Shooting the Shooters.

My car is dead. Punkspring is dead. I'm not dead... yet.

Work is doing everything it can to kill me though, so it may not be too long now.

Music:
* one of the tunes from the Into Infinity project
 - http://intoinfinity.org/

* Sayonara
 - Manny Marx
 - http://mannymarx.com


Camera:
 - Sony a7S
 - iPhone 7+

Social:
 - https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
 - https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

Passion:
 - http://darc.jp
 - http://bit.ly/darcjp666
 - https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
 - https://twitter.com/darcjp666


work:
 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDYQOcu6MwS-z_gNvYa67Aw

Flashback to 2010 - Flowers for the Broken Spirits Live.

I miss this band.

Click image for a gallery of my flashbacks (facebook)

Follow these social accounts for more of my live music photography and the Japanese underground.

YouTube - http://bit.ly/darcjp666

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/

Twitter  - https://twitter.com/darcjp666

#MINAMIS live in Shibuya. #TokyoStreets

Shibuya was abuzz last Saturday, for a change. I happened upon the MINAMIS in Udagawacho. They were probably the most energetic street performance i've seen in a long time. It's good to see people out, expressing themselves through their art, in public. We need more invasions into polite society like this.

Follow the MINAMIS on twitter: https://twitter.com/MINAMIS_pdf

for more on the Japanese Underground,
follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darcjp/

Cyberpunk Cityscapes, late sakura, Iron Maiden and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-04-11)

I was lazy, so here's 7, minute-long clips. No cuts, only colour grading. And of course, some music.

music:
Warped by Harbinger (via Argofox
https://soundcloud.com/argofox/harbinger-warped

Twilight by MannyMarx
http://mannymarx.com

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

6Days8Minutes, Gratitude, a cover band and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-03-07)

Another week, another late upload. Thanks for dealing with my constant lateness.  I wish I was only making videos here but quality content doesn't pay the bills (and I'd jump in front of a train before reducing myself to stupid 'top10 list bullshit assertion' vids) unless it's quality content for other people. Sadly, when I get any time away from work, I tend to want to avoid looking at any other videos, so things here start to go downhill.

Unfortunately, there is no way for me to change that, unless a magical trust fund appears, or I return to teaching (which I can't do right now because I shot that gig in the foot).

Here's to hoping I can find an escape before the stress kills me. Though right now... I'll take either outcome.

music:
EDM by MilesM
https://soundcloud.com/russellcrossfire/edm

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9L6...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Beatboxer RyoTracks, Ikebukuro, Nabe and more... | 7 Days, 7 Minutes (2014-12-08)

00:00 MONDAY Food Library
01:00 notTUESDAY Tokyo Taxi
02:00 WEDNESDAY Ikebukuro Street
03:00 notTHURSDAY RyoTracks
04:37 FRIDAY Oh Japan!
05:00 notSaturday Riding around Yokohama
06:00 SUNDAY Tis the season to eat nabe

Grind Chaos #5 2014/11/29 Upcoming event

click here to go to the event page.

【VENUE】
新宿MARZ

OPEN/START 24:00

CHARGE 予約¥3,000/当日¥3,500
※予約メール grind.chaos@gmail.com

【BAND】
流血ブリザード

O.G.D.(ORGASM GRIND DISRUPTION)

猿轡

and more...

【スペシャルパフォーマンス】

THE HOOKERS (サスペンションチーム)


【DJ】
Coakira(AKIRADEATH /CustomMummy)

千尋 (TOKYO DARK CASTLE)

YUKIO (BAR-PSY-)

ITO CH@N (Grind Chaos)

モチヅキマサル(FOXPILL CULT)

Why am I punting this event? because the organizer is a mate and he asked nicely... and I'm going.

Kyoto, Autumn, Slipknot & more... | 7 Days, 7 Minutes (2014-11-10)

MUSIC: 者の形 by MannyMarx
00:00 MONDAY Autumn Colours
01:00 TUESDAY Kiyomizu-dera
02:00 WEDNESDAY Gion
03:00 THURSDAY Shinjuku shakey cam
04:00 FRIDAY Shibuya shakey cam
05:00 notSATURDAY Knotfest
06:00 SUNDAY Jump The Fuck Up!

