Back in Tokyo... making an entry while waiting for yuj to receive an email...
Came back from a 2 day trip to Kamikochi last evening... Kamikochi is absolutely beautiful... no wonder they call it the Japan Alps... Glad to have gotten fresh air, good walking and lotsa laughs in the last 2 days...

As for the lives this trip,
well, the 2 TBH lives had similar setlists... I preferred the Nagoya Diamond Club Hall live, though. Perhaps it was the first live of the trip, or perhaps it was the smaller live house atmosphere, or it could have been the crowd... the crowd up front at Osaka Namba Hatch was quite violent --;;

But both times, TBH showed me yet again how good a band they are. This time round, I was watching Kohshu more often during the lives. Quite a number of the newer songs have interesting basslines, so it was great just watching him immerse himself in his playing.

Since the last time I saw them, TBH gave the impression that they have grown up. Good feeling, ne.

Most memorable moment was at the Nagoya live during 世界の果てで . Was transported into a different timezone during that song.

As for 666, most memorable song was 朽木の塔, the opening song for the live. The rendition was excellent... it instantaneously sucked all the people at Budokan into their music. Thanks to yuj's good luck, we had excellent arena seats, directly in front of Tatsurou... and unblocked! The overall impression of the live was that the members really did give their best for the performance and put up a good show for everyone. The setlist was similar to the Shanghai lives. Ironically, the other memorable portion of the live for me wasnt another song, but rather the clip they played at the end...which you can see on the mucc homepage now. Was rather moved by it.

Okay, yuj is done, gotta go!