bone "slack babbath plays peep durple" [k7] sutcliffe jugend "the hunger" [cdx2] + sutcliffe jugend "live at maschinenfest 2017" [k7]

the bleak engineers "introspecto b/w indiscriminate" [7"] the buckshot boys "perform the ultimate survival machine" [7"] the cool greenhouse "london b/w the end of the world" [7"] the dead brothers "angst" [cd] the dwarfs of east agouza "rats don't eat synthesizers" [lp] the ex "27 passports" [cd] the fadeaways "transworld 60's punk nuggets" [lp] the heartwood institute "secret rites" [lp]                         the staches "the great depression" [7"] trust "dans le même sang" [cd] uk subs "subversions" [cd] underworld & iggy pop "teatime dub encounters" [cd] vintage cucumber "arabische nächte II" [dl] vomir & discipline "split" [k7x6] wicked shimmies exile on 5th street [k7] °debris related (2018)° william shatner & jeff cook "why not me" [cd]                        + william shatner "shatner claus" [cd]

-adderall canyonly "museum of fire" [lp] -allen ravenstine "waiting for the bomb" [cd] -alpha steppa & nai-jah "the great elephant" [cdx2] -armonite "and the stars above" [cd] -arp "zebra" [cd] -atomonaut "inner space vol I" [dl]                                 -axelle red "exil" [cd]                                             -azusa "heavy yoke" [cd]                                             -bebe buell "baring it all" [lp] -bitchin bajas & dsr lines "encyclopedia of civilizations vol II atlantis" [lp] -black space riders "amoretum vol I" [cd]   + black space riders "amoretum vol II" [cd] -bonnacons of doom "bonnacons of doom" [lp] -brix and the extricated "breaking state" [cd] -brother jt "tornado juice" [cd] -catherine britt & the cold cold hearts "idem" [cd] -cave story "punk academics" [cd] -cavern of anti-matter "hormone lemonade" [cd] -charlotte gainsbourg "a-ring o'roses [sebastian on the beat remix]" [dl] -chris dooks joppa waves [dl] -christophe clébard on va crever [dl]   + christophe clébard & carrageenan "split" [7"] -connorparty "flying colors!" [dl] -damo suzuki & jelly planet "damo suzki & jelly planet" [cd] -deniz tek "lost for words" [cd] -die wilde jagd "uhrwald orange" [cd] -dungen & woods "myths 003" [lp] -easy life "creature habits mixtape" [10"] -echo & the bunnymen "the stars, the oceans & the moon" cd] -eddy mitchell "le meme tribu vol II" [cd] -exitmusic "the recognitions" [cd] -glenn matlock "good to go" [cd] -grant-lee phillips "widdershins" [cd] -hatis noit "illogical dance" [cd] -hilary woods "colt" [cd] -ida sofar "mind" [cd] -jack ladder & the dreamlanders "blue poles" [cd] -jenny hval "the long sleep" [12"] -john grant "love is magic" [cd] -johnny jewel "themes for television" [cd] -juan d'oultremont "je pense donc je fuis" [dl]   + juan d'oultremont "ma fiancée" [dl]   + juan d'oultremont "otages b/w invisible" [dl]   + juan d'oultremont "avant l'incident" [dl] -khalab "black noise 2084" [cd] -king dude "music to make war to" [cd] -kode9 & burial "fabriclive" [cd]

