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It seems that Mahina Kurosaki is back:

Did anyone manage to record this? I'd really like to see The Gallo and Roman Kyuukou.

This channel beat Bunny-Usagii to it and posted Kiryu's gig from earlier today here

It's Roland's R-5 or R-8, I suppose. Btw, the preview sounds nice, I liked it. But I would make the drums less loud in the mix.

MEME was supposed to play on 3/30 but this live has been cancelled because of coronavirus. The singer decided to deliver an acoustic live on his instagram instead. You can still watch it on his account (meme_l_7) but as i thought this might be deleted soon, i managed to save the live here ^^

Bless this band, really. More power to you, Mikoto. You've endured for so long with members leaving. Now, I hope Ryuya and Kagemaru stay with you for good. (✿´‿`)💕

No credit cards. I like to see first hand how much money I'm spending. (here lately they are trying from above to push credit cards and similar non corporeal money, and I imagine that with time maybe they'll succeed, but us italian are culturally VERY attached to paper money) The only card (issued by our postal service) I have is a rechargable one where you cannot go in debt because you can only use the money you have in it, and I use it only for internet purchases.

No credit card and no debt for me. I prefer to pay everything up front and have been lucky to not need to resort to a credit card so far. I'm not good with numbers and finance mumbo jumbo so it's better to keep it simple 😅

Gackt begins selling his bath water Maria Cross and Tekashi 6ix9ine begin a collaborative duo project (after he gets out of jail) New X Japan album comes out but it features BTS on every track YELLOW FRIED CHICKENZ REVIVAL Kamijo comes out as transracial. "I was born in za wrong body. Je suis Furansuman desu" Kisaki is a guest feature on the new chris brown single Klaha comes back. Not to reunite with Malice Mizer, but to do time for his 15 years of tax evasion Hizaki quits music to become a full time E-girl

About to hit y'all with the big ones ベル [FREE | NO ACCOUNT NEEDED] https://live2.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv324991456 1st Oneman Tour "Emergency Airing" sans-audience 3/28 - ナイトメア (Nightmare) [PREMIUM REQUIRED] https://live2.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv324393588 Nightmare held a premium special studio live 3/29 since "NIGHTMARE FC LIMITED LIVE 2020" in Sendai and "Hitsugi BIRTHDAY LIVE" Sapporo were postponed. - 彩冷える (Ayabie) [PREMIUM REQUIRED] https://live2.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv324365782 They held a spectator live for "memories of ecumenical image" b/c they had to postpone a bunch of stuff. The first half is the entire Virgin Snow Color-Final Season- 2019.01.12 Zepp Tokyo(限定盤BOX) and the latter is live. They're also going to stream the 色纏う人展 Exhibition (latest release) which is also on Aoi's birthday w/o an audience on April 1st [PREMIUM REQUIRED]. - I've grabbed everything other than the April 1st one (obv.) and will upload in the appropriate areas. I shared this on technicality since the first livestream in this list is free (some bands are having free lives.) The latter three aren't free (I think I misread a google translation about premium being free. It's probably programming that might've been premium made free.) but they are a product of the coronavirus and alternatives to otherwise more expensive tickets, so they partly fit... However, I can remove the latter entries if they don't meet the criteria.

Imagine if all their songs were like this and Oboreru Sakana. I'm so salty that they wasted their potential making ridiculous Circus Kei.

Posting it here too cuz it's lit: Yesterday's RAKUGAKI gig they played to an empty venue. Great energy tho!

I only have my debit/credit card, and never go over my budget and keep my checking at a comfortable spot. I always make sure to have savings as well in case, which came in handy when we had a family emergency and I suddenly needed to fork over 800 dollars almost for housing. I only have rent and utilities to pay for right now, and I use transit so I don't drive so that helps a little bit with my saving. I know once I learn to drive and get my own car I'll have to rework it, but I don't see the need for 4 credit cards.

Thank you so much for your hard work! This is the answer I needed and was looking for, it's thorough, well-researched, and passionate. So he really is doing this because he doesn't want ZIGZAG to be seen a novelty/alter-ego/poser indie band to something more mainstream like WANDS... It's great that ZIGZAG's getting more attention from this rumour but unfortunate that some of it rides merely on WANDS' success/popularity and not the talent of ZIGZAG itself.

