The absurd weirdness not just of seeing Buck-Tick in London, on streets I know, walking past Victorian row-houses like the one I live in...
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And specifically in "Kirubahn" (as Atsushi calls it, and I'm not even taking the piss - that is literally how it’s transcribed - he’s just being adorable in translation, anyway, he's reading Melody Maker in this so clearly his English is 1000x better than my Japanese as I can barely read the title of Japanese music mags)
But in MASTER ROCK STUDIOS where I have seen so many video clips of Suede on the brink of breaking up / jettisoning their guitarist out the door down the alley at the start of the clip.
Yet here's Imai just casually smoking in the control room where Bernard Butler would later lose his mind...
There's a better quality clip of Atsushi's interview here but unfortunately the others' interviews seem lost to the static:
DOOR Japanese '80s stalker horror thriller - free on Tubi
Door is a 1988 horror thriller about a housewife who is terrorised by a visiting salesman.
Directed by Banmei Takahashi from a screenplay co-written with Ataru Oikawa. Produced by Kôsuke Kuri. Executive produced by Fumio Takahashi.
The Agent 21-Directors Company co-production stars Keiko Takahashi, Daijirô Tsutsumi, Shirô Shimomoto, Takuto Yonezu, Masao Ishida, Hiroshi Noguchi and Yoshihiro…
Chaos, murder, high school drama, teen romance, Winona Ryder, and Christian Slater.
Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes! Chaos is fun! Murder is snazzy. High school drama can be entertaining and inevitable. Teen romance, while exciting, can end in a doozy. Winona Ryder. And then Christian Slater was the definition of crazy, broody hot.
I loved the movie and the musical soundtrack (I have yet to watch the musical). Would recommend it for veteran teens, young adults, and above.
Honda Acty Van SDX, 1988. The second generation Acty was introduced with round headlights (known as “round-eye”) and a Honda's E05 3 cylinder engine. The round lights were replaced in 1990 as kei car rules changed
Something something sorta slacking off in class while taking notes. They live in my head rent free every once in a while.
Yamagata deserved more screen/page time 💔💔 but I love kai ngl he's a silly guy....I think I captured that pretty well... I needed to make him a tad little bit more short tho LOLL. Short king.
Guns N' Roses 1988 Ritz LIVE Knockin' On Heaven's Door! ✊🏻☁️🔫🌹 [Intro: Axl Rose] Ooh, ooh Hey [Verse 1: Axl Rose] Mama, take this badge from me I can't use it anymore It's gettin' dark, too dark to see Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door [Chorus: Axl Rose] Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, hey, hey, hey hey yeah Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh-oh yeah Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy hey yeah Ooh-oh yeah, oh yeah, aw [Verse 2: Axl Rose] Mama, put my guns in the ground (Ooh) I can't shoot them
MAVIS NICHOLSON: "Do you think it is possible, then, for someone to forgive themselves even when they've done something absolutely terrible?"
TONI MORRISON: "Yes. It's called grace. At some point you do. If you don't, you're in a cul-de-sac. But you have to go through the fire first. You have to experience the full fall, and the complete self-loathing, in order to come around to something like the forgiving of oneself. It's when you skip responsibility, when you use a subsititute emotion like guilt--which is of no use to anyone--but if you feel the real thing which is shame, hatred, humiliation, and self-loathing: that is the door. And if you get through that, then you can forgive yourself."