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Yoshiki / Re: YOSHIKI’s interview in BARKS
« on: July 25, 2010, 04:58:14 PM »
Many thanks, Max. Fantastic translation!
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Yoshiki / Re: New Yoshiki LA Times Article
« on: July 25, 2010, 04:56:19 PM »
I'd say that if any genuine issues pertaining to band members exist (that's if) then this includes both Heath and Pata.
There seems to be general reluctance on Pata's part to really feature; he shows up, he does his bit, he's by far and large extremely reticent whether with his bandmates or the fans. I didn't follow Ra:In so I have no idea how he's like when he's with them, but where X is concerned he seems very "meh" about it all.
Whilst Heath wasn't there from the start, IMO he's as valid a band member as any of them. He's a skilled musician who has enough longevity and rapport with them to count as their bassist. Bonafide. I'm not saying this to discredit to Taiji - hell no, the guy is an awesome bassist and his tenacity in the scene is to be admired - but I doubt there would be much chance that he would ever replace Heath. Call me cynical but I believe that Heath's whole wanting to leave the band could have simply been a cleverly executed PR exercise to get fans on board. I'm guessing that for whatever reason he had to change management anyway and suddenly it occurred to someone that this could be the springboard for a fantastic PR stunt. And it was, because it worked.
And with the aforementioned worrying phrase from Yoshiki, could this be a case of 'twisting of words', possibly? It's not like the media isn't renowned for doing this XDDD whether deliberate or accidental. And especially as English is not Yoshiki's first language, things easily get lost in translation, misinterpreted and then blown out of proportion.
There seems to be general reluctance on Pata's part to really feature; he shows up, he does his bit, he's by far and large extremely reticent whether with his bandmates or the fans. I didn't follow Ra:In so I have no idea how he's like when he's with them, but where X is concerned he seems very "meh" about it all.
Whilst Heath wasn't there from the start, IMO he's as valid a band member as any of them. He's a skilled musician who has enough longevity and rapport with them to count as their bassist. Bonafide. I'm not saying this to discredit to Taiji - hell no, the guy is an awesome bassist and his tenacity in the scene is to be admired - but I doubt there would be much chance that he would ever replace Heath. Call me cynical but I believe that Heath's whole wanting to leave the band could have simply been a cleverly executed PR exercise to get fans on board. I'm guessing that for whatever reason he had to change management anyway and suddenly it occurred to someone that this could be the springboard for a fantastic PR stunt. And it was, because it worked.
And with the aforementioned worrying phrase from Yoshiki, could this be a case of 'twisting of words', possibly? It's not like the media isn't renowned for doing this XDDD whether deliberate or accidental. And especially as English is not Yoshiki's first language, things easily get lost in translation, misinterpreted and then blown out of proportion.
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Heath / Re: 10minute video compilation (NOT set to specific song)
« on: July 23, 2010, 06:47:18 PM »
anna_lepard, go ahead 
I'm sure your english is at least passable, don't worry
I'm sure your english is at least passable, don't worry
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Heath / Re: 10minute video compilation (NOT set to specific song)
« on: July 22, 2010, 08:20:17 PM »
Ann, no problem
The video is very long, but at sometime in the future I will try to translate it. The reason I have not translated it already is due to the fact that my level of Japanese is not good enough to be able to provide more than a 50% accuracy of translation, and my English isn't the best either. Thus, whenever I want to translate something Japanese accurately and legibly into English, I have to get together with two friends (one Japanese, the other English) who help me out.
The video is very long, but at sometime in the future I will try to translate it. The reason I have not translated it already is due to the fact that my level of Japanese is not good enough to be able to provide more than a 50% accuracy of translation, and my English isn't the best either. Thus, whenever I want to translate something Japanese accurately and legibly into English, I have to get together with two friends (one Japanese, the other English) who help me out.
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Heath / 10minute video compilation (NOT set to specific song)
« on: July 22, 2010, 06:01:19 PM »
Just spreading the love 
http://www.4shared.com/video/BuApH8Ad/Heath_talk.html
Hope I posted this in the right place.
The video is good, regardless of whoever made it. That's all I'm gonna say lol
http://www.4shared.com/video/BuApH8Ad/Heath_talk.html
Hope I posted this in the right place.