As the person who belatedly brought this to the foreign limelight and who as also spent a ridiculous amount of time listening to Ray C, Otoiroha, and ジグザグ, I'll see if I can clarify some of your points. That being said, I'll prepend my further statements w/ additional fan-research done here: https://www.kokusai-singlemama.com/columns/wands-uehara1/ https://sebunoda-goodjob.com/2020/01/04/wandsの上原大史は命様なの！？ていうか、ジグザグ/ I find them pretty much identical if you put them side by side with Otoiroha pics. The distance from the chin to the lower-lip, jawline, etc. He's put on a little more weight (healthy btw) since Otoiroha (which is why he might appear differently.) I had a good comparison image in my initial status write-up, but it appears to be broken right now. If you want something more definitive, his left lateral incisor tooth is identical (and the rest of his teeth.): *Also jawline tape is also a possibility. Japanese makeup is a hell of a thing. He uses a different vocal inflection with WANDS, which is a bit "safer" and more appropriate since it requires him to be more technically accurate. His highs, however, are a dead giveaway. He's not actually "frustrated" but more aloof (in typical Japanese fashion) of the subject. I draw parallels with mafumafu (まふまふ) in my status update because they have similar scenarios. They're both guitarists, constantly conceal part of their face, in extremely popular bands/groups, and for mafumafu's case, he's the vocalist of "神様、僕は気づいてしまった" where all the members of the group are in full costume/masks. They want that separation, and in Mikoto's case, between his indie and WANDS presence, the latter of which is pretty much being a j-idol. - Trying to piece together what I wrote before, it is rumored in the time between Otoiroha and Zigzag that he was scouted by Daikō Nagato (former Being Group CEO and musician) for his indies-era voice. He's credited on a ZARD tribute album and participated in some music festival in 2018 prior to being inducted into WANDS (also from Being Group.) Also attesting to this, since I've posted a large chunk of Zig Zag's earlier live-limited discography on YT, I'm able to view analytics and comments... There was an absolute flurry of viewership + comments in February indirectly mentioning WANDS which confused tf outta me. Comments ranging from older women who were 90's gya having rekindled interest in vk to how good his vocals are in Zig Zag. Other videos have comments stating how handsome he is and how he should stick with WANDS, etc. In summation, they're absolutely the same person and he's just creating separation between his two careers.

according to https://visualkei.fandom.com/es/wiki/Otoiroha his real name is Aiku Sasaki (Mikoto) so unless Daishi Uehara is a made up name (Like Atsu the destroyer ) they're not the same but maybe related?

This is giving me war flashbacks to those early '00s omnibus albums where 8 out of 10 no-name bands used that same drum machine, lol. Not sure if this is a good thing, but I can't say I wasn't entertained for these 50 seconds.

There seems to be some confusion here. Allow me to elucidate some things: There is nothing wrong with this thread. Yes, MH is primarily a Japanese Music forum, but we created all of these different subforums FOR A REASON. If you are not interested in taking part of this discussion, then don't. It's as simple as that. People who are not staff members have no business trying to dictate what content/discussions should or should not be posted here. Stay in your lane.

Same samples were used on that too. Whatever drum machine they're using, that's gotta be vintage equipment lmao

Aina really filmed this well compared to the other bands. have to say the sound was live perfect and everything. Coming out here strong I see! and the visual was nice. Get it Ains

(Dasha) I can't believe I found you on here too

I have Chase Sapphire and get 2X points for dining and travel. Within the last year, I've traveled quite a bit (Norway, Japan, AZ, NY, etc) and the card has been great for this. Besides the fact that it's thick and weighted and feels nice to hold, it's been pretty good to me for the travel purpose. I pay for airfare, hotel, food, and everyone else just gives me their share but then it's like the entire purchase is put on the card even though not all of that is mine but I'm getting all the points for it. I currently have 98,000 points which I could cash in for $980 or redeem it for airfare and get an additional 25% out of it. I'm holding on to it for now because I won't be going anywhere anytime soon (with Corona virus and all). I do have a debit card, but I rarely use that now because I don't get points with it. To answer your question: to me, there's really no advantage other than accumulating points/cash back. There's no real difference if I used my debit card or my credit card. Both end up pulling money from my checking account. With the debit card, that money is obviously pulled right away, but with the credit card, I just end up pulling what I charged on the credit card all in one payment at the end of the month. Sorry I feel like im rambling at this point lmao. So basically the reason I got my current credit card is because it's weighted and not paper thin and 2x points for food/travel.

Rakugaki showing everyone how to do it! Not self-conscious or awkward playing to no one... just going for it exactly as if they had a packed house. (not to mention an actual person doing the camerawork for a little extra immersion) Thanks for dropping this one @Jigsaw9 it's gold.

R.I.P Comedian Ken Shimura https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-japan-comedian/japanese-comedian-ken-shimura-dies-from-coronavirus-nhk-idUSKBN21H020 Probably better known outside Japan for this skit (A lot of his other material was pretty racy):

I have just one and I have zero debt because I prefer to buy things when I actually have the money for them so I only use it in emergencies and pay it off the next month or two. As for the credit limit, I have no idea but I have never gotten remotely near it.

