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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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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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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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Director Kaneko Shusuke's OHP Updated

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:47:48 -0400

Remember my report of the New York City premiere of the movies DEATH NOTE and DEATH NOTE II a few months ago? It looks like director Kaneko Shusuke's homepage has been updated with his visits to NYC and Montreal for the movie screenings/premieres...

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News: R:ID Mega Event feat. PSC

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:56:37 -0400

This is still not confirmed by official sources yet. I'll update this when more information become available. According to a concert-goer to the GazettE's live in Berlin today, in one of the flyers handed out after the concert, PS Company band...

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JRockRevolution.com

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:05:18 -0400

JRockRevolution.com is now one of the indispensable J-Rock news resource sites that I check regularly. If this site still isn't under your radar, I recommend keeping an eye on it for the latest news on developments in the scene. If you have a Liv...

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News: YOSHIKI to Collaborate with Paris Hilton

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:42:57 -0400

From Jrockrevolution.com: [...] While YOSHIKI won’t be acting in a movie, he will, however, be the producer of Lionsgate Entertainment’s next film, “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” a horror musical directed by “Saw II” and “III” director, Darren Lin B...

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News: YOSHIKI's Catacombs Soundtrack to be Released

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:14:06 -0400

Yanked word-for-word from JRockRevolution.com: EXTASY Records is set to release the original motion picture soundtrack for Catacombs, the dark thriller from the producers of the SAW series about to make its theatrical debut in Japan. Why is t...

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News: DYNAMITE TOMMY Suspected for $2.8 Million USD Theft

nobody@vox.com(Aural Candy) — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:31:56 -0400

News courtsey of phantasmagoria of LJ. Former employees of the major advertising company Asatsu DK, INC and the executive of a music label were arrested in connection with fraud totaling 320,000,000 yen. In 2001, Kaku Kouichi* (39), a former emp...

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