Buck-Tick meets Abingdon Boys School: A Translation

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"Countdown TV festival 2012."

 "Please welcome, BUCK-TICK!"

"...and also, Abingdon Boys School."

"...you may have noticed that Takanori is wearing no pants."

Takanori: As you may have noticed, I'm not wearing pants.

Flower Girls: "Zomg squee, there are like no bright colors on this stage!"

Takanori: "You have that right, my darlings. Our masks are dark and heavy!"

"....isn't that right Acchan-sama?"

Takanori: "We are not moe at all, I fear."

"But we're also not scary, so don't fear us!"

"Acchan-sama is not a bad man!"

"I repeat, he's not a bad man!"

"Really he's rather a good man"

"Or should I say, a fine man"

"Meaning, a fine specimen of a man!"

Takanori: "I repeat, do these look like bad guys to you?"

"They are not bad guys."

"Girlfriend, just look at Imai's cute smile."

"Cute, I tell you."

"It's all fabulous, right Acchan-chan?"

Sakurai: "Yeah, it's fabulous."

Takanori: "Like totally fabulous."

Takanori: "This is awesome."

"I wanna touch myself."

"And you may remember that I'm not wearing pants."

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"Hiiiiiii guys!!! We just switched emcees for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON."

"My name is Becky."

"Pleased ta meetcha."

"Let's welcome BUCK-TICK again, just because we can!"

"And this rando who just showed up, CHARA!"

"We luv your hair Chara.  Like totes for realz."

"And these emo boys!!!"

Emo Boys: "Hi, we are Emo Boys."

Becky: "Now let's welcome Abingdon Boys School again, too!"

Takanori: "As you may remember, I'm not wearing pants."

Becky: "Takanori isn't wearing pants!!!"

"But to continue on..."

"...with our program..."

"...Buck-Tick and Chara together, this is legendary!"

"Like really!"

"Like who would have guessed this would ever happen?"

"Like, it's enough to make your pants fall off!"

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Takanori: "Actually, my pants fell off!"

"But why do you make me keep talking, anyway?

"So there won't be an accident???"

Becky: "No way, nothing like that!"

Takanori: "Anyhoo, this is my first time meeting Chara."

"Pleased to meet you Chara!"

"I'm super excited to meet you!"

Chara: "O RLY??????"

Takanori: "YA RLY! Chara was totally on the same label as me. She's my senpai!"

Sakurai: "Senpai lol."

Takanori: "Really, Acchan-chan, a lot has happened to me in my life!!!!"

"...moving on."

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Becky: "Who the fuck are you and when did you show up?"

"...nice hat."

Hat Girl: "Thnx guyz."

Becky: "...'kay Takanori, now why don't you tell us all a bit more..."

"...about just how FABULOUS Buck-Tick-sama is."

Takanori: "WHY ME?"

"WHY ME?"

"WUT WHY ME?"

Becky: "Cuz you love it."

"....yes."

"Well, uh, I mean...Buck-Tick"

"The fabulousness of Buck-Tick..."

"Their timing..."

"...of their debut..."

"...it really hit the spot..."

"...it was just so stimulating to me!"

"...as a young boy."

Sakurai: "....Thank you."

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Becky: "Okay Buck-Tick."

"Now we want you to show us your best shot."

"Of your bottoms, that is."

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"............"

Becky: "Here it is!"

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"The best of Buck-Tick's Bottoms, 2012~!"

".....what?"

"Look at this!"

"It says, 'We can't show your our privates, U DIG?'"

"What's with this 'U DIG' bit eh????"

"Why won't you show us???"

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Sakurai: "You wouldn't enjoy it if we did."

"....lol"

Becky: "But we wanna know, right girls?"

*nod nod*

"Show 'em to us."

Sakurai: "But like, we're almost mostly all nude."

"EVEN BETTER!"

Takanori: "Acchan, that wasn't fair, there's nothing left to say to that remark."

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Becky: "Anyhow, we want to ask about privates."

"So."

"Please tell us, what are you normally doing at midnight on Saturday night?"

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Sakurai: *whisper giggle*

Becky: "WHAT WAS THAT TAKANORI???"

"I KNOW YOU HEARD IT."

"TELL US."

Takanori: "....."

"I may be on the scene, but I'm really just an outside observer."

"Imai never answers questions."

"Let's ask Imai."

Imai: "Uh....midnight?"

"...on Saturday?"

"Yes, that's right."

".............................."

"....I'm watching TV."

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THE END!!!

The Solar Budoukan

It has been announced that Buck-Tick will be performing at The Solar Budoukan, an outdoor rock festival in Nakatsugawa, Gifu prefecture.  The festival will be happening on Saturday, September 21st and Sunday, September 22nd.  Buck-Tick will be playing on the 22nd.  Other artists playing on the 22nd include: Theater Brook, Acidman, Soil & "Pimp" Sessions, Triceratops, and many, many more.  For more info on the lineup, click here. Two-day passes to the festival are 11,690 yen, while a single-day pass for Sunday is 7900 yen.  Now all you need is Shinkansen fare to Nagoya, plus train fare from Nagoya to Nakatsugawa.  On the day of the festival, the trains will be running on a special schedule, and a shuttle bus will carry fans to and from the station and the festival arena.  Campsites are also available for rent.  Make a weekend of it!

More Shopping Service Updates

I have posted new items on the shopping service page of NGS.  I plan on updating this page frequently, so from now on, I will not be posting separate update notices about it, unless I find something particularly noteworthy.  If you're curious about whether there are new items, check the page.  Orders are first come, first serve.  If two people want the same item at the same time, the person who sent the email with the earlier time stamp gets it.  As always, I fill individual personal requests on a private basis.

Shopping Service Update

*UPDATE*

Currently available at Disk Union:

Razzle Dazzle First Press (4500 yen)
Kuchizuke First Press (1500 yen)
Seventh Heaven (price on request)
Miu single (price on request)
BT best album (price on request)

If you want any of the above, let me know asap, though there's always a chance it will be gone tomorrow.

If you really want something specific, send me a request.

Shopping Service and FT Only DVDs

This is NOT Greatest Site is proud to announce the launch of an all-new feature: This is NOT Greatest Shopping Service!

What does this mean, in practice?

It means that you can request that I, living in Tokyo, hit the used record shops to find that rare, out-of-print item that you, living overseas, can't manage to find online.

This is a direct, you-to-me transaction.  There are no third parties involved, and no auctions.  You can request that I try to find you any item you like.  I can't promise that I can find everything, but I will look.

I can also help you buy concert tickets, so long as they are not fanclub only tickets, and are not sold out.  Email me for details!

In addition, I will also be posting selected items for sale in the Shopping Service section of NGS.  These items are in my possession already, and I will sell them directly to you, on a first-come, first-serve basis.  I accept payments via PayPal, in Japanese yen.  Registered/tracked shipping on request.

All proceeds go to support Cayce, and by extension, This is NOT Greatest Site.  We live in tough times and I struggle like everyone else.  Know that your each purchase you make here makes it easier for me to keep bringing you the content you enjoy.

And one more thing: the limited edition of Buck-Tick's new live DVD for the 2013 Cosmic Dreamer Tour Fish Tanker's Only show at Tokyo Dome City Hall on March 2nd is available for pre-order up to August 9th.  If you are an overseas fan who isn't in the fanclub, but you want this DVD, contact me, and I will help you.  I will accept requests through August 7th.

For those of you who don't already know, my email address is themadaristocrat [at] gmail [dot] com.

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