IENOMI!! 2/16
Time flies through February! Time for another round of crack and spanking!
Oh and something about someone's birthday!
(FLAGS PV)
Nishikawa-chan: It snowed in Tokyo today, how was it for you guys?
Nishikawa-chan: Anyway I went to Chiba. It snowed so much.
Nishikawa-chan: If you care, check the details on my twitter account, @TMR15 !
Nishikawa-chan: Baby alpacas are explosively adorable!!!
Nishikawa-chan: Cute alpacas are cute, like parents of cute poodles.
Nishikawa-chan: K then, here goes IENOMI!
Aaand we finally start after an unusually long pause between pre-show messages and the actual opening.
Takanori: Alpacas are cute.
He explains about his day at "Mother Farm" doing a photoshoot for the FC mag (see @TurboUpdates) and how there are alpacas there.
Takanori: I already posted it on twitter, but see?
He shows us how cute it is, obviously still enjoying the cute hours later :3
Takanori: And I made jam. You can pick strawberries there!
He describes the pipes and apparatus where the strawberries are converted into jam and how he went nuts picking them, with details about the best way to pick a ripe strawberry.
Takanori: I ate so many, I went nuts picking.
He then expresses shock when one of the staffs doesn't drink condensed milk with strawberries. Strawberry insists that it's healthy calories he needs.
Then he recaps last show with SCANDAL and how there were many questions he couldn't use for fear of causing a REAL scandal 8D
Now, more stupid complaints!
1. From a middle-schooler who is mad at him for a mean thing he said to one of the SCANDAL members, namely that she had no potential, and how its even more horrible for the people with even less potential than her. Then the letter diverges into penis talk and he giggles that it's really a cross-dressing idiot and not a school girl 8D
2. Hard to understand between his laughter, but there's something about inviting him to eat... squid? (What? XD)
And also talk about how good he is at being rude to guests who are older/more experienced than he is 8D;
(its from someone he knows and I think I missed some in-jokes)
3. From the supposed ancient samurai guy again, saying he tried to hire some servants who know what email and computers are, and how he's having trouble getting internet providers to take his ancient cash. So, can he come to the show in person?
Takanori: Charasu. But if you can really come in person, you're welcome to.
Then he introduces the guests "Plofile" NIGHTMARE! They debuted in 2003 after having formed in 2000 and all.
Takanori: That reminds me!! They came over as guests on my column in CD-DL data. But they kept me waiting. We were supposed to meet at 2. YOMI was only 15 minutes late but Hitsugi... 45 minutes! This never happens. It just doesn't.
And of course, YOMI and Hitsugi are the two members coming tonight 8D
Now, bad questions!
1. What would you do if your dog got caught in a VCR?
Takanori tries to mime how this could even happen in the first place 8D
2. Have you ever sent a USB by carrier pigeon?
Takanori: They make really tiny USBs now, you totally could.
3. Have you ever gotten your balls caught in a Kuwakata (I dont know what that is)
Takanori has a comment on the expected size and thus, the likelihood.,...
4. Do you ever worry about there being shit on your food?
Takanori: How could anyone think about that? And at the same time, can you really sit there and NOT worry about that?
DING DONG!!
The guests barge in, get on their knees, and start apologising profusely for their lateness the other day XD
Takanori plays it cool but still makes them repeat how late they were as they stay on their knees 8D
Eventually he asks them to sit down so they do 8D
They introduce themselves as 15-minutes YOMI and 45-minutes Hitsugi.
As for drinks, they shock Turbo by just asking for tea 8o
Of course, they do know each other pretty well.
Takanori: It's always you two that do all the programs and interviews, right? Is your drummer... even alive?
They say he is, and that he actually is the most outgoing about emailing people they know and so on.
Takanori scolds YOMI for not replying to his emails AND for not emailing when he's going to be 15 minutes late.
The tea comes and they KAMPAI!!
Kampai Kampai~
Food now!
They brought him curry rice?
Takanori: Did you not see the start of the program? I can't eat this after readign that email.
Hitsugi: It's not that. It's super spicy, and it's not that.
Turns out it's 18+ curry that children cannot eat 8D
Takanori: Sounds dirty!