-la race "drancy ostinato" [lp] -laraaji, arji oceananda, dallas acid "arrive without leaving" [12"] -larry heard "heaven dub" [12"] -len leise & jura soundsystem "for adrian b/w udaberri blues" ]12"] -life education "earth tones" [cd] -malcolm middleton "bananas" [cd] -matthew "doc" dunn "lightbourn" [lp] -nurgul jones "carcosa" [dl] -okkervil river "in the rainbow rain" [cd] -oneohtrix point never "age of" [cd]   + oneohtrix point never "love in the time of lexapro" [dl]   + oneohtrix point never "the station" [dl] -open mike eagle "the dark dark purple tape" [k7]   + open mike eagle "what happens when i try to relax" [12"] -orchestre tout puissant marcel duchamp "sauvage formes" [cd] -paolo conte "live in caracalla 50 years of azzurro" [cd] -peter hammill "x/ten" [cd] -protomartyr & spray paint "irony prompts a party rat" [7"] -ramble tamble "outlaw overtones" [k7] -rimjob texas "buttleg jan18" [dl]   + rimjob texas "plačilni nalog" [dl] -ruby karinto "ruby karinto" [lp] -silencaeon  "dead channel (music inspired by william gibson's neuromancer)" [dl] -sink ya teeth "sink ya teeth" [cd] -slightly stoopid "everyday life, everyday people" [cd] -stephen inglis "cut the dead some slack" [cd] -suishou no fune "moonlight" [k7x2] -territorial gobbing "circle of dads" [k7] -thalia zedek band "fighting season" [cd] -the decemberists "I'll be your girl" [cd]   + the decemberists "traveling on" [10"] -the lumineers "c-sides" [dl]   + the lumineers "live tracks" [dl] -"veterans in dub [deluxe version]" [cd] -zacht automaat "memory of the world" [12"]   + zacht automaat "commercial waste" [dl] -zola jesus "wiseblood (johnny jewel remixes)" [12"]   + zola jesus "okovi: additions" [dl] -тпсб "sekundenschlaf" [lp] - bevis frond "we're your friends, man" [cd]

- bevis frond "we're your friends, man" [cd] - bloody hell "my boss ross" [7"] - bobby body "rock on" [7"] - chocolat billy "délicat déni" [cd] - colin self "siblings" [lp] - dita von teese "dita von teese" [cd] - father john misty "god's favorite customer" [cd]   + father john misty "live at third man records" [12"] - gary war "gaz forth" [cdr] - jennifer warnes "another time, another place" [cd] - jonathan richman "sa" [cd] - marc ribot "songs of resistance 1942-2018" [cd] - meghan patrick "country music made me do it" [cd] - no age "snares like a haircut" [cd] - nytt land "odal" [cd] - pablo raster "dub addicted" [dl] - pascal comelade & ivette nadal "arquitectura primera" [7"] - piloot "recuerda tu futuro" [k7] - rosali "trouble anyway" [lp] - ry cooder "the prodigal son" [cd] - salad boys "this is glue" [cd] - sarah shook & the disarmers "years" [cd] - satis "saturnalivm" [dl]  + satis "planetarivm" [dl] - simon love "sincerely, s. love x" [cd] - spain "mandala brush" [cd] - spiny normen "spiny normen" [cd] - the johnny clash project "the johnny clash project" [cd] - the mountain goats "hex of infinite binding" [dl] - vanessa paradis "les sources" [cd] - weiland "perruche b/w vakbond" [7"]

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[lunawings]

Went to my first Sound! Euphonium event today.

Today I grabbed a last minute ticket for a greeting show in Nagoya for the Sound! Euphonium movie Chikai no Finale. The voice actresses for Kumiko, Hazuki, Midori, and Reina were there + the director. 

They talked for a good while, but sadly I don’t remember that much of what they said. It was before the movie so they couldn’t mention spoilers. They mostly talked about how their characters dealt with becoming upperclassmen, while ending each sentence with the cutest “maru!” (period!) possible. (Including the director.) Kumiko’s voice actress talked about how her Dad saw the movie and said she was just like Kumiko based on one little scene where Kumiko is sitting weird on a park bench haha. 

But yeah, although the opportunity to go to the greeting show was great, I spent a lot of the time I was there thinking about... something else. 

So when I was heading up to the theater, I realized that this was the first time I was going to a Sound! Euphonium event, so I had no idea what the demographic of the fandom was like. Would it be mostly women? Men? What age range? 

It was....

It was overwhelmingly male. Men in their 30′s-40′s. Like 95%. It was like the ratio at a Love Live event. Like.... damn. 

So I know the characters in Sound! Euphonium are mostly female. But that was always an incidental part of the series to me. I’ve rarely thought about it at all until now. But the reason I like Sound! Euphonium has almost nothing to do with the characters, and everything to do with having been a band kid and relating to the series. Heavily. Sound! Euphonium is such a painfully accurate depiction of what it’s like to be in band, and a good deal of it is just focused on that. And I really didn’t think there was much fanservice for male fans. 

But then I thought about it again. And then I remembered season 2. That was when I started to fall out of the series, because all of a sudden it started being a whole less about band and a whole lot more about girl-girl drama. I never really cared about Mizore/Nozomi or Kumiko/Asuka at all, because I felt those story arcs could have taken place at almost any school club. 

