✖ Bird as Prophet ✖

ALL VISIBLE THINGS -GAUZE Revival-

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:20:50 GMT

Shinkiba Studio Coast, Tokyo, Japan.
Setlist on August 26, 2009

1. Sa Bir
2. Shokubeni
3. Red Soil
4. Agitated Screams of Maggots
5. Disabled Complexes
6. Doukoku to Sarinu
7. Stuck Man
8. Obscure
9. Bugaboo
10. The Deeper Vileness
11. Toguro
12. Glass Skin
13. Kodoku ni Shisu, Yueni Kodoku
14. Vinushka
15. Dozing Green
16. Reiketsu Nariseba
ENCORE
17. Inconvenient Ideal
18. Akuro no Oka
19. Schwein no Isu
20. Repetition of Hatred
21. Gaika, Chinmoku ga Nemuru Koro

source

Oh wow, if this setlist is correct, it's a dream! Well, everything is possible with Dir en grey lately. They already played a new version of ZAN. And now, Akuro no Oka and Schwein no Isu. Maybe they'll have a sort of Gauze revivel during this tour like they did for Macabre during the Dozing Green tour. We can only hope ♥

Akuro no Oka was my first Dir en grey ballad by Dir en grey and still love it with my whole heart. And I still think Schwein no Isu would be perfect for Columbiahalle or something :P
What a great setlist, shokubeni and kodoku too ♥ a nice mix between several albums.

Oh, and yay for Average Blasphemy. and I'm pretty sure they'll announce a new single, with hopefully has the remade version of ZAN included :P and I heard Kyo is writing new poems for another poem book? Exciting!

EDIT: another great setlist (source). with this time Kigan and Bottom of the Death Valley. I'd kill to see those ♥

Okay, I'm done with my crazy fandom rant.

BUGABOO unplugged

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:11:52 GMT

♥

why oh why don't I have the vinyl edition? D:

by the way, I can't stop listening to gazette's new album. I wrote a review. (click.

Moonlight Jellyfish and their Bright Future

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:19:32 GMT

HOLY FUCK!

but this can't be real, right?

crazy crazy crazy ...I have sinned

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:36:34 GMT

AMAZING!
shi ni sarase -- mogaki -- sakebe -- AAAAAAAH
I love how the crowd shouts instead of Satoshi in the chorus.
When is my copy going to arrive? :(:( *more than impatient* I knew I should have bought it in London.

tomorrow: last exam. but ewww, french...

just feel that you're the hardest little button to button

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:24:06 GMT

S18E02 Jazzy and the Pussycats. I laughed.

Dir en grey at Tivoli Utrecht

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:59:02 GMT

TOUR09 FEAST OF V SENSES - Tivoli, Utrecht

00 SA BIR
01 INCONVENIENT IDEAL
02 VINUSHKA
03 OBSCURE
04 RED SOIL
05 GRIEF
06 慟哭と去りぬ
07 DOZING GREEN
- VOICE
08 蜷局
09 GLASS SKIN
- VOICE
10 BUGABOO
11 冷血なりせば
12 STUCK MAN
13 AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS
14 凱歌、沈黙が眠る頃

ENC
01 HYDRA -666-
02 THE FINAL
03 朔-saku-

Despite the bad sound mix and short setlist, I had a lot of fun. I had a great spot, close to Toshiya, which made me happy. He's an amazing guy with bottomless energy. I also bought a Deadly Claris hoodie. After 7 gigs, I finally got myself a hoodie :D *happy*

...and all that could have been

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:57:53 GMT

I'd listen to the words he'd say
but in his voice I heard decay
the plastic face forced to portray
all the insides left cold and gray
there is a place that still remains
it eats the fear it eats the pain
the sweetest price he'll have to pay
the day the whole world went away

The Day The World Went Away (still)

What a beautiful song. The 'still' remix/version almost makes me cry. The whole Still album for that matter is melancholic, but beyond beautiful. I like it when Trent experiments with his songs.

礼・性・乖離・邪鬼

Fri, 29 May 2009 18:29:21 GMT

My first exam of this period [Psychology] went very very well! :D I could answer every question without fail, I wonder how close I'll get to perfect score :P
Anyway, one down, four more to go.

By the way, LONDON WAS AMAZING. And so was Girugamesh. (they played with such energy and intensity it almost killed me :P ) I really like to see London again, we tried to visit as many places as possible, but there is only so much you can do in 3 days.

Has anyone ever seen Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei? It seems like an interesting anime for me with my sadistic interests :P

[a dark melancholic and insane story in progress]
THE ROSE TRIMS AGAIN DVD (which is beyond excellent) and my studies inspired me to pick up my pen (or keyboard) and write. I really should finish a story this time around :P

And most importantly: 12 more days and I'll be at the Feast of V Senses (EU) start-off. I can't wait to behold Uroboros with my very own eyes.

Dear Dir en grey,

Please play 羅刹国 for me

Thank you

LONDON, BABY

Thu, 14 May 2009 18:47:23 GMT

London, here I come :D sgonna be great. not only that, but seeing Girugamesh as well.

EDIT: I found out that there are plans for a film adaption of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (one of my all-time favourite novels by my all-time favourite author)

Wikipedia:
It was announced in July 2008 that Tran Anh Hung would direct an adaptation of the novel. The film stars Kenichi Matsuyama as Watanabe, Rinko Kikuchi as Naoko and Kiko Mizuhara as Midori, and is expected to be released in autumn 2010.

I'm a bit afraid they'll screw the novel up, but on the other hand I really like Kenichi. Makes me wanna see it :3

"You gotta be kidding me"

Sat, 02 May 2009 11:16:32 GMT

Okay, probably old old news but I just came across it and felt like it had to become history of my journal :P

A normal commercial video for a store. Or is it for us fanatics?

I bet Kyo didn't expect to be filmed after a normal day shopping in an electronic store.

His expression really says it all: "You gotta be kidding me."

walk away with another fleeting memory

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:37:42 GMT

We spend our lives letting the world tell us who we are. Sane or insane. Pure or impure. Heroes or victims. Letting history tell us how good or bad we are. Letting our past decide our future. Or we can decide for ourselves.
And maybe it's our job to invent something better. Here we are, trying to establish our own alternate reality. To build a world out of rocks and chaos. What it's going to be, I don't know.
Even after all that rushing around, where we've ended up is the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.
And maybe knowing isn't the point. Where we're standing right now, in the ruins in the dark... what we build could be anything.

Choke,
Chuck Palahniuk

Enjoy the Silence

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:19:05 GMT

Hiya

A quick morning update to ask for some recommendations. I've read one book after another but now I'm running kinda dry. And the books I ordered take like ages to get here *annoyed*
Anyway, can anyone recommend some novels? List your favourite novels or something. Thanks ;3

See ya
*waves*
Yue

On seeing the 100% perfect girl one beautiful april morning

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:06:55 GMT

Hiya, I was listening to 愛しさは腐敗につき and had to think of this passage by Haruki Murakami, from the short stories book "The Elephant Vanishes." One of the most beautiful, and sad, short stories I ever read. It's not the lyrics that remind me of the story but the feeling the music radiates.

Once upon a time, there lived a boy and a girl. The boy was eighteen and the girl sixteen. He was not unusually handsome, and she was not especially beautiful. They were just an ordinary lonely boy and an ordinary lonely girl, like all the others. But they believed with their whole hearts that somewhere in the world there lived the 100% perfect boy and the 100% perfect girl for them. Yes, they believed in a miracle. And that miracle actually happened.

One day the two came upon each other on the corner of a street.
“This is amazing,” he said. “I’ve been looking for you all my life. You may not believe this, but you’re the 100% perfect girl for me.”

“And you,” she said to him, “are the 100% perfect boy for me, exactly as I’d pictured you in every detail. It’s like a dream.”

They sat on a park bench, held hands, and told each other their stories hour after hour. They were not lonely anymore. They had found and been found by their 100% perfect other. What a wonderful thing it is to find and be found by your 100% perfect other. It’s a miracle, a cosmic miracle.

