BUCK-TICK: RAZZLE DAZZLE

WELCOME yume no sekai e nazomeku FANTASY

Azayaka sa kugizuke sa magician Django

(BUCK-TICK. "Django!!! –Genwaku no Django—." Razzle Dazzle. Ariola Japan, 2010)

So, after staying up way late last Friday night/Saturday morning and sleeping until early afternoon, I found that I had received the new BUCK-TICK CD in the mail. Had forgotten I had ordered it, but then I did pre-order it back in July. At the time, CD Japan just had it down as UNTITLED. I didn't think much of it, as that could have been the name... Also, I believe the release date was not fixed and simply said "November".

The Wreck of the HMS Ophelia

Captain Robert searches
for a safe place to land

The ropes creaking, ship's leaking, sails are on fire,
and this whole bloody ship could go up like a pyre.
We've got smiles on our faces, but we've seen this before

No telling just now what we have in store.

(Abney Park. "Æther Shanties." Æther Shanties. Abney Park, 2010)

15 October 2010 brought us The End of Days.  This is, of course, Abney Park's latest album.  The release party was held in an IRC channel and, I believe, hit about 140 people at one point.  Music was provided by Dementia Radio, who, amongst their usual selections, played songs from the new album.  The big hit seems to have been Victorian Vigilante as both times it played, the IRC server throttled back the channel (thinking it was a DOS attack ore something) and Dementia Radio's Shoutcast server choked, killing the song half way through (The Captain assures us this does not happen on the CD).

A Little Paranoid Maybe?

Neko ga mitsumeru
garasu no hitomi
mujaki ni naiteiru
naiteiru
(SAKURAI Atsushi. "Neko." Ai no Wakusei. Victor Entertainment Japan, 2004)

Maybe I should change her food....