But I thought this movie was very good. It had a nice mix of character drama and band drama. Seeing the girls adjust to being senpai, going through auditions again, and preparing for their next tournament was everything I would have hoped it would be. I definitely recommend this movie. And the ending made me feel like there might be more? I hope so! 

But.... I was... a little distracted....  

The state of the crowd in the theater gave me very mixed feelings.

Do older men have a right to enjoy good media on its own merit which just happens to star young female characters? ....Yes...... I suppose there’s no good reason they shouldn’t........ I always thought it was kinda funny that people in the west treated bronies like such weirdos for liking a show with female characters when that’s the NORM in Japan. While children’s anime in Japan with girl characters are generally aimed at girls, and boys at boys, after a certain point it becomes much more normal for women to watch things with male characters and men to watch things with female characters. 

But... I would be lying if I said I wasn’t pretty uncomfortable in that theater. 

I guess the thing is that when I go to a Love Live event, I know exactly what I am getting into. I 100% understand why the fandom is mostly male, and I expect it. I was not prepared this time. I really thought Sound! Euphonium would have more female fans. I really did. I don’t see why it wouldn’t have universal appeal. It’s such a good series. ITS SUCH A GOOD SERIES. 

I cried a lot in this movie for reasons that had nothing to do with the character moments. I just cried because the music was really pretty and the visuals were so nice. Man I miss music, I miss band......... Please watch Sound! Euphonium. Please tell your friends to watch Sound! Euphonium. Please. 

Well. The first season at least. And this movie. 

[redgreenbluesforloco]

Daisuke, Takahiko & Nobunari (3BK) Interview on QuadAxel Pt.1/2

This interview didn’t feel long when I read it, but it sure as hell does now that I’m trying to translate and format it, so I’ll split it in half :P  

Some notes: I’ve honestly no idea how Takahiko came to call Nobunari “Naru-kun” but it’s adorable and I refuse to alter it, so Naru-kun = Nobunari. I had to let myself use lol and ahahaha for laughter (it’s what the magazine editors did!). Haven’t had anyone proofread it for me yet so there might be some minor edits later.  Part 2 here

The Vancouver Team: An everlasting bond

Daisuke Takahashi, Nobunari Oda and Takahiko Kozuka, eternal friends and rivals who helped popularize the sport, discuss the first time they met, their memories of the Vancouver Olympics, future plans for their skating careers. [summarized intro]

Thank you for granting us this precious opportunity today. Is this the first sit-down with all 3 of you since the 2009 program (Figure Skating Opening of the Season Special by TV Asahi)?

Dai: Oh, is it?

Nobu: Yeah, we haven’t had one since then, right?

Dai: I guess not.

Taka: Right. Do you remember on that program there was a question about what Doraemon items you wanted? And when I answered, “The Dictator Switch” [“Dokusai Switch” a switch to erase the existence of bothersome people], you both went, “Wow, how scary!” lol.

Dai: I don’t remember.

Nobu: I don’t remember.

Takahiko: I remember very well.

Dai/Nobu: Ahahaha LOL

Anyway, I would like to start by asking you about when you first met. Between the 3 of you, were Takahashi-san and Oda-san the first to meet?

Dai: Wasn’t the first time we met at that competition in Kyoto?

Nobu: Yeah, the Western Japan Elementary and Middle School Championships.

Dai: Yeah! That was the first time I saw Nobu.

Nobu: Yeah, that’s right. My impression back then was, ‘Wow, there are some talented guys coming from Okayama.”

Dai: And then I started to commute to the Takatsuki rink, and we started talking in the 1st  or 2nd year of Middle School.

Nobu: Yeah, it was around that time we started getting closer [talking more intimately].

What did you call each other back then?

Nobu: Everyone was already calling him Dai-chan back then.

Dai: What did I call Nobu back then?

Nobu: Didn’t you call me “Nobunari-kun”? Yeah, it was “Nobunari-kun” lol. Back then, Dai-chan already had the status of a junior champion. When his music came on during practice, everyone would scramble to get closer to the walls, like “I’ll get in trouble if I get in his way.” So I already had the image of him, like, “Wow, what an amazing person.” But even so, I still called him Dai-chan lol.

Dai: Everyone called me Dai-chan.

Nobu: Yeah. And then I think I first saw Takahiko at the Novice Japanese National Championships (1998). He’s two years younger than me, so he was in the Novice B championships. That was the first time I caught a glimpse of him.

Taka: Yeah.