The guests have never even tried it, because "it's just for you Nishikawa-san"
He insists that they have to eat it too, though.
But first, he opens the second package they brought out, all explosively.
It's a meaty looking thing they discovered on tour.
Takanori demonstrates how to combine them, taking a pair of chopsticks apart with his teeth (hot!)
Then he spoon-feeds this super-spicy thing to YOMI 8D
Who screams 8D
So he feeds it to Hitsugi. Who doesn't scream but complains.
Turbo gleefully feeds them more, playing with the curry spoon as if they were his kids 8DD
Until Hitsugi pulls the plate away and tries to feed Takanori between Strawberry slaps.
When Takanori finally gets fed, the reaction is priceless 8D
He's all sweaty and EXPLODY.
Takanori: Depressingly hot.
Takanori then quietly brings up their history, showing an old poster of when they were playing in Sendai.
A picture of YOMI at 19 is shown, but they're still mostly talking about how SPICY that curry was.
Takanori: Were there a lot of bands like this in Sendai, back in the day?
Hitsugi: Maybe, but none were quite as showy as us.
They try to think of bands they knew back in their indie era and can only come up with slightly-sempai band MUCC
They bring out posterboards of super VISUAL pictures so Takanori can see.
They're mostly fan-taken pics.
Takanori Ehhhhs since he has nothing like this, and also because some of the pics are really stupid XD
Takanori compares them to Lady Gaga in one 8D
(With the lighting glare its actually pretty hard to see most of the pics when they zoom in, sorry NIGHTMARE fans)
Takanori: Come to think of it, I don't really know much about band history...
The doorbell rings again and Takanori remembers at the last second that it's Nanase's birthday!
A cake is brought out and Turbo brings out a HUGE bouquet for her 8D
Takanori: You're turning 30-what?
Nanase: 23.
Takanori: No really.
Nanase: 23. Twenty Three.
This repeats half a dozen times until he makes her admit she's 37.
Also he introduces the guests as 15-mins and 45-mins.
She has never met the guests before.
Second Kampai!!
Nanase: What is this dirty looking food?
Takanori: Hmm? Oh you want some?? See how sweaty we are?
Nanase: You're talking funny...
Takanori: Yeah, I can't feel my tongue right now.
Back to the main topic, they have some questions for the guests!
1. Things about their Sendai era that they would never do, now.
YOMI: wear net tights.
Nanase: You're into that?
YOMI: Well no, but it was the style.
He explains how they cut the crotch out of fishnet tights to convert them into things they could wear on their arms.
Nanase: Did YOU do that? As Haine?
Takanori: That was too much earlier!
But he did something similar with "wide pants" (Whatever that is?)
She's suspicious of how exactly they came up with these sorts of ideas 8D
Nanase: guys think of the weirdest things to copy. It's Weird.
As for Hitsugi (aka Pipi wtf): Mohawk!
He gave himself a mohawk once, with his own razor.
Hitsugi: When I saw the pictures, it looked like the wrong genre altogether.
Next topic: Which members were wilder in the Sendai era?
Takanori: These days, I think NIGHTMARE might look sorta tame compared to WILD BOMBER and the like.
And of course theres "that sibling band" of theirs, Sendai Kamotsu. Who are a shipping company that are gay.
YOMI: Yes, it's my little brother.
Nanase seems to be buying it so Takanori gives some hints and she clicks.
(For those who don't know, Sendai Kamotsu *is* NIGHTMARE, or rather the same members doing stupider stuff. And YOMI doesn't have a gay brother)
ANYWAY.
The wildest member used to be RUKA, the drummer.
He was a prankster, but now he doesn't do as much annoying stuff.
Hitsugi tells about how RUKA once tore up YOMI's hand-written MC notes. YOMI gets mad.
He would also do things like draw graffiti on the notes so he couldn't read them 8D
Takanori: Isn't that bad for the band? With visual kei, you have to build the tension and get into character, so if he makes you laugh....
(I got hit by the freeze/lag around this point, too)
Next topic is "things unique to Sendai bands"
Takanori and Nanase are both curious about this since they're from Kansai and regional differences are interesting.
The answer is a shop called Handaya.
