Category Archive for Visual Kei + Music
VISUAL KEI GROUP AYABIE PAUSES ACTIVITIES, JROCK BAND MEMBERS ON TEMPORARY HIATUS OR BREAK. WEBSITE UPGRADE TO NEW, FASTER SERVER.
It’s gotten to the point where it’s become a joke. The latest trend in Visual Kei and J-rock appears to be… breaking up. Taking a break, moving onto different dreams: choose your own wording.
This week, the VK band in the news is is Ayabie. Recently, members Yumehito, Takehito, Intetsu and Kenzo resigned from the group. Vocalist Aoi intended to plug on alone, but now, he’s announced that all Ayabie activities will be on hiatus. He stresses that this is a “temporary pause” and that the band hopes to continue on later.
At this point, I’m skeptical of these “pauses.” Seems to be a marketing scheme, to get Jrock fans antsy for a lucrative “reunion tour”…
A small programming note. You may have noticed that La Carmina blog has been offline or half-dressed in the past 48 hours. It’s because I had to republish everything onto a new server; one that can handle the insane amount of traffic that’s been buckling this site. The process was a total nightmare, but thankfully, the blog is now back as it was — including all your comments.
Please let me know if you discover any errors, such as truncated posts, missing images or bad links. Hopefully you’ll find that the site loads faster and doesn’t get glitchy any more.
Once I catch my breath, I’ll post Halloween cute food photos from Tokyo. Thanks, everyone, for your support!
How’s the new site working out for you? What do you think about the recent slew of Visual Kei breakups?
Japanese Word of the Day: Akumu = Nightmare
Song of the Day: Ayabie – Kirisame
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CUTEST CAT EVER: SCOTTISH FOLD MUNCHKIN VIDEO! CUTEST CATS IN THE WORLD.
Hope your Halloween was “as good for you as it was for me!” I’ll have full coverage of the Tokyo horror that went down… including a Hangry & Angry fashion show, interview with designer Gashicon, tour of the new h.NAOTO store, Torture Garden fetish party, and Candy Spooky Theater x SaTaN concert videos.
But first… a new video featuring the cutest cat in the world, my Scottish Fold baby Basil Farrow! In this new compilation of clips, the fat fold-eared yellow cat bats his mouse toy, hides in a box and cat cube, ignores a hamster robot and rolls around upside-down, furry tummy in the air. Don’t you wish you could snuggle him?
The video is above and here. Please subscribe to our YouTube channel so that you won’t miss the upcoming Evil Queen makeup tutorial, featuring G-suS as a minion!
For a daily cat cuteness fix, you can see more Basil Farrow on his blog and Facebook.
Kiwamu has some great news to share with you… his label, Starwave Records, is taking part in a Japanese underground compilation CD that aims to revive the Visual Kei scene and push it forward. Alamode Magazine CD Vol.01 will be on sale here on December 1, with a release party on November 14 at Ikebukuro Live Inn Rosa (full info here.)
Finally, Non Solo Kawaii (an Italian blog about Japanese cute culture) interviewed me about my work. You can read it in English and Italiano here and after the jump.
I hope Basil Farrow’s video makes you smile. I’m very happy — I think this was my best Halloween week yet! How did you celebrate? Did you dress up?
Japanese Word of the Day: “P size wa?” (A lascivious inside joke… you can guess what it means)
Song of the Day: Sixh – Black Heart (I have full coverage of the Hangry & Angry fashion show and new h.NAOTO store coming up!)
LA CARMINA
