ASHES.EP official site

NEW Single: ASHES.EP Official Site up!

There's a lot of fun on this site, so check it out!
They've finally come out with the "explanation" to the ".EP" -part of the single title.
EP stands for Extra Play.

Around a month left for the release!

AND: At HEY!x3 Special (aired 2007.09.24) they had the Million Hit Album ranking, the most sold Albums (over 20 million) during 1994-2007. GLAY scored some Album hits, like Heavy Gauge (42 of 64), Pure Soul (39 of 64), DRIVE (29 of 64), and last but not least REVIEW on the 3rd place!
Happy news indeed (^^)

ONE OK ROCK

I've found a new great band, quite young still, had their major debut this year, 2007.04.25 with the single "Naihi shinsho".
ONE OK ROCK, a young band that formed around 2006.
The vocalist TAKA is a former NewS member (Johnny's Entertainment), but he dropped after their so-called first single (it wasn't an "official" single, only sold in 7-Elevens and didn't count as their first single), because he wanted to continue his studies.
The members are around 18-20 years today, and they're having a single release this autumn.
Check these out:
Keep it real (Indies)
Naihi shinsho (Debut single)
Yume Yume (Newest single)


I've been thinking about their band name these days, and I have a theory that it's not what it looks like, like "one OKay rock". If you pronounce it in japanese, it becomes like this: "one OKu rock". This "oku" means milliard/billion. So maybe it says "one billion rock", makes more sense but at the same time less sense, what, in this case, do they wanna say with "one billion rock"??
Well, it's a question that I do not have the answer on, yet.

F*cking essay-writing...

Well, as you can see, not much happens lately..
This whole week I've been sitting in front of my PC, trying to write an essay for the University... But it's been like hell. At first I couldn't start, I had no idea about what I should write about, and I had no idea about HOW I should write this thing. So I didn't write a thing in the last weekend, and the monday. But starting from tuesday, I've continuously been in front of my PC, trying to be a good essay writer...
Tomorrow at 4 PM I have to hand in this essay. Today I've finished the main writing, and tomorrow I'll be doing a last check and try to shorten it a bit so that it fits the criterion. And after I've hand in the essay, I'll be in heaven for two and a half day, to return to a hell-week next week. Next week I'll have to go to the University every single day...that'll be like hell...

Anyway, one happy news is that I've at least taken some time to shop new clothes! It's rarely never happens to me. Unlike most girls, I really am not a big fan of shopping... I can't find the right clothes for me that I really like, and finding great jeans is like finding a contact lens in the sea. But this time I think I had the shopping-god with me or something, 'cause I found two good jeans! And some T-shirts and stuff. So I made some good shopping at last (^^)
But soon I have to go hunting again, 'cause I have to find a good jacket for the coming cold and dark season of winter...

Well well, some lines is better than no lines... I hope that I'll be able to write more interesting things and more often... so Stay Tuned! (^O^)v

Hatachi

Today I'm turning 20 years = Hatachi in Japanese.

Preview of Ashes -1969- from Rock Shock vol.04

Here's a short news preview of GLAY's new single "Ashes -1969-", performed at the Rock Shock vol.04.
Have a look (^^)

-----> Ashes -1969- LIVE performance

it's gettin' cold in here...

I've started some of my studies at the Stockholm University. Most of the students in my course are so much older than me, seems like most of them are over 25 yrs at least. Most of them have studied in the University one or more years before. But there are a few that are in my age or around my age. I hope I'll have some fun anyway (^^).

Starting today, the temperature won't get higher than 15 degrees, and today it's been raining very hard at one time. Maybe the autumn has already begun here... I'm freezing wherever I am, outside or inside. Ah, at times like these I really wish I lived somewhere warmer. I hope the autumn hasn't arrived yet, that some last summerdays are coming. But seeing the weather forecast, it doesn't seem like there would be any summerdays left here...

Anyway, I'm going to my first University 'lesson' tomorrow. I hope I won't fall asleep. (The 'lesson' is 3 hours long...!). Ah, I forgot to tell that I'm going to study one economy course. I have no idea if it's fun or not, it doesn't seem to be so fun, but good to know. That's why I've chosen to study at least one course of economy studies.

GLAY NEW Single and Live DVD!!!

New Single　 2007年10月31日　(31st October)
Release タイトル： Ashes.EP
＜収録曲＞
M-1 ASHES -1969-
M-2 ROSY
M-3 SORRY LOVE
M-4 MOTHER NATURE'S SON (Beatles cover)

◇初回限定盤DVD付：TOCT-22285　\1,500（税込）
※DVDには、MUSIC CLIP及びドキュメンタリー映像収録予定。
◇通常盤：TOCT-22286　\1,200（税込）
GLAY Official Site

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New Live DVD 2007年11月7日 (7th November)
Release タイトル: GLAY Arena Tour 2007
"Love is Beautiful" -complete edition-

◇価格\4,800（税込）2枚組/BOOKLET付
※初回限定生産　Specialサックケース仕様

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So to my comments.
Yes, I've been very tired today somehow, but after seeing this news, I became sooo happy!! I can hardly express my feelings here, but it's like the Easter Rabbit arrived too early with a bag full of chocolate!

I've been reading TERU's Blog lately, and he's been writing that the new songs they've mixed in the studio are so great that he wants everyone to hear them already! So I think the single will be great! (^O^)
Whole FOUR new songs!!

....I have to end now, I'm gonna eat dinner...