5 posts tagged “japanese”
A lot went on this weekend, but the weather and the worst parts of it have left me particularly grumpy and displeased this Sunday afternoon. To battle this disquietude, I fondly pull from my memory the moments of the movie Wild Zero that I loved best. The film, starring the Japanese Rock and Roll band Guitar Wolf, is an all encompassing testament to some of the best things you can find in a movie: gangsters, rock and roll, scooters, cute rockabilly Japanese boys, zombies, weapon dealer mullets, aliens, and transsexual love affairs. In other words, it's a must see.
Since I can't find any photos of the hotty weapons dealer chick in a high cut jumpsuit, I'll just swoon a bit over this precious screen shot of Ace:
UPDATE: Francz V kindly snapped a few more memorable shots from the film... including one of my favorite moments. Ace questions the nature of his newfound love, but Guitar Wolf appears quickly to remind him that Love has no borders, nationalities or genders!!!
I have relentlessly stolen this photo from Dice's vox. While I have no idea where this twisted plushie comes from, I am nonetheless thrilled by the rather macabre aura that comes across as a well balanced miscegenation between a Gloomy Bear and a character from Ren and Stimpy.
Since revealing my inner-weakness for the Hapa variety when publicly endowing my womb to the future offspring of one Xavier, ee.en has been able to pinpoint all of my must-be Hapa crushes to come. This time, he really hit the nail on the head:
No, not what you were thinking about probably, but another Japanese video that may give you a reason to say 'Yatta!'
(p.s.2. I'll make a real post soon, I promise!)
Hey Indie/Japanese Voxers!
So tonight there is this big Halloween party being put on by my school's independent radio station, featuring a collective of Indie and Japanese pop/rock bands:
- THE PLOT TO BLOW UP THE EIFFEL TOWER
- GREEN MILK FROM THE PLANET ORANGE
- USASIAMONSTER
- THE MALL
- ZOoOoOm
ANIMENTAL- HENRY TENNIS
Has anyone heard of these bands before? And if so, would the concert be worth going to? (I have a lot of work tonight, so I'm trying to organize my time wisely!)
Happy Halloween everyone! <3
So, I ended up attending the concert for the first half of the set, catching the end of Henry Tennis and purchasing their CD after listening to some of their music before hand. One of the members sold it to me directly, and thanked me for coming out to see them. Apparently they had come out to perform a single show somewhere else on the east coast, and came to play at our school for free, and are heading back to Japan soon.
Next came Animental. Not good. I appreciate the fact that there is a trio of girls trying to make their way into the grunge/indie/rock movement, but they really need to learn how to play their instruments better. I don't mean to be cruel, but they came off as really inexperienced and as though they relied on their performance/dance pieces to support their hipster cred.
Finally, ZOoOoOm came to the stage with an incredible performance. I'm not well versed in genre music talk, so I cannot really explain what genre they fell under extactly. But I can say that the entire performance was an incredible Rollercoaster. With two sets of drums and a wicked guitarist, the 30 minute set never stopped. You could see the sweat dripping from the guiarist's finger tips. I wish I had picked up their album, but perhaps sometime when I get to Japan I will find them and purchase it then.