It looks normal but it's super cheap and you can get HUGE sizes of rice and so on, so its very popular with perpetually broke musicians.
Takanori: Did you ever go in full stage costume?
They say no, but he thinks it would be funny XD
Hitsugi explains about the sizes and how a medium at Handaya is like a large anywhere else.
Takanori: Sounds like McDonalds in America.
Then they show another shop called Peking Gyoza that looks super normal and is in a basement of a building next to a live house, so of course everyone goes there before/after shows.
The pics of food look pretty good.
Takanori: Visitors to Sendai always go for the beef tongue so shops like this probably don't get a lot of tourists. Do you guys normally eat beef tongue?
Hitsugi: Not on purpose.
Next, they mention that their long-waiting fans are all friends.
YOMI explains that in Sendai, the fans who wait for musicians at the exit stay really close and chat while they're bringing out their gear and so on.
This reminds Takanori of the famous system Takarazuka stars have for managing their fans and getting them to do things like prepare meals and clean their homes.
Takanori: You should get your friendly fans to do that.
Hitsugi: Can you do it for us?
Takanori: Can I? I could probably get the guys to do heavy lifting...
Nanase insists he can, but Takanori thinks he can't...
Next, Hot Man Auditions Corner!!
Takanori goes through all the rules and warnings (which haven't changed much since last week so I'm skipping them)
he has trouble getting Nanase and his guests excited at all 8D;
So he reads out some of the suggestions for renaming this corner that he's been collecting.
They're pretty lame so he's going to keep the suggestion box open 8D
After that, he reveals that they've gotten ONE HUNDRED!! applications already!
This shocks Nanase and gets a lot of applause (8888888888) from the commenters~
Now, song time!
- mimic (partial PV only) -
Takanori: Is this possibly maybe the first time this PV got shown?
Guests: Yes.
Takanori: Wow! This show is getting honours!
Now, fanmail!
1. How did they feel seeing the damage from the Earthquake, seeing as they are from Sendai?
Takanori talks about how he had just met them shortly after the earthquake and effectively talks for them for a few minutes.
YOMI answers that they managed to get back up there and did some volunteering.
YOMI: It was amazing how many people were cheerful and optimistic, despite everything that happened.
Takanori also mentions they helped out with SUJ, but it was odd since in a way they are part of the people he wants to help, so it was a complicated time.
Hitsugi: I still wonder what else we can do, sometimes.
They reflect on how its been nearly a year, with Takanori mostly leading the discussion.
While they talk, there's a beep and Takanori gets a bit distracted, looking for it. But he's back on track soon enough talking how it's important to think about the day to day life and not just the abstract, future "someday" stuff.
Next question is similar, asking if they have any message to pass on about the disaster.
Hitsugi: I think we're a long way from being fully recovered, and we need to keep working hard.
Then Takanori lightens the mood by bringing up how, at his party 2 years ago, Hitsugi took out his penis to win a rock/paper/scissors contest (or something, Hitsugi understandably blocked the rest of the story 8D)
Announcements now!
They have a new single, a tour in progress, and the final for it in Budoukan on 3/20.
Also, a Premium Live that will be cut in two parts on the same day.
Nanase hasn't got any announcements but thanks fans for all the birthday wishes.
As for our Strawberry, he goes over the remaining days of his tour, which includes their home prefecture soon!
Takanori: I'll be bringing the genki back to Miyagi.
He clears the info for the final too, and reads out a few more letters.
1. Will we ever get more information about your parties? Are they like this, with your friends?
Takanori: Yes, only wilder. Since we're drunk. And there's a certain. person. From Maverick. A certain bassist named a certain Aki. He gets very gay when he's drunk and kissing happens.
Indeed.
Lastly, he shows us who the next guests will be : some members an idol group called Paspo.
Takanori: Girls D8
Nanase: Your perverted jokes won't work on them, they won't get it.
Takanori: It's just easier to do with men.
The show ends, pretty much on time for once!
As they fade out Nanase is still insisting to the guests that she's 23 8D
---- SECRET CORNER ----
It's extra bonus "bad mails" read by a lolling Takanori. Set to WHITE BREATH this time.
Wanna see it? Buy a premium membership.