Kiyomizu-dera	Gion
Shinjuku Station East Exit	Shibuya Scramble Crossing
Makuhari Messe

Random Japan Phone Snaps #3 ランダム携帯で撮った写真

Sometimes I snap things with my phone that I only ever use once or intend to use in the future but never do. They gradually build up till I drag them all off my phone into a dump folder, where would usually spend the rest of their digital eternities...

Until now.

Enjoy these random images of random times in random Japan.

Pop 'n' Cute - Harajuku Kawaii Fashion and Music Event Report (AkihabaraNews.com)

Squee! the System 
Mainstream Japanese society is boring. One could argue that mainstream society globally is never exciting, but the homogenous nature and stubborn adherence to routines and social hierarchies make this island nation particularly dull.

Being that it's a free country, however, those individuals who don’t fancy themselves following the herd don’t have to. As a result of the extremely dull mainstream, the subcultures that have formed in reaction to it are equally, albeit inversely extreme. And thats the stuff that we tend to associate with Japan.

The Harajuku Kawaii Scene is one such subculture, and at the POP'N'CUTE event at Shibuya Milkyway on May 24th 2014, we got to experience it first hand.

Read the rest here... 
 Do it. I rate this as one of my best pieces since my Otaku Magazine days. got 3 videos and a craptonne of kawaii pictures too.

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-03-24) Bad Religion, Spring, Futsal and more...

00:00 MONDAY On The Balcony
01:00 notTUESDAY Futsal and the City
02:00 WEDNESDAY About the Weather
03:00 notTHURSDAY International Arcade, Yurakucho (Location)
04:00 notFRIDAY A truly beautiful sight
05:00 SATURDAY Bad Religion, Punkspring 2014
06:00 notSUNDAY Follow Sunday, XIIRosary - Nina (Blog) (YouTube)

Sexpot Night 2013-08-24

edited: 2013-09-24 Mixed up Nowhere Divine's Bassist and Guitarist's names. Thanks Mike ;)

I have been buds with Ryo from Sexpot Revenge for a while now. He always invites me to these events of his on FB and whenever I meet him in moshpits or at the store he keeps asking when I intend to attend one. When I was in Gunma however, getting here wasn't the easiest task.... Now I haven't got that excuse anymore

7 Days 7 Minutes (2013-08-19)

Monday: Endless Rain
Tuesday: I am the 99%
Wednesday: Shibuya (Again)
Thursday: transporting livestock
Friday: FollowFriday (http://xiirosary.blogspot.comjp/)
Saturday: Sexpot Night
Sunday: Sexpot Night Continued

Japan, How it Is - Buying Tickets to live shows/ music festivals etc...

You wanna check out AKB 48 live? Or maybe join me in a moshpit?
Either way you are going to need to get tickets for the show.

This is the easiest way to get them.

7 Days 7 Minutes (2013-07-01)

Monday: JDM 0:0:00
Tuesday: Rooibos 0:1:00
Wednesday: Cat! 0:2:00
Friday: Shibuya 0:3:00
Friday: Pale Ale 0:4:00
Saturday: Ignorance 0:6:00

Hitachino Nest White Ale:
http://www.kodawari.cc/?en_home/produ...

7 Days 7 Minutes (2013-06-24)

Monday: Epic FAIL

Tuesday: Feeding Strays

Wednesday: Running in the Rain

Thursday: Japanese Rat Snake

Friday: Shibuya!

Saturday: More Reggae and Ramen

Sunday: Carmageddon

Another Night. Another Live ~5 hit combo~

Loud Park 2012 (Saitama Super Arena) LIVE REPORT

"The heaviest metal festival in Japan". Or so the slogan goes. Usually one would attribute the use of superlatives to marketing and be done with it, but this time… The slogan was quite accurate...

This is a long, brutal report… so get comfy before you hit the Jump.

UNDIVIDE One-Man Live Tour "SAME SIDE (BOYS ONLY)" live report

pic from the interwebs.

Undivide is Leda's (ex.DELUHI) new project. I heard the announcement at Sujk's live and have been waiting to see them since then.

I was planning to go to their tour final on the 26th and group it in with Loud Park 12 but when i checked their live schedule and noticed that they were having a boys only lave the week before.