Happy Saturday, friends! You’ll all forgive me of course for cutting straight to the meat: We had a hell of a week, with the your and our Best Ofs publishing (hooray for the winners!) and of course feelings being hurt and threats made. Exciting! It’s also the holiday season, which for once I’m personally going to take partial advantage of and not not spend most of it working. All the work that I want to do is to host this gathering of friends at Maniac Mansion tomorrow, and get everybody full of good cheer and also lots of booze!
Enjoy the season, mis amigos, and keep it simple. Connect with the good people and things in life, and to hell with what troubles you. If the good includes idol, play the Fun because it’s an absolute celebration, and keep an eye out for idols dressed as Santa Claus.
And to All a Good Night?
TORIENA, have mercy:
Here’s another live one from Bury:
Details on the upcoming GANG PARADE album:
【NEWS】GANG PARADE、1月8日発売の現9人体制初アルバム『LAST GANG PARADE』の詳細発表。メンバー自ら作詞・作曲した楽曲含む全10曲を収録、ジャケット&新アー写も公開。 https://t.co/9fUlkiemdP pic.twitter.com/xPrMXXESVW
— オトトイ (@ototoy_info) December 19, 2018
Here’s a thing from Chiyono Ide, all that’s left of 3776 basically:
I can’t get enough of this from ayumikurikamaki:
あゆみくりかまき
「今日俺ダンス」
踊ってみた💃💃💃あゆみくりかまき is…https://t.co/IoXoM9TkWc@kyoukaraoreha_n #今日俺#今日から俺は#今日俺ダンス#やってみた#踊ってみた#あゆくま#拡散希望 pic.twitter.com/C6deCQYN4e
— あゆみくりかまき (@ayukumaofficial) December 14, 2018
Hmm, NoA with a band …
This little promo filled me with unease:
ゆくえしれずつれづれ全国8都市9公演ワンマンツアー「Unethical Tour」先行チケット発売中!先行チケットには特典も付きます!先行受付は12/30までです!
チケット ▶ https://t.co/61hKYxKisJ
詳細 ▶ https://t.co/rdBEE2AeRb #ゆくえしれずつれづれ pic.twitter.com/jGfNJ5lVfr— ゆくえしれずつれづれ (@yukuetsurezure) December 19, 2018
I was not familiar with POMERO until now!
Our precious Dots didn’t release a ton of stuff this year, but they kept right on making amazing little videos:
今日の動画です!
この前の生誕祭で流した映像だよ!歌ってるのはのいずペン子さん🐧頬杖をついているのはのいずペンギンだよ🐧
何か良く分からないけど笑ってしまう映像になったと思うんだ!無音でごめんね😥
のいずペンギン物語https://t.co/Jx7U2qTpXF pic.twitter.com/kn0OjSBjpH
— ・・・・・・・・・ (@dotstokyo) December 20, 2018
Devil ANTHEM uploaded some live video this week, here being the highlight:
Did I share the latest Dance for Philosophy yet? Because they’re channeling late-era Especia here, and shut up:
You’ll deal with me randomly posting Ophelia 20mg until the day in some godforsaken future when she stops idoling:
気を取り直して私の黄金の右腕みてほしい pic.twitter.com/BUS2YBMHoS
— おふぇたん@1/6UPsで主催【215】 (@ophelia20mg) December 21, 2018
Odoro:
【本日 目黒鹿鳴館】
たったの3曲。なのにめちゃくちゃ楽しくて棘はやっぱりカッコいいなと思った今日。来てくださった皆さまありがとうございました。【次回12/23 渋谷→西永福】
朝はMilkyway夜はJAM。クリスマスDays初日。来てください!#棘 #棘ちゃん pic.twitter.com/LJ7Gdwxs51
— 棘-おどろ-公式 (@odoroproject) December 20, 2018
I’ll just leave this to Kerrie:
KAMEN JOSHI DID IT AGAIN!
Can we make it to 5 Kamen Joshi Sora News articles before the year ends?https://t.co/U6jQRUuDAN— Not Kerrie (@weeaboowitch) December 17, 2018
Idol in Focus
This week’s Idol in Focus is the somewhat mysterious uijin sister group raymay, whose little promo spots have been getting increasingly interesting:
12/24 raymay×uijin
🏠shinjuku BLAZEhttps://t.co/BDRYfoVvcE pic.twitter.com/qICXwBUPhQ— raymay (@raymay_official) December 21, 2018
the world pic.twitter.com/LSrqca2ItH
— raymay (@raymay_official) December 21, 2018
2018/12/23 21:00 pic.twitter.com/CP12iQ77cB
— raymay (@raymay_official) December 22, 2018
Can’t wait til tomorrow!
In honor of PiGU’s kind-of resurrection, here’s Keikarin’s solo single from