A few weeks ago, I went to go see one of my favorite bands, Trivium.
I've been a long time fan and so I was super excited.
Before the show, I was in Shinjuku to meet my friend Adam who was in Japan as a rodie/translator for Bring Me The Horizon.
The show starts at 7pm, and I got to the venue at 4pm but there already was a long line of fans waiting. ugh, their such idols. Adam used to play in a band called Versus The Night which I followed around in my mid teens. Late night partying!! woohoo. No I'm just kidding. :P But if it weren't for this band, I wouldn't have the wonderful friends I have now.
from there I headed straight to Yokohama Bay Hall from where I was to see Trivium.
I didn't make it to the opening act for the Trivium show, but it turns out I got an after show pass! yaaay!
Trivium put on a great show as usual. They're always precise when playing live with their riffs and solos. The venue was packed and energetic! The great thing about metal fans is that they are more united and solid as a whole compared to other fans such as hardcore or pop-rock fans.
After the show was over I was super excited to meet my favorite shogun-man Matt!(vocalist-guitarist for Tivium)
Matt remembered who I was was since I see him almost every time he comes to Japan.
He's always generous! He even told me that I don't need to get tickets from now on, and all I have to do is mail him and he'll put me on the guest list!
This guy was from the opening band. He's younger than my friend and I but is already playing with Trivium!
But not only that, but this little 12 year old drummer, Kento actually got to play drums on one song that night. I was so surprised because I've seen him on TV several times!
For some reason, I was so proud of him and felt like I was his father. haha
I absolutely like his tattoos!
And after reading Anthony's post on tattoos, I would like to write how I feel about them.
First off it makes me laugh every time people link tattoos to yakuza in this day and age.
That's like my mother.
Shes thinks piercings = suicidal. Hand-bra = porn.
It goes without saying she thinks tattoos = yakuza.
She once printed this paper from a website where this one lady was analyzing how people with body art are suicidal and left it on my desk. AHHAHAAHA
She also made a HUGE deal when my sister posed semi-nude in a photoshoot. It was part of the art and it was Rolling Stone magazine which is supervised by professionals for god's sake. I remember how my mom will be yelling on the phone saying how embarrassed she is that her daughter's promiscuousness and how she can never show up in front of her relatives.
People at gyms who say that tattoos=yakuzas are actually showing the world their lack of education and lack of sociability to the world. How funny is that?
Most of my friends including myself have tattoos.
Are we yakuzas? Of course not!
unfortunately my friend got in trouble when her tattoo was peeking out of her bikini at the gym's pool. Mine is easy to hide but I still have to be careful.
Most people nowadays with tattoos have see them in the classification of "body art". The ink on their body has a special meaning to them. They're body is not only a canvas, but more like a album or diary!
You get to decorate your own body! I'm usually fascinated my people's tattoos, not appalled by them. (except for really awfully done tattoos)
Its like when this band called Otep released a EP called "Jihad" but it was taken off shelves for the EP title. Jihad means "to struggle" but people only see it as a "holy war" linking it to terrorism. Writers who say the band is supporting terrorism is actually writing and letting readers know about their(the writer's) lack of professional journalism.
I hope people like them get a dictionary from Santa. Or better, "social skills" from santa.
It almost like stereotyping. When we encounter something new, we get worried. We have to classify it and label it in order to feel calm. Not everything needs to be in place.....right?
Oh well, hopefully in 10 more years this will change. We need more celebrities like Yamamoto Kid, Amuro Namie to sport tattoos on the media so tattoos will be more at hand.
I'm off to bed now. I hope I dream about being a lion in the ocean or something.
And I would like to thank Orly's Sheer Defence nail hardener for making this all possible. <3