See you again on March 1!
Oh and something about someone's birthday!
(FLAGS PV)
Nishikawa-chan: It snowed in Tokyo today, how was it for you guys?
Nishikawa-chan: Anyway I went to Chiba. It snowed so much.
Nishikawa-chan: If you care, check the details on my twitter account, @TMR15 !
Nishikawa-chan: Baby alpacas are explosively adorable!!!
Nishikawa-chan: Cute alpacas are cute, like parents of cute poodles.
Nishikawa-chan: K then, here goes IENOMI!
Aaand we finally start after an unusually long pause between pre-show messages and the actual opening.
Takanori: Alpacas are cute.
He explains about his day at "Mother Farm" doing a photoshoot for the FC mag (see @TurboUpdates) and how there are alpacas there.
Takanori: I already posted it on twitter, but see?
He shows us how cute it is, obviously still enjoying the cute hours later :3
Takanori: And I made jam. You can pick strawberries there!
He describes the pipes and apparatus where the strawberries are converted into jam and how he went nuts picking them, with details about the best way to pick a ripe strawberry.
Takanori: I ate so many, I went nuts picking.
He then expresses shock when one of the staffs doesn't drink condensed milk with strawberries. Strawberry insists that it's healthy calories he needs.
Then he recaps last show with SCANDAL and how there were many questions he couldn't use for fear of causing a REAL scandal 8D
Now, more stupid complaints!
1. From a middle-schooler who is mad at him for a mean thing he said to one of the SCANDAL members, namely that she had no potential, and how its even more horrible for the people with even less potential than her. Then the letter diverges into penis talk and he giggles that it's really a cross-dressing idiot and not a school girl 8D
2. Hard to understand between his laughter, but there's something about inviting him to eat... squid? (What? XD)
And also talk about how good he is at being rude to guests who are older/more experienced than he is 8D;
(its from someone he knows and I think I missed some in-jokes)
3. From the supposed ancient samurai guy again, saying he tried to hire some servants who know what email and computers are, and how he's having trouble getting internet providers to take his ancient cash. So, can he come to the show in person?
Takanori: Charasu. But if you can really come in person, you're welcome to.
Then he introduces the guests "Plofile" NIGHTMARE! They debuted in 2003 after having formed in 2000 and all.
Takanori: That reminds me!! They came over as guests on my column in CD-DL data. But they kept me waiting. We were supposed to meet at 2. YOMI was only 15 minutes late but Hitsugi... 45 minutes! This never happens. It just doesn't.
And of course, YOMI and Hitsugi are the two members coming tonight 8D
Now, bad questions!
1. What would you do if your dog got caught in a VCR?
Takanori tries to mime how this could even happen in the first place 8D
2. Have you ever sent a USB by carrier pigeon?
Takanori: They make really tiny USBs now, you totally could.
3. Have you ever gotten your balls caught in a Kuwakata (I dont know what that is)
Takanori has a comment on the expected size and thus, the likelihood.,...
4. Do you ever worry about there being shit on your food?
Takanori: How could anyone think about that? And at the same time, can you really sit there and NOT worry about that?
DING DONG!!
The guests barge in, get on their knees, and start apologising profusely for their lateness the other day XD
Takanori plays it cool but still makes them repeat how late they were as they stay on their knees 8D
Eventually he asks them to sit down so they do 8D
They introduce themselves as 15-minutes YOMI and 45-minutes Hitsugi.
As for drinks, they shock Turbo by just asking for tea 8o
Of course, they do know each other pretty well.
Takanori: It's always you two that do all the programs and interviews, right? Is your drummer... even alive?
They say he is, and that he actually is the most outgoing about emailing people they know and so on.
Takanori scolds YOMI for not replying to his emails AND for not emailing when he's going to be 15 minutes late.
The tea comes and they KAMPAI!!
Kampai Kampai~
Food now!
They brought him curry rice?
Takanori: Did you not see the start of the program? I can't eat this after readign that email.
Hitsugi: It's not that. It's super spicy, and it's not that.
Turns out it's 18+ curry that children cannot eat 8D
Takanori: Sounds dirty!