Nobu: I had been hearing people talk like, “Kozuka-san’s son is so talented,” so I thought, “Ah, so this is Kozuka-san’s kid.”

Taka: When I first met Naru-kun it was at the Osaka Junior Nats (1999). You were there, right?

Nobu: Yeah, I was! I was eliminated from the preliminary rounds after the short program. My first Junior competition, I ended up 27th lol.

Dai: Ahahaha lol

Nobu: That was when I performed at a Junior event by invitation for the first time coming from Novice, and I was so excited to compete in Osaka, I ended up putting too much energy into everything and screwed up all the jumps lol.  

Taka (looking straight at Nobu): You kinda always did that, you put too much energy into it lol.

Nobu: Yeah, yeah! That’s why I’m skating better now lol. Way back then it was like I’d get too tense.

At that time, were you at a point where you’d share lodgings and meet at competitions and stuff?

Nobu: I went to a competition in Belgium with Takahiko. That was my first international event.

Taka: Oh, that’s right.

Nobu: Takahiko had already gone to many international events and knew how to get by overseas, so he taught me all sorts of things. I was just about to start high school and I was studying for the entrance exam. While we were abroad, he’d always sit next to me and tutor me.

Dai: LOL

Nobu: I’d be like, “I really don’t get math!!” lol.

Dai: Really?

Nobu: He was always in my room, solving my math problems for me. He’d teach me math the entire time.

Dai: LOOL

Taka: I’d get lonely on my own, so we’d just stay together the whole time lol

Nobu: Takahiko’s mother (Coach Kozuka Sachiko) and my mother (Coach Oda Noriko) were really close, so we’d often have meals together, too.

Taka: We had waffles too, right?

Nobu: We did, we did!

Taka: They wouldn’t let us give any to the girls. We were told that it was only for the guys.  

Nobu: Yeah, that’s right! We were with Aki Sawada and Nana Takeda and the others.

Dai: Ah, that’s nostalgic.

Nobu: Yeah.

Taka: And everyone’s gotten married already. It’s been a long time. And then, the first time I met Dai-chan at a competition, it was in Croatia, right?

Dai: Right. With Hirokazu Kobayashi and others.

Taka: Hirokazu was a senpai from my rink, so I became friends with Dai-chan through him.

Dai: Right, starting from there.

And when did you first start to become aware of each other as rivals?

Nobu: It was the season after I won the Junior World Championships (2005). Even if I wasn’t really aware [of a rivalry], people around me started comparing me to Dai-chan.

Dai: There was also the fact that it was the Torino Olympic (2006) season.

Nobu: And that spring I got into the same university (Kansai University), so that drew even more attention.

Dai: Right, yeah.

Nobu: And, when I was asked, “Who is your rival?” I’d answer, “It’s Dai-chan.” Because I knew that was the answer they were looking for lol.

Dai: And that was when we started appearing in competitions together more often.

Nobu: Right, yeah.

Dai: There wasn’t a lot of overlap during Juniors right? Because I went to Seniors early.

Nobu: We didn’t overlap at all.

Taka: At what age did you rise to Seniors, Dai-chan?

Dai: I think I was 16?

Nobu: At the Kyoto NHK Cup (2002) when Dai was competing, I was really excited to go and root for him. I was yelling, “Go, Dai-chan!” with everyone else from the rink.

Dai: Hahahaha.

Nobu: Now that I think about it, I didn’t run into Takahiko much at Junior competitions, right?

Taka: There was some overlap, but I messed up a bunch of things, so it was very scattered. I played soccer too much, I did too much warming-up…

Nobu: And you forgot your costume…

Taka: That was at Nats, actually!

Nobu: At Nats, huh!

Taka: Yeah, the Nagoya one (in 2006). That was so bad, man.

Dai: Ahahaha LOL.

As Takahashi-san and Oda-san were being called “rivals,” Kozuka-san joined in, and the three you of you went on to fight fiercely against one another for a long period of time. Looking back, what are your thoughts now?

Nobu: We were always told that we were “in a fierce battle against each other” but that’s not how it felt to us, right?

Dai: Right, yeah.

Taka: Yeah.

Nobu: Dai-chan was always great at the interpretation and steps, Takahiko had amazing skating skills, so what I felt the most was that I wanted to absorb their skills.