The video is good, regardless of whoever made it. That's all I'm gonna say lol
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Heath / Re: 20 questions with Heath, translated from videos
« on: July 21, 2010, 06:50:33 PM »is there any way to see this video? (youtube link)
Glad you's liked
Obi, they're translations of videos from his fan club.
(In case anyone is concerned btw, that I know, I'm not infringing any copyright laws by posting translations of these interviews. Apparently so long as the actual source material is not posted, it's all good.)
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Heath / Re: 20 questions with Heath, translated from videos
« on: July 21, 2010, 12:34:33 PM »
ElefeX, glad you liked.
Beauty/Broken, ahhh, Heath has character and enthusiasm in abundance. It's just that he has a different way of showing them lol. He's...errr...idiosyncratic to say the least XDDD
Beauty/Broken, ahhh, Heath has character and enthusiasm in abundance. It's just that he has a different way of showing them lol. He's...errr...idiosyncratic to say the least XDDD
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Heath / Re: 20 questions with Heath, translated from videos
« on: July 20, 2010, 06:27:23 PM »
Hypno, Tanabata and Ann, glad you liked. Another one will follow within the next few weeks.
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Heath / 20 questions with Heath, translated from videos
« on: July 20, 2010, 03:23:38 AM »
Update: I have been advised to remove these.
They are available via PM. Apologies for any inconvenience.
They are available via PM. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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The Concerts / Re: Ever had a dream with X Japan?
« on: June 29, 2010, 08:03:47 PM »
I had a dream once that I was walking down my street sometime in the morning and Toshi draws up in a swanky car and asks for directions to Heathrow airport. I then went into my local off licence and hologram hide was working there 0_o and he spoke perfect English. I also had a dream once that Yoshiki was in my local supermarket and studying the pret-a-mange section with curious intensity. Wonder how Frued would analyse those lol...
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Pictures/Galleries / another general X collection
« on: June 29, 2010, 07:57:16 PM »
Including a few rare or even unseen pics, and some pretty nifty gifs.
All credit goes to Hotarubi
http://s429.photobucket.com/home/_Hotarubi_/index
All credit goes to Hotarubi
http://s429.photobucket.com/home/_Hotarubi_/index
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Offtopic / Re: To all students
« on: May 25, 2010, 02:41:43 PM »
Good luck to everyone! I'm no longer a student in a traditional university, but when I was, that period was called study leave (unofficially "Yay! School is out! Let's bum around until the last day before exams and then cram it all in during one day!" )
)
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Pictures/Galleries / Re: A few links to Heath pics
« on: May 23, 2010, 02:11:41 PM »
Thanks Neru and Hypno.
My Friday night dippyness strikes again lol, excuse me
My Friday night dippyness strikes again lol, excuse me
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Pictures/Galleries / A few links to Heath pics
« on: May 22, 2010, 08:39:23 PM »
Just sharing the Heath love
Hope these are new to some people.
http://album.udn.com/HUL79929/181414?f_ORDER_BY=new&pno=1
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hiroshi-HEATH-Morie/66674240099
And this one's more than a little disturbing...but scroll through it and amongst the gooey sacarine spew there's a few excellent pics of him.
http://annheath.blog124.fc2.com/
Hopefully more to follow later!
Hope these are new to some people.
http://album.udn.com/HUL79929/181414?f_ORDER_BY=new&pno=1
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hiroshi-HEATH-Morie/66674240099
And this one's more than a little disturbing...but scroll through it and amongst the gooey sacarine spew there's a few excellent pics of him.
http://annheath.blog124.fc2.com/
Hopefully more to follow later!
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Heath / Re: Wondering what sort of gifts Heath is receiving from fans ...
« on: May 14, 2010, 04:18:31 PM »
Awaits manipulated rubber duck pics... a la
(come on, someone who's got SKILLZ lol?)
(come on, someone who's got SKILLZ lol?)
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Heath / Re: Wondering what sort of gifts Heath is receiving from fans ...
« on: May 13, 2010, 08:29:00 PM »
Indeed 
Rubber ducks + X Japan = a tour named "3 Nights Live Quacking: X-Ducks Towards Destruction"
Rubber ducks + X Japan = a tour named "3 Nights Live Quacking: X-Ducks Towards Destruction"
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Heath / Re: Wondering what sort of gifts Heath is receiving from fans ...