As they sat and talked, however, a tiny, tiny sliver of doubt took root in their hearts: Was it really all right for one’s dreams to come true so easily?

And so, when there came a momentary lull in their conversation, the boy said to the girl, “Let’s test ourselves — just once. If we really are each other’s 100% perfect lovers, then sometime, somewhere, we will meet again without fail. And when that happens, and we know that we are the 100% perfect ones, we’ll marry then and there. What do you think?” “Yes,” she said, “that is exactly what we should do.”

And so they parted, she to the east, and he to the west.

The test they had agreed upon, however, was utterly unnecessary. They should never have undertaken it, because they really and truly were each other’s 100% perfect lovers, and it was a miracle that they had ever met. But it was impossible for them to know this, young as they were. The cold, indifferent waves of fate proceeded to toss them unmercifully.

One winter, both the boy and the girl came down with the season’s terrible inluenza, and after drifting for weeks between life and death they lost all memory of their earlier years. When they awoke, their heads were as empty as the young D. H. Lawrence’s piggy bank.

They were two bright, determined young people, however, and through their unremitting efforts they were able to acquire once again the knowledge and feeling that qualified them to return as full-fledged members of society. Heaven be praised, they became truly upstanding citizens who knew how to transfer from one subway line to another, who were fully capable of sending a special-delivery letter at the post office. Indeed, they even experienced love again, sometimes as much as 75% or even 85% love.

Time passed with shocking swiftness, and soon the boy was thirty-two, the girl thirty.

One beautiful April morning, in search of a cup of coffee to start the day, the boy was walking from west to east, while the girl, intending to send a special-delivery letter, was walking from east to west, both along the same narrow street in the Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo. They passed each other in the very center of the street. The faintest gleam of their lost memories glimmered for the briefest moment in their hearts. Each felt a rumbling in their chest. And they knew:

“She is the 100% perfect girl for me.”

“He is the 100% perfect boy for me.”

But the glow of their memories was far too weak, and their thoughts no longer had the clarity of fourteen years earlier. Without a word, they passed each other, disappearing into the crowd. Forever.

The good old days are so dear
The ashes are like flower petals that rise up to the sky

Let me tell you what they say about 'making love'

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:31:28 GMT

They say you can lose yourself. Everything. All boundaries. All time. That bodies can become so mixed up, become so close, become one, that you don’t know who’s who and what’s what. And just when the sweet confusion is so intense you think you are gonna die… you kinda do. Leaving you alone again in separate bodies, but the one you love is still right there next to you. That’s the beauty. You can go to heaven and come back alive. And you can go back anytime you want with the one you love…

Doesn’t that sound nice?

'till twilight falls

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:28:24 GMT

Is life only beautiful because it's so fleeting, so transient?
Or does true beauty lie in that which last forever, never rotting, never fading?

TOUR07 DOZING GREEN | Dir en grey

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:45:49 GMT

Yeah, I'm back from Dir en grey in Paris and wrote a long report. I felt like doing that again, it's been a while.

TOUR07 DOZING GREEN | Dir en grey
2007.11.10 | Le Zénith | Paris

Geetha, Kaye and me arrived in Paris around 2 p.m. After locating the hall and checking the already long queue, we walked around in the area a bit. In a bar we met up with Yvi and left for the hall again around 6. The doors were already open. Once in, we looked at the merch and took a place in the pack of crowd. This time we stood at the left side. After a while a guest band called The Omega Trust came on stage and played their set of songs. Not that good, except for the bassists’ screams, who wore a Dir en grey shirt, haha. After their set the hall was lit again and on the background they were playing songs from Fair to Midland and Nine Inch Nails. When I looked around I noticed a lot of boys in the audience and a lot of more normal looking people. It seems Dir en grey’s fanbase is getting better by the years. Slowly all the fanatic fangirls that only care about the looks, are disappearing. Anyway, let's talk about the live.

Intro
01. Deity
02. Merciless Cult
03. LIE BURIED WITH A VENGEANCE
---
04. DISABLED COMPLEXES
05. REPETITION OF HATRED
06. AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS
07. THE FINAL
--- A Capella
08. OBSCURE
09. HYDRA -666-
10. DOZING GREEN
--- A Capella
11. CONCEIVED SORROW
12. dead tree
13. 凌辱の雨
14. GRIEF
15. THE DEEPER VILENESS
---
EN1 DRAIN AWAY
EN2 Ugly
EN3 CLEVER SLEAZOID
EN4 朔-saku-
EN5 THE IIID EMPIRE

In the clear unreachable darkness, I sneak a peek between my fingers...

The lights went out and in this pitch-black moment everyone hold their breath, only to burst it out completely when the opening music started. The stage was lit and Shinya came out to take his rightful place behind the drums. No sooner Die, Toshiya and Kaoru appeared, cheering us on. Making us even more excited then we already were.

The intro faded, Deity started and Kyo came out. Hearing them open with Deity made my mind go blank for a moment. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t believe they were actually playing this. I saw set lists but I would never have thought I would be lucky enough to experience this live. I quickly shook out of my doze and moved with Kyo’s chanting. Not long after the last notes of Deity, Merciless Cult started. The crowd went insane and everyone started moving and pushing. Before I knew it I was standing only two meters away from the stage. Kyo sang amazingly.

“aishite kudasai kono chi mo sono imi mo”

We were all shouting along with him.

“aishite kudasai kono hi ni kono kachi wo”

He held his notes very long at the end. Just the way I know and love it. Die seemed to be enjoying himself when he started Lie Buried With a Vengeance, while Shinya kept hitting the cymbals with fierce efficiency. I love this song. I kept moving, jumping, singing, and screaming to the music.

“So Attack, So Attack”

The crowd was wild, getting caught up in the aggressiveness of the song, repeating “fuck fuck, fuck fuck, fuck fuck” again and again.

A small gasp for breath was granted before they started playing Disabled Complexes. This is a pure spectacle. The way Kyo moves like a puppet until he steps on the small red box and shouts out “Psycho Killer”. While we shouted along with him over and over until a loud drum smash and a terrifying growl marked the beginning of Repetition of Hatred. It became one of my favourites since I saw it live in August. We were all going wild while Kyo goes absolutely insane during the bridge. You know, those steps he takes backwards and jumps into the air while going over into chorus.

“It's a perfect dead passion -- It's an entirely dead passion
「Parasite -- children of hatred」 -- I hate you -- dead passion”

I screamed along as loud as I could.

The way Die subtly changes the guitar outro while Kyo does those wicked insane movements, ending with a loud shriek, makes me love this song all the more.

They don’t give you time to rest because Agitated Screams of Maggots is followed immediately after it. The moshpit goes crazy and everyone shouts along with the chorus. Kyo raised his middle finger to “It’s the black flag, motherfucker” and Die’s raw screams were as cool as ever. I like how that man always shows how much he’s enjoying every live performance. Bouncing around on his side of the stage, roughly forcing his guitar strings to sound as aggressive as possible. Kyo even replaced several growls with his new shrieks. When you look at Shinya, it’s hard to realize where he got all that power while still maintaining his elegance, smashing those drums in a pace so fast you can hardly imagine how he does it. And another thing, Kyo’s english has improved a lot this last year.

He clearly intonates “I will rape your daughter,” while we continued “on your grave”.

The Final is way slower, yet so passionate. Kyo sang every word with emotion and we sang along to the chorus. He raised his shirt and climbed on the box. He started cutting himself. The blood was very clear and after a while it slowly left a trail down.

He raised his hands and the whole hall echoed “So I can’t live -- So I can't live” over and over.

Near the end he bound the shirt around his head, looking like a haunted spirit. He started humming straight into Obscure. The hall trembled in excitement. This song touches everyone. I watched Die closely while he played those otherworldly high notes and after the breakdown everyone head banged along with them. Kyo kept up his haunted mask during the whole performance while singing completely new lyrics. At the end he raised his hands high into the air, almost like he was trying to escape the agony, in a desperate attempt to reach the sky.