The guests have never even tried it, because "it's just for you Nishikawa-san"
He insists that they have to eat it too, though.
But first, he opens the second package they brought out, all explosively.
It's a meaty looking thing they discovered on tour.
Takanori demonstrates how to combine them, taking a pair of chopsticks apart with his teeth (hot!)
Then he spoon-feeds this super-spicy thing to YOMI 8D
Who screams 8D
So he feeds it to Hitsugi. Who doesn't scream but complains.
Turbo gleefully feeds them more, playing with the curry spoon as if they were his kids 8DD
Until Hitsugi pulls the plate away and tries to feed Takanori between Strawberry slaps.
When Takanori finally gets fed, the reaction is priceless 8D
He's all sweaty and EXPLODY.
Takanori: Depressingly hot.
Takanori then quietly brings up their history, showing an old poster of when they were playing in Sendai.
A picture of YOMI at 19 is shown, but they're still mostly talking about how SPICY that curry was.
Takanori: Were there a lot of bands like this in Sendai, back in the day?
Hitsugi: Maybe, but none were quite as showy as us.
They try to think of bands they knew back in their indie era and can only come up with slightly-sempai band MUCC
They bring out posterboards of super VISUAL pictures so Takanori can see.
They're mostly fan-taken pics.
Takanori Ehhhhs since he has nothing like this, and also because some of the pics are really stupid XD
Takanori compares them to Lady Gaga in one 8D
(With the lighting glare its actually pretty hard to see most of the pics when they zoom in, sorry NIGHTMARE fans)
Takanori: Come to think of it, I don't really know much about band history...
The doorbell rings again and Takanori remembers at the last second that it's Nanase's birthday!
A cake is brought out and Turbo brings out a HUGE bouquet for her 8D
Takanori: You're turning 30-what?
Nanase: 23.
Takanori: No really.
Nanase: 23. Twenty Three.
This repeats half a dozen times until he makes her admit she's 37.
Also he introduces the guests as 15-mins and 45-mins.
She has never met the guests before.
Second Kampai!!
Nanase: What is this dirty looking food?
Takanori: Hmm? Oh you want some?? See how sweaty we are?
Nanase: You're talking funny...
Takanori: Yeah, I can't feel my tongue right now.
Back to the main topic, they have some questions for the guests!
1. Things about their Sendai era that they would never do, now.
YOMI: wear net tights.
Nanase: You're into that?
YOMI: Well no, but it was the style.
He explains how they cut the crotch out of fishnet tights to convert them into things they could wear on their arms.
Nanase: Did YOU do that? As Haine?
Takanori: That was too much earlier!
But he did something similar with "wide pants" (Whatever that is?)
She's suspicious of how exactly they came up with these sorts of ideas 8D
Nanase: guys think of the weirdest things to copy. It's Weird.
As for Hitsugi (aka Pipi wtf): Mohawk!
He gave himself a mohawk once, with his own razor.
Hitsugi: When I saw the pictures, it looked like the wrong genre altogether.
Next topic: Which members were wilder in the Sendai era?
Takanori: These days, I think NIGHTMARE might look sorta tame compared to WILD BOMBER and the like.
And of course theres "that sibling band" of theirs, Sendai Kamotsu. Who are a shipping company that are gay.
YOMI: Yes, it's my little brother.
Nanase seems to be buying it so Takanori gives some hints and she clicks.
(For those who don't know, Sendai Kamotsu *is* NIGHTMARE, or rather the same members doing stupider stuff. And YOMI doesn't have a gay brother)
ANYWAY.
The wildest member used to be RUKA, the drummer.
He was a prankster, but now he doesn't do as much annoying stuff.
Hitsugi tells about how RUKA once tore up YOMI's hand-written MC notes. YOMI gets mad.
He would also do things like draw graffiti on the notes so he couldn't read them 8D
Takanori: Isn't that bad for the band? With visual kei, you have to build the tension and get into character, so if he makes you laugh....
(I got hit by the freeze/lag around this point, too)
Next topic is "things unique to Sendai bands"
Takanori and Nanase are both curious about this since they're from Kansai and regional differences are interesting.
The answer is a shop called Handaya.
