Morbid Romantic

Book Review & Personal Blog

Angelica had this up on her blog and tagged everyone, so I am here to take up the challenge… and, okay, to have something to do for the next ten minutes. I tag everyone, so feel free to put this up on your blog.

The rules:
1. List five of your favorite bands/artists.
2. Choose three songs from each band/artist.
3. If you can find a link to listen to the song at Last.fm, YouTube, etc. post it!
4. Tag five people. <— Or everyone!

Depeche Mode
Nothing
Personal Jesus
It’s No Good

The Birthday Massacre
Weekend
Science
Shiver

Oasis
Morning Glory
Supersonic
Live Forever

Mission UK (The Mission)
Deliverance
And the Dances Goes On
Wasteland

The Smiths
Big Mouth Strikes Again
Stop Me if You Think That You’ve Heard This One Before
Handsome Devil

On a side note, guess what I did?

I spent ALL morning going through and replying to the 100+ ‘To Be Replied to’ comments left here for the past month. Unreal, isn’t it? I set the goal, though, and I followed through. I’m actually quite impressed with my own stamina. I truly did love being able to reread all of the lovely comments left to address them properly. I even visited a few sites and left comments of my own.

Does anyone want to exchange Blogroll links with me?

Now, back to that To-Do list. I am going to finish my email box, condense some sites, do a little writing, and finish a book. Then, if I have time, I will sleep and eat.

And I got my copy of Matrimony in the mail today, which I had won earlier this month.

It went right on my immediately to read pile! I look forward to it. There’s nothing better than flipping the pages of a new book. I was so happy when I pulled the book from its mailing envelope and caressed the cover.

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I forgot to write about this.

Set List:
G.D.S.
THE FATAL BELIEVER
MR. NEWSMAN
THE FINAL
AGITATED SCREAMS OF MAGGOTS
?????????? (Kodoku ni Shisu, Yue ni Kodoku)
? -saku-
????????? (Itoshisa wa Fuhai Nitsuki)
GRIEF
??? (Kasumi)
Merciless Cult
OBSCURE
�C
???? (Ryoujoku no Ame)
Spilled Milk
Beautiful Dirt
dead tree
NEW AGE CULTURE
CLEVER SLEAZOID

In addition, Kyo did two acapella songs.

How was the concert? Fucking amazing.

After getting my over 21 stamp (the place had a bar inside, so they were checking IDs to give the under 21 kids an X stamp), I walked into the place to find some place to stand. There were a lot of people there under 21. Hell, under 18. I saw a lot of parents standing around the back, letting the kids go off to do their thing while they waited and watched. When OBSCURE came on, I felt sort of bad for them. They were probably thinking, “Why the hell did I bring my child to this?” The song isn’t so bad, of course, it was just that they were playing clips from the video behind the band…

Stuff like naked Geisha looking things rubbing each other down, orgies with a gyrating fake penis, a woman caressing a babies head, and blood vomit aren’t things you want your teenager to like, watch, or be a part of.

Anywho…

I had a wonderful spot close to the stage with no one in my way. I was next to the really, really cute Japanese guy filming for TokyoTV. From where I stood, I was directly infront of Kyo in the middle.

…

Of course, I spent nearly the entire concert watching Die on stage. I’m telling the truth when I say that I forgot how to swallow when Die walked out on stage. I mean, I was SO close to them. That’s Die, people. It’s not something that I can take lightly. I was so close that I could see the tattoo on his hand while he played. He had on a sparkly AC/DC shirt on. Why is it that every time I see Die on stage live, he has an AC/DC shirt on? Well, at least he’s consistent.

Everyone went crazy during CLEVER SLEAZOID, but that’s to be expected. I still can’t believe that they did ????????? (Itoshisa wa Fuhai Nitsuki). I mean, I love that song. It definitely wasn’t one that I thought they’d do. ??? (Kasumi), either. Only a few people had to be carried out during the show, though I didn’t see anyone getting kicked out for being bitches on the floor. Mostly, just passing out.

Yes, it really was the best night of my life.

Dir en grey is doing a show in Baltimore, Maryland.

I HAVE to go. I seriously HAVE to. I HAVE to see Dir en grey in concert again and I HAVE to see Die on stage again. It’s seriously a life or death need, people. Dir en grey can’t be this close to me and me not go to see them. I can’t sit at home the night of the concert knowing Die is so close and that somewhere Kyo is bleeding all over himself without me being there!

He’s got no booty, but man is he sexy anyway.

I added three more songs to that nifty radio blog over there: Access- Hung Me For The Distance [demo] because it’s my favorite version of the song, Dir en grey- Agitated Screams of Maggots though it’s not supposed to be out for another few days, and Wumpscut- Wreath of Barbs because I always will love that song. All three are three of my very favorites, especially the Access and Wumpscut.

