2009/06/12＊Takuro
「First day of tour」
It’s ended without incident! There was somehow the feeling of it being the first show of the tour floating about even inside the venue, and our show itself was like that as well (what am I talking about?). Hearing the roar-like cheers when the BACK HORN intro tape was playing and seeing everyone’s faces as we were performing, it made us realize how everyone had been waiting for this tour. Everyones’ enthusiasm reached the stage perfectly, and I’m not just saying that! (laughs) Thank you to everyone who came today.
We’re playing Nagoya tomorrow. We’ll be going on with all our strength.
With that, later.
2009/06/11＊Takuro
「The night before Daisanji Memai Taisen」
It finally starts tomorrow. We’ve waited a long time, but it’s finally tomorrow. I don’t know what we’ll be able to give and take from each other (“each other” as in not just 9mm and THE BACK HORN, but everyone on stage and everyone in the audience) but it’s sure to be an outrageously loud and fun time. Let’s share it all. After that, drink and converse until daybreak, or dance until your mind is completely blank or do whatever you like, I leave it up to you. Even if it is for just a few hours of a day, let’s create a wonderful atmosphere.
※ Pictured up there is the chandelier from the place where our discussion was filmed.
Postscript:
Are there any among you who missed the raffle coupon included in the limited edition sticker of “Black Market Blues e.p.”? There are going to be lots of prizes, but perhaps the main ones would be Taki’s self-made guitar pedal and a ticket to the show of the day. Osaka and Nagoya are already sold out with Fukuoka and Sapporo soon to follow so if there are any among you who didn’t manage to get a ticket, this could be your chance. Definitely try your luck and come see the show. You can come and just do the raffle, too. You can find the details on the official Daisanji Memai Taisen blog below.
With that, later. Ah, so excited.
2009/06/11＊Takuro
「Rehearsal bonus」
The staff took pictures of us yesterday. The difference of quality compared to my camera is astonishing, right? (lol)
9mm’s already in Osaka. Talk to you later.
2009/06/10＊Takuro
「Rehearsal No.3」
This is what it looks like around my amp. On the right is a custom Navigator I added to my group of friends in April. For more information, please have a look at GIGS’ August edition coming out next month. (laughs)
2009/06/10＊Takuro
「Rehearsal No.2」
Taken from above Kamijo’s stronghold. Sure is hard to see anything.
2009/06/10＊Takuro
「Rehearsal No.1」
Reporting in from the studio with a poor quality camera. The thing I want most right now is a digital camera. I didn’t manage to get one in time before the tour…
2009/06/09＊Takuro
「Preparations for the festival」
We’re rehearsing daily. Tomorrow we’re doing something called the dress rehearsal, so hopefully that’ll result in some nice pictures. Daisanji Memai Taisen is right around the corner!
2009/06/07＊Takuro
「Great success」
With the excitement from FACTORY still lingering on, we appeared at “Getting Better” today. It was super fun just like I thought, but I’ll write more on that later because of my current dreamy state of mind, inflicted upon me by large quantities of alcohol. This sure has been a super busy three days. Without a moment’s rest, we get right into the rehearsals for Daisanji Memai Taisei tomorrow! Busy busy! With that, later!
The picture is from when we were playing Jenga in the dressing room at FACTORY. We created a new game where you pile them up higher and higher, finally placing a tissue box on top where and the challenge is to draw one out without destroying the tower.
2009/06/06＊Staff
We’re at Fuji TV today to record an appearance for FACTORY.
We took a commemorative picture with London Boots Atsushi!
2009/06/05＊Takuro
「Live house M-sta」
Thank you to everyone who watched the broadcast.
It ended without incident. Ahh, we had fun.
The time we spent inside the studio filming Music Station only felt like 10 minutes to me. Within that time, the members of Black Eyed Peas started talking to us (“We saw you at VMJA～!” I was really happy.) as we were trying to seem like we weren’t phased. I didn’t have the time to get to have a long conversation with Tamori (obviously) as it was 9mm’s turn to perform in no time. We did our performance in under three minutes as planned.
Like I wrote a while back, I’m hoping people will watch our performance the way I used to watch others’ before. Well, there’s DVD’s and HDD’s now so there’s nothing like having to wait as the tape rewinds or anything. (laughs) Our mere three-minute performance just now, I’m hoping it reached all the troops of band kids and music lovers as it made its way to the TV screens.
And then to all the people who found out about 9mm today — what follows is a very rough explanation — but this is the kind of band we are. (laughs) It’d be great if you could make your way to a live house sometime. But that’s just limited to our shows, I mean. But before that, please try out the “Black Market Blues e.p.” we just released the other day. That was just a bit of an advertisement. (laughs)
Oh, and thanks to everyone who was at the studio hoping to see us. You sure got fired up. Everyone had nice facial expressions! See you at the next place.
With that, later!! We’re playing at FACTORY tomorrow!!
