whoopso, "a child's bday party" I mean
― original bgm, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:03 (nine years ago) link
2nd half is cool too tho. and "spice" is one of my faves.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:04 (nine years ago) link
mirai no museum was made for a doraemon movie -- don't think it should've been on the album but it's easy to skip.
― clouds, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:09 (nine years ago) link
oh wait yr'e talking about "toki no hari" right
haha yes
― original bgm, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
man, why isn't "hurly burly" a bonus track on the US version? what were they thinking leaving it off the ablum in the first place??
― original bgm, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 15:15 (nine years ago) link
In Tokyo at the moment and saw multiple coloured vinyl options for Level 3, but I didn’t buy it which is telling as I would have bought the previous 3 without even thinking about it.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 21 September 2014 14:01 (nine years ago) link
Just got press list confirmation for the NYC show on 11/15, and possibly an interview (roundtable style, multiple writers). Incredibly excited about this.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 17 October 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
YEAH
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 17 October 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
Who else is going? Mildly curious
― Bringing the mosh (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 21:15 (nine years ago) link
B-)
― original bgm, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
Roundtable interview is confirmed for tomorrow afternoon. I'm coming up with 2-3 questions, though I'll probably only get to ask one.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 15 November 2014 04:15 (nine years ago) link
Perfume interview was...interesting. We were all seated (5 journalists including me, a translator from Universal Japan, and the members of the group) around a cafeteria-style table; I was right next to Nocchi. Questions were translated into Japanese, answers were translated into English. Since there were five of us, and we only had 15-20 minutes, we each got to ask one question. Mine was about their response to the "Spending All My Time" remixes, since those were the first time anyone but Nakata had worked on their music - what did they think of an outsider's version of Perfume? A-Chan answered (she did most of the talking, though they all spoke up) that they really liked all the new elements the producer brought to the song (I believe she was talking about the longer remix) and mimicked the rise and fall of the EDM-ish portions of the track with hand gestures. Apparently, they're going to be performing that version of the song tonight, which is interesting. They were all quite animated when they talked; the other reporters were from i-D, MTV Iggy, Vice, and an outlet I didn't catch because the reporter introduced herself in Japanese, and the questions were about outfits, stage choreography, etc., so the group members would occasionally make gestures - like the "Spending All My Time" hand choreography, or swiveling to indicate that their outfits for the night's performance would be "shiny" (this word was in English, and was followed by giggling). After the interview, all of us took a group photo with them.
Anyway, I'll be writing the whole thing up for Stereogum next week; I'll post a link next week.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 15 November 2014 21:52 (nine years ago) link
Brad you going tonight? I hear there's been a line-up since the early AM
― fgti, Saturday, 15 November 2014 21:54 (nine years ago) link
Kashiyuka should've answered your Q, being the dance music connoisseur of the group. But yeah A-chan will be doing most of the talking.
― abcfsk, Sunday, 16 November 2014 00:14 (nine years ago) link
literally the best show i've ever seen
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 November 2014 18:48 (nine years ago) link
Yup, spent the whole gig ragingEvery intro to every song was so good
― fgti, Sunday, 16 November 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
all of the songs sounded so huge
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 16 November 2014 19:24 (nine years ago) link
Posted this last night on Twitter:
Perfume postmortem: my knees hurt from 90 minutes of bouncing, my face hurts from 90 minutes of grinning. Best show I've seen this decade.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 16 November 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
so soooooo fun. I wanted another hour!
very happy that ny got bagel shout outs.
anyone else see the guy in a jacket completely covered in idol pins? respect.
― original bgm, Sunday, 16 November 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
In the "generic interview questions" handout I got from the publicist, they specified that they were talking about Murray's Bagels, a choice I support 100%.
There was a dude right near me in a jacket with the cover of Converge's Jane Doe painted on the back.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 16 November 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
yeah, what did they say instead of murray's? I just assumed they meant murray's too.
