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Soooooooooo tomorrow is my last para club event, 9loveJ`s new years night. Woah and woe is me. I am kinda looking forward to coming home though, I can`t wait to get 2007 shenans off to a flying start!
God I`ve done soooo much since my last post, loadssss of clubs have been hit, para people have been met and general shenans have been had. Starfire was excellent, Innochi is so so nice, got my picture with him and he tried to talk to me but my lack of Japanese is so fustrating. I really wanna talk to so many people and get to know them. Like I got my picture with Kyohei (techno boy I adore)and it would`ve been so nice to speak with him rather than say I think your so hardcore and he`s like HUH???!!
Starfire was awesome, but I failed to win anything in their raffle! I would have settled for free drinks ;_;
So yeah loads of excellent para lols that noone is interested about I`m sure.
Hit Ueno today for the bootleg market and the gorgeous park. I can`t tell you how nice the park is. It`s really the only place with anysort of history that counts. Seeing the burial spots of shoguns is amazing and the main shrine there was breathtaking. The market was`nt half bad either, got a well techno top there, I just fit a size large... just, even though I`ve lost loads of weight! Bah size large jeans are 32 inch waist??!! You`re aving a laf Japonz! But Ueno has the nicest creampuff store. Man I had a chocolate one and I seriously could`nt stand up, blimey those things are nice. The cream is like heaven, seriously just heaven. Hitting there a few more times I thinks!
Went to Odaiba on the boat. Gotta love that place, Rainbow Bridge, Fuji TV, the chocolate escalator, the masssssssive ferris wheel, the shopping mall that`s an Italian village. Blimey whats not to like.
Tonight we hit Cyber Trance Final at Velfarre, was allrigt. John Robinson made the event really. Had a breif chat with him and got my photo with him later on. Man he is soooo nervous off stage, he finishes dj`ing and goes straight home. Gotta love that guy.
Was alluding all over the train home tonight with these three English girls, we totally took over the carridge and disturbed everyone. Pictures with random people agogo!
Unusually met some awesome bobs at the hostel bar the other day. One English guy who chatted about Oscar Wilde with me and was trying to come onto me... lol. And this American lad who I had a drinking competition with and he was actually very hot lol.
I counted I`ve bought 25 cd`s and 5 dvd`s so far lollers. Damn those secondhand stores!
I beat the subway system as well, if you go through the barriers right after the person in frint of you it`s to slow to tell you your ticket is`nt failed and it shuts the gate on the next person lol. I was meant to pay something like 900yen from Odaiba to Shinjuku but it only cost 200. BEAUT! MASSIVE SAVINGS DESU!
And when people say something to me in Nipponese I say something back like "What you saying about my Mum???" It`s been amusing me anyway.
Erm yeah that`ll do for now
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Hope you few people that are reading this had a top Christmas, I know I did.
Got up early and woke everyone in the hostel up. Santa had drank the milk I left out the night before SHOCK! Or maybe a German hobo drank it, either way RESULT! I`d put all my Christmas pressies under a palmtree I decorated the night before lol. Presents being stuff I`d bought in Japonz. WHAT A HORDE!
Anyway people were all being totally unfestive so it was up to me to pound them upside the head with the spirit of Christmas.
INCASE YOU HAD`NT NOTICED IT`S JESUS`S BIRTHDAY, SO GET OFF YOUR HETHAN SHINTO ASS AND FUCKING CELEBRATE!!
As Mr Garison would say... and maybe I sang on the subway a lot yesterday. I was totally festive dressed as well with tinsel up the ying yang. So yep Me and Andy went to the Hobgoblin Pub for traditional English Christmas lunch with some other English guys.
BEAUTIFUL BRITISH NAME!
Many an Al Murray lol was had and we got right royally pissed and ended up having seconds in the name of the Queen. I COULD`NT FINISH IT I LET THE QUEEN DOWN!!! We were all well alluded later on singing the national anthem and stuff. Top Christmas lols!
Afterwards me and Andy hit Velfarre for Legends of Rave techno night. I could hardly stay awake for the first hour, I so wanted to pass out. BUT NO I pushed on. Man this was a weird event, more like a gig really with a bit of dancing at the end. Got to see Move perform some Eurobeat songs, and MAX as well, they were awesome. TRF were soooo popular, the crowd nearly killed me when they came out. Hillborough part 10! John Robinson sang some of stuff as well including Everythings Gonna Be Alright. Awesomeeeee.
Afterwards they played a load of old techno songs. Did`nt get to para that much. Saw quite a few para people there. Ryuichi and Kyohei who were lolling about. Kaori was dancing on one of the little platforms. Talked with Ichi of the SEF Allstars, he speaks quite good English. He was like woahhhh that I was a para fan and I knew the song Emotions lol. Got my picture with him as well.