I have issues trying to decide what my animal crossing character will look like.

ayy, found a way to download nico lives. time to go bananas. https://github.com/Last-Order/Minyami For simplicity-sake, install Node.js for Windows (which comes w/ npm) then Git. After that just follow the instructions w/ Git Bash (now available in programs list.) I tried doing it in Command Prompt and got a dependency error, so that seems to be the way to go.

I think you would like heavier DADAROMA tbh.

Full MV

17th Maxi Single「PEST」 2020.04.01 LIMITED TYPE A CD 1.PEST 2.ダークヒーロー (Dark Hero) DVD 1.PEST (PV+Making) LIMITED TYPE B CD 1.PEST 2.ダークヒーロー (Dark Hero) DVD 1.PEST (multiple angles PV) REGULAR TYPE C CD 1.PEST 2.ダークヒーロー (Dark Hero) 3.くゆられ (Kuyurare) 4.PEST (inst) 5.ダークヒーロー (inst) 6.くゆられ (inst)

I recorded it, it's currently rendering from Sony vegas. I had to resync some parts that were buffering and added romaji song titles. I'll link it here after I uploaded it to Youtube 👍

CLACK inc. have uploaded an edited version of their live cutting out the MC. It's a very good live, so check it out!

Funniest thing I've seen all week. Holy shit!

MALICE MIZER is the greatest manifestation of art in the entire history of humanity.

Hide x 2pac hologram concert at Tokyo dome

GACKT's facial surgery culminates in a Michael Jackson cover album. It has been foreshadowed.

Kamijo buys a new pair of boots Karasuna Mei's new project goes rap-core B.P.R. execs discover that there are more letters in the alphabet besides A, B, C and D Hazuki will abandon music and follow his life-long dream of becoming a fisherman Seiya (ex. Deviloof) will join a fabulous oshare-kei band

wow I'm having a full on panic attack

Sorry to quote myself but if this happens and he doesn't call it PonPonPonjour Honey, I'm out

Kiwamu becomes a youtube letsplayer

Amano Tonbimaru rises out of his grave, making this a true horror story, but does not decide to continue Guruguru Eigakan.... or do music at all... Kiryu goes major, but abandons Vkei, abandons Metal, and is cursed to an existence as a normal band playing slightly-hard pop rock with rapid Japanese instruments à la Wagakki Band. Etcetera revives.... and makes more releases... Yayoi forms a new label, gets some bands signed to it. One of them is a newbie band that's gonna get really popular. The other is rejects from Ma'die Kusse/Mareydi Creia/Parasite Lucia. Yuuga forms a new band titled "Kar Maria" and says it's not the same as the old Kar'mariA. Deadly Sanctuary revives! but changes their name to "deadl" because "Deadly" wasn't short enough. The final are some no name bands that won't get nearly as popular as the Yuuga band and the Newbie band that gets the most funds. The whole thing flops in a dumpster fire, Yayoi runs, rinse, and repeat. Yukika's entire singing career. The GazettE start smoking meth, drinking bud light, eating Chick Fil'a to be the most non-Japanese Vkei band in Japan. Miyavi x KRS-One collab to try to appeal to the Hip Hop crowd. Miyabi fanbase has no idea who tf KRS One is and think he's a new rapper. Mumble Rap fans whose first rapper was Drake will believe he's a pioneer in a new type of rap where they clearly speak their words. Yoshiki x Garth Brooks collab

Miyavi x Metallica collab. Make it happen, dammit.

Lol, after reading the posts in this thread I just imagined like a montage of YOSHIKI headlines. "Long-awaited X JAPAN album finally released - hits number 30 on the Billboard charts" "Legendary rock band X JAPAN collaborates with Oprah, crafts a line of best-selling home decor items" "Meet YOSHIKI, the head of X Decor, the brand taking it to IKEA" "X Decor's YOSHIKI is now one of the world's richest living people" "YOSHIKI transfers brain into mechanized body, so that he may live forever and 'escape the pain of his past'" "Mecha Emperor YOSHIKI promises that his new album is finished and will be released 'once all the details have been worked out with management'" "'While I can no longer physically die, making this album was so tough that it almost killed me' Emperor YOSHIKI confesses"

It's a fusion between Trap music and Country music.

This much of a nosedive Yoshiki x Avril collab A US-made documentary on visual-kei that only discusses X, Gackt, Miyavi, and The GazettE with 0 mention of the indie scene or any other founding fathers / influencers. Endingo is interviewed More of those visual-kei covers anime omnibuses spring up, in addition to ones where they cover Western acts. Dezert covers Metro Station, Soan Project Feat Mikiru from Dio cover Greenday, Dadaroma ""reinvent"" "Wreckingball" and the visual-kei facebook group tries their damndest to shill their effort. Kim Petras is not featured More vkei x Drag Race cross pollination happens. RuPaul eventually says "Eroguro" and twitter creates discourse on how problematic the scene is due to the lack of Korean pop inclusion / they find out that 90's bands used swastikas as an aesthetic