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It's a small world of bands over here, and Chemical Pictures and Kaya happened to be playing the same venue a few times. I met him through Versailles a couple of years ago so it was good to catch up. Most recently was in August sometime, in Sendai. :)

I've played a few shows with Kaya. Such a sweetie.

Thanks! I really appreciate that. :) I'm not playing bass on the new release, but I AM doing a lot of the behind-the-scenes musical stuff, so I was still a part of the writing process. I hope it turns out well. Also I can't say who the new guy is obviously but he is super-nice and has great...

Awesome, then it should be a cool party time then! And yeah, it'd be cool to spend some time reconnecting with all y'all :D

I've been touring and recording and trying to lay low and stay out of the limelight, surprisingly, and now I'm going to live a normal life I hope. :) EDIT: and whoa wait where the heck have you been, how the heck are you, tell me everything you know everyone now

Hey everyone, what's up? I'm bringing this back from the dead to say hi, because sometimes I think about all y'all, and was wondering what you were up to and how things are going. The other is, I've decided to leave Chemical Pictures. My last show is on 12/20. It's been a good run, and...

I have not lived in the States for years, but while I lived there this was an American attitude as well, whenever Americans go overseas for any length of time. I have also encountered this attitude amongst polyglot Europeans in Japan. I know people who have lived here for more than 5 or even 10...

There seems to be some doubt pertaining to indie bands simply selling a 'license' to major labels, but I can attest to that fact myself. My very own management-mates Dolly are still managed by Fuji Production, as even a cursory glance at the Fuji Pro website will attest to, but their music is...

Jesus Frackin' H. Christ this this this. Geisha I think this hits the nail right on the head. I think you're absolutely right. I have to run right now, but here's what I wrote on another site that linked to this: "I would break down what this guy says into a few categories, though: 1)...

goddamn you i read the thread title and thought of exactly this and came in here to post it, ugh

In Kansai they ride on the wrong side!!

haha, if you are offended by what he says about foreigners then you are the problem I often find myself exasperated by certain types of westerners myself. That said though, there seems to be a lot of side-tracking to the topic of foreigners to Japan for how short that piece was. And the...

i would like to hear some of this

I play bass and sing in a band called Chemical Pictures; we're a bluesy jazzy old-emo hard rock band, influenced by Jelly, Yellow Monkey and Michelle Gun Elephants, but we play in the visual scene.

haha i knew that would be awesome

windings is the right answer here

It depends on what you're trying to show. Are you just trying to spell out something phonetically? Are you trying to approximate what the native language looks like? Are you studying something linguistically? The various romanization systems each set out to do something different. However, I...

I just saw. What bugs me about stuff like that is that MY FAMILY has been following and supporting us and keeping tabs on band stuff via my blog, and I'm sure they'll see this video. Management should have disabled comments, but I doubt they predicted people would write disgusting crap for...

March 14 2009 live digest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HevXZStoZNg