Dai: We were at the same rink so we had a lot of opportunities to watch each other train. When you notice the other person is working hard, it makes you work hard, too. So it was good to receive that kind of stimulation. The thing is, when it’s time to compete, you can only think about your own performance.

Nobu: Right.

Taka: Yeah, that’s right. When we were together in competitions, we weren’t that aware of each other, it was more when we were in different competitions and I heard someone got good results that I’d think, “I better do my best, too!” That was often good motivation for me.

Nobu: When I found out that people from other sports, both men and women, don’t speak to their rivals that much, I was surprised. After I retired, I realized that in figure skating the atmosphere doesn’t get tense like that.

Dai: That’s true.

Nobu: People are so surprised, like, “Wow, you get along really well.” And for us that was just normal.

Taka: Yeah, that’s normal.

Nobu: That’s why when people asked me about rivals, I think my true feeling was that it didn’t quite make sense.

Was that because you’ve been seeing each other often since you were little?

Dai: And I think it’s also because our sport isn’t 1 vs 1 [there is no direct confrontation].

Taka: Because it’s an individual competition, yeah.

Dai: You get your results from what you do on your own.

Taka: Since it’s a competition where judges decide the scores, it makes it easier.

Dai: Right, since other people are giving you the scores.

Nobu: Yeah, that’s right.

Dai: And it’s whether you yourself were able to get good results or not.

Taka: Sometimes you get results, sometimes you don’t. When you do, you’re happy, when you don’t, you’re sad…

Nobu: It’s all your responsibility. It felt more like fighting against yourself. 

Out of the many competitions in which you were all together, which one left the biggest impression?

Dai: For me it was probably the NHK Cup in Nagano, when the three of us got 1st  (Takahashi-san), 2nd (Oda-san) and 3rd  (Kozuka-san) places.

Taka: In 2006, right?

Nobu: Right, all 3 of us skated the FS clean! I went after Takahiko, and I saw that he did so well and I thought, “Aaaah, I better work hard!”

Taka: That was when I came in 4th in the SP. Chengjiang Li was 3rd.

Dai: Chengjiang Li! Ah, that takes me back!

Nobu: I wonder how he’s doing these days.

Taka: Back then, during the press conference, somebody asked, “Are the rumors that you’re practicing a Quad-Quad true?” And he said, “Yes, I am.”

Dai: Seriously?!

Taka: Really!

Nobu: That time in Nagano, Takahiko and I went to the bathhouse every night, didn’t we?

Taka: Oh yeah! We did lol. We asked Dai-chan, “Won’t you come?” and he said, “My body feels sluggish, I’m not going.” Lol

Nobu: Oh yeah, yeah, we got rejected, didn’t we! We got rejected and went by ourselves lol.

Dai: LOL. Oh, but there was also Vancouver (Olympics 2010), of course.  

Taka: Vancouver was so much fun.

Nobu: I have some hilarious memories from after the competition was over lol

Dai & Taka: LOL

Nobu: We kept using skype nonstop lol.

Dai: Even though we were right next to each other lol.

Taka: I was using Skype, and Dai-chan was like "What's that?" So I set it up, and it was like, "let's try it out, let's all try it." "There is also a chat function." "Let's try that, let's!"

Nobu: Even though the distance was like this [measures with his hands].

Dai: LOOL We were right next to each other!

Taka: Yeah.

Nobu: And we kept using the chat but somehow we were silent. No one would say anything.

Taka: We would just talk through the text chat instead.

Dai: Yeah, we were just quiet the whole time!

Nobu: That will always be funny lol

Taka: It was so funny, right? lol

Nobu: And then we went to the Olympic village to stuff ourselves with McDonald’s lol.

Dai: It was like, "Do we go?!"

Nobu: What time was that? It was quite late wasn't it. I feel like it was the middle of the night.

Dai: It was.

Taka: It was like 3 or 4AM.

Nobu: Yeah, yeah!

Taka: The McDonald’s was open 24/7, so we went to grab a bite.

Nobu: It was so much fun.

Dai: So much fun.

Taka: And then when we were going to support the girls at the ladies' event, we put on face-paint lol.

Nobu: We did, we did lol.

Taka: Dai was going to write Japan on his cheek, but he wrote it backwards lol.

Dai: LOOL Because I was writing it while looking in the mirror so I got it wrong!

Nobu: And we were like, "No, Dai-chan, no! It's wrong!" lol

Taka:  Yeah, like, “That clearly just says ‘today’!” lol

Dai: “Today” LOL

(T/N: 日本 (Japan) backwards becomes 本日 which means “today”)

Was there a service in the Olympic village where you could get your face painted?

