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MY SCOTTISH FOLD CAT IS ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL, SATURDAY 8PM! ANIMAL PLANET CATS 101 TV SHOW & RADIO INTERVIEW.
Set your Tivos. My Scottish Fold cat, Basil Farrow, will be on Discovery Channel / Animal Planet on Saturday night! He will be featured in an episode of Cats 101, a program dedicated to fuzzy felines.
My Scottish Fold is in the episode with this description: “Turkish Van; Snowshoe; Chartreux; Bengal; Domestic housecat; fat cats; Balinese.” It airs Saturday, September 25th at 8pm (I think for both Eastern and Pacific Time, but check your provider to be sure). As you may have guessed, my roly-poly bear will be in the “fat cats” segment. I hope you won’t miss his TV debut!
Here’s something else to mark on your calendars. Asian Boston (who recently featured me in a magazine article) is interviewing me on their radio show. We’ll be chatting about my work for 30 minutes, beginning at 11am PT / 2pm ET on Saturday. We welcome you to call in and ask questions. You can listen to the radio show live here.
Thank you to Style Sample magazine for interviewing me in their latest publication. Flip through the entire Issue 9 here.
Don’t forget to tune in to Cats 101 on Saturday, 8pm, Discovery Channel! You can get a sneak peak of Basil Farrow playing and wahh-ing on our YouTube channel. And I will post new images of him on his Facebook tomorrow, so be sure to friend him.
Japanese Word of the Day: Iten suru = Move, removal
Song of the Day: Kanon Wakeshima – Princess Charleston
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SAD NEWS: VIDOLL IS ON A POSSIBLY PERMANENT HIATUS, AS VOCALIST JUI PREPARES FOR THROAT SURGERY. FINAL VISUAL KEI ALBUM CRESCENT GAZER.
If you’re following my Twitter, you’ll have already heard the devastating news. Jui, the vocalist of Visual Kei band Vidoll, has a blood clot in his throat and is undergoing major surgery. As a result, the group will be taking a long break. If the surgery is successful, Vidoll may be back on stage within two years. However, if the worst case scenario arises, Jui will lose his voice and the group will never get back together.
Regi, my friend and bassist in a new band in Japan, shares the following tribute to Vidoll:
Vidoll has been one of my favorite Visual Kei bands for years, mostly because they were the first truly indie band I stumbled upon. I watched them over the years. They evolved as would an art student moving from a school gallery into the Met. I joined their fanclub as soon as I was able, and managed to see Vidoll live numerous times.
Tonight (Sept. 16th) marks their last live as Jui will be undergoing surgery. Say what you will: “Oh, it’s only two years off” or “It’s just surgery, they’ll be back soon enough” or even “I never liked them anyway.” But remember this: This surgery will make or break Jui.
Right now, Jui is losing his voice. Even though he knew about the problems almost a year ago, he still continued to perform, with rapid deterioration as a result. It was quite possibly one of the most self-less/selfish things I have ever heard about, and I am eternally grateful for his sticking it through so many lives, even when I could tell he was exhausted emotionally and physically.
To take away a singer’s voice is to take away his most precious possession. It would be the equivalent of depriving La Carmina of Basil, or myself of my bass guitar and art books. This is a devastating time for him, and I can only hope that the surgery is successful. Who knows if his voice will remain the same, if he will have one at all, post-op? A surgery is still a surgery, and complications arise in even the most mundane of procedures. I wish him a speedy recovery, and really wish I could be there for the concert tonight in Tokyo — if not to watch from the audience, then to just here him sing one last time.
Vidoll was the first band ever signed to HearJapan, and with great sadness, the label now presents possibly their last release ever. “The band made sure their last three songs have a song for all of their fans. The first song is a medium paced rock ballad. The second song gets down and dirty. The third song is a sad farewell song.” You can support Vidoll by picking up Crescent Gazer here. (Photos courtesy HearJapan.)
Do you have any treasured memories about Vidoll, or well-wishes for Jui and the band? I encourage you to leave a comment for them in this post.
PS: in happier Jrock news… D’espairsRay approved almost all the photos I took of them at the Seattle concert, so the review will be up ASAP. And Rose got to hang out with Die and Kaoru from Dir en Grey after the Seattle concert. Her photos and report will be posted next.
Japanese Word of the Day: Mikazuki = Crescent moon
Song of the Day: Vidoll – Crescent Gazer (You can get the last release from HearJapan.)
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