Aural Candy / a j-rock blog

News: miyavi in NYC?!~

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:21:27 -0500

JRock Revolution is conducting a poll regarding whether to have miyavi do a live in New York City or not! I'm shocked (and of course utterly pleased) that NYC isn't getting screwed over once again because of a certain West Coast city that I shall ...

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Happy Lunar New Year

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:00:11 -0500

(See how much I improved in vector drawing?) I've been preoccupied with self-enlightenment and business-related matters. I'll return to the J-Rock fandom after this week. <3 I know I owe people/parties posts. Will sort things out soon enough.

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Busy, Busy, Busy....

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:33:05 -0500

I figured that I should write something on the last day of the year 2007. Despite the many going-on's in the J-Rock world that had taken place in the month of December, I've been preoccupied with rediscovering digital graphic art instead. I went ...

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News: DYNAMITE TOMMY Not Guilty

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:05:38 -0500

How remiss of me to not follow up on the DYNAMITE TOMMY incident in which the president of Free-Will Records, a major visual kei label, was accused of $2.8 million theft. This news is 1.5 months late. I'm sorry. I kept on putting this off. Phan...

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News: Jrock Choice Awards 2007

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:01:49 -0500

The second annual Jrock Choice Awards voting has begun! This time, the awards is produced by Tainted Reality, Jrock Revolution, and purple SKY. Go vote for your favorite candidates. http://www.jrockchoiceawards.com Voting ends on Friday, Decem...

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Fandom Talk

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 10:29:01 -0500

Every morning I wake up these past few days, my eyes feel so dry and uncomfortable that I get the urge to gouge them out. No, really. You know, it seems the J-Rock fandom is made up of pretty much the same people at every online social medium. I ...

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This Thing Bugs me

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:15:15 -0500

龍の化身 (Avatar of the Dragon) is Gackt's upcoming photobook and the man himself will soon be performing at the Japan-China Culture and Sports Exchange Year grand finale concert in Beijing on Nov. 29. Am I the only one who sees something really wro...

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PV Review: abingdon boys school / BLADE CHORD

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:55:38 -0500

aka the BEST DAMN PV OF THE YEAR *spasms* abingdon boys school finally broke my months of no reviews because their latest PV is the awesomest thing made of awesome that ever graced the hall of awesomeness! The screencaps don't even do the PV j...

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News: tetsu of L'Arc~en~Ciel Engaged... Sorta

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:51:14 -0500

tetsu of L'Arc and Sakai Ayana to marry, translated by Nanani On November 17th, it was discovered that the leader and bassist of popular rock group L'Arc~en~Ciel, tetsu (age 38) and popular idol Sakai Ayana (22) are to be married. They began seei...

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Silver Ash: Struggles and the Beginning

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:32:35 -0500

Since writing about the (first) Chinese visual kei band Silver Ash (official homepage) more than a year and a month ago, I never did make good on my promise to post part 2 of their Sohu interview. The truth is, I had begun working on it after fin...

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