29 June 2009

Tenmusu... (2009.6.29 22:45)

As always, thank you for your many congratulatory words.


Somehow, with so much fatigue, and I haven't slept in I can't remember, it warped forward three days. (^^;)

Hey, isn't today's date weird? Don't you think... (*big (^^;) *)

The live, of course, a great success, with the rush, came a firm helping of tenmusu. (^_^)

Of course, you might say that four arena lives in one week isn't normal. (*big (^^;) *) I ate so many of them, and straight whole, too,

of course it was 'It's more intense than intense!!' (^_^)

There's three left, so I'm going to put my fighting and loving spirit firmly on.

Well then well then~

23 June 2009

Relaxing Raccoon Dog~ (2009.6.23 15:30)

Yesterday, while we were migrating to Nayoga, I discovered this at the Kusatsu SA.


For lunch I had the traditional "udon." (^_^) Kansai's udon, even at an SA junk place, are absurdly delicious. Of course, yeah, Kansai. (^_^)

The live was quite a rush, too, wasn't it. Of course in Kansai, the customer's power is different. (^_^) I definitely put on my fighting spirit. (^_^)

This was my first Osaka sumo match, and wasn't it a big big big success. (*joy*)

Incidentally, we dropped in on Osaka, so
the day before...drinks with the parents,
day one... drinks with old friends,
day two...drinks at the launch
migration days...drinks with staff,
it's been four rolling days of drunkeness. (^^;)

As expected, today I had a little nightcap before I went down. (bwahahah)

Let's make Nagoya a hot night, too.

Well then well then~


[ a) i have no idea what an SA is.
b) his title says tantan-tanuki no, so i tried to get a little aliteration going on with my translation.
c) he calls it the Osaka sumo match, but that was in march, so i think he must be talking about the one in may, which was in nagoya.
d) there is no d. ]

19 June 2009

YOUkun Ring G interview

First up on "Ring G" is 'You' from "Gackt Job."

★ 'You' profile
Joined Gackt Job as part of Gackt's solo project in 1999 and has been in many tours and on many albums (playing guitar and violin).
Performed alongside Gackt and Hyde in the movie MOON CHILD as JUN.
YOU Official Site


Please introduce yourself.

As a support member since Gackt decided to go solo, I support Gackt under the "Total Coverage in Private Life and at Work" model. (^_^)

After three years, the national tour "Gackt Live Tour 2008-2009 Requiem et RĂ©miniscence ~Rebirth and a Chance Meeting~" is starting. How is your enthusiam and your mental outlook?

It's like this every time, but the recording dragged on without an end, and rushing right into tour rehearsals was harsh. Gackt himself has an obsession with pushing himself right to the very end, so all the support members, starting with yours truly, get pushed until the very end, too. (^_^) It's been three years since a tour, but we get a sense of the feedback at the rehearsals, so the sense of anticipation is bigger than any anxiety. It's been a while since a tour, so I'm ready to put my fighting spirit on!!!

What are you doing besides touring?

It's been a long stretch of touring, so I'd like to do some firm body care. Right now, I'd enjoy a hot spring and some delicious Tochi-Tochi food. (^_^) * Of course with the tour, there's no part of me that doesn't feel the pressure, so my physical condition gets worse than anything else. I have to give my 100% best performance to all the fans who come out to see us, and I can't just say, 'Oh I'm not feeling well, I can't make this a good live' so I always aim to keep my physical condition up so I can always be at my best, physically and mentally.

You like the camera so much you're holding photo contests on your HP, but how did you get into that?

I'm always always liked photography, and when I was a student, I used to go touring on my motorcycle and take lots of pictures. In those days, it was just film. I bought a digital SLR on the recommendation of a friend, and I was hooked.