So not a badddd Christmas!
Been to loads of other clubs as well in the last few days. Went to 9loveJ for the first time which was loadssssss of fun. Met Hime of Techno Venus, she`s so so thin. Loads of euro and techno equals loads of fun. Happy days indeed.
Hit Harujuku on Sunday to see all the fruits lols. Got my picture taken with loads of girls in decora and stuff. You`ll get to see them all when I get back.
Today it`s pissing it down so I`ve ditched Andy for relaxation, might catch a film later. Starfire is tomorrow... I think... I`ll check me schedule. It`s something anyway. Gonna hit the last Giga Freeze in Iwaki as well seeing as the other one was so much fun.
I got a record low amouts of cards by the way this year, a massive erm one card and thats the label off the booze Lat gave me, oh how I`ve offended everyone this year lol. But I did get myself a load of pressies as ever. This holiday being the main one and loads of cd`s and dvds I`ve bought here. My new years resolution is to be nicer to people and aim for five Christmas cards next year.
ANYWAY..... things to do, caramel milk tea is my life, need to bring a crate of that shit home with me.
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Cor I just got back from Velfarre SEF Final. Man Am I so glad I got my act together and made the effort to get here. It was so SO rammed though, no room to dance at al, so the para clubbing side of the event was a bit poor. BUT it was the Allstars I wanted to see and just to be able to say I was there!
First off though let me report on Andy`s non adventures today. We were supposed to meet at 1pm today. So I wait... and wait... go to his hostel... no sign of him. He can make his own way there! So I expect to see him outside Velfarre, he shows up an hour before SEF ends and the Allstars have long since been on. Thats the whole point of this holiday you lol!!! He overslept... words escape me.
I did see Paraparaman and Dom in stealth mode outside Velfarre. I don:t think Dom managed to get in though which is a bit rough.
ANYWAY..... the Allstars performance was just so SO good. Tomomi was so out of practice the lol, and she`s well ganguro now. Miho had obviously practised loads and loads and was as good as she used to be. Maki, Satoko, Richie and Ryoko all still para so they looked top notch as ever. Velfarre were being dicks about people filming it all, they were snatching cameras from people. Had to put mine away after a minute BOOOOO. I guess the performance will be on a dvd soon. The routines were just a medley of PPP songs by the way. But it was so awesome to be up close to them doing a performance, a real once in a lifetime thing.
Afterwards they came and para`d on the dancefloor. Miho and Tomomi did`nt know many songs so alluded to the vip bar I think. Saw most of the other SEF dancers and loads of other random para celebs. DJ Shu dancing on the podium.... get down you lol. Kaori is so so gorgeous in person I gotta say, and she got really tearfull when they played Velfarre 2006 near the end. She`s a big hyper active lol. Totally my fave para dancer now. Richie was mega nice in person though <3
The only downer about the club was the songs they played. Obviously because it was the last SEF they played millions of old club favourites as well as a whole loadddd of PPgame songs. Ugghhhh those are`nt fun. Yeah 80% of the songs they played were boring ones. And it was weird not having techno in the middle of things as well.
Well SEF Deluxe will now start at a new club in Feb. Tbh Velfarre is`nt anything special, it really reminds you of English clubs just without the sticky floors. Why is that such an English club thing anyway?
Gonna try and get a highway bus to Iwaki tomorrow for Giga Freeze para night. Tataaaa.
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Shitttttttttt well Japonz yo.
I:ve totally been sightseeing hardcore style. Been everywhere and anywhere, thats all you need to know! WELL I went to Harujarujuku on Sunday for Fruits lols and shits. Well scary shrine there shittttt! Woahhh I was well up the top of Roppongi Hills Tower, view of the whole city hardcore style. Thats a well shit gallery! Well playing to much pop n lols innit.
CLUBBING equals lols of excellence! Went to Velfarre on Saturday night for Cyber Trance. Was ohhhhh so good. Climbing the staircase of Velfarre was magnificent, the trance lift was awesome and the music was hot shit. Not to mention the girl that sings Are You Wake Up, did a live performance. I seriously creamed in my pants. And whats with those crazy nips all facing one direction when they dance. ARE YOU CRAZY!!!??
Left Velfarre at 12am and hit Shinjuku Neon para event. That was hotshit. They played a set of 2nd boom shit which ended just after I got there and then hoho it was 3rd 4th boom pallooooza!!! LOVE IT!!! I was the only person that knew All My Love For Christmas. Lolz right there. <3 to Disco NRG!
Saw a westerner who turned out to be Paraparaman off the interwebs. He was a bit of a tit tbh. Why act like you:re embarrassed, you live for para you NOB! Anyway I owned his ass on the dancefloor. Saw K-chan-kun again, this Japanese guy I meet at Hyper Active. We both can:t understand eachother but we:ve become para clubbing buddies. Techno was hardcore they played almost all of We <3 Techpara 4, good job I learnt all of it that day.... maybe not I learnt about three of them but it only came out like tomorrow.