When Obscure ended, Toshiya dominated the hall with his bass. Yes, this was the start of the Hydra -666- . Kyo murmured and when he took of his mask, he quickly started his shriek and before I knew it I was caught in the largest adrenaline rush in my life. This song is BREATHTAKING live. There was so much moving, pushing and jumping.

“SIX -- SIX SIX”

I was amazed. In the middle, Die took over all the attention with his guitar riff, the traces of the old Hydra. Dozing Green took over. When Kaoru pulled his strings, right before the outburst, I jumped up with my legs in the air as high as I could. The way Kyo went crazy during the middle was great. Toshiya was going completely berserk. Actually, Toshiya moved the whole evening with excited energy. Not much sooner the built-up started and were topped off by Kyo’s three high-pitched shrieks. He went from screaming into chanting.

Yet another a capella and it made a perfect atmosphere to start Conceived Sorrow. I took my time to just stand still and watch our prophet pour out his emotions. It was touching, it was beautiful.

One of my all time favourites came next. Dead Tree has sadness, anger, tranquility and despair. All mixed together. And Kyo makes you feel it to the marrow of your bones.

“love, tenderness, freedom and peace”

After this line, Kyo stood on the box and imitated a flying bird with his hands. Raising it higher and higher and slowly let it loose before breaking down into screams. The song ended with Kyo crying out with seperated painful screams, over and over and over.

After a few seconds, Kaoru broke the appreciated cheers of the crowd by blasted off with Ryoujoku no Ame. Kyo let out a long shout in the beginning and in the middle he went frantic again. I love how Shinya lately makes a left to right motion with his wrist to hit the cymbals. He waved Ryoujoku no Ame into Grief with an amazing drum interlude. Everyone loves to sing along to this song.

“Fuck you -- Fuck you -- Fuck you, Fuck you”

Hundred of middle fingers were lifted into the air while screaming along with Kyo. And of course when Kyo raised on his box and clapped his hands, we all raised ours and clapped along with him.

Next was The Deeper Vileness. I scroll stepped left to right, just like Kyo and then with a shriek the song broke open.

“Dear God, You're a Motherfucker
Death for All -- Death for ALL"

Oh, the rapid movement was so much fun. It’s such an aggressive song. At the end Kyo stood at the box and hold his arm tight, imitating a broken or possessed arm. Even when all the rest left the stage after throwing their picks into the crowd, Kyo still continued his insane movement. The crowd was quiet and stared, until Kyo finally stopped and took off under our loud shouts of admiration.

---
The storm has set and waits for their return
---

After 15 minutes they took their place on the stage again. Kaoru raised his fists high into the air and Die flicking his fingers, making our screams even louder than they already were.

Kaoru opened with his first notes of Drain Away and the encore was on it's way. Kyo sang with a sad smile and hardly moved. Many arms were raised into the air, moving to the music.

Guess what was next?

UGLY

I couldn’t believe my ears. I was praying for them to play this. Shinya’s drum lines are incredible. I watched him closely play that complex rhythm. Truly a remarkable man. Kyo sang every line, including the weird background voices.

They did a fairly long pause while everyone was yelling “HEY - HEY - HEY” under their provocation. Toshiya held his hand at his ear, Kaoru raised his fists, Die tugged at his guitar and Kyo flicked his fingers.

I found a vid: HERE

Kaoru started playing his riff again and with a high jump of Kyo the song exploded again.

“DISTRACTION -- DISTRACTION -- DISTRACTION”

I flung back and forth, from left to right. Anything to keep moving to this fury.

“Wake up, you're dead”

Clever Sleazoid took over and everyone sang along. Kaoru, Die and Toshiya kept running over the stage from left to right. They interacted with the crowd almost the whole encore long.

A loud roar of Kyo took over the hall for the next one. Saku was wild, was angry, was passionate. You can't have a Dir en grey live without this song anymore. Kyo growled in the chorus and cried out in the verses, singing every word.

“FUCK OFF FUCK OFF AND WIPE”

It was epic.

“LAST SONG. LAST SONG. LAST SONG. LAST SONG. LAST SONG. LAST SONG.”

He kept repeating until our voices were dried out from screaming.

Die grabbed his guitar and started playing our most beloved riff of The IIID Empire.

We yelled “Kokkahanei kokkahanei kokuka” and moved until we were about to break.

In the middle Kyo kept yelling “jump jump jump” over and over again and we obeyed. At the end Kyo put the infamous bucket on his head and with the fading of the instruments Kyo showed his appreciation towards us with a smile.

The rest took their time to say goodbye. They threw their usual stuff like bottles, picks and drum sticks. And Toshiya even gave a beer bottle to a girl at the front row, smiling very happily. They left stage and this brilliant concert had ended.

---

The Marrow of a Bone surely is an amazing album made to play live. Mixing it up with the best of Withering to death. and older songs, I personally think they’ve achieved one of their greatest live eras. I’m really glad they came back to Europe so soon and introduced Hydra -666- for the first time live on our ground. They all looked very happy and pleased and so were we.

Maggots feeding off the eyes, breath ending, soul stricken down
A fresh sun bleeds into the beating rain

The bells sound incredibly noisy today...

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:17:20 GMT

Death Note Episode 25

Take care,
God is watching you.

In the dark streets of the night,
Please hold his hand.

Even when I'm on my own far away,
He will always find me.

He tells me all I know,
And even if I forget,
He tells me time and time again.

But what will I do once I've learned everything?

...one of the most beautiful episodes ever made.

We are pretty when we are faking.
I am such a liar when I smile.

Tour 06~07: Kagerou Last Live In Berlin and Paris

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:12:14 GMT

Okay. Here is another report! This time of my fucking love: Kagerou.

I’m back from travelling to Berlin and Paris to see Kagerou twice at their very last live tour. It was amazing. I fucking love this band so it couldn’t be anything but amazing. Yet, I was a bit disappointed but I’ll talk about that later. Now I just want to express how much fun I had and that I’ll always remember December 2006.

I took the plane to Berlin Thursday evening. I was going to meet sanaka at our hotel at alexanderplatz. Unfortunately I arrived 5 hours earlier than her. But I took the U-Bahn and walked explored Berlin a bit. It was nice, even though it was a bit lonely too. I was glad when Tapi finally arrived. The next day I had to wake up early to go to Neotokyo at 12 p.m. for the signing session. I was really nervous and excited. I’m so glad I won the “meet & greet” thing. I took the U-Bahn to Neotokyo but ended up somewhere else, so I was all lost and feeling helpless, haha. Luckily I saw this strange visual-dressed guy and asked him if he was going to Neotokyo too. So we went together and along the way another girl joined us. She was very nice and we talked along the way. When we arrived at Neotokyo we had to wait another hour for the doors to finally open. A lot of people were there and they weren’t acting “fangirlish” and screaming the whole time. THANK GOD!

Finally I got in and quickly bought a the single “Tonari machi no kanojo” so I could get is signed for Tapi. I couldn’t to get the plastic of the single though (probably because I was nervous >___<; ) but the blond roadie guy (the one all the girls loves XD ) saw me struggling and opened it for me. Then I turned around and saw them! Shizumi, Kazu, Yuana and Daisuke. All sitting next to each other! They all looked so cool. All wearing sunglasses and hiding most of their face, haha. Daisuke and Yuana looked so tired. Anyway, I went up to Shizumi and took my Kurohata CD out of my bag to get it signed. Shizumi was very very friendly. He pointed out where he should sign. He pointed at the cover and I shook no and pointed at the booklet. So he took it out and signed it and then passed it to the others. Then I handed him the single and asked if he could sign it for a friend. I repeated “For a friend” 3 times, haha. And he smiled and nodded. After he signed it he gave, he passed it to the others too. I asked Shizumi if I could shake his hand and he extended his hand before I got the change too, haha. He’s so friendly. So I shook his hand, bowed and said “thank you”. Next was Kazu and I shook his hand immediately. Then I saw Yuana and he already had his hand in the air and smiled. I shook his hand and thanked him. Then I saw Daisuke and I looked at him “worried” and he probably noticed because suddenly it was like he “woke up” and started smiling. I shook his hand and then said: “Thank you for coming back to Europe. I will miss you, guys”. Daisuke looked sidelings to Yuana with a “what did he say expression” and I shook my head and mumbled “sorry”. And Yuana started giggling. Then I yelled quietly: “Kagerou!” raised my fist and Daisuke, Yuana and Shizumi nodded friendly and then I left, feeling very embarrassed, realising what stupid stuff I did, haha. But it was great to see them again and this time being able to meet them and getting an autograph.

