31.5.10

Search Phrases

Some lovely phrases that internet surfers typed into Google that yielded up This is NOT Greatest Site. Honest to god, I did not make these up. Not one of them. They were all given to me, fully formed, by my web stats analyzer. Maybe I don't say it often enough. I love you people.

are buck-tick satanists?

seileen devil worship

who's going to seileen tonight?

concert edicate is bad

how early do you get to a concert to be first in line?

does kiyoharu drink?

improper use of the word go

not for the claustrophobic

flight radius unladen swallow

takoyaki maker - electric gas

vowel sounds

eat your make up death rock

what techno song has a ticking clock at the beginning?

dir en grey is it true that kyo masturbates onstage?

buck tick live moan sexy

sakurai atsushi without a shirt

glistened with sweat leather pants concert

nude countertenors

sexual tacos

people who think atsushi sakurai is god


And what have we learned from all this? What we already knew, of course: the internet is for pr0n! But just for the record, Not Greatest Site is most definitely NOT Not Greatest Pr0n. And I suppose I should let you all decide what I mean by that.

25.5.10

I Love B-T

To all the fans who bought the "I Love" tour goods designed by Sakurai Atsushi from the 2009 tours & the Fish Tanker's Only lives, we extend our deep gratitude.

We have donated the proceeds from the sale of the tour goods to Unicef.

"I love fan of B-T"

~Sakurai Atsushi

(Taken from Buck-Tick's official home page.)

And an FYI: Sakurai Atsushi is openly anti-war and makes public anti-war statements on a fairly regular basis at live shows, especially rock festivals. He has also participated in at least one charity show for earthquake relief funds.

19.5.10

Gifts from Buck-Tick

What's your most prized Buck-Tick-related possession? Maybe it's a first press CD, maybe it's an ultra-rare poster from some year when they were famous and you weren't born yet (fans born in the 90's, we're looking at you!)

Maybe it's Imai's stabilizer-model guitar, in all its glory, or maybe it's that pink and purple tour t-shirt that your online girlfriend who lives in Japan sent you, just to force you to choose between questioning your fandom and questioning your sexuality (Imai has never been ashamed to wear pink and purple with pride. Whoops, no pun intended.)

Or maybe, it's merely a collection of fabulous old stickers you never could bring yourself to paste on your guitar, theremin, toilet seat, or anywhere else, really (one of them might look especially familiar to readers of this blog!)


Cool, ain't they?

But if you talk to enough fans, especially fans who have been following the band for a long time, you start to get some really weird answers to this question.

For example,

"My favorite Buck-Tick possession is my collection of Sakurai Atsushi's cigarette butts! My friend went drinking with him twenty years ago and rescued them from the ash tray, just for me!"

Or,

"I scratched him at a concert once when he stuck his hand in the audience. Now I have his DNA!"

Please, let's remember that no matter how advanced the genetics lab in your basement is, non-consensual mass cloning of sovereign individuals is classifiable and prosecutable as identity theft and/or sexual assault. Also, scratching people is mean.

But short of disturbingly fetishistic acts of experimental science, there are plenty of lucky fans whose prize Buck-Tick possessions are those special lottery prizes from the various interesting promotional campaigns the band has had over the years.

A custom music box that plays "Jupiter"? How delightful!


Or how about these gorgeous "Gensou no Hana" flowers delivered directly to your door, complete with a signed note from the band members? Surely nothing could be more beautifully symbolic of elusive romance than a bundle of perfect blue roses.


But if flowers aren't your style, how about the more recent 13kai wa Gekkou-themed ipod that was a lottery prize around the time of the band's 20th anniversary celebrations? No ipod could be better than this one for stuffing full of all of Buck-Tick's albums, plus all those pirated concert tapes you made by entering the venue with miniature recording equipment cunningly disguised in your bosom, courtesy of your best friend's boyfriend who works for the CIA.