Later, I thought of it as a part of me, a way of expressing myself outside of music, and the one camera started me on my camera obsession. I think when you say, 'music' sensitivity is everything. But I think, if I want to polish my sensitivity, studying nothing but music is no good. As a musician, I tend to think of music as 'words.' But, if you haven't communicated anything of substance, even if you remember all those 'words,' is there any meaning left? If the substance that is communicated is your own feelings, what you want to communicate, that's what I call sensitivity, and I think I can polish that more outside of music. It's tied in with music's power of expressions, I think. From my first camera, I went to art exhibits and photography galleries, and took every opportunity to go to see other arts, so I think it's good that I started with a camera for this so-called meaning.

Aren't the emotions and perceptions altered on their pass through the lens?

It's just the existance of 'light.' The sun unconcernedly rises and light falls on humans making their living, but we feel like this existance changes. It seems like it's really more about seeing good light, and we say 'I want to take a shot of this because the light hits great here' more than we say, 'I'm going to take a shot of this great scenery!' So, perceptions passing through the lens is fascinating.

So you photograph mostly nature?

A lot of scenery. I like going traveling by nature, so I take a lot of photos of the places we go. If you ask why I like nature, it must be because it's "nothing made by humans!" It's beautiful despite not having been made by man! I get a feeling like, this is the greatness of nature. It's thanks to my camera that I realize things like that! Looking up at the sky casualy, suddenly glancing at flowers blooming by the side of the road, I started looking at the nature all around me.

Eneru's HP is focused on the transmission of Eco news, but what are your thoughts as far as Eco goes? Is there anything you normally take care to do?

I don't normally use cars in my daily travels. I've walked a lot since I got my first camera, and I use trains and bikes a lot to get around. I don't think I'm the best Eco-minded person though. (^_^) Even though I spend a lot more time walking now, the town that I've become familiar with keeps changing, so I'm always discovering new things, and it's always interesting. But as for not driving cars, this is only possible because I live in Tokyo, so I think it's not really possible if you don't live in a place like this. But there are things everyone can do, like using reusable bags and washable chopsticks. If we all take even these little steps unflaggingly, if we raise people's awareness one by one, then we can definitely change the world. Suddenly, nothing's impossible, and I think it's important to start with your own surroundings.

In closing, a message for your fans.

I have a 'non-chalant/mellow' policy, but there's no room for non-chalant-ness for me recently, so I'd better settle down and give my blog a proper update. (^_^) Please enjoy serious mode YOU while we're on tour!

SOURCE: ENERU’S BIG ADVENTURE/ RING G



[ haha! told you i'd get to it! ... and only six months late. (T_T) enjoy his cuteness anyway. (^_^) ]

18 June 2009

Arena Completion Plan (^_^) (2009.6.17 23:42)

Thanks everybody at Makuhari.

Man~ It was really hot... It was so far beyond hot, that during the performance,

I was like "poit!!" (^^;) *

These next three days I'm going to rest. (*big (^^;) *)

Well, it's something of an occupational hazard, but I myself think people who can't get over pain, can't put on a good live. (^_^)

So, while I'm resting, I'll watch a BD that came into my hands the other day. As you may have guessed from the title of this entry,


it's the new movie version of the famous "Eva." ** I probably already know how it turns out. (^_^)

More than ten years have passed since the first time I laid eyes on this anime...

Enjoying the high image and sound quality on hi-res discs like this BD,

for me, this is really nice... (^_^) It's a wonderful era.

Everyone, I highly praise and recommend the Blue Ray lifestyle. (^_^)


Well then well then~


[ * yeah, your faithful translator wasn't sure how to render this one. guki, what he says in the original, is like throbbing pain, so i thought he meant it was so hot it hurt, so i went with poit.
** that would be evangelion for those of you unacquainted. the new movie, like the old movies/series/etc, is very good. you should see it if you get the chance.
p.s. i swear i haven't forgotten about the interview on eneru's site. i've got about half of it translated, and i'm going to go work on the rest of it right now. i swears! (^_^) ]

Makuhari~ (2009.6.14 03:03)

Finally the Arena Tour has started.