Nobu: Well, we decided we all wanted to paint our faces, so we bought art supplies and did it ourselves in the men's bathroom of the Pacific Colosseum (Sports Arena).

Dai: Wasn't it Takahiko who went to buy the art supplies?

Taka: Yeah!

Dai: That was a lot of fun. And at the closing ceremony there was a ball flying around for some reason lol.

Nobu, Taka: Ahahahaha yeah!!

Nobu: Before I knew it, we were chasing after it LOL. It was so cold that day, right?

Taka: Yeah, at the closing ceremony it was freezing cold.

You three chasing the ball in the closing ceremony became a hot topic among fans.

Dai: Really?

Nobu: I didn't think they would film that!

Dai: We didn't know, yeah.

Nobu: Chasing after a giant ball...

Taka: Like it was Sports Day or something.

Dai: We were running after it with all our might lol

Taka: We were so hyped up.

Nobu: Now that I think about it, we were so innocent when we did that, right? Even though we were all over 20.

Dai: Ahahaha I was well over twenty lol.

You were able to make such good memories because the three of you were able to go together, isn't that so?

Dai: Yeah, that's right.

Nobu: I don’t think we could even imagine not going together, all three of us.

Dai: Yeah, and not doing all this weird stuff lol.

Taka: Yeah, we wanted to go together.

The season before that (2008-09) was when Takahashi-san sustained an injury. What kind of effect did that end up having on Oda-san and Kozuka-san?

Nobu: That year there was the Worlds in Los Angeles (2009, when the number of spots for the Vancouver Olympics would be decided). Back then, I went thinking that we had to get the 3 spots also for Dai-chan’s sake. But then I just crashed and burned; I jumped too many times, and it was like, “Oh, crap, this is bad!”

Dai & Taka: LOL

Nobu: And then Takahiko really put in the work for us. Somehow we were able to save the 3 spots by the skin of our teeth, because our combined placements were exactly 13.

Taka: We were 7th (Oda) and 6th (Kozuka). That was really nerve-wrecking.

Nobu: If either of us dropped a spot, it’d be hopeless.

Taka: I was in the last group at the time, and Naru-kun was the last of the 3rd group.

Nobu: Yeah, yeah! And I thought I’d skated clean!

Taka: You even did a fist bump and everything.

Nobu: I jumped too much...

Taka: I can never forget the look on the coach’s face when you came back.

Dai: LOL

Nobu: And then I just watched the last group kind of like in prayer. It was such a feeling of relief when we just barely secured the 3 spots.

Taka: The Worlds from the year before (2008) was in Sweden and that was my first appearance at Worlds. And the year before (2007), it was just Dai-chan and Naru-kun, right?

Dai: Yeah, it was in Tokyo.

Nobu: Ah, I remember!

Taka: I was in the audience rooting really hard for you guys. And then Naru-kun found me and was like, “We got the 3 spots for you, kiddo, so do your best!”

Nobu: I wasn’t really in a position to say something so arrogant lol.

Taka: But I was thankful you worked so hard.

Dai: He worked hard.  

Part 2/2 posted here: Their thoughts on the popularity of men’s figure skating, what they admire about each other, their views on their careers after retirement, plans for the future, how to contribute to the development of the sport, Quad revolution, Pyeongchang Olympics, what kind of ice show they would create if given the chance.

[solitudehotel-mbg]

MBGLNB: 二月第一火曜日 (コショージ)

Tue 2019/2/05 | 23:22 JST - The first Tuesday of Feburary (Koshoji Megumi)

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged I apologize I don’t know what I’m apologizing for though

We had a live today. I always enjoy reflecting on the set list While doing so I realized something- there was no MC! None, no sign of it. Any other time there is a MC and and announcements segment in the guidelines Because there was no announcements in today’s live You’re getting it from today’s blog lol

This is now become the Spring tour date announcement segment

Tour 2019 spring 

3.16（Sat）FUKUOKA DRUM SON 

3.24（Sun）OSAKA BANANA HALL 

3.30（Sat）NAGOYA ell.FITSALL

Tour final「Solitude HOTEL 7F」

2019.4.14（Sun）Shouwa Women’s University Public Memorial Auditorium

I’m ecstatic there is so many dates Fukuoka- Tons of delicious foods, I get to drink Banana juice in Osaka, Nagoya...Tons of delicious foods, Fantastic, no?

