The Other East

Although as yet un-named, the next Versailles album has been dated for a September 16th release.

Check it out Here.

Do you guys think they can (Should?) evolve from their previous album “Noble”?

Tags: cd, philharmonic quintet, versailles

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Well I went to NYC in the hopes of a nice big piece on American based Japanese bands. Several bands, a bunch of my friends both on stage and not, sounds like a recipe for a good time right? Well you’d think but that’s not how it played out. After being told that under-21 people that were with the band would be allowed in the venue [geist] took a couple under 21 staff up to NYC with them from Baltimore. This included myself, I was coming along as the photographer. Well we we got there the venue owner said we actually couldn’t come in and screamed at us for risking his business, then unceremoniously kicked us out of the venue with threats of calling the police.

Well the bands and the organizers weren’t happy with the fact that they had lost their staff, and that we had been rudely thrown out into a storm (NYC was under tornado watch, actually) with no where to go. After some time of us standing outside under an awning looking at each other with various expressions of distaste the event organizer came out and informed us that we would be allowed to come in, and stand in the corner. Better then being wet. Eventually they talked the owner into allowing me to shoot the [geist] set. Non-the-less I was still disappointed that I wasn’t able to shoot my friend’s band “Lilac” which I was seeing for the very first time.

The venue owner was probably the rudest person I’ve ever met, at no point did he speak to anyone like they were human beings. The people I spoke said they would never be playing at the venue, Don’s Hill, again.

On the positive side, this was my first concert shoot with two DSLRs. I got to try out my brand new Canon 40D and for my first shoot with it I think the shots turned out good. Check out the photoset Here and add [geist] to your facebook.

To coincide with Vamps’ debut American tour, Hyde will be releasing his self titled album on iTunes in America on July 7th. Also coming to iTunes are several Mad Capsule Markets and Luna Sea Albums. More info on Jame.com if you follow the links.

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Tags: hyde, itunes, luna sea, mad capsule markets

I’ve just been notified that I will be able to sit down with Kanon Wakeshima at Otakon for an interview. If you have a question for her, post it in the comments. They also let me know that Sony music has prohibited anyone from photographing her concert. I will be shooting Becca’s concert, though.

Tags: Kanon Wakeshima, Mana, otakon, wakeshima

You can check out the thread that making it rounds through the community (warning, offensive content)Here. I realize the thread is ancient but internet standards but someone just linked me to it earlier proving its still alive. Its was brought to my attention that infact the entire forum is a parody of baptists. Check out the site’s TOS/disclaimer Here. Confirming that my troll detector was in fact working properly, although I briefly considered it authentic. Rule one: Never doubt the troll detector.

It begs the question; “Why on earth would someone spend their time posting thousands of times pretending to be a Baptist?” I suppose the intent is to get people to condemn baptists. I imagine they frequently succeed, while I only condemned the specific forum when I first came upon it, I’m sure many would come away from that forum with hate for baptists. I’m putting this up as a notice to the Jrock community that it is in fact a hoax and while you can feel free to get mad at the forum, its not because they are insulting Goth-Loli, but because they are trolling the community.

Tags: baptist, goth-loli, gothic lolita

I’m still out wandering around the west so prizes won’t be given out immediately, but when I can get home and coordinate them you’ll get them. The winners are:

Grand Prize:
James Osborne

First Prize:
DaFalconGFX

Runners Up:
Flaffer
Piotr
Groovy

A bunch of you missed the part where I need an email address to contact you about giving you your prize. I can’t give you your prize if I cant contact you.
Email me your address at Palerom@comcast.net if you see this before I get in touch with you.

VAMPS has announced that they have decided to physically appear at Otakon for a panel discussion and autograph session. Originally the band was going to the hit the road immediately after the Baltimore concert, which is the night before Otakon, and head off to the next stop. Otakon members that attend the concert with get a special pass granting priority access at the appearance.

I’m going to be gone for most of the rest of the month, I’m going out to Yellowstone amoung other places. I’ll still be posting some, but I’m going to put Remy in charge of news for the next week or so. And we’ll announce the Versailles DVD contest winner soon.

Yoshiki held a press conference in Shanghai earlier. There aren’t any articles about it yet, but some raw video has been posted online. Check it out here

Tags: world tour, X Japan