Pescatarian Micro-Raptor

And now for something completely different.

Courtesy of Wired magazine, an article on a feathered, flying dinosaur with four whole wings (that's four more wings than Imai has when he okays himself to the fly high.) 

It ate fish.

And its name is called: Micro-Raptor.

This is definitely the coolest thing I read all day.

FOR MICRO-RAPTORS, CLICK HERE.

Inter Raptor the First

The first ever publicly available video of Buck-Tick performing "Inter Raptor" live is up on YouTube!  Surely not for much longer, but I invite you all to watch it now, while you can.  This was filmed at Dedicate to Gang 451 at Zepp Namba in Osaka on February 11th.  Enjoy.

NicoNico Buck-Tick Cafe, Part 2

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Thusly did Blog-Tick and friends brave the NicoNico Buck-Tick Cafe.

There were many creepy BuckNicos to be found.

The black mannequins somehow did not look quite as saxxy as the band members themselves did.

Detail of Yutaka's bass-inspired lapel.

Detail of the hot glue stains on Imai's amazing gold pants.

Django the Dazzler, in the flesh.

Acchan 4 U.

Hide's jacket.

A table at which one could theoretically sit and eat that horrific-looking curry.  No one was eating it while we were there.

The Buck-Tick fan Wall of Love!  Anyone could draw or leave messages on the wall.

This drawing of Mr. Sakurai strangely resembles the vocalist of now-defunct Buck-Tick copyband B-T-K.

But this one of Yutaka is darling.

Buck-Tick cats are much better than NicoTubby Bucks.

And look!  A raptor on a velociraptor!  Someone must be thinking along the same lines we do!  I should buy them a beer!  For those of you who can't read Japanese, the caption says something like "Give me more Inter Raptor!!"

Buck-Tick purikura, where you could take a picture next to your favorite band member (virtually.)

The third-floor shop was sadly devoid of most of the colors of the Parade t-shirt, but full of NicoBucks.  No one was buying the t-shirts but they were sold out of the towel.  Full marks to the purikura, though.  It isn't often you can take purikura with a virtual Toll.

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Drummers and Raptors, Part 2

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I take no credit for this, this is all Randall Munroe.

It was published on Wednesday, so we must be sharing a brainwave here.

Go look at more of his work over at XKCD.

Drummers and Raptors

A live report of Yagami Toll's 50th Birthday Live is now up over at NGS, so if you are interested, please go read it. 

Also,there has been a marathon showing of the Jurassic Park movies on Japanese TV for three subsequent nights.  Cayce doesn't have a television, but nonetheless somehow managed to catch movies one and three at two different rock-n-roll bars.  But then, I suppose that's to be expected, because rock-n-roll and velociraptors have always gone hand in hand.  And speaking of raptors, in the most recent Fool's Mate interview with Buck-Tick, Sakurai and Imai explain the origins of the title "INTER RAPTOR".  Believe it or not, Sakurai came up with this title.  The meaning is very symbolic, so perhaps I will translate a section of the interview and let him explain it for himself.  But, he's referring to raptors as in, birds of prey.  Not velociraptors, unfortunately...though come to think of it, modern day birds of prey are basically direct descendents of velociraptors, so it all works out.  So the intelligent world believes, at least.  Unless you are a believer in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, in which case, Amen.  Imai doesn't know the world "interruptor."

Also, it looks like we're in for some Buck-Tick style surf rock and rockabilly.  Put on your dancing shoes and aloha shirt in anticipation of "Ningyo -Mermaid-" and "LADY SKELETON."

Also, Imai's section of the interview is entitled "Entrance of Space."  Is it just me or does that sound mighty kinky?