Another blog entry from K.a.z! I'm only 80-percent sure of my translations here, gomen nasai! I hope I will slowly get better at this. In this post K.a.z once again does some free travel advertising, this time about Fukuoka where Oblivion Dust has started a tour.

18/04/2012 
ツアースタート　福岡終了。次は仙台
First live of tour at Fukuoka over. Sendai next.

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This is my first time translating a blog post - forgive me if I make mistakes! In this pic-heavy post K.a.z is being his typical polite oyaji self, going on a cruise in the middle of Tokyo! Find the blog here.

07/04/2012

屋形船〜浅草
Yakatabune~Asakusa

[T/N: Yakatabune = 'house boat', pleasure boat; traditional small ships popular since the Edo era, nowadays ( Read more... )

Today's entry is about a short-lived band called Kar+te=Zy Anoze, which was of course the band Uruha, Ruki and Reita were in before the formation of the GazettE.

It was only active for a few months (from the 16th of October 2001 to the 13th of January 2002, according to Japanese sources), and it had five members: in addition to those already ( Read more... )

SWALLOWTAIL ON THE DEATH VALLEY

Phew, this one took me ages to finish! The reason why I chose this song is that I started wondering what a song with such a dramatic title could be about. As the lyrics were almost entirely in Japanese, it took me a while to figure it out. (There are such beautiful metaphors and images, and I'm afraid I didn't do them ( Read more... )

IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAOS

I love this song so much. It features Ruki's English at its finest and delivers a heartfelt, frank message about how he wishes to express himself with truth and integrity, write about real pains and show us that he isn't any different from us. The words carry a not so subtle vein of cynicism and critique towards the record ( Read more... )

SUGAR PAIN

Somehow I came to pick another incest song for my second dissection! A pure accident, I swear. Sugar Pain is an awesome, dirty piece of music that just about oozes sex. The title could be alternatively dubbed 'sweet torture', and the story is about a boy lusting after his mother. It's (presumably) one-sided and only realized in fantasy, ( Read more... )

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Lately I've been immersing myself in the Tom + Lorenzo fashion/pop culture blog, and feel like doing some entries on fashion myself. Since, however, I have no actual expertise in this area, my posts are going to be more like lists of my favourite & not-so-favourite Gazemen looks rather than detailed analyses on the fails and wins of outfits & ( Read more... )

So. The GazettE, my little baby darlings, are having their 10th anniversary live on Saturday. I'm not going, but I don't feel too upset about it. I keep telling myself they'll come closer to me sooner or later and that they're unlikely to just drop dead any time soon (*knocks on wood*), so there's plenty of time to see them live time and time again ( Read more... )