Immediately after the meet&greet I headed to the Hotel again and when I arrived I plunged myself in bed all tired ~.~ I gave Tapi the signed single and after talking some bit and resting at the same time we headed out to eat at a stake house. Which was very good <3 After we headed to the hall and arrived an hour before the doors were about to open or something. Me and Tapi were making fun of all the horrible people looking people there and after waiting so long we finally got in. Tapi got a pass to take pictures for JaMe and headed to the place between the fence and stage. I bought the Rakashu DVD and CD at the Merchandise stand and then headed to the crowd to “conquer” a spot in the middle.

After waiting a while, the lights finally went out and the concert was about to start. I tried to remember the setlist, so I’m here it is:

00. Jukkai
01. Lily
02. Baita no yuutsu
03. Shitsuren toiu na no mujou
04. 3.2.1
05. Rakka sure yume
06. Aka no Kyoshoku
07. Zettyou Spice
08. Seisai to hangyaku
09. Junkan kikei shoujo A
10. Rasen Kubi
11. Hikari no Kage
12. Setsudan shittyoushou
13. Shizumu Sora
14. Ochiba to kimi to boku to
15. Kogarashi,
16. Hakanaki Gekijou
17. Tonari machi no kanojo
18. Mourou Epilogue

ENCORE 1:
19. Kusatta umi de oborekaketeiru boku wo sukuttekureta kimi
20. Akatsuki
ENCORE 2:
21. NEW SONG?
22. Zetsubou ni sayonara

Jukkai started! This intro is so amazing. Last time I saw Kagerou they used Eroa as intro, so I’m glad I was able to hear the other one. Shizumi, as tradition goes, came on stage first. Throwing his fists in the air and screaming. He’s so badass and cool. Next was Kazu, being very calm as always. Yuana ran on stage, waving his arms and just well.. being Yuana, haha. The cheers of the crowd get at it’s peek when Daisuke came on stage. Having his usual make-up on and looking amazingly wicked. And with this Lily opened this wonderful concert. The crowd was already jumping wildly even though this song isn’t even hard. I already went totally crazy with the second. Baitsu no Yuutsu is one of my favourites of the new album and can’t help but look at Shizumi and Kazu the whole time during this song. Shizumi was moving his head the whole time, being typical Shizumi. And Kazu was playing very concentrated and calm, being typical Kazu, haha. Yuana came a bit closer to the edge of the stage during his awesome solo but going less crazy as usual. Shitsuren toiu na no mujou is a song I only like for the really amazing fast solo and the solo didn’t disappointed me. Yuana played it very very well and didn’t miss a note. He’s such a good guitarist. I noticed that Daisuke’s voice wasn’t coming through to well though. Probably a mistake during the mixing. Next was 3.2.1 which is one of my favourite lives! The crowd was going wild and everyone tried to sing along as much as possible. Daisuke did the counting thing at the end of course. And let us do a few of his “growls” at times. One amazing hyper-filled live song. A small pause before Daisuke said: “Rakka sure yume” and the song began. Next was Aka no kyoushoku which I enjoyed a lot too. Because I was moving so much I slowly got closer and closer to the stage.
Next was Zettyou Spice and I love this song. I jumped and screamed with everything I had. Same goes for the next one Seisai to hangyaku. Daisuke took a water bottle for the first time and spat water into the crowd. All the fucking girls rushed to the front, pushing each other. I swear, there was a whole gap before me all of a sudden. I was so surprised. I looked left and saw this girl looking surprised too. We both had to laugh at how crazy this suddenly was. I feel bad for the people at the very front, they probably got squished. XD I got even more excited when Junkan kikei shoujo A started. I was screaming “Shoujo” along at the top of my lungs. This song was made to play live! During this song I saw a small mosh pit and stormed my way through to crowd to get into it. Moving as wildly as I could along the other people. It was so much fun. Especially during the next song Rasen Kubi which is one of my all-time favourites!
Next were three rather slow songs. Which gave us the time to catch our breathes again. Although, even though they are rather slow we moved a lot during those songs too. Shizumu Sora is an amazing song and Daisuke sang it perfectly. You know the high notes he does in the song from time to time? He didn’t miss them! He sang them perfectly. Gotta admire that. And did I ever tell how much I love the solo in Ochiba to kimi to boku to because it really really sounds great. Kograshi, is such a beautiful song and was performed equally beautiful.
Next was probably one of the most fun songs of the evening. Hakanki Gekijou only takes a minute and a half on the album but live it kept on going. They kept repeating the chorus. Daisuke pointed the mic at the stage, asking us to sing but failed because no one could sing the Japanese part. After a while Daisuke found an alternative for us European fans and kept saying “lalalala” at the beat. Fans copied it enthusiastically and the whole hall was going “lalalala” which was really really great and fun!
Next was Tonomari machi no kanojo which the mosh pit moved really wild again. And I got an adrenaline rush when mourou epilogue started. Wah! Another one of my absolute favourites and kept moving violently and singing along to it. When Daisuke yelled jiko no kaihou repeatedly the crowd yelled the second “jikon no kaihou” repeatedly, which is so amazing. The berlin crowd knew their shouts very well compared with the Paris one. After this song they left the stage and I got to the third row or something before the encore started.

Kusatta umi de oborekaketeiru boku wo sukuttekureta kimi was the first encore song and this song always sounds amazing, no matter what. I love the way Shizumi is drumming during this song. And this song always reminds me of december 2005. Next was Akatsuki which is one of their songs I actually dislike a bit.. I would have been much happier if they played XII dizzy (I was really sad they didn’t play it) or another one like Ai wa Savage or Shiroi Karasu (which are one of my absolute favourites too). Oh well.. can’t have it all, I guess XD

They left the stage again and came back after a while for the final two songs of the evening. And if I’m not mistaken, this first song was new o.O or maybe not new but I never heard it before, it was completely surprised. It can’t be a new song right? Or can it? I mean, they’re disbanding, why would they play a new song? *confused*
Next, Daisuke kept yelling “last song last song last song” and Zetsubou ni Sayonara began. The best way to end a concert in my opinion. The whole hall was singing along and jumping like mad. Then it finally ended T____T and I think Yuana was crying. Well they said there goodbyes and a lot of fans started crying. I was emotional as well for a while but I knew I was going to see them 2 days later again so I was kinda okay.

