Showing posts with label 25th Anniversary special box. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 25th Anniversary special box. Show all posts

25.3.13

Don't Stop Wining

An update from the Buck-Tick Vineyards, otherwise known as Imai's Winehouse.

The wine can be purchased here.

If you hire a shopping service or a Japanese person to buy it for you, you can buy it from overseas, too.  Be aware that drinking while underage is a crime and they won't sell it to you if you look less than a third of Acchan-sama's age.  Also you can't cancel the order once you place it so you had better really mean it.  Or send it to me, because I mean it.  The wine will be delivered to your supremely Epicurean doorstep sometime in April.  Devil, Angel, and Epicurean, let's go.

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The copy on the wine page reads:

"The Buck-Tick members have always enjoyed their wine.
This time, after a wine-tasting,
In which numerous options were presented to them,
All the members together selected and named these:
The red 'Diabolo,' the white 'L'Ange.'
The band members themselves selected the taste,
And produced the appearance of the label and the box
For this wine set, which is forever one-of-a-kind.
As fitting decoration for their 25th anniversary
We urge you to taste a drop of their world."

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Details on the wines:

Diabolo is a dry blend of Cabernet and Syrah, and is described as, "A beautiful deep garnet-color, almost black, this wine is redolent of violets and black fruits. Its rich, thick flavor leaves a beautiful, elegant, lingering finish."

L'Ange is a dry Chardonnay, and is described as, "Perfumed with scents of ripe peach and vanilla, this crisp Chardonnay has a gentle, rich and creamy touch.  Hand crafted with old-world aplomb from harvest to fermentation."

Both wines hail from Chile, and both are about 15% alcohol.

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Fun fact #1: Toll's favorite kind of wine is the kind of wine that comes in a box.  With a spout attached.  This wine does come in a box though so I guess it technically counts...

Fun fact #2: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu has recently got her own wine production deal with Yellow Tail, for limited edition Kyary-brand Yellowtail Pink Moscato.  Who will win in the War of the Wines?  It remains to be seen.  But I can tell you that until a secret admirer sends me a case of Buck-Tick, I Cayce, will be drinking Kyary.

Fun fact #3: Cayce can't afford that damn wine but does own an awful lot of really cool red glasses.  More like, rose-colored glasses, I suppose. Or maybe, pink moscato colored glasses.

Fun fact #4: Pink moscato is Acchan's favorite color.  He'll be drinking Kyary too.

7.11.11

Songs Promoted By Cayce, part 2

Songs promoted by Cayce today. If you like these songs too, consider voting for them.

Do The "I Love You"
Victims of Love (Seventh Heaven version)
Tokyo
Misty Blue
For Dangerous Kids
My Funny Valentine
Taboo (Not Greatest Hits version)
Ao no Sekai
Maria
Hosoi Sen (again!)
Kalavinka (again! fuck yes)
Sapphire
Trigger
Black Cherry
Doukeshi A
Mr. Darkness & Mrs. Moonlight (cuz we all love Selia)
Lullaby III
Tango Swanka

寿記 06.11.2011 Catalogue

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We'll be releasing two special boxes on the same day in March, in cooperation with Victor and Ariola.

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Two items

Catalogue Victor->Mercury 87-99

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Catalogue Ariola 00-10

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With this title, I wanted to give even more a feeling of just a pure informational label, or "cataloguing our history." I was the one who came up with the title.

I like it, I think it's very Buck-Tick-esque.

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And I mean, I always wanted to put the name of the record label in the title of the album sometime.

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...and actually, when you're talking about best-of albums, I always want to put the word "catalogue" in the title.

It's really easy to understand, and that's the point, right?

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though, I have no idea what will happen from here.

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About voting (this is important!)

I know a lot of people seem to think you can only vote once, or you can only vote for one song...

But actually, with the voting, you can vote for one song per album, per 24-hour period.

I think this system should give us some juicy results!

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So have fun voting.

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Cayce's two cents: Guys, what he means by "juicy results" is, vote for some different songs than last time.



3.11.11

More on Voting

For voting, you need to list your name, age, sex, and prefecture of residence. For reference, 「女性」is "female" and 「男性」is male. Fukushima prefecture is 「福島」. Also my bad, you can vote for one song per album per day.

Songs promoted by Cayce today:

Telephone Murder
Embryo
The World Is Yours
Victims of Love (Not Greatest Hits version)
Angelfish
Yuuwaku
IN
Hosoi-Sen
Kalavinka
Kain
Shanikusai -Carnival-
Limbo
Passion
La Vie en Rose
Motel 13
Yougetsu (the stupid album mix because that's all they allow you to vote for.)

If you like these songs, too, you should vote for them!

2.11.11

Rankings

Voting is now open for the tracks that will be featured on Buck-Tick's new best-of collections, and the current list of rankings of songs has now been posted on the special 25th anniversary website. If you haven't voted, go vote now!

But, a word before you go vote. Looking at the rankings, all I have to say is, guys, can we please be more original? Despite the fact that Buck-Tick has at this point released a whopping 220 songs, I notice that every single track that was featured on the previous fan-voted best-of album, Buck-Tick Catalogue 2005, is also listed on this list of rankings, with the exceptions of the single tracks, as this time around, fans are not allowed to vote for singles or b-sides.

Now it's frankly a crime that fans aren't allowed to vote for b-sides. What, no "Yougestu," no "Paradise," no "Utsusemi," no "Rokugatsu no Okinawa," no "Asylum Garden," no "Down," no "Trans," no "My Baby Japanese," you say? Yeah, I know, Buck-Tick's list of b-sides coincides pretty heavily with their list of best songs ever, but I'm just going to hope the reason for the fact that you can't vote for b-sides is that they will be releasing a b-sides collection, too (maybe I'm about to start a rumor here!)

But, back to my main point, which is, let's steer clear of these album tracks that fans voted onto the previous best collection, that they now appear to be in danger of voting onto this new best collection as well. Putting aside the fact that many of these songs are songs the band has played so many times at recent tours that I get disappointed every time I hear them now, because from a band with such a wonderful back catalogue I'd really rather hear some variety (I'm looking at you, Muma, Baby, and Iconoclasm), what is the point of Buck-Tick releasing two best collections featuring more or less the same material? It's boring from the standpoint of the listeners, and it's stupid from a money-making perspective as well. If I already spent 3500 yen on Catalogue 2005, why would I spent another 3500 on a new best album that has the same damn track list minus "Aku no Hana" plus "Hamushi no You ni"?

So please, guys. The following songs were already included on the Catalogue 2005 track list. Please for the love of Buck-Tick being cool, don't vote for them again.

Hurry Up Mode
Sexual XXXXX
Physical Neurose
Sakura
Angelic Conversation
Iconoclasm
Cosmos
My Fuckin' Valentine

Baby, I Want You
Rhapsody
Shippuu no Blade Runner
Flame
Long distance call
GIRL
mona lisa
Muma -The Nightmare-