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I know, I know. These tamer gifts, despite their beauty, may not entirely satisfy your rabid fangirl needs. While it's possible that needs like these are unfulfillable, over the years at least the band's promoters have made attempts to feed the cravings of fans the world over who long desperately for bite-size band members that they could put in their pockets and take home. Thought the Dokudanjou Beauty figurines were the first of their kind? Well you thought wrong. Buck-Tick have been lovingly rendered in vinyl multiple times over their long history, and never so spectacularly as for the Sweet Strange Live Film. All colored and properly proportioned, your super-hero rock stars the Kick-Butt-Ticks (tm) are ready to save the day! Just kick them into hurry up mode, and here we go again!


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If you have any seriously cool, rare Buck-Tick items you want to share, leave a comment or drop us a line and maybe we'll post some more.

18.5.10

寿記 15.05.10 PLASTICS

This is about yesterday...

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An email came from Hotei, saying "tomorrow, I'm going to make a surprise guest appearance at the Plastics show~~"

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I felt so dumb, I didn't know that the Plastics had gotten back together~.

And, Mr. Hotei is going to make a guest appearance at the show!?

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I really...I REALLY want to see this!!

For someone like me, a child of the New Wave and Techno generation, the Plastics are just...

(...when I was in my third year of junior high school, during break I was humming the Plastics song "IGNORE" to myself, and my friend overheard me and all of a sudden I felt really awkward...)

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That music, with Hotei's guitar...

"I wonder if Hotei will max out on the New Wave with his guitar playing?" ...I imagined all sorts of scenarios.

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So then, I got to go and see the show.

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Plastics...so cool~~!!

Mr. Hotei explores his New Wave side!

Delicious musical meal!

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Mr. Hajime, it was so much fun, what with everything that happened!

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And now that I think of it, I played a few Plastics songs as background music for the Memento Mori tour.

IMAI 17:00


13.5.10

B-T Tunnel

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And...I found it behind a circus tent!

12.5.10

寿記 12.05.10 Basement Works

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We have another two songs done.

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We haven't started on the lyrics yet, but, yeah, it's gonna be cool.

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If you're wondering if they're like our other stuff, yeah, of course they're like our other stuff, but they also have a "new format" kind of vibe.

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IMAI 03:00

9.5.10

寿記 09.05.10 First Apperance


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Yesterday I ran into a certain senior musician friend of mine by chance at the hairstylist's.

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I know you can only see his feet in this picture, but this is his first appearance on this blog.

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We were out drinking together the day before, so meeting him under these circumstances was sort of embarrassing.

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We're right next to each other getting our hair washed.

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IMAI 00:00

1.5.10

In time for spring...

In honor of May Day and a long tradition of fertility festivals involving girls and tall poles, we bring you a new translation of "In," revised so you can sing the English lyrics along with the original melody. If you're a university student, sing it loudly in the shower of your dorm bathroom. If you're a parent, sing it around your kids. If you live alone, go out and sing it on the street! And when they ask what you're singing, be sure to tell them it's Buck-Tick.

IN
Lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi
Music: Hoshino Hidehiko

You're selling it, you're sending me over the moon
Makeup & fashion, surfing on cool
Leave it for all the snobs, just give it away
You could take it or leave it with that ability
When you want it you were always
With your feminist affectation

Floating and flaccid, jumping into the sea
Shining glowing green chameleon
Ever a fighter, even in the bedroom
And he's finding the keyhole and sliding in
Sticky on your lips, baby
This is where our connection begins

Inside your imagination, longing for sexual sensation
I hear you moaning, I hear you breathing
Come on dig in your claws

Kiss me, kiss me, your lips are so pretty
I wanna feel you touching me
In your gentle hands for a moment
I wanna feel you holding me

Melting in the mandala
Changing his color, pink chameleon
Sliding in you, feel you from the inside
Like into deep space, cosmos diver
Ah let me sleep, my baby
Forgive me, baby please

Inside your imagination, longing for sexual sensation
Hear your sweet calling, I hear you screaming
Come on dig in your claws

Diving, swimming, into your ocean
Dripping in the spray of your waves
Swim till I can't swim anymore yeah
Sleeping deep under your sea

Kiss me, kiss me, your lips are so pretty
I wanna feel you touching me
In your gentle hands for a moment
I wanna feel you holding me

Diving, swimming, into your ocean
Dripping in the spray of your waves
Swim till I can't swim anymore yeah
Sleeping deep under your sea