Club Que were absolutely ridiculous when it came to letting people into the venue. Everyone had to line up in a queue exactly according to ticket numbers, and they made lots of fuzz about it. My number was 159. Fairly late, I thought, but when I was finally allowed to enter the venue there were only two rows of people there AND an available spot at the first row. So much for nothing.
Similar to Basement Bar the vacant spot was at the far right side. Guitarist Kengo is apparently not too popular. It looked like most people were there to see the Novembers and not the other band. This time it was Quip Magazine’s anniversary event. They have an artist column were different people from bands write whatever they like, and Yusuke Kobayashi from the Novembers has this cartoon going on featuring among others an ugly dog and guitarist Kengo. Is it any good? Well there’s a reason why he’s a musician and not a manga artist..
For this show there were only two bands on the bill and even better, both bands got to play for an extra long time i.e. an hour as opposed to the regular 30 minutes bands get at regular events. Unfortunately that meant that I also had to endure an entire hour of the first band…
八十八ヶ所巡礼 (hachijuhakkasho junrei)’s vocalist/bassist is officially the skinniest Japanese guy I have ever seen. The Novembers are fairly skinny guys too, but they looked perfectly normal compared to this guy. Seriously, he looked like a stick man that could break any second. In contrast the other guys were a dude in black who looked like he enjoyed 80’s metal (he had his own fan on stage blowing at his hair maiking him look like he was in the cheezy video) and a buff drummer who played without a shirt. An interesting group of people. Ahem, now that I’ve got that out of the way, I was not too impressed by their music (which could explain why I spent most of the time staring at their looks). After a while the vocalist said: "we're not quite done yet. In fact we're only halfway". Oh no...http://www.myspace.com/katsuyashimizu
The Novembers, again! Let's keep it short. The very end of “mer” moved me to bits. There are always a couple of girls crying under a Novembers concert, but I have never been moved in that way. Not to the point were I'm shedding tears. In Japan I get the impression that everyone cries though, and apparently it doesn’t take more than the Doraemon-movie. Anyways, tonight was special. “philia”, “mer”, and different from the other recent shows, “picnic” were beyond amazing. Also, the fact that this was my last time seeing the Novembers before I left Japan made feel sad, but at the same time incredibly happy that was able to see them so many times, because they are truly a wonderful live band.[/sentimental rant]
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