After the gig I met up with Tapi again and after talking to some people we went to the hotel again, talked a long time, watched some german tv which has hilarious things late at night. And then we finally fell asleep. Tapi had to wake up very early to get her flight and me too actually. So I checked-out, got in Belgium, talked to Emily on msn and went to bed really early XD

Next up was Paris! Arrived there around 3 p.m. at the hall. And I found Fay, Eva and their friends very quickly. I was so happy to see Fay and Eva again! (we went to the Dir en grey gig in Berlin together). We had a lot of catching up to do, so we talked a lot while waiting in line. The time actually went by very fast. Around 5 p.m. I slipped out of the line to go and greet ayusan and then I went back in line with them. Well Fay joined the Japanese people at the front (because they are allowed to get earlier in the hall). She pretended she came from Asia too and she get in, which meant she conquered a place at the front row! XD

Eva, Denise, Maria and me got in a bit later but we still got good places. Like fourth row or something. And the stage was nearer and lower to the fence than in Berlin. Yay!
Kagerou played the exact same setlist in Paris. I was kinda disappointed about that but it’s logical, I guess. Well. I’m not gonna type the whole thing again because that would be pointless, it was pretty much the same concert as in Berlin, so if you read that you know how it was like. There were some differences though. The crowd in Paris was A LOT more violent and wild than in Berlin. It was so intense and hectic. During the second song already everyone fell in a domino kinda effect and the band stopped playing. Kazu looked really really worried and shocked. Daisuke yelled something and we answered with a loud cheer and the gig continued. Every second was constant movement. You couldn’t stand still for one second because everyone was moving, jumping and pushing so much. It was hell, but I loved this kind of hell. After a while Nicole and Eva left the audience because it got too intense but I stayed. Or so I thought, after setusudan Shittyoushou the crowd fell like a domino effect again And this large guy grabbed my shoulder and that way I fell on the ground too. Then this other huge guy fell on me and I really hurt my neck and got a scar and started bleeding a bit. So, I got up and left to get a drink. After regaining some strength I wanted to jump into the crowd again but I saw Eva and Denise somewhere near the back of the crowd and joined them. We had a perfect view and kept jumping at the songs, so it was a lot of fun. What I also noticed that a lot of people didn’t sing along to the songs. Bah! Especially the whole “lalalala” thing during Hakanki Gekijou failed. Almost no one was doing it. Kinda disappointing for me and the band. When the gig was over Shizumi stood up and smashed his drums really hard over and over, which was really cool x3 A drum stick flew over our heads and girls were fighting for it, haha. And Daisuke was crying at the end… which was really really sad. I got sad too, especially when they left the stage, because then I realized I will never see them again.

I’m sorry that I didn’t say much about the way the members acted during the gigs in Berlin and Paris but to be honest there isn’t much to tell. Kurohata isn’t a really “go totally crazy” album like others. And they were calmer than I’m used of Kagerou. They still had a lot of energy and did a lot of stuff like Yuana running around, playing the guitar on his back, Daisuke putting a water bottle in his pants and spitting water into the crowd. The performance was great, don’t get me wrong but it was a lot less crazy than usual and it kinda left me disappointed. The absence of wristcutter or yuugure no shaznai made this a fact. Those songs is the time Daisuke goes totally utterly insane. Last time I saw them he was wet from top to toe, his pants were at his feet, he molested 7 water bottles and jumped into the crowd several times. Yuana kept spinning, kept getting really close, threw guitar picks in the crowd every 5 minutes and his expression got totally insane. I missed this A LOT. That’s a reason I love this band so fucking much because they are unbelievable live but in Berlin and Paris they weren’t that crazy. Their performance was still great but didn’t leave an impression and I felt like something was "missing".

Anyway, we saw Fay and Maria later again and especially Fay looked completely drained XD Well yeah, the gig was unbelievably wild. We talked for a while again and I really didn’t want to leave Fay T____T But I had too. It’s kinda sad. We haven’t seen each other for such a long time but I was forced to part with her. But we are probably going to Amsterdam together in February or something! X3 I’m looking forward to it.

So that was my report. I had a wonderful time and I can’t express how much I’m going to miss this band. I especially hope Daisuke returns somehow because he’s a natural performer and wouldn’t be able to miss his energy.

And to my friends I went to see Kagerou with. I fucking love you and thank you for the awesome time!

Many Merry Days Tour -Paris Report-

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:43:12 GMT

I finished typing my report of the Merry live! So here it is and I hope you enjoy it x3

sanaka came to Belgium so we could go together to Merry the next day. I picked her up at the airport and I showed her a bit of Brussels. Like the famous “manneke pis” statue. The most ridiculous statue ever invented XD It’s a kid peeing water! C’mon!! After Brussels we headed home. We saw some movies that night. Ichi, the killer! *___* I never saw the ending. Damn that movie is so hilariously sick x3 We also watched the Fatima last live DVD, which was really good x3

We had to wake up early T____T blah. But yeah, we wanted to see a little bit of Paris because we both never been there. And we actually saw a lot. Starting with the red light district XD You know, the place with all the sex shops and even the Moulin Rouge! Haha! I bet Gara was having some fun there. Anyway it left a good first impression of Paris *ahum*
After searching a while we finally found the Eiffel Tower. It didn’t leave an impression actually. I dunno, maybe I expected too much? XD We didn’t go up because the weather was too bad and because I’m too cheap-ass to pay for it anyway. Then we drove around a bit more and saw all the “important” “well-known” places in Paris by car. But I don’t really care that much. The Notre Dame was very pretty though! I loved it. It actually was my favourite place I saw of Paris. Okay, after seeing the Notre Dame it was getting late already. We had trouble finding the way back >____>

After getting lost a million times we finally found the concert hall. It arrived at 20.00 or something? Anyway, we were there, we didn’t have to wait, so I was happy. We quickly went to the bath room, then went to the merchandise and bought some stuff. I bought 2 CDs and a shirt and Tapi also a shirt and some stickers for a friend. She already has all the CDs and DVDs =p

I present you the setlist for Many Merry Days Tour in Paris, 2006.12.03 ! x3

SE PEEP SHOW
01 狂騒カーニバル [Kyousou Carnival]
02 センチメンタル・ニューポップ [Sentimental New Pop]
03 溺愛の水槽 [Dekiai no Suisou]
--- Peep♂hole
04 迷彩ﾉ紳士 [Meisai no Shinsi]
05 ﾆｾﾓﾉ天国 [Misemono Tengoku]
06 キマッてる太陽 [Kimatteru Taiyou]
--- Peep♀hole
07 さよなら雨(レイン) [Sayonara Rain]
08 高層ビルの上でラストダンス [Kousoubiru no Ue de Last Dance]
09 薔薇と片隅のﾌﾞﾙｰｽ [Bara to Katasumi no Blues]
10 ﾘﾌﾚｲﾝ~涙の土曜日~ [Refrain ~namida no doyoubi~]
--- ﾃﾞｼﾞｰﾉｰﾄ [Deji Note]
11 首吊りﾛﾝﾄﾞ [Kubitsuri Rondo]
12 レトロフューチャー [Retro Future]
13 PLTC
--- MC: Nero
14 ロストジェネレーション [Lost Generation]
15 ジャパニーズモダニスト [Japanese Modernist]
--- MC: Nero
16 Nameless Night~名もなき夜~
17 Freaks A GO GO
18 妄想rendez-vous
--- Encore
E1 林檎と嘘 [Ringo to Uso]
E2 窓から逃げたラブソング [Mado Kara Nigeta Love Song]
E3 想ひでサンセット [Omoide Sunset]
--- MC: Nero
E4 陽の当たらない場所 [Hi no Ataranai Basho]
E5 T.O.P
E6 バイオレットハレンチ [Violet Harenchi]

When we got inside the hall we took a spot at the balcony kinda thing [not really a balcony but something similar and all the way to the back] We were behind the soundmix thingy. We could see the stage perfectly. And I saw the setlist lying next to the soundmix! So I copied the song names so I could present the perfect tracklist, haha. So it’s a 100% official x3 I was so excited when I read they were gonna play Japanese Moderist. A bit sad they didn’t play Tick-Tack, Bluescat and Tokyo Telephone though D: Oh well, doesn’t matter. The best thing was that we arrived so late without having to wait but still had a perfect view x3
Haha, while we were waiting for the band to start me and Tapi saw this fat person with short red hair. We’re still not sure if it was a girl or a boy. IT was ugly though XD Damn, shemale. It was either a very masculine girl or a very very gay fat boy. He/she probably doesn’t know either what he/she is. Okay, we’re mean but we just found it hilarious XD It even had a red shirt matching her/his hair. Haha. *stops being mean* Okay, the concert was about to begin.

