Translation: BUCK-TICK FT. 006 Question & Answer
I'm only a relatively low-level student, so this is by no means 100% accurate, but I think a lot of it is pretty direct, and I think the rest conveys the general meaning well enough. All notes are in [brackets]. Thanks a bunch to tigerpal for the scans!
If polygamy were permitted in Japan, how many wives would you have?
Higuchi: one
Yagami: 365 or 12 or 7
Imai: ?
Hoshino: Because they're so troublesome, one is fine.
Sakurai: I'd stay a bachelor
If you discovered a new star, what would you name it?
Higuchi: Klingon
Yagami: BUCK-TICK star
Imai: ?
Hoshino: Katou Chiya [I'm interpreting it as him giving it a name like a person, in which case I think that's the reading]
Sakurai: Hoshino [written like Hidehiko's family name--the first kanji means "star"]
Please tell us your favorite reading material recently and ever.
Higuchi: ?
Yagami: drum magazines
Imai: ?
Hoshino: In the Miso Soup [book title]
Sakurai: Zapisky i podpolya/Notes from Underground [existentialist piece by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky]
If you could eliminate one thing from this earth, what would it be?
Higuchi: harmful insects
Yagami: can't say--it's a secret
Imai: ?
Hoshino: stomach aches (Now, it huuuurts)
Sakurai:
Of movies you've seen recently or want to see, what do you recommend?
Higuchi: ?
Yagami: Deniro's movies
Imai: Ghost Busters 3
Hoshino: Independence Day on video
Sakurai: Dekalog/The Decalogue [1988 Polish television series]
What's something you want to do in preparation for the new year?
Higuchi: clean
Yagami: 12/26 and 12/27 Budokan shows
Imai: ?
Hoshino: wash my car
Sakurai: jerk off
BUCK-TICK has an upcoming tour! On tour, what are you looking forward to?
Higuchi: lives
Yagami: meeting all the fans
Imai: airplane
Hoshino: food
Sakurai: good fish, good alcohol [I think it's supposed to be alcohol. It looks like a scribble.]
If the world were to end at noon tomorrow, what would you eat?
Higuchi: sushi
Yagami: kegani/hair crab, namakaki/raw oyster, kanimiso/crab paste--good sushi
Imai: soba
Hoshino: soba
Sakurai: I wouldn't want to eat--in that kind of situation, one wouldn't want to by any means, don't you think?
Please tell us your way of reducing stress.
Higuchi: please tell me [a way]
Yagami: alcohol
Imai: soba
Hoshino: yelling
Sakurai: drinking, driving fast [lit. "flying"]
What would you like to be/do in a second life?
Higuchi: a woman
Yagami: barmaster of a sake bar
Imai: enkou [from what I can gather, it's a shortened term for paid dating, with a connotation of schoolgirl prostitution; WTF, Imai.]
Hoshino: ?
Sakurai: a splendid [other meanings: fine, handsome, elegant] homo
What's your latest "MY BOOM"? [a phrase the magazine likes to use; you get the point]
Higuchi: games (any kind)
Yagami: Led Zeppelin and John Henry Bonham [Led Zeppelin's drummer]
Imai: Metro Mita line [Tokyo subway system]
Hoshino: mahjong
Sakurai: sushi restaurants
If polygamy were permitted in Japan, how many wives would you have?
Higuchi: one
Yagami: 365 or 12 or 7
Imai: ?
Hoshino: Because they're so troublesome, one is fine.
Sakurai: I'd stay a bachelor
If you discovered a new star, what would you name it?
Higuchi: Klingon
Yagami: BUCK-TICK star
Imai: ?
Hoshino: Katou Chiya [I'm interpreting it as him giving it a name like a person, in which case I think that's the reading]
Sakurai: Hoshino [written like Hidehiko's family name--the first kanji means "star"]
Please tell us your favorite reading material recently and ever.
Higuchi: ?
Yagami: drum magazines
Imai: ?
Hoshino: In the Miso Soup [book title]
Sakurai: Zapisky i podpolya/Notes from Underground [existentialist piece by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky]
If you could eliminate one thing from this earth, what would it be?
Higuchi: harmful insects
Yagami: can't say--it's a secret
Imai: ?
Hoshino: stomach aches (Now, it huuuurts)
Sakurai:
Of movies you've seen recently or want to see, what do you recommend?
Higuchi: ?
Yagami: Deniro's movies
Imai: Ghost Busters 3
Hoshino: Independence Day on video
Sakurai: Dekalog/The Decalogue [1988 Polish television series]
What's something you want to do in preparation for the new year?
Higuchi: clean
Yagami: 12/26 and 12/27 Budokan shows
Imai: ?
Hoshino: wash my car
Sakurai: jerk off
BUCK-TICK has an upcoming tour! On tour, what are you looking forward to?
Higuchi: lives
Yagami: meeting all the fans
Imai: airplane
Hoshino: food
Sakurai: good fish, good alcohol [I think it's supposed to be alcohol. It looks like a scribble.]
If the world were to end at noon tomorrow, what would you eat?
Higuchi: sushi
Yagami: kegani/hair crab, namakaki/raw oyster, kanimiso/crab paste--good sushi
Imai: soba
Hoshino: soba
Sakurai: I wouldn't want to eat--in that kind of situation, one wouldn't want to by any means, don't you think?
Please tell us your way of reducing stress.
Higuchi: please tell me [a way]
Yagami: alcohol
Imai: soba
Hoshino: yelling
Sakurai: drinking, driving fast [lit. "flying"]
What would you like to be/do in a second life?
Higuchi: a woman
Yagami: barmaster of a sake bar
Imai: enkou [from what I can gather, it's a shortened term for paid dating, with a connotation of schoolgirl prostitution; WTF, Imai.]
Hoshino: ?
Sakurai: a splendid [other meanings: fine, handsome, elegant] homo
What's your latest "MY BOOM"? [a phrase the magazine likes to use; you get the point]
Higuchi: games (any kind)
Yagami: Led Zeppelin and John Henry Bonham [Led Zeppelin's drummer]
Imai: Metro Mita line [Tokyo subway system]
Hoshino: mahjong
Sakurai: sushi restaurants