Hey, some pictures from the concert I attended! These aren’t mine, someone sent them to me. I feel all nostalgic looking at them, though. I have two video clips of the concert, too, whee.

Lots of Die, I know. But, can you expect any less from me. I :yahoo5: Die. His red guitar, black/red hair, Bullets & Octane shirt, and ripped jeans own me. He’s a fucking rockstar, bitch.

Poor Die. He’s never going to live down that moment.

Yes, I am calling it the ‘Dir en grey Concert’ because I didn’t go there to see any other band.

The drive to Bristow wasn’t so bad, even if Dumfries Rd is in the middle of nowhere and the 15 mile stretch of that (plus Wellington/Cellar Door) was boring as hell, we made it from here to there in about 2.5 hours. It was just a straight shot up to Bristow.

The crowd was insane. I thought I was going to be bowled over or eaten by fat, bald Korn fans who were either shirtless, in jerseys, or in t-shirts with crude misogynist sayings on them like, ‘I have the dick, I make the rules.’ You know those guys, they’re the “whooooooooo!” guys that drink one beer after another and sweat something that smells like rotten vinegar.

I ate a lot more than normal. Usually, I eat about 1 to 1.5 meals a day. I don’t have the time to eat, so I don’t eat much. But, today after being out in the heat walking around, it seemed like every time I turned around (not really– I didn’t spin in a circle to turn around and then realize I was hungry). I ate french fries and pizza… and water. Yes. Water. The people who know me really well know that I don’t drink water. Regardless of what parents and doctors tell you, water has a taste. And it has a taste that I don’t like. :yuck:

I bought two DVDs:

Those are Average Fury and Average Psycho. Two more added to my ever growing collection. I also bought a t-shirt, but I don’t have a picture of that to show. I decided not to buy any albums since I do essentially have every CD on burned copy. I do plan to slowly start buying the actual albums, though, sooner or later. I just opted for the DVDs for the visual aspect of them.

Let me tell you, though, the majority of the crowd was there to see Dir en grey. The screaming for them was intense, more than anything any other band got.

When they started their own portion of the show, they began with G.D.S., which was just what I was hoping for. I didn’t want them to come out playing any other song. It HAD to be G.D.S.. Some of the other songs they played? OBSCURE, 凌辱の雨, The Final, dead tree, and CLEVER SLEAZOID (I can’t recall the rest, I’m tired and it will come to me… I think they did Merciless Cult, too). Kyo scratched his chest up, bled from the mouth, and ended up putting the bucket of ice water for their water bottles over his head. It made me laugh. Toshiya was going crazy up there. His hair was crazy and wavy and sort of bleached blonde a bit below the roots. He even knocked Die’s mic down… which I suppose was okay because Die promptly began using Toshiya’s while Toshiya spazzed out on his side of the stage.

Die, by the way, was awesome beyond comparison. Then again, he always is.

Kaoru was also wonderfully hairy. His hair was long and the facial hair was there. He looked really good though because I think long hair and facial hair suits him.

Seriously, it was beyond words. When G.D.S. started with the bass and the noise and the “kill, kill, kill, kill” over and over again, I was happier than I’ve ever been in my life. Kyo screamed, tore up the red cage he’d sometimes stand on and threw it at Shinya’s drums, Toshiya jumped around, Shinya wore a shirt that said ‘I’m Ninja, (you can’t see me),’ Kaoru stood in place most of the time and just played down low, and Die was all over the place. You know how Die plays, though. He headbangs a lot, so he did that most of the time. Then again, so did Kaoru.

Dir en grey was by far the loudest and most insane band up there. The others can’t compare (granted, I left before Deftones or Korn… I just wanted to see Dir en grey and get out of there).

I got pictures. Maybe I can find a way to get some online. Hopefully. Before I go to class tomorrow (today, actually), I’ll drop the camera off and have the pictures developed to see if anything came out. The sun was being crazy during the show.

I also met these two:
  
Shinya and Kaoru. Shinya had really small, delicate, cold hands. I liked them. Kaoru was warm, but small, too. Don’t ask me why I noted the feeling of their hands. I suppose it was new to me to feel male hands that felt that way. I mean, they were really small. Nice, too. Shinya said hi to me and his voice was just so soft and pretty. Seriously, Shinya is gorgeously pretty up close.

I also want to add that I am hosting, Revolution. It’s Ryorei’s j-rock resource/information site. So far it’s great. I surfed what she has and it’s :yahoo5: for me.

Oh yeah. Happy 25th birthday to me. :bcake: