J 2008/04/16 - Shibuya O-East, Tokyo, JP
- break
- Burn Out
- I feel you *
- final call *
- never ever *
- ray of light *
- Speed of Love *
- Snake Beat
- (drum solo)
- Go Charge
- island *
- addiction *
- So High
- But You Said I'm Useless...
- Reckless
- Feel Your Blaze
- Pyromania
Pretty much the same set as yesterday, only the first 2 from yesterday were the encore today, we got slightly different old songs (break instead of Go Crazy & Twisted Dreams). J was starting to lose his voice- a couple high parts in Reckless, etc. were a bit cracky & some words didn't come out at all... >_<; Masa came out w/ a big garbage can after the encore break, brought it over to his mic , half-sat on it & made a big fart noise into the mic, then tossed it aside. Doooork. ^^;
This time I stood right behind the 2nd barrier, a bit to the left of center (Girl stood w/ Evon against the left barrier, a little bit forward & further over). Didn't get so much as brushed up against for pretty much the entire time- had a couple random people stumbling through/around (since I was on the edge of the 2nd barrier, next to the space where everyone goes into the front area), and actually had to stand a little bit back from it since the front area smushed forward & then filled in from the sides until it was filled all the way to right in front of the barrier, which was bouncing back & forth from THOSE people jumping. Oh well. I'm sure tonight's recording will sound a lot better- too bad he didn't do Twisted Dreams again. -_-;
Oh, and Scott threw out yet another drumstick that managed to bounce off my hands & land tucked under some girl's armpit a few people behind me. What is that, now, #4? I swear, I need to get someone to start throwing them at me outside somewhere for practice. -_-;
Got a phone screen privacy guard thingy ("mail block"), & Girl talked me into the holster bag thingy... still not sure how I feel about it, but we'll see. I opted against the belt- even though it wasn't quite as bad as I thought it'd be based on Girl's initial description ("it's HUGE!") it still wasn't quite what I was expecting- giant cut-out WUMF for the buckle. I'd expected a rectangle w/ the full phrase written out- and if it'd been small enough, I might've gotten it, but oh well. I'm still writing WALLET on every survey that has the "what kind of goods would you like to see?" question... I'd probably pay up to ¥20,000 for a decent, black canvas J wallet, just so I could say "Hand me my wallet. It's the one that says 'Wake Up Mother Fucker'!"
Went to TGI Friday's after w/ Girl, Evon, Tina & Lillian. They brought back the Asian nachos, so we got some of those, & I tried the chicken & shrimp diablo, which looked kinda good last time we were there... it wasn't. I figured "diablo" would imply some kind of spiciness, but no- plain ol' tomato sauce. On overcooked noodles, at that. And we had the absolute worst service I've ever seen in Japan (maybe that's why it's an "American" place :P")- we called someone over to take our order, they told us to wait, then walked around & talked to a couple other people, then eventually got someone else to do it. Then when we asked a different guy for our check, he asked the original girl, who then went & found the guy that actually TOOK our order, & he was all pissy & yelled something at her, & was smacking the keys on the register (which was like, 4' away from us) like he was all pissed off about something, then brought it over. Of course he was all cheery when he gave it to us, but d00d- even if you're talking to another staff person, you don't act that like in front of customers. I should've written that on the receipt. :P" Anyway, we figured out our parts & put down ¥2 over the total & just left, since it was clear nobody would be coming back any time soon, and we didn't feel like dealing w/ waiting for ¥2 anyway. The thai place yesterday was much better. And a lot cheaper. Of course, getting shakes & an appetizer didn't help... but oh well. Mmmm, banana split shake...
Tomorrow's the last of 5 shows in a row. Sofa King Tired. At least I get to sleep 'til 9 & work the late shift. Wonder what NEO's show will be like...