From now on, I'll only be using last.fm to scrobble music and that's it. The functionality and social aspects of this site have gone down massively and I lost interest.

However I'm still very very much into music (and musicals too, lately). My concert documentation can be found HERE. Also keeping a blog HERE. Feel free to follow me there, if you care.

On a slightly more music-related note… upcoming:
20101202 - the fool (JP) / Guren (JP)
20101231/20110101 - L'Arc~en~Ciel (JP)
20110228 - Within Temptation (NL)
20110608 - Katie Melua

I'M GOING TO L'Arc~en~Ciel's NEW YEAR'S…

Because I went to a ton of lives since I came to Japan, and wrote (short) reports for some of them, here's part 4!

2010.02.07 Plastic Tree
I really really enjoyed the concert. I mean, to be honest I just don't like their last album Donna Donna. It won't grow on me and all the songs are just… net niet. Thankfully they played more songs from their old albums than from Donna Donna and frankly the audience was much more enthusiastic during older songs. Overall it was a really good live and especially the encore was pure win.

2010.02.11 COUNTER…

Because I went to a ton of lives since I came to Japan, and wrote (short) reports for some of them, here's part 3!

2009.12.27 Jack in the Box (click for report!)

2009.12.29 BEAT SHUFFLE LIVE SIDE 2009 -D.N.A-
On December 29th I went to this event that was held in Omiya Sonic City. LM.C, D'espairsRay, Penicillin, Nightmare and Creature Creature were there. It was really quite enjoyable and most acts performed well. All bands also performed their more famous songs, so that was also quite fun for a change. I didn't really like the hall though,…

Because I went to a ton of lives since I came to Japan, and wrote (short) reports for some of them, here's part 2!

2009.09.24 BUG
I doubt a lot of people on my friends list know them, except maybe the people who frequent Jack in the Box. They're the other band of D'ERLANGER's vocalist Kyo. I'm a bit of a Kyo fan, and while BUG is not entirely my most favourite works of his (he has a lot), I decided to go anyway. And I gotta say… while this band sounds 'just nice' on cd, they kick serious ass…

Because I went to a ton of lives since I came to Japan, and wrote (short) reports for some of them, here's part 1!

2009.09.04 VAMPS
2009.09.05 VAMPS

2009.09.06 lynch.
On the 6th of September I went to the lynch. concert in the evening, which was SO. FUCKING. AWESOME. They played really well, the atmosphere was good (although I want to punch every single fan who did furitsuke - not just headbanging and hand movements but furitsuke - in the face) and the light, fire and smoke effects were awesome! Great concert, and my neck hurt the next day from…

With New Year's being only 15 minutes away where I am (Japan), here's my Best of 2009!

Top 3 bands of 2009
01. L'Arc~en~Ciel. They released their Live in Paris dvd this year, and all their solo projects were very active and amazing as well!
02. D'erlanger. New album, and from what I have heard their show in the NHK Hall in Tokyo in November was amazing too (and is probably gonna be made into a dvd if I got this right!)
03. MUCC. Lots of activity overseas, as well as a new album, as well as…

In less than a week I will be leaving the Netherlands… and heading to Japan to study in Nagasaki for a year :3 I will be traveling around a bit in September first, also attending some concerts and will post (short) reports here.

Anyway, because I have to pack all my stuff in boxes, not just the stuff I will bring because my parents will be moving while I'm away, I decided to take photo's of two of my favourite cd collections (my number one being my L'Arc~en~Ciel collection, of which I updated the photographs btw!): D'erlanger and Die…

CDJapan has opened this really nice new site called Neolog. You can post reviews of cd's, dvd's and the likes there, which is a really great idea imho.

My Neolog is HERE :)

Top 10
1. L'Arc~en~Ciel
2. D'ERLANGER
3. Plastic Tree
4. Hyde
5. Dir en grey
6. シド
7. B'z
8. ギルガメッシュ
9. ムック
10. 슈퍼주니어

1. What's your favorite song by 10?
Miracle.

2. How did you get into 2?
Thanks to a friend who showed me the videoclip for La vie en rose.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
I really can't choose.

4. What’s your favorite lyric bit by 9?
Never really paid attention to that… But the lyrics to Media no Juusei impressed me.

5. Have you ever seen 5 live?
Yes. 6…

chenka's top albums

1. L'Arc~en~Ciel - True (236)

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2. L'Arc~en~Ciel - KISS (209)

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3. HYDE - 666 (184)

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4. L'Arc~en~Ciel - AWAKE (181)

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5. L'Arc~en~Ciel - Heart (172)

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6. B'z - Action (166)

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7. D'ERLANGER - LA VIE EN ROSE (165)

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8. L'Arc~en~Ciel - Ark (151)

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9. L'Arc~en~Ciel - REAL (146)

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10. レミオロメン - Horizon (123)

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11. Plastic Tree - cell. (114)

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12. PENICILLIN - Ultimate Velocity (108)

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13. Dir en grey - VULGAR (107)

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