I went to Oomori’s [Oomori Seiko] live at the Memorial Auditorium last year, the place is beautiful. I though about what if MBG got to do a show there. 

I’m super happy we are, I’m really looking forward to it, I’m sure it’s gonna be a great time!

Also

We announced an April 3rd release for out new single, “SOUP”. You were already aware? Is it ok for me to talk about? [lmao] Well I said it and  You’ll be able to hear the songs from the single before release- when you come see us on tour, right?

You can get your tickers here:

http://eplus.jp/maisonbookgirl-of/

Pre-sale lottery will run til Feb 12th

I’m the type of person that think about it once with intent and forget to enter so Everyone, I’m leaving it up to you.

That’s all I wanted to say-

Ah, There is going to be release events in a bunch of places so please check out the listing

http://www.maisonbookgirl.com/SOUP_tour7F/

For Feburary [’s live schedule]

9th - Amazon Special talk event

10th - Shibuya

15th - Shirokanetakanawa

26th - Shibuya

Not to many lives this month, huh

[mybeingthere]

Fujita Fumio 藤田不美夫 (b. 1933).Born in Handa City, Aichi Prefecture, about 40km due south of Nagoya, no information is available on Fujita Fumio’s early life other than the artist’s own words from a 2005 interview in commenting on his nickname “Forest Painter“: “Since I was child, my places to play were forests... I want you to see the charm of those forests.” 

We know that he graduated from the department of oil painting at Musashino Art School (Musashino bijutsu Gakko) in 1956 where he also trained as a teacher, and began work as a graphic designer in 1958 at the age of 25 in Tokyo, a job he did for around seven years. He moved to Atsugi, west of Tokyo, in about 1963 and at about this time began making sosaku hanga (creative woodblock prints), exhibiting at various venues including the Japan Print Association Exhibition. In Atsugi he joined the Rainbow Association 虹の会, known for their life drawing sessions featuring nude women models. 

At about this time he also became the resident woodblock artist at a leading Ginza art gallery. In later years his work was exhibited at various galleries, including the Kanai Gallery, Tokyo, department stores and at Musashino Art University, including a 1980 exhibition of woodblock prints at the school. He exhibited for at least one year, in 1989, at the CWAJ print show.Over the years, he became best known for his landscapes of forest scenes, often with other pictorial elements, but his work also encompass the purely abstract and combinations of abstract organic shapes with representational forms.  Birds and horses frequently appear in his work.  In 1987 he became a full-time lecturer at the Odakyu Culture School department of woodblock printing. 

Fujita has been an independent artist, not associated with any artistic movement.  He enjoys his indendence saying “I've been doing whatever I like and do not belong to any organization. If I keep health I will just continue to draw what I want.”Fujita’s Facebook page “Gallery Fumio Fujita” can be found at https://www.facebook.com/f.fujita421/. The Facebook page is maintained by his daughter.http://www.myjapanesehanga.com/.../fujita-fumio-b-1933

[rinnechan]

3 days to Zukkii's birthday!!! 📝

Part 2 of Zukkii's answers:

· A story from when you became interested in mangas. → Um... how was it? I can't remember anything, so, as an apology, I'll tell you the manga I'm addicted to right now. It's "GIANT KILLING". Tsubaki!! [= the name of a character from Giant Killing]

· Something that is challenging for you → Comedy

· Favorite food → Recently, tuna.

· What should I do to become taller? → Eat well! Sleep well!

· Why did you apply for auditions of sentai [series]? → I intended to do it even before I moved to Tokyo (lol). Because it was a dream.

· Valentine's gifts that left an impression → Handmade chocolate

· If Kaji and Adachi were girls, which one would you chose as your girlfriend? Both would be terrible (lol).

· Favourite cake → It's difficult to decide but, still, shortcake!

· From the people you co-starred until now, what's your type? → (*´∀｀*)

· The things you like, do you eat first or last? → Absolutely first!

· What kind of role do you want to play? → I want to do comedy!

· Something expensive you bought recently → There was a time I spent more than 2000 yen at a convenience store

· What is your favorite song by Makihara Noriyuki-san? → "LOVE LETTER" I guess...! I can't make up my mind about this!

· Do you eat the strawberries of the cake first? Last? → First~!