« on: May 13, 2010, 10:00:14 AM »
Well....Heath can make anything dangerous, I'm sure .
Send him a rubber duck and that rubber duck will become a threat to fangirl-kind in its own way...
. Send him a rubber duck and that rubber duck will become a threat to fangirl-kind in its own way...
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Heath / Re: Wondering what sort of gifts Heath is receiving from fans ...
« on: May 12, 2010, 08:22:10 PM »
Fan club events, birthday, anniversaries of album release, solo career etc..
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General chat / Re: X Japan in Hollywood on January 9th
« on: May 11, 2010, 09:31:54 PM »
Thanks muchly for the links, Hypno and LebendenToten.
Pata as the 'God of darkness'...initially that does not sit well with me, but hey, I'm all for having my perceptions challenged.
As to what Toshi and Heath will turn out to be... Toshi = Pimp Daddy Extrordinaire, and Heath...errrrr...strutting down a catwalk with a pomeranian on a leash???
Pata as the 'God of darkness'...initially that does not sit well with me, but hey, I'm all for having my perceptions challenged.
As to what Toshi and Heath will turn out to be... Toshi = Pimp Daddy Extrordinaire, and Heath...errrrr...strutting down a catwalk with a pomeranian on a leash???
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Taiji / Taiji's blog update, mentions an XFF member
« on: May 03, 2010, 04:11:58 PM »
Thanks to Kazooms and Windy at X Wonderland for this.
http://taiji.blog.players.tv/article/37415785.html
アツイLIVE、ありがとう！
まさかここまで盛り上がるとは思ってなかった。
異国の人も来ているようだったけど…最初は恥じらっていたんだけど俺たちのサウンドとともに、目を見開いてくらいついてくれたよね。
(There was a foreigner in the crowd who was shy at first, but then got into it.... that was kazooms!)
本当にありがとう！仙台
俺たちはこれからまっすぐな道を歩んでいくから何も心配いらないよ
今言えるのは ありがとう 仙台！
また会おうぜ！
そして5/4、TAIJI with HEAVEN'Sで
大阪だぜ！
TAIJI
Kazooms' comment about taiji's words:
"i wasnt shy.. i was being blown away by the LOUD volume.so i hung back from the speaker... but after a while i just started to jump around too hehe.. there was only 1 other foreigner...and only 100ppl..hehe
he also said to me 'nice to meet you' and blew me a kiss~
but honestly.. i was shocked at first, he looked like someone who had been through a lot in his life...but he's still standing strong!!"
Kazooms' report of the event can be found here:
http://xmelody.cn/english/thread-224-1-1.html
Or he may post it in here at a later date.
And yes, in effect I am plugging this X Wonderland forum, but only because some of the news in there have not been posted here yet. I mean no harm
http://taiji.blog.players.tv/article/37415785.html
アツイLIVE、ありがとう！
まさかここまで盛り上がるとは思ってなかった。
異国の人も来ているようだったけど…最初は恥じらっていたんだけど俺たちのサウンドとともに、目を見開いてくらいついてくれたよね。
(There was a foreigner in the crowd who was shy at first, but then got into it.... that was kazooms!)
本当にありがとう！仙台
俺たちはこれからまっすぐな道を歩んでいくから何も心配いらないよ
今言えるのは ありがとう 仙台！
また会おうぜ！
そして5/4、TAIJI with HEAVEN'Sで
大阪だぜ！
TAIJI
Kazooms' comment about taiji's words:
"i wasnt shy.. i was being blown away by the LOUD volume.so i hung back from the speaker... but after a while i just started to jump around too hehe.. there was only 1 other foreigner...and only 100ppl..hehe
he also said to me 'nice to meet you'
and blew me a kiss~but honestly.. i was shocked at first, he looked like someone who had been through a lot in his life...but he's still standing strong!!"
Kazooms' report of the event can be found here:
http://xmelody.cn/english/thread-224-1-1.html
Or he may post it in here at a later date.
And yes, in effect I am plugging this X Wonderland forum, but only because some of the news in there have not been posted here yet. I mean no harm
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hide / Re: 2 May 2010. A Day to Remember hide
« on: May 03, 2010, 04:01:36 PM »
@ finndave, nice one Kudos to you!