Got home at like 9am from that lols of doom. Top top top!
Andy arrived today, he is now my excuse to allude in a major way... like I might be right now...
If he wants to eat I just point him to a bar. BUY ME A DRINK!! Lol right there. Well alluded tonight and I bought... no drinks. Long may it continue!
OH OH I found this super duty free place in Roppongi, everything is soooooo cheap. Woahhhh the booze there is insane! JD for 1600 yen! YOU JOKE!! But woah Bourbon that tastes the same for 800 yen YES PLEASE!!! So I may have stocked up on that. And I now carry a bottle of bourbon around with me for Bobs fun. They have some oh so fun booze there though. SKORPIO!!! There:s a skorpion in my drink!!!! might bring some of that shit back with me. DAIRY MILK!!! YOU:RE AVING A LAF!!! Found a subway as well.
BIGIDY BAM!
I also decorated my bed AND room I:m in. Tinsle agogo!!!
oh oh I went to the local bar round here with Andy tonight. Free drinks agogo. Got the awesome bargirl to make me some random hardcore drinks. First one was a... are you ready... this is hardcore... A GBW! Gin, brandy and whisky. My oh my that was harsh love. Then the barman made me a mixture of england meets japonz. Which was Jap Whisky and some other shit mixed with cold Tea. HARDCORE!!! I named it the God Save the Queen Desu!
Money may become somewhat tight as well... SHIT! Watch the spending you tit! May have to get a quick transfer off the mum if it gets to low.
BRB TOKYO TOWER!
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Sup everyone. Wellllll where do I begin??
Well I went to Shibuya yesterday for most of the day to have a good look round. A mighty place it is indeed. It was awesome standing at the famous huge crossing and the shopping is unbelievable! So many great clothes shops and a million arcades and dvd shops. Walking through Shibuya Center Gai was really nice with the Christmas music playing. I walked past Auars pub where 9loveJ is held as well and went in there for a quick drink. Oh and an off-license made me laugh when I walked by and they were playing anime music. Hardcore!
But of course I went to B-1 Dynamite last night. My watch was wrong so I got there at 7:10..... a bit early, and there was only Bancho *the Starfire dude* and some girls I think are from Starfire. They played a load of old old boom stuff for short while which I only know a handfull of so I sat that out and had a drink. Spotted Ryohei from T-RREX by the DJ Booth. Then some later stuff came on, lots of PPP4 and 5 stuff actually and then there were loads of people so the big circle split into two smaller circles. Lots of people seem to know the older stuff more than 4th boom routines which I find weird. Both nights loads of people have been watching me, even for stuff like Shock Out and Domino. I thought they were really popular. Danced nonstop for agesssss before having a sit down and then hitting the techno room. That was packed and loads of them were really giggly that I was dancing in there. A lot of people do seemed to be a bit woahhhh lol when I;m at dancing. I don:t think they expect a typical English guy to know para.
Then the techno lesson happened with Hyper Techno Waros Ryuichi and Shota, and the lovely Kyohei. Man those guys are slim and look ohhhh so good in real life. They taught the techno routine to the Dragonball Z Japanese theme. I think it:s on Parapara Highschool dvd although don;t quote me on that. Gotta get that dvd soon actually. Ryohei was pimping that dvd nonstop. I GET THE POINT I:LL BUY IT!!! That was awesome and then Ryohei and a girl I don;t know taught a euro routine I forget the name of. Pretty simple routine really.
Thennnnn I met Ryuichi and got my photo taken with him *faints*...lol. And he shuck my hand. Pity I speak next to no Japanese so I could;nt talk to him. Shota and Kyohei were already in the techno room so I did:nt bother asking them. Soooo I went and danced loads of techno even though it was nearly all new stuff I:d never heard before. But not many people knew the routines so most people just copied Shota and I was dancing opposite Kyohei very close, so I copied him a lot. It was nice that I knew a few more obscure ones like Rhythm of the Beat. Thanks Two Hearts ;p Ryuichi was dancing a few feet from me as well, oh the lols.
Went back onto the euro floor for the last half hour where they played loads of new stuff and then it was time to get the train home.
Cracking event and excellent to meet all those people. I get the feeling they don:t know what to make of me, it:ll be nice when someone can say a few words for me lol. I actually enjoyed Hyper Active more tbh, probably because a few more people spoke to me and Iknew almost every routine.