It looks normal but it's super cheap and you can get HUGE sizes of rice and so on, so its very popular with perpetually broke musicians.
Takanori: Did you ever go in full stage costume?
They say no, but he thinks it would be funny XD
Hitsugi explains about the sizes and how a medium at Handaya is like a large anywhere else.
Takanori: Sounds like McDonalds in America.
Then they show another shop called Peking Gyoza that looks super normal and is in a basement of a building next to a live house, so of course everyone goes there before/after shows.
The pics of food look pretty good.
Takanori: Visitors to Sendai always go for the beef tongue so shops like this probably don't get a lot of tourists. Do you guys normally eat beef tongue?
Hitsugi: Not on purpose.
Next, they mention that their long-waiting fans are all friends.
YOMI explains that in Sendai, the fans who wait for musicians at the exit stay really close and chat while they're bringing out their gear and so on.
This reminds Takanori of the famous system Takarazuka stars have for managing their fans and getting them to do things like prepare meals and clean their homes.
Takanori: You should get your friendly fans to do that.
Hitsugi: Can you do it for us?
Takanori: Can I? I could probably get the guys to do heavy lifting...
Nanase insists he can, but Takanori thinks he can't...
Next, Hot Man Auditions Corner!!
Takanori goes through all the rules and warnings (which haven't changed much since last week so I'm skipping them)
he has trouble getting Nanase and his guests excited at all 8D;
So he reads out some of the suggestions for renaming this corner that he's been collecting.
They're pretty lame so he's going to keep the suggestion box open 8D
After that, he reveals that they've gotten ONE HUNDRED!! applications already!
This shocks Nanase and gets a lot of applause (8888888888) from the commenters~
Now, song time!
- mimic (partial PV only) -
Takanori: Is this possibly maybe the first time this PV got shown?
Guests: Yes.
Takanori: Wow! This show is getting honours!
Now, fanmail!
1. How did they feel seeing the damage from the Earthquake, seeing as they are from Sendai?
Takanori talks about how he had just met them shortly after the earthquake and effectively talks for them for a few minutes.
YOMI answers that they managed to get back up there and did some volunteering.
YOMI: It was amazing how many people were cheerful and optimistic, despite everything that happened.
Takanori also mentions they helped out with SUJ, but it was odd since in a way they are part of the people he wants to help, so it was a complicated time.
Hitsugi: I still wonder what else we can do, sometimes.
They reflect on how its been nearly a year, with Takanori mostly leading the discussion.
While they talk, there's a beep and Takanori gets a bit distracted, looking for it. But he's back on track soon enough talking how it's important to think about the day to day life and not just the abstract, future "someday" stuff.
Next question is similar, asking if they have any message to pass on about the disaster.
Hitsugi: I think we're a long way from being fully recovered, and we need to keep working hard.
Then Takanori lightens the mood by bringing up how, at his party 2 years ago, Hitsugi took out his penis to win a rock/paper/scissors contest (or something, Hitsugi understandably blocked the rest of the story 8D)
Announcements now!
They have a new single, a tour in progress, and the final for it in Budoukan on 3/20.
Also, a Premium Live that will be cut in two parts on the same day.
Nanase hasn't got any announcements but thanks fans for all the birthday wishes.
As for our Strawberry, he goes over the remaining days of his tour, which includes their home prefecture soon!
Takanori: I'll be bringing the genki back to Miyagi.
He clears the info for the final too, and reads out a few more letters.
1. Will we ever get more information about your parties? Are they like this, with your friends?
Takanori: Yes, only wilder. Since we're drunk. And there's a certain. person. From Maverick. A certain bassist named a certain Aki. He gets very gay when he's drunk and kissing happens.
Indeed.
Lastly, he shows us who the next guests will be : some members an idol group called Paspo.
Takanori: Girls D8
Nanase: Your perverted jokes won't work on them, they won't get it.
Takanori: It's just easier to do with men.
The show ends, pretty much on time for once!
As they fade out Nanase is still insisting to the guests that she's 23 8D
---- SECRET CORNER ----
It's extra bonus "bad mails" read by a lolling Takanori. Set to WHITE BREATH this time.
Wanna see it? Buy a premium membership.
See you again on March 1!