2008/11/05＊Takuro
「VAMPIRE EMPIRE TOUR 08/09」
The tour finally kicks off tomorrow! I’m already excited.
The air inside the live house, the actual building itself and the eardrums and bodies of the people inside the venue, we’re going to make everything ring with our music and make every show a special one.
The first one is at 9mm’s home town of Yokohama.
Let’s enjoy ourselves!!
2008/11/04＊Takuro
「We’re in rehearsal」
I bought a new amp, so I’m full of motivation.
Our tour’s starting soon～!
2008/10/29＊Takuro
「We’re in Nagoya」
Water that promises you long life.
It was everywhere around the radio station in Osaka.
Tastes like normal soft water.
2008/10/26＊Takuro
「Creating a sequel」
9mm’s recording at the moment. Me and Taki-kun are doing guitar overdubs…… is what the picture looks like, right! But that’s completely wrong. There was a video camera set up in front of us, filming us as we were saying “…and this is what I play here“. In other words, we were making a band score. Ah man, we played through all the songs with utmost effort. It was good practice. Alright! All the band kids nation-wide who are fans of 9mm, there’s going to be a score for VAMPIRE! I dunno the details yet so until it’s announced, do your best and practice by ear! Then, when it is released, you can go “I can already play it～”, essentially rendering our work today completely useless and it’ll be great! Wait for our follow-up report～
Now then, starting tomorrow, 9mm’s doing a quick tour of Japan (Fukuoka, Osaka, Nagoya). We should be be able to report on a variety of things.
2008/10/22＊Takuro
「Limited edition commemorative item (lie)」
VAMPIRE came 2nd on the Oricon weekly chart. Thanks everyone!!
To celebrate this, 9mm’s forever loved candy maker came out with this～! Have a look!
HARIBO’s VAMPIRE-flavor. (lol) I’ve been wanting to talk about this for a while now～! Nhahahaha. Sure is a coincidence though. Is it because of the Halloween season I wonder? I’m happy about it but the problem is, if you look reaaally closely, his hand is kind of grossly unattached…… the illustration’s cute, though.
2008/10/20＊Takuro
「Since Akatsuki no Yaon」
It’s been two days already. Thank you to everyone who came!! Ah man, there were all kinds of happenings though. As for me, my acoustic guitar wouldn’t make a sound! And so on. We’d also prepared an electric acoustic guitar for just the chorus of one song but during the actual performance, that one didn’t make a sound either (strained laugh). During rehearsals we were saying “Let’s just bring it out for a bit during the chorus or something, just for appearances you know! Ahahaha～” but it turned out to really be just for appearances (cry). Apart from that, thanks to everyone going completely wild to their heart’s content, I quickly realized my worries about there being seats were completely unnecessary. It was fun. The next time we’re playing Tokyo is at ZEPP Tokyo, huh. I’m looking forward to the tour and our shows. Everyone across the country, listen to VAMPIRE as you wait～.
To change the subject, I had the day off yesterday and today. I spent them by celebrating my younger brother’s birthday (October 18th!) and happily listening to new CD’s I’d bought. Things I hadn’t gotten around to buying yet like Beck’s “Modern Guilt”, and Travis’ new album that’s pictured above. I love them. Right now I have that eye as the wallpaper of my phone as well (a special bonus for purchasers of the album). Okay, later.
2008/10/18＊Takuro
「The look of the sky」
It’s looking nice and ominous. Wonder how it’s going to turn out～. Yesterday, I tried writing a blog twice but the unfortunate result was my PC not being able to send it and there being no update… and I felt like I’d written something pretty good, too. I’ll pull myself together. Everyone, whether there’s seats or not is secondary, just dance with your whole mind and body. Let’s just go crazy with fun. Talk to you later.
2008/10/16＊Takuro
「Thanks to you」
VAMPIRE’s doing great. Thank you. However, the band are now thinking it’s possible someone might come in any second now and go “It was a prank! The album didn’t actually go on sale～”
Today we were again rehearsing for Akatsuki no Yaon. We played through the whole set again, but coming this far in the rehearsals, you really start to lose track of time (time just goes by in a flash when you’re having fun, doesn’t it?). It’s looking good! I think it’s going to become a rocking performance. Those of you coming to Yaon, are you ready to make noise? 9mm’s all set.
We’ll be appearing as guests on bay-FM’s MOSAIC NIGHT tonight. Those of you who can listen in, please do!!
2008/10/15＊Takuro
「To commemorate the release, 9mm celebrated with yakiniku tonight.」
Our 2nd album “VAMPIRE” has finally been released. Today we visited the Tower Record stores in Ikebukuro, Shinjuku and Shibuya, the TSUTAYA and HMV in Shibuya as well as amazon.co.jp (we wrote autographs, scribblings and the silly comment cards, so if you’d like, go check them out). At every store, we saw people carrying it to the register to get a trial listening. Not only that, but we had people telling us “I bought it” as we were writing our scribbles. Umm, to everyone across the country who’s selling “VAMPIRE” in their store, and to everyone who went and bought it, thank you very much. Really.
The town where I was born and raised in didn’t have CD shops to begin with and the only place I could buy them was the market near my high school. So, I’d always have to order the things I really wanted to hear and I’d be waiting anxiously for the new releases from my favorite bands to arrive. There’s not a lot that’d make me happier than if 9mm’s CD’s invoked that kind of a feeling in someone. I’m hoping people will enjoy themselves when they get theirs — we enjoyed ourselves when making it, at any rate.
Now then, only 3 more days until Akatsuki no Yaon!!
2008/10/15＊Takuro
「The radio show’s over!」
Thanks to everyone who tuned in. I was happy to receive lots of messages from people, saying they’d already heard VAMPIRE. The actual release date is the 15th, so go and have a look inside the CD store.
I was going to upload this picture during the day but I’ll just upload it now. Just think up your own caption for it. Just what are those two discussing…
