The Cosmic Dreaming Continues...

The Cosmic Dreamer Tour continues, accompanied by the Fish Tanker's Only 2013 Tour.  Though I haven't known Buck-Tick to do much with sets for standing tours, this tour is an exception, and they even have a tour truck!  Ladies and gentlemen, just look at that hat. Could you say no to that hat?  I thought not.

The ironic thing about the giant set for this tour is, Buck-Tick spent all of last summer playing outdoor gigs that got rained on.  So what do they do?

They bring the rain INSIDE, of course.  Ladies and gentlemen, this set includes a RAIN MACHINE.  

To make it RAIN.

ON THE STAGE.

In fact, they've been making it rain in a perfect circle surrounding Mr. Sakurai, so he can get his fingers wet without getting his feet wet, so he can taste test the waters without getting in over his head, so he can put in a few fingers without the whole fist, so he can get moist without sopping, so he can take a dip without fear of a deluge...who are we kidding, we know this guy likes rain.  And, as they always say, no rain, no gain.

But two weekends ago in Yokohama, as he was wearing some very fine (read: expensive) leather trousers, our waiting for him to finally give up the teasing and just step right through that cold shower curtain into the open arms of the fans was all in vain.  He didn't do that till next weekend in Osaka.

Namba Hatch is pictured above.  I told you it looks like a flying saucer.

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Other highlights of this tour so far: IT RAINED ONSTAGE.  

During "Zangai" it rained actual drops of water, and during "Yasou" the rain continued as a fine mysterious mist.  All of this excess fluid was collected neatly in a wire mesh platform beneath Mr. Sakurai's pointy high-heeled shoes.

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Other highlights of this tour so far: IT FUCKING RAINED ONSTAGE.

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Other highlights of this tour so far: The fanclub-only shows include a "gacha-gacha" game, where you can stand in line to pull a plastic capsule out of a feely-box.  The capsules are filled with Buck-Tick goodies, including phone straps, fridge magnets, and pin badges featuring adorable anime chibi versions of the band members.  A few of the capsules also contain signed guitar/bass picks.  The gacha-gacha costs 200 yen per try and is available up until half an hour before the doors open, inside the venue during the show, and also after the show.  You can participate multiple times but you have to go to the back of the line each time.  Each fan is only allowed five tries per show.  If you try five times and still fail to pick lil' Yuta's pick, well then, I guess you can go cry some capsule tears.

In other news, Hide has acquired a new nickname, "Dehi."  This is, simply, "Hide" spelled backwards (in katakana.)  The fans are all screaming "Dehi" at him now, but I'm not sure he knows who they're talking about, though his smug smirk certainly makes it seem like he does.  A sticker set based around his oh-so-occultiful pentacle symbol is now available for a mere 500 yen and selling like lemonade on a hot summer's day. Stick this on the back of your guitar or the bottom of your coffee mug or inside your iPeen case and feel mystically close to Dehi all day long.

Imai, meanwhile, gloriously epic-failed on the introduction to "Miss Take" at yesterday's show at Namba Hatch.  To the fans near me in the crowd who looked quizzically at me as if wondering why I was laughing: I was laughing because Imai made a miss take.

Imai has also produced an out-of-this world "space print" hoodie, currently on sale at the goods booths for a mere 12500 yen.  It's funny to me that space print has gotten so trendy lately...are all fashion designers Buck-Tick fans?  But at risk of knocking Imai's moon out of orbit, I'll say that I have yet to see anyone who isn't Imai look remotely good in this hoodie.  However, wearers of the hoodie, don't give up yet - perhaps if y'all wore pink suede fringed loafers, space print spandex tights, a fringe belt of multicolored chains, and a lime green tour t-shirt with the neck cut out, as Imai has been doing, you'd come closer.

Yutaka, for his part, is styling out a version of a haircut you dubstep fans like to call "the Skrillex."  Long live Dub-Tick.

Incidentally, a friend of Not Greatest Site managed to catch one of Yutaka's thrown picks in her bra.  And she's only a modest size A. Even the smallest person can make the largest difference!  (For extra credit draw me a fanart of Yutaka as a hobbit.  I mean it.  Please draw me a picture like this.)

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Now, last but not least!

A drumroll, please!

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Buck-Tick performed "MY BABY JAPANESE" live!

For the first and second times ever, and we were there to witness it!!

I accidentally ALL THE BUCK-TICK SONGS!!!!!

It was the Type II version, but still.  This is an honor they have as yet only bestowed on fanclub members at the fanclub-only shows, but we're grateful.  It just goes to show how Buck-Tick is at their best when performing live, that I've been listening to this song for ten years and watching the live performance still made me see things in it I'd never noticed before.  It also goes to show what an expressive performer Mr. Sakurai is, that his prop-free performance in Yokohama was more persuasive than the performance he gave in Osaka, in which he sang most of the song while hiding coyly behind a silver Venetian mask.  Cayce to Mr. Sakurai: I see what you did there and I know exactly who you're imitating.

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P.S. Calling all fangirls: if you ever wanted to hear Mr. Sakurai breathe heavily into the microphone and beg a roomful of sweaty fans to "make me come," well, too bad, you missed it :P  Better luck climaxing next time.