The lights finally went out and the stage was lighted. PEEP SHOW started and we started screaming. It seemed like forever until they came on stage. Nero was the first arrive, waved to us and sat behind his drums. He was wearing his cool frames and his hair was the usual Nero style x3 Tetsu, Yu and kenichi followed quickly and greeted the fans too. Yu threw his hands in the hair, demanding more screaming. Just before the intro was over Gara rushed on stage and we screamed even more. He looked and acted so cool and his hair was so amazing. Gara gave a loud scream and Kyousou Carnival started. This song made me go jumpy immediately. Gara moved the way he usually does, pointing a lot to the audience too. Nero was being jumpy and lost his glasses near the end of the song. Haha. This actually happened a lot. He took like three of four different frames and they kept falling of after a while.
The guitar intro for Sentimental New Pop started. Wah, I love that guitar riff so much. During the “sayonara” part Gara waved goodbye with his fingers and going wild during the in-between-parts. During the solo he kissed and licked the microphone and stopped abusing it right before the singing part XD During the “fukaku fukaku” part near the end he moved his hand down several times [random] I just remembered it because it looked cool XD
Dekiai no Suisou followed. Yay! I love the way Nero stands up to hit the high notes. He really is an amazing performer. He really puts on a show behind his drums. I never really witnessed how amazing he can be. I was jumping a lot during the song and I was glad that the girl standing next to me was moving a lot too, that way I wasn’t the only one on the little balcony to move crazy. At the end of the song Nero threw his drum sticks up in the air and a short pause in form of Peep♂hole started.

It didn’t take long until Meisai no Shinsi started. One of my favourite song of Rethoric! I was headbanging a little during the intro and the “woohooo” part is so much fun to sing along too <3 And the “chuchuchuru” part <3 Ahhh and then a lovely part where you can hear this amazing bass beat. Wah, Tetsu’s such a good bassist! The song ended with a loud tormented scream of Gara.
The awesome drum intro for Misemono Tengoku. I’m repeating myself but really Nero has such a cool drumming style! “Intention! Intention!” Haha. I love the parts I can sing along too x3 This song is so much fun to jump along too.
Kimatteru Taiyou starts in such a cool way. With the bass riff, followed by a cool guitar intro. It’s one of my favourite songs of the new album just for that part! <3 Gara was performing really dramatic during some vocal parts. At the end Gara put his mic in his pants XD You should have heard all the girls screaming, haha. Another little intermission followed after this song, this time it was Peep♀hole

Yay! Sayonara Rain started. Can’t say much about it except that it it’s a good song and a good performance x3 I think Gara put on some frames again during the brake by the way. Because when I looked he was wearing his frames again.
Kousoubiru no Ue de Last Dance followed. This song is so relaxing. During the middle Gara climbed on the huge left speaker and started to sing from there XD This one fangirl was holding a rose and tried to give it to Gara but he tried his best to ignore it. After a while the girl just gave up, realizing he didn’t want it. Haha. Must have been embarrassing. When he was sitting on the speaker I noticed he wasn’t wearing any shoes or socks. He was just performing like that. He looked like a little monkey. Haha.
Bara to Katasumi no Blues was also relaxing. Not really a jumpy song or anything but still pretty to hear live. During the next song: Refrain. Gara and Yu were cheering up the crowd a lot. Demanding to sing along x3 Which kinda failed XD. Well not entirely but it could have been better. Gara took his shirt of near the ending of the song.

During Deji Note Gara hold some piece of fabrics in the air. The first said: “Merry” (with loud cheering), the second: “Go” (loud cheering) and the third: “Mad” (even louder cheering). Gara took a black pencil and painted some logo on his chest. Which was cool and then the song I was waiting for the whole week to hear started: Kubitsuri Rondo! Waaah! I went totally crazy during this one. Shaking my head a lot and jumping the whole time. I loved it so much. Ahh, the way Gara moved. The way Nero stood up to hit those high notes. So cool! X3 It was one of the songs that made this gig unforgettable x3 I wanna see it again! T____T I’m getting hyper just thinking about it again XD
Retro Future was so much fun too. One of my favourite tracks of Peep Show. It’s so much fun to scream “retro future” along with Gara. Couldn’t stand still during this one. Moving the whole time. I love that guitar riff around 1.15 so much! But the coolest part was and always will be the bass part after the solo. Ahh, it didn’t disappoint me live. In fact it made that part even better. Tetsu’s so cool x3 I like Yu more now too. I didn’t care about him at first but he kept looking my way, probably amused that a few people all the way to the back were moving so much while the rest at the back was just standing still.
PLTC is such an insane song and the live is really insane too. Gara is insane! He really crawls everywhere on the stage XD This live version was a lot longer than the album version. They kept on cheering us on, asking us to scream louder and louder! Tetsu was running everywhere. He didn’t move a lot during the gig but during that song and the encores he did x3

After this song Gara wanted to talk to the audience but quickly changed his mind and handed the mic to Nero who said: Bon Soir! Nous sommes Merry! (replied with loud cheering). Welcome to Peep Show (even more screaming x3 ). Then he bucked his head and I think he was trying to read something of the paper but the things he tried to say didn’t make sense. Everyone was going “uuuh?” Then he smirked and tried again but failed XD Everyone was going “uuuh?” again and he said “sorry” in a funny way. Then he yelled the stuff he tried to say and everyone cheered. Ahh, I love it when they try to talk to the audience! That makes me feel closer to them. Like they really love their fans, whatever country they’re from. Dir en grey never talks to the audience D: At least guys like Nero, Hizumi and Ruki do the effort to talk to a European audience. After the MC Nero started bashed his drums and the next song started. Yay for Lost Generation!! An old song *loves their older stuff* Obviously I jumped around a lot again x3 One Two Three Four! *counting with Gara* haha.
The next song made me go completely crazy! Japanese Modernist! Waaah. That’s the song I wanted to hear the most!! I love it so much and the performance of Gara was so cool. Me and Tapi jumped and moved like crazy during this song. This was the greatest song of the whole gig! x3

After this song Nero talked some more to us. In French and Japanese. I think he asked: who’s here from Japan in Japanese and then a few Japanese girls shouted. Then he asked in French, who’s here from France and almost everyone cheered. I couldn’t understand the other stuff he tried to say but it was still fun he was communicating with us and we cheered a lot during his little speech. After his MC, Nameless Night began, which has a really cool intro x3 It was a nice song but the next one was so unbelievably awesome. I never heard FREAKS A GO GO before but it’s such a great live song!! Gara climbed onto the left speaker and well.. he’s crazy. He acted like a monkey XD He hanged with his legs at a bar connected to the ceiling. Stood on his head and stuff. Really, he’s like the best performer ever x3 it was so funny and awesome at the same time.
After mousou rendez-vous they left the stage. I took the opportunity to quickly buy a PEEP SHOW CD for my friend x3 I felt sorry he couldn’t go. It would have been cool if he could have been there.

When they came back for the encore. Gara and Nero shouted: are you ready! And of course we were x3 I was glad it didn’t take that long for them to come back.
Ringo to Uso was the first encore song. Yay! It would have been strange if they didn’t play it. Again, the intro for the song is so cool x3 Gara going completely crazy and me too. Haha. I love the energy during this song. Mado Kara Nigeta Love Song is another beautiful song. So was Omoide Sunset. I don’t have much to say about because they are rather slow songs.

Then it was time for a very last MC by Nero. He talked a bit again but could hardly understand/remember what he was saying. Now the very last 3 songs started. It went by so quickly, but I’m glad they played so many songs. Hi no Ataranai Basho has a great intro too and is jumpy again x3 and it’s an old song which is love too. T.O.P. was another crazy song which a lot of energy. They cheered us on and we screamed so loud and Gara was doing monkey stuff again like standing on his hands/head and lifting his feet up into the air. The very last song was Violet Harenchi. Yay for another old song but I didn’t want it to end! T___T but it did but ended with such a great feeling because the whole gig was amazing. They slowly went of stage with Nero bowing to the audience and shouting “arigatou” and “cya soon” in Japanese. I really hope they’ll come back soon! I’m definitely going again when they’re coming to Europe again x3

Me and Tapi quickly left when it was done though, because we didn’t want to stand in line to go outdoors. I think we were the first ones outside actually XD Tapi bought some more stuff. Two photobooks. They really really looked cool *___*
Then we finally drove home which took a long time, especially because I wanted to lay down and stuff and when we finally got home, we watched Donnie Darko (which is such an awesome movie). After the movie we went to bed (it was 5 a.m. or something?) and woke up 5 hours later to go to the airport for Tapi’s plane. She had to go T___T I was kinda sad she had to leave. Well, I’ll see her in 10 days for the Kagerou concert in Berlin x3
Thank you Tapi for coming with me to Merry and thank you for the awesome time *hugs*

Now I'm bored T___T *waits until Heroes is done downloading*

Gazette in Bonn Report

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:31:22 GMT

Ok. It's been a week since the Gazette concert, but it feels like forever. I finally finished typing my report. I'm posting it immediately. There could be a couple of spelling mistakes in it, so please excuse me for that. I'll re-read everything tonight, I'm too lazy for that now XD Oh and pictures may follow, I first have to ask kissed_pick if I can use them.

