Went to the Franz Ferdinand concert last Friday at the Greek Theater, the first (?) of their tour in US only 3 days after their new album You Could Have It So Much Better was released. I tried to warm up to the new songs prior the concert, but hearing them live is just so much better. The FF boys are all so lean and slim, nonstop thumping their ( Read more... )

From the latest Fish Tank, not only there're exciting news (DVD, additional tour, tribute album, best album), I read lots of fans reaction on how kawaii Imai is. Damn wanna read~~ XO (I haven't renew my subscription for years). From Q&A:

Q: If you have to pick a fellow member to be your girlfriend, who and why?

Uta: Anyone but Ani. Yasashii. (eh ( Read more... )

Regarding the Lucy news, there're some tidbits from last month's Imai interview on Ongaku to Hito (the same one where Imai dragged Uta to ride 18 hours train home from Hokkaido, and Ichikawa ended up didn't do the interview there, instead they were eating crabs, drinking, watching Boowy and Stalin DVD ^^;;. The interview was conducted later at a ( Read more... )

The biggest Japanese band in 80s was Boowy, and they ignited the 80s band boom in Japan. They debut in 1983 and had their big break since then. They disbanded shortly in 1987, giving them the legendary status. It is well-known that the band came from Gunma, just like our BT boys. The two most famous frontmen: vocalist 氷室京介 (Himuro Kyouske) and 布袋寅泰 ( Read more... )

Like I mention somewhere in BT comm, since early 90s Acchan has established the cultural archetype of "dark, decandent, angsty, long dark hair bikei man/demon/vampire/whatever" ^^;; and has been an inspiration ever since. Familiar with 小林智美 (Kobayashi Tomomi)? She's an illustrator for novels since 80s (mostly of Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Historic and ( Read more... )

From 2002 December issues of Ongaku to Hito, Ani revealed that he thought of quitting Buck-Tick three times throughout their career (the last time was during 2002 tour.) o.O Back then I usually only pay attention to Imai's interview ^^;;;, but then I noticed you can get a lot of insight into the band dynamics from Ani and Uta's interviews (then I ( Read more... )

From Spring 2005 issues of Giant Robot, there's an interview with director Ryuhei Kitamura who made that ridiculous movie starring you-know-who. Here's what I found:

GR: Do you do anything else besides watch movie?

RK: Not much. I listen to rock 'n' roll. Even when I'm shooting I go to concerts. There's a very famous Japanese musician who's a ( Read more... )

from April issue of BridgeAchan said, he didn't feel anything special regarding 20th year, only felt that it's much faster than real time ( Read more... )

Combine notes from their recent interviews from UV, OtH, Newsmaker...

Imai named the album "13th Floor with Moonshine". He said he just wanted the name calling a dramatic imagery, there's no specific meaning. Initially Imai wanted to call it "Diabolo" (that's how "core" Diabolo is for the album).

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Disclaimer: this was originally written on my other blog for non-fan general audience (= real life friends, co-worker), so I might sounded cold and generic ^^;;
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