Apologies if I'm pipping anyone at the post here, but wearex316 has brought us some photos of the event, via the forum X Wonderland
http://xmelody.cn/english/redirect.php?tid=238&goto=lastpost#lastpost
You may have to register to see the pics, or you may not. Otherwise, I hope wearex will get round to posting them here.
Kudos to you!Apologies if I'm pipping anyone at the post here, but wearex316 has brought us some photos of the event, via the forum X Wonderland
http://xmelody.cn/english/redirect.php?tid=238&goto=lastpost#lastpost
You may have to register to see the pics, or you may not. Otherwise, I hope wearex will get round to posting them here.
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Fantext / Re: "LET THEM EAT CAKE." A comedy of errors, by a mad duo
« on: January 11, 2010, 06:09:31 PM »
Thanks! Glad you liked
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Fantext / Little White Lies
« on: October 12, 2009, 01:49:16 AM »
(...of which my last post was actually one. Sorry lol!)
Couldn't resist to write one last smut fic. Same characters, same theme (a fan's fantasy and nothing more, F/M (for those who believe that yaoi means male/female, do yourself a favour and consult your J-wiki dictionary lol), but a new angle. It's equally as risqué as the previous three and unlike those gets straight to the action, hence why I cannot post any of it publicly.
It can fit into a PM, so anyone interested just PM me. My thanks go out to those who enjoyed the other three fics and gave constructive criticism...hope you gals like this one too!
Saludos
x
Couldn't resist to write one last smut fic. Same characters, same theme (a fan's fantasy and nothing more, F/M (for those who believe that yaoi means male/female, do yourself a favour and consult your J-wiki dictionary lol), but a new angle. It's equally as risqué as the previous three and unlike those gets straight to the action, hence why I cannot post any of it publicly.
It can fit into a PM, so anyone interested just PM me. My thanks go out to those who enjoyed the other three fics and gave constructive criticism...hope you gals like this one too!
Saludos
x
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Fantext / and finally....Last of the Non Comedy Fics! (from now on it's comedy all the way
« on: September 19, 2009, 07:19:38 PM »
Same as the previous two so you know the drill. PM me for the naughty parts. And again, this is a story about a fantasy, so please no flames about this is OOC for Heath. Again, it is M/F (for those who believe that yaoi means male/female, do yourself a favour and consult your J-wiki dictionary lol)
singing lah-di-da
singing lah-di-da
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Fantext / Blindsided
« on: September 16, 2009, 03:00:50 AM »
Another fic by my friend and I, about what naughties Heath gets up to in the fantasies of one of his fans.
M/F (for those who believe that yaoi means male/female, do yourself a favour and consult your J-wiki dictionary lol)
singing lah-di-da
M/F (for those who believe that yaoi means male/female, do yourself a favour and consult your J-wiki dictionary lol)
singing lah-di-da
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Fantext / Re: "LET THEM EAT CAKE." A comedy of errors, by a mad duo
« on: September 13, 2009, 04:48:37 PM »
Thankyou Ba-DiL
Yes, it is tbc. Within a few weeks, as Vicky and I are busy with other things... but never fear, the story will continue!
Yes, it is tbc. Within a few weeks, as Vicky and I are busy with other things... but never fear, the story will continue!
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OK...
My friend and I wrote a fic about whatMr. Sexy Bones[/b]Heath gets up to in the fantasies of one of his fans, but I do not want to post it here, because it is extremely explicit, hence why I do not want that minors see it. Absolutely nothing is left to the imagination. So, if you would like to read it, please PM me your email address and I will send it to you. I reiterate, this is hardcore sexual, explicit material. You have been warned! In addition, it is completely in english, bad english at that, LOL. But english is universal language so we thought we could reach a wider audience this way.
Oh, and it is M/F (for those who believe that yaoi means male/female - as one lurker certainly does - do yourself a favour and consult your J-wiki dictionary lol)
Bite me?
My friend and I wrote a fic about what
Oh, and it is M/F (for those who believe that yaoi means male/female - as one lurker certainly does - do yourself a favour and consult your J-wiki dictionary lol)
Bite me?
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Fantext / Re: "LET THEM EAT CAKE." A comedy of errors, by a mad duo
« on: September 06, 2009, 07:00:07 AM »
thankyou everyone
btw yoshigirl i LOVE your version of the alphabet
btw yoshigirl i LOVE your version of the alphabet