Todayyyyy was a free day so I hit Akihabara. What a total anime fest that place is. The whole place is like anime central. And of course there;s tons of electrical stores selling everything ever.... except batteries which is weird. Tons of onimay porn shops as well... and arcades everywhere. Had a few goes on IIDX 10000000000 style, 100yen a go, beat that! Wandered round a load more before finding a second hand cd shop, picked up a few trance/techno/eurobeat cds for next to nothing. Seriously I payed 280yen for Julianos Volume three cd! what a cracker.
But the most excellent thing was finding a lovely Italian restaurant that served huge pizza and wine for dead cheap. 1300yen the whole meal came to. Blinder! There;s an American Grill place there as well.
Came back around 8;30 and chatted with this guy and girl before we went to the bar around the corner. Free drink and three drinks for 1000yen sounds good to me. More people they knew joined us in there, I struggled to fit in I gotta say, they really did:nt get my humour and a few of them were snubbing me quiteeee a bit and taking the piss. Not sure why I don:t fit in with all these people. Everyone at these hostels seems to get friendly so quickly and I;m not really getting on with anyone. Although none of them go out into Tokyo much at all, they hang around here a lot which kinda defeats the point of a holiday. They:re all more like students with a different place to stay. They kinda half invited me out tomorrow night to go see a band at a bar or something, but I:ll probably hit a club for some trance bonanza lols. Oh well Andy arrives on Monday so no worries. I really can;t be bothered to make any more effort here, I:ll just concentrate on having a top time myself!
Erm yeah I:m off to bed. Probably decide which club to hit tomorrow and check out Roppongi as well.
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Shitttt its nearly 2am hear and I just got back from my very first authentic para clubbing experience! What can I say, that was a million times more awesome than even I thought it would be and this is my dream. Had a wander round Shinjuku late afternoon time and picked up a few new para dvds. How awesome is it to see them there and proud on the shelves. Shinjuku is a mother, its like central London times a million. had a look in a few shops and a few arcades. Took a photo of loads of new bemani games which would make lots of people die. Had a go on a newish Pop n Music arcade which was ￥100, which is about 5p... almost. Anyway I found Club Code easy enough for Hyper Active night, with help from Miss Doms map of doom. Got there about 20 minutes after it opened at 7:20、there were about 20 people in there paraing away allready. They played reallllly old obscure songs for about the first hour or maybe less, I still danced though, I noticed a good half the people don:t know those routines and just try and follow other people. So I did that once I stopped being in awe of everything. But the fun started when they started playing PPP songs and club routines from around last year or before. It was like they were working through the years. But once they got to the PPP routines and especially the club ones, not many people seemed to know that many and knew everyone for at least an hour. It was awesome because the big circle of people dancing, probably about 100 by now, well they were mostly looking at me to copy me. How awesome! Then Esto Es La Vida came on and kicked off an hour of mainstream techno on the main floor. Nearly everyone left to sit down leaving me and this techno guy to face off. Everyone seemed well surprised that I knew all the routines. Made him try that little bit harder as well. They were agast when I knew Spaceman, it:s not that hard... Then these three gorgeous oh so fasionable girls got up on the mini stage and did the girls styles/versions to all the techno whilst me and this guy were doing the hardcore mens style. I think the girls were with the club somehow Later on I went to the small techno room were that guy and his little gang were dancing in a circle so I joined in. loaddds of techno songs I had:nt heard of and was nice to semi learn the routines. Night of Fire techno version??! Lols but ok if you say so, and Boom Boom Fire techno version. And they threw in a few dvd techno songs as well. Everyone loved I Come Alive. How much fun is that to do in a club! The sabi... chorus bit... whatever is now freestyle lol. After that floor ended I went and danced a load of not so old not so old club routines with everyone, and then DJ Shu *he:s famous in eurobeat and para circles trust me* well it was his birthday so at about 11pm they looked like they were gonna close early but they bought out a cake for him, and everyone sang happy birthday. Oh and they made him para a couple of songs. But just as it seemed over then they played all the most popular stuff at the minute, whic was awesome because I know everyone of those like the back of my hand. They play All My Love For Xmas last and I was the only one that knew it. The whole big circle of dancers were watching me and learning it from me. Was trying to chat with the three nice girls at the end and the guy with them. They knew pretty much zero English. But we all lolled at how sweaty I was, they now know the words `sweaty beast` NICE! I had a word with DJ Shu as well and got him to sign We <3 Techpara 4 which I:d just bought. Why not. And this girl who was abit older than most people was really nice, we kept learning off of each other if we did:nt know a part of a routine and laughing. So an absolute cracker of a night. Back there tomorrow for the different event, B-1 Dynamite. Probably see some of those people again and maybe some stars, you never know. I:m gonna go prepared with some basic Jap lauguage skills so I can say something properly to them. But now I must go to bed ready for a day of Shibuya lols and of course, more para. Current Location: Noone sleeps in Tokyo
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