Man~ this is the fourth Makuhari day, with rehearsals continuing. Two dates in five days, and PACKED into Makuhari. (^_^)


If you think about it when you say Makuhari, it's a general business locale, and in Maihama there are a lot of people who go to the country of dreams, so the train was seriously crowded. (^^;)

Plus there was a baseball game...

This seems to be a place where a lot of people gather...

Thanks to that, every day, you get jostled around on the trains, and you can study the public real well. (bwahahah)

Of course, we're focused on the performance day, but still. (^_^)

The first day, there was a big swell of good feelings, so let's make tonight a hot night, too. (^_^)

To the people who could come and to the people who couldn't come, please enjoy this fan shot from after the live. (^_^)


P.S. Another hot night begins. (^_^)

07 June 2009

It's been a while. (2009.6.7 02:21)

Friday, I was out.

We looked over what we recorded at the house, but it was quite, well, enviable... No, it had more of a showy feeling. (^_^)

Yesterday's music fair recorded the next day's TV, so my already snapping-in-half body is now at fatigue level MAX,

but I have to muster the last of my strength and record with all my might. I think my fighting spirit will show through the screen. (^_^)

Lately, on the subject of 'for a while,' lately, this has been in heavy rotation...


When I go out, generally the instrument shop, the electronics store, or Tower Records are standard, (^_^)

but this one was a one-listen purchase. Seems to be a Japanese band making it's all American debut,

but this surprising sound doesn't really have anything to do with my little stock of knowledge.

Maaan~ It really numbs me out through my headphones. (^_^)

It seems to be popular with my musician friends, too, so, people who like rock should definitely check it out.

In order to meet new sounds that I think are stylish, my trial listening journeys shall continue for some time. (^_^)

Well then well then everyone, have a good weekend.

02 June 2009

Portrait (2009.6.1 23:50)

Apparently, this is how I look to JUN-KU-kun. (^^;)


Well, it's not entirely wrong, but still. (^_^) AKB? ... Is that kind of like Akiba? (bwahahah)

But, when it's time to work, I do get like that. (^^;) Everybody says I look like I'm a crook, or like I'm about to commit a crime. (bwahahah)


Oh- Chirolyn-san, thank you for barging in. Even without a business meeting, he's all about the service, and of course, since he's my senpai, even I have to follow his example. (^_^)

However, this time on TV, I got tired of waiting... We got in at 2:30 in the afternoon, and the performance wasn't until 9 in the evening! (^^;) So I wandered into a musical instrument store by myself with my free time. (^_^)

I only got to play one melody, but that was a hot stage. To everyone in the audience, my true thanks.

Well then well lthen, good night... zzz


[ the idea of cute litte YOUkun committing a crime is really too much! (^_^)
and yes, i suppose that should be chirolyn. except your elderly/out of the loop translater-san had never heard of him before. (^^;) arigatou everybody for keeping me in line~ ]

Basement Dweller... (2009.5.30 02:14)

All day long, it's rehearsal and training, and I'm moving around and sweating so much, it just has to be healthy...

As usual, I seclude myself in the basement until all hours of the night. (^^;)


Actually, the down payment from the tour disappeared mostly into the machines. (^^;)

Studio-quality machines are really expensive... Well, even if we just got the Mac Pro, it'd be worth it,

but frankly, it's scary to try and calculate the number of machines we use. (big (^^;) )

So,

this evening, while we were sounding out the machines, when we were doing some work, making some masters amd methods,

the sound disappeared with a little "snap..."

Yeah... the machines we just bought, they seem to be broken... (T_T) We replaced the fuse, but still no electricity...

Right now, we feel like kids after a rush of toys, but really it'll sink in. (^_^)

Ah... So disappointing...

Fine then, I'll just stay in bed...

Well then well then, have a good weekend~