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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Kishidan Festival Update

An update on Kishidan's upcoming September festival: big-name bands Vamps and Kuroyume have been added to the lineup on Sunday, September 15th.  Buck-Tick will be performing on Saturday, September 14th, but the two remaining big-name guests for this date have yet to be announced.  Let's cross our fingers and hope they're so good they make it worth it to pay 10,000 yen plus train fare to all the way to Sodegaura, all to see Acchan-chan sweating bullets under the scorching sun and singing "Speed," "Aku no Hana" and "Baby I Want You" before running away in desperate search of cold beer.

Festival lineup here.

To Search

Found today in Disk Union Shimokitazawa.

Buck-Tick's first record ever.

"To-Search," coupling with "Plastic Syndrome Type II," the only Buck-Tick song with music writing credited to Sakurai.

It came with an ancient sticker inside.

This, my friends, does not happen often.

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