· Favourite brand → I'm not particularly picky about it but... it's nice to wear G-STAR.

· What about older women? → I like them (*´ω｀*)

· If you could become another member? → I would turn into Shirota and go to the karaoke!!

· Mobile phone model → DoCoMo P906i Silver

· A song you sing at karaokes → Unicorn "Daimeiwaku"

· Your favourite clothes & hairstyle for girls → Casual, soft and fluffy

· Do you like the theatre? → I like it. The nervousness, the sense of unity, the refreshing feeling, there is a characteristic feeling to the theatre.

· Your favourite place in Kansai → When I went to USJ [= Universal Studios Japan] I got excited by the Delorean (゜Д゜;)

· From the roles you've played so far, which was your favourite? → I can't decide but... Well, I guess it was fun to play Jan!

· Did you go to see Tenimyu after your graduation? → I went! But I haven't gone recently... (;_;)

· Where have you been with the members recently? → Going out for tea, to eat and drink.

· Favourite Japanese movies, books, sneakers → "Sway", recently I read "Hataraku Ryuu", VANS · adidas

· Toilet paper, single? double? → Soft double

· Confession you want to receive on Valentine's Day → I would be happy if the person talked in straightforward way.

· A location that leaves an impression → When I go to a location with lots of nature and the scenery is beautiful. Especially the afterglow of sunset!

· Do you dislike people from Osaka? → I like them! I also like the Kansai dialect (^o^)

· Do you use gifts [from fans]? → I'm honoured to use them m(__)m Eye masks and such are already in heavy rotation.

· When do you want to tell Kaji "Change this!" → I think that he is fine just the way he is (lol).

· A gesture girls do that makes you choke up with emotion → When they make a series of movements lifting their hair

· Speak up without holding anything back, how much do you weigh? → Speaking up without holding anything back, 67 to 68 kilos.

· Commitment to fashion → None! I guess I wear whatever it's comfortable.

· Eyes, get dry easily? → Eyes, get dry easily.

· What is a rare event between the members recently? → Confronting Kaji, I guess (lol).

· Which member do you want as your bride? → Masaya. Somehow it doesn't feel impossible to call him "Okan!" [= mother]

· Mobile phone's standby [screen], ringtone → I left the default settings as they were...

· Accessories? → I don't really use them. I like those that are not too rough.

· Does Jan's personality and voice resemble your own? → When Jan is super excited, that's me (lol).

· Your favourite flavour of Jagariko [= a brand of Japanese snacks that are essentially potato chips shaped as thin sticks]? → Salad.

· What colours do you like? → Red, white, black, flashy colours.

· What would you do if you had a week off? → Go to a hot spring, play soccer, watch movies, read books.

· Your favourite comedians right now  → French bulldog!

· What's your favourite Jan word? → It's nikiniki!

· Which member do you want to play Doraemon? → I think it's Kaji (lol).

· Relaxation method when you're tired → Enter a hot ofuro!

· What kind of child were you? → It seems I was a nervous child.

· Your impressions of Nagoya → The hitsumabushi was super delicious! Tsukete Mi~so Kakete Mi~so [= a brand of miso]

· Can you speak a dialect? → Not much. It feels like the words become cloudy.

· Favourite phrase → "Do not just follow other people's mood, follow your own mood."

· How to overcome a hard situation → Autosuggestion. And, take the offensive (lol). Say "I can do it!" and then "I'll manage it somehow!"

· Are you still friends with the Gekiren members? → Of course! I would be happy if we could co-star again someday.

· How did you concentrate to study for exams? → It might be a good idea to tabulate your hours of study. When your hours of study increase, it'll be similar to when you level up in a RPG (lol).

· Memories of your graduation → I just gathered with my usual friends and chatted (lol). And graduation trips are nice, aren't they?

· Lines that left the best impression → I guess the long lines from Sophistry? But they were justified by all the contents (lol)

· Favourite game → Dragon Quest, Winning Eleven

· Is there such thing as "ZukiKaji"? → Isn't there (lol)?

· Which [D-BOYS] member would you live with? → Mikami. Thanks in advance m(__)m

· If you entered a concert band, what kind of instrument would you play? → Vocals... No no, trumpet.

· Do you like chocolate? What kind of chocolate do you like? → I like it. I like crunchy chocolates!

· Do you read all the guestbook comments, every time? → I certainly read! Thanks everyone for always supporting me m(__)m