X Cups (water)

e.v. 2006.08.19

Club BL, Nagoya

What a fun evening! It reminded me of the 'Kizu' events of yore. Drinking too much seemed to put everyone in good spritis for a change.

'Blasting Rod' played really well. A definite improvement over the first show (which wasn't very bad for a first show) The only real mistake is that it wasn't recorded. So, for anyone who thought they could wait for the mp3 you've learned your lesson. You can't depend on Mr.S to record everything! :-) Look forward to the next Blasting Rod show at BL on September 17th.


'Agit II' was amazing. It was like a "Mr Busaichedelid San" show, only with a plan. These guys should have played 'Kizu' for sure. I highly recommend this group.

Agit II has put up some videos of their performance on YouTube.
Check 'em out.

"Rock History A to Z"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtpJ5EpTrM0

"Rock City Ha Nemuranai 2004"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49FhyGTiG-A


'Lotus Eater' was really nice too. I was into each individual member's contributions to this funky pop group. It was funny when the singer asked why everyone was sitting, the guys in the front all stood up right at the front of the stage, which is less than 20cm high. Suddenly Haruta was looking her audience right in the eye. I don't think that was quite what she had in mind. :-)
http://sound.jp/lotus-eater


'party club' also was very poppy and funky, but put their mountains of effects to good use during spacy interludes. The singer seemed to be the leader of the group.


'Gakusei Jikkenshitu' performed with no monitors. 'party club' had seemed to be having trouble with their monitors as well, but by the time GSJ took the stage the floor monitors were little more than modern sculpture. Ryoko Ono had only a quick runthrough during sound check as she'd been in Hokkaido throughout the rehearsals for this show. Nonetheless she stepped up to the mic and blew her alto like her life depended on it, even stopping for a moment during the hard-core-improv-medley to scream louder than any of the instruments on stage. Apparently she and Hiroki alone had conspired to do this. The band leader, Hiroki Ono has put a link to the one track given to him for approval, so we're going to go ahead and put up a link to the whole show, mp3 and flac. It's a lot tighter than I remembered.

http://homepage3.nifty.com/gsj~

Intro (featuring DJ Sayaka) 6096627 bytes
Dada Ongaku 5717263 bytes
Hard Core Medley (incl. 'Kill The Poor', 'R-Plan', 'HAL2000', 'Kosoku Torune-do') 3411860 bytes
onosantalk (chatter in Japanese about drinking more beer) 1487920 bytes
Zetusucho /zetsoo-foo-choh/ 6755060 bytes
Yuyake /yoo-yahkay/ 7870585 bytes
Tsuiteki /tsoo-ee-teh-kee/ 4765989 bytes
Flac Archive


As usual, 'Bone Idol' dished out their fare of Trance and Punk mixed together. The band's leader and owner of Club BL, Takuya, seemed to really be enjoying himself on stage. Earlier in the evening he told me that he'd be closing the club sometime in November. Maybe knowing this was the end of the club lightened his spirits.

Though I've seen the group on numerous occasions, it was my first time to see the group from Rouma's side (bassist). He's really good! His right hand technique is really solid and seemingly effortless. I've also come to realize what a 'Rock'n'roller Siderman is. I talked to him for a while after the first Blasting Rod show and for the first time realized that he was well versed in 60's rock and roll.

http://www.boneidol.tv
DJ Sayaka kept the mood light, but cool, always setting the proper tone for the evening.


Someone was taking pictures, if anyone has any photos, I'd like to see them.