― original bgm, Sunday, 16 November 2014 21:49 (nine years ago) link
i actually think they said murray's
the 15 minute digression on bagels is basically my favorite variation of someone stalling bc of technical difficulties
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 17 November 2014 04:12 (nine years ago) link
and man, "my color" was a dynamite closer. what a song
it's one of my faves but I'd resigned myself to not hearing it by then. man, I was so psyched when it kicked in!!
― original bgm, Monday, 17 November 2014 05:11 (nine years ago) link
My review of the show.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 22 November 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
「Relax In The City / Pick Me Up」 Double A-side Single 2015/04/29 (http://www.sapporobeer.jp/greenaroma/) Release 決定!!
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/greenaroma/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNXwV8RkZ3U
Love double A-sides, double MVs, more fun.
― abcfsk, Monday, 9 March 2015 10:17 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZiPIgCtIxg
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:18 (nine years ago) link
Makes my head spin
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
that's the best thing i've ever seen
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:39 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, that was amazing.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 18 March 2015 17:41 (nine years ago) link
I have no idea what is going on in that video, but I want to be there
― Vinnie, Thursday, 19 March 2015 02:53 (nine years ago) link
new song is really really good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhfYis6VuXY
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 09:19 (nine years ago) link
Yesss. and that gorgeous video. HD!
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 10:59 (nine years ago) link
I have no doubt that is an accurate representation of shopping in Shinjuku
“Sukoshi Fushigi” is a sort-of catchphrase the creator of Doraemon, Fujiko F. Fujio, used when he was alive to describe his style of stories. It translates to “Slightly Mysterious” and is used as an alternate form of “SF” which usually stands for “Science Fiction” in Japan.
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 14:15 (nine years ago) link
https://31.media.tumblr.com/1a69deb6a38eb77bbc80b155e2af0673/tumblr_nm4ooaN7cI1u8axueo4_400.gifhttps://33.media.tumblr.com/e699d0b67c2255cf34f18fe0e073541f/tumblr_nm4ooaN7cI1u8axueo6_400.gif
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
into nocchi's more confident-sounding singing; not so into the added acoustic guitar but i hated "spending all my time" at first and now it's one of my favorites. video is great.
― clouds, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 16:51 (nine years ago) link
I seem to have lost the LOVE for (new) Perfume. The magic seems to have gone for me in their latest work, maybe I’ll get it later but it all sounds so conventional now.
― Chewshabadoo, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 17:50 (nine years ago) link
yeah, I feel ya
― original bgm, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 18:28 (nine years ago) link
'Pick Me Up' is definitely quite conventional but it is also good. I like it a lot.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 1 April 2015 19:00 (nine years ago) link
Listening to the whole 3-track single it's one of their strongest releases in years.
Here's the MV for Relax in the City https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2mo95i_perfume-relax-in-the-city_music
And here's the B-side https://vimeo.com/126262930
― abcfsk, Saturday, 2 May 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
really like that b-side <3
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 2 May 2015 23:50 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK4GDYwR_Lk http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2oyh61_pick-me-up-mj_music
― abcfsk, Sunday, 3 May 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
Finally got hip to this outfit after jbr FB post.
― Thank You For Talking Machine Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 May 2015 04:44 (eight years ago) link
jbr?
― soyrev, Monday, 4 May 2015 05:47 (eight years ago) link
rtf
― Thank You For Talking Machine Chemirocha (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 May 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
I really like Relax in the City.
― Frederik B, Monday, 4 May 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
Possibly the best MV collection in the world is now reuploaded in full HD http://www.youtube.com/user/Perfume/search?query=mv
― abcfsk, Thursday, 14 May 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
http://cdn2.natalie.mu/media/1509/0903/extra/news_header_Perfume_art201508.jpghttp://cdn2.natalie.mu/media/1509/0903/extra/news_header_Perfume_art201508.jpg
Just posting this pic twice. It's PR for upcoming single STAR TRAIN, October 28
― abcfsk, Wednesday, 2 September 2015 19:50 (eight years ago) link
STAR TRAIN
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 2 September 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link