Ok. I finally started typing my Gazette report. We arrived in front of around 12.00. They’re were quite some fans already but not that huge like say a Dir en grey concert. We started waiting and sat closely against the fence. A few times girls began screaming very loud suddenly, pointing to a window, apparently they saw Ruki. I was too lazy to move and go see what all the hysteria was about though XD While waiting we saw a girl that looked a lot like Hirito of Alice Nine! OMFG, I think it was Hirito! Haha. I turned to Yvi: “Don’t you think that girl looks a lot like Hiroto?” Yvi: “Yeah! I was thinking the exact same thing.”
She had the same face, mouth/teeth and expression! It was cool! Oh, most fans looked really good too, a lot of nice outfits and one hell of a wonderful Reita cosplayer was there. She was really cool! When we were waiting I could hear music coming out of the hall. I heard that they were test-playing Nausea & Shudder, Hana Kotaba, Baretta, SILLY GOD DISCO, Shadow VI II I and Discharge, which got my excited! Okay, the day was really hot and at the end I couldn’t wait for the doors to open. They finally opened and we got in after a while without much trouble (ok, some pushing but that’s not normal, the fans weren’t crazy like a Dir en grey audience).

When we were in I quickly went to the merchandise stand to buy a shirt but I had to stand in line to long so I stopped and we quickly ran to reserve our spot close to the stage. I think our spot was kinda good. 5th row I think. While waiting we decided to sit on the floor a while. This girl next to me rubbed my hair for some reason. I looked up and smiled. A little later another girl passed and she rubbed my hair too o.o; lol, why? Anyway, I was getting really impatient and I wanted the concert to start! (I always get really really impatient before it starts, I couldn’t stand waiting anymore). The crowd was yelling “gazetto” by now and of course Yvi and me joined the shouts =D After waiting almost 2 hours this guy came on stage, said something and announced the beginning of the concert with a thunderous applause by the audience.

The End
Nausea and Shudder
Maggots
花言葉
SILLY GOD DISCO
COCKROACH
Anti pop
生暖かい雨とざらついた情熱
バレッタ
D.L.N.
Bath Room
体温
SHADOW VI II I
SxDxR*
THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$
Carry?
MAD MARBLE HELL VISION*
DISCHARGE

ENC
Ride with the Rockers
Ruder
Maximum Impulse
蜷局~*
Sugar Pain
ワイフ*
LINDA ～CANDY DIVE PINKY HEAVEN～

Ok. I think this was the set-list and kinda the right order. I’m not sure though. The “*” are my doubts, but I think the set-list is kinda correct.

The End started and the crowd went crazy of course! It is such a cool concert intro. Everyone was yelling and clapping coherently which was wonderful. I really liked how the lights on the stage looked. Green, Red, Blue mixed together perfectly. Kai come on stage under a loud cheer and then Reita, Aoi and Uruha followed quickly. I could see Aoi and Reita perfectly, especially Aoi. He immediately looked at the crowd and greeted us. It was really amazing to see him so close, I’ve seen videos and pictures but seeing those guys so close is just amazing! Then Ruki came at stage, yelled something and the concert started. (Oh by the way, the stuff they were wearing was their SILLY GOD DISCO outfits. Ruki’s hair was weird but cool, kinda dreadlocks look at the back of his hair)
OMG, they started with Nausea & Shudder *-* My favourite gazetto song. I got really excited when the “so long” started, the whole crowd went crazy and we were moving and jumping so intense. Aoi moved exactly like he always does, he was having this wicked smile the whole time and all of them were already interacting with the crowd a lot. The way Reita plays is bass is really cool. In the middle of the song, he shook his head and tapped his arm with his hand, flipping his arm up. It was cool. He also did the bullhorn thing a lot during the whole concert. At a certain moment in the song, Reita moved to Kai and sat on one knee and played together. The solo in the song was amazing too of course. It was the perfect song to start an amazing evening!
After this came Maggots. I love this song *-* It’s so hard, yet so much talent in it. I headbanged a lot. Sometimes I wanted to stop to watch the members again but I couldn’t stop shaking my head during this song XD Aoi came really close to the edge of the stage. Giving his wicked smile again and with an expression: “Yes, come on! Show me what you got!” Ah, I loved it! Then Hana Kotoba followed. Well, I think it was Hana Kotoba. I heard them playing it in the queue XD Ruki moved to Aoi’s side to come and sing in front of us. First time I saw Ruki so close, very cool. He really sang with passion towards us. Well, he sang with much passion the whole concert. Aoi played in the middle for the meanwhile, Reita came to the right of him and they started playing together! After this song a short pause followed, which was necessary already, the hall was very hot and the music was very intense. I didn’t stand still for one second, so I was already dying a little o.o; I was glad I could breath for a second.

Ruki said something (probably in English but couldn’t understand it ^^; ) and suddenly the Reita came to the edge of the stage and played the bass intro for SILLY GOD DISCO *-* Ah, I love that song so much! The crowd went really really crazy again. “Hey God, Are You Ready?” you could hear the screams. When Uruha started playing his solo a little fanservice followed. Ruki got after Uruha put his arm around him and was moving umm suspiciously XD Yeah, I think all the girls were glad, lol. After that there was a longer “Hey God” and the crowd yelled “Hey Hey”, raising our fists. Aoi put his hand after his ear, shaking his head, going all “I can’t hear you”. Then we screamed even louder and he shook his head in a way of “Yeah, that’s more like it!” Ahh it is hard to explain but it was so cool! Aoi is such a great performer live! Well, they all are! Kai was smiling a lot while he was drumming, you can see he really enjoys it! Everyone was enjoying themselves so much! I was so glad to see they loved us as audience and the concert wasn’t really that far yet.
Ruki took time to talk to the audience, saying: “We love Germany”. Replied with loud screaming of us. “Do you love gazette?” Even louder screaming! Ruki smiled a lot, he seemed happy XD I think it was so wonderful that he tried to communicate with the crowd so much. Even though he can’t really speak English that well, he’s trying and later he talked in Japanese too. It doesn’t matter which language, as long as he tries to communicate with the audience. It makes me feel like we are really excepted as fans, even though we aren’t Japanese. I think they following song was COCKROACH. Ok. I think I died during this song o.o I was jumping very high with every background scream. I was getting dehydrated! Oh, all of the members were running around the stage now. This was the first time I could really see Uruha well. He was so close now, while Aoi was at his place. He looked really really amazing. Wah! He had this wicked smile too, but different than Aoi. I think he was trying to make the girls horny XD
Waaah and the next song was Anti pop. Oh yes, Anti pop! Without a doubt my favourite song of DISORDER and I was hoping they would play it. I love the intro so much *-* Reita always moved so close the the audience when playing his bass part, it was amazing to see him play so closely, he is such a cool guy! I think Aoi and Uruha stood on a box, playing towards Kai during song but I’m not sure it happened during this song. It was very cool though =D Ah, “let’s go, this is our time, stand up, raise your fist” and Reita was raising his fist in the air. It was so cool! I really loved this song *-* They didn’t even play that much up until now but I already enjoyed myself so much, I can’t believe it. They are incredible!

Ok. Another pause. I was dying after Anti pop and Yvi too, so we decided to get some water! Which I really really needed. I was worried to lose my great spot, but yeah. I hadn’t have much to eat the whole day and if I faint it was all for nothing, so I decided to be smart and get some sugar in my body. I ordered two cokes immediately XD While we breathed for a while, Gazetto started playing again. I missed two song I think. When I finally got my drinks they were playing Bath Room, it was the only ballad they played that evening and I could enjoy it from a distance luckily. I noticed that a lot of people were standing out of the pack of crowd. Taion was amazing too.. After Taion there was a longer brake and gazette went off-stage. The organizers were bitching we had to move 3 meters from the fence (wtf?) and to not throw water cups on the stage again (I can understand that) or otherwise they would cancel the show. But the crowd wasn’t bitchy and listened very well. I regret that I wasn’t in the audience during Taion, so I convinced Yvi to go to the front with me again, stressing that we just have to see Shadow VI II I in the pack of the crowd! We went in the pack again and surprisingly we ended very near to the stage again, almost the exact same spot where we were before.

Gazette came on stage again and I think Uruha was wearing the purple outfit thingy. Reita came to the edge of the stage again and started SHADOW VI II I! Yes! I never was happier to be at the front again! Damn, this song is so awesome *-* We moved and jumped a lot! Yelling “slow pain” and stuff =D Ahh and the way Aoi played the acoustic guitar was so beautiful. I loved it so much. Reita was kick-ass during the bass part. The Aoi/Uruha solo was so amazing too! I love to see solos with my own eyes *-*
The following song was a really cool song to party on but I didn’t really know the title anymore. I still enjoyed a lot. I guess it was SxDxR but I am really not sure! At a moment Aoi was gone for a moment. I was like “Uh, were is Aoi o.o He isn’t on the stage anymore” ~confused~ The he appeared again, he was all the way left off the stage but a musicbox was blocking the view from my side. Aoi was going really close the crowd that was standing all the way to the left. How sweet of him to think of them XD Uruha came a lot at our side again, same for Ruki! Yay! I’m so glad they all moved so much. Aoi throw a water bottle in the stage, which went over my head. Then he faked throwing another one but shook his head: “No wait, I still need this one”. Haha, he’s so funny XD
Next song: THE $OCIAL RIOT MACHINE$ *____* Wah, another DISORDER song I really really wanted to hear live! Which person can’t love this song? XD A lot of interaction with the song again. Ruki was saying “Jump Jump” a lot. Well, he said a lot of “jump jump” during the concert. Of course I jumped as high as I could. And the DISORDER love didn’t stop. Next was Carry? Yaay! I love Carry? The intro is so amazing and the chorus is so much fun! Before the song started Ruki talked to the audience again. He was trying so hard to speak English but no one could understand. He rubbed the back of his head and smiled embarrassed. Then he said some Japanese lines. The crowd was going “uuuh?” but he was persistent and eventually we all cheered loudly XD He is so amazing for trying to talk to us! Okay, another song followed but the song I really got excited about was when I heard Discharge. Waah, headbang madness. I also think Ruki said: “Last Song.” This is one of the hard song I really love. And Ruki’s singing is interesting XD The way Reita headbangs is really cool! He almost smacks his whole body and bass to the ground. Wah, I wish I could describe it better, but it was freaking cool *-* Aoi, Ruki and Uruha were headbanging a lot too. After this song they and we deserved a long brake.

Encore

Ok. After a couple of minutes the crowd already started to yell: “encoru encoru encoru” while clapping. After a while we also started to shout: “Kai Kai Kai” and finally he came out for the Encore! He came to the stage, said something, smiled and placed himself after the drums. He said something else again and the staff that was standing behind him said something to him. Kai smiled and yelled through the mic: Gutendag. He looked back to the staff member and smiled again. Then he started with a drum solo, which sounded amazing. We were yelling “Kai” the whole time and when Kai yelled: “Hee Hee Hee” we naturally did the same. It was so much fun! Kai is such a great guy. After a while Reita came on stage too, with a scarf before his mouth. He talked Japanese to us through Ruki’s mic and then started to play his bass, to the beat of the drums. Which was really cool too! At a certain moment the scarf dropped to his chin and he throw it in the audience. Another minute of Reita and Kai only music and then Aoi and Uruha appeared too. They stood besides Reita and each side and started playing too. Then finally Ruki appeared again and Reita went to his normal place again. It was an amazing sequences! I never heard it before! I really loved it! *-*
It took a while to recognize the next song, until the chorus started: Ruder! LOL, how can I forget? I must have been really exhausted XD I think Ruki didn’t really sing along to the chorus but the crowd did obviously. And I think that in this song Ruki kissed Uruha on the cheek, making the girls mad! Haha. Even I have to admit it was kinda cute. I think Ruki also tried to talk to the audience again. Some other songs followed, which I jumped and headbanged a lot too. I’m sorry I can’t remember much anymore XD Ok. I loved it when they played Sugar Pain. I read somewhere they also played Toguro~ before Sugar Pain but I didn’t notice o.o Damn me! I love Toguro~ so much! It is one of my favourite songs, why didn’t I notice it? *hits myself* Ok, then came Wife (or was it Best Friends?) which was a very cute performance and the last song LINDA ～CANDY DIVE PINKY HEAVEN～ was even cuter! Ahh I loved it! We and them were so happy. When the concert was over, Reita raised his fists in the air, gave us a nod and left. Aoi bowed! <3 And Ruki yelled: “See you tomorrow” but unfortunately I couldn’t go the next day. Bye Ruki~ Bye Gazetto~ and thank you for this amazing concert. One of the best I ever experienced. Oh and Yvi, thank you for the amazing week and going with me!

I hope you enjoyed the report *waves*

24th Cylinder

Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:13:53 GMT

Ok. This is my first story in english. I used to write in dutch and by writing this I discovered that my english vocabulary expand isn't what it should be for a writer.. oh well.. I need practice, right? So, I decided to post this anyway. It's in the style of a diary entry to the song of 24ko cylinder

You were making red rivers with your knife. I wanted to stop you, yet couldn’t. Your icy glare kept my body frozen, unable to move an inch of my body. I couldn’t handle it, I couldn’t look any further... but your eyes demanded me to look. To behold the pain I had caused you... To make me realize this aroma of spilled red milk was my fault.

I think I cried. I never cry. No, not because I didn’t want to or to keep myself strong.. but because I just couldn’t. I smiled at that very moment. Not because of your pain or mine.. I just felt such a release after all these years.

You saw my laugh and it made you furious. You screamed out mad and threw the knife in my direction. I didn’t try to dodge it. The knife made a deep cut in the side of my wrist. I deserved it. I didn’t care. You gave me laugh, pain. So high, yet nothing.

My tears were dropping to the floor now. You fell to your knees, crying, cursing me. And I was still standing there... like a statue, while my blood came together with the water on the floor and like a small stream it spread. You were drowning in that stream. You didn’t want to fight the tide anymore. You were ready to surrender. Crawling towards the knife with your hand.

I finally moved, I slowly grabbed the knife, so it would be out of your reach. At that moment, time stopped. I saw my reflection in the knife. I hardly recognized myself, so quiet and so full of tears with an awkward smile. It wasn’t me anymore. It scared me. In that moment, I wanted to go with you.. to the end of time.

Still..

Your unreachable love... My unreachable love
even now, look at it...
Your unreachable voice... My unreachable voice
even now, look at it...

For a short moment, suddenly time moved again. Two red line from left to right..
you, me, our voices are dying...
you, me, will end here now...

time will end time will change
me, you, now, will be branded into the flow of time
time will stop at the end of time
we'll kiss and then sleep in this love without warmth

-Solitude laughs as it likes.
You laugh as you look down.
The time is over, the time will stop, at the end of
the time, sleeping with a kiss to unheated death.-

FRIENDS ONLY

Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:51:12 GMT

This is me if anyone wonders by the way..

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