Monthly Archives: January 2006

NOVA billed student illegally :: Kyoto court

The big pink mutant and the woody boys cannot hide the fact that the Kyoto District Court decided that NOVA must refund the full price of classes that a student did not take!
[quote]English language conversation school operator Nova Co. illegally billed a student when it refused to refund her the full price she had paid [...]

Torture Technique Vol. 4 @ Daytrip, NAGOYA :: Sat. 11 February

[Goth/Industrial Live] While Tokyo has been lolling around in the first few weeks of the year, Nagoya has gone totally ballistic (by Nagoya standards), with two shows in January and now ANOTHER big show in February. Make no mistake Nagoyans, if you don’t haul ass to the major events, then there is not a lot [...]

Blood live :: Revenge of the Blood @ Cyber

While the Gothic Lolitas had worked to suppress my urge to bounce and w00t in front of the stage, they could not stop me from having a good time!

Hauling ass to Club Cyber
Located a short walk from Ikebukuro station, Cyber stands out on the side street it is on; being the brightest lit spot there [...]

Tokyo Dark Castle #16 @ Marz, Shinjuku :: Sat. 4 February

[Uber-Goth] Japan’s biggest live Goth event launches its 2006 series of events at the new locale, Shinjuku’s Marz club. Every Tokyo Dark Castle is specially crafted to ensure maximum consistancy and enjoyment throughout the night. It is a badge of honor for the bands who play, and the acts that do make it to TDC [...]

Livedoor Chief arrested :: Horie makes jail bid

Livedoor’s CEO, Takefumi Horie, was arrestedon Monday evening on suspicion of manipulating stock prices by spreading false information. So now it is official. Accompanying the CEO are CFO, Ryoji Miyauchi, Director Fumito Okamodo and President of Livedoor Finance, Osanari Nakamura. Gee, that is just one short of a full house. According to reports Horie denied [...]

Cut the Crap, 101A in Vari-Tech @ Chop, Ikebukuro :: Sat. 4 February

[Alternative/Hard Rock] Cut the Crap have done TDC twice and 101A is a hot alternative rock band that keeps getting better as the members mix digital with the hard retro rock mix. With four more bands this event is looking good.
Cut the Crap’s Vari-Tech #19
When: Saturday, 4 February
Open: 17:30
Where: Club Chop (nr Ikebukuro station)
Address: B1, [...]

Group suicides or murder suicides

Two reports came in on the weekend. One report had the wife stabbing the husband to death before taking the two children away to die together of carbon monoxide poisoning. Apparently there were problems with the marriage. No shit. I wonder how they could tell.
The second had a couple off their own children before deciding [...]

Is Danse Macabre dead?

Looks like Danse Macabre, a club event that included Danse Macabre and Vertige has closed up according to their site.
Of course it could mean anything in terms of Japanese Goth scene. The organizers may just be having a holiday, re-inventing the event under a new name, getting involved in a new event, the owners forgot [...]

JGoth.com Newsletter #2 :: January-February events

Akemashite omodetou gozaimasu. Kotoshimo yoroshiku onegaishimasu.
Happy New Year. Please continue extending your favors/kindness.
:: THANKS!
First, a big thanks to all those who got on board and got some stuff down. It is not easy getting up front when things are a bit quiet, and I’m not the most personable creature on earth (some might call me [...]

Agent Murder & Suicide Squad in Quadrophenia @ Live Labo Yoyogi :: Sun. 29 January

[Hard Goth/Metal Live] Cheers for Gsson for dredging this up. If Genet is the lord of the goth/underground, then Awi would be the dark prince. The announcement came from Awi’s pre-Agent Murder band mail, Nameless Cult, which was where Awi was his bloodiest, but it looks like this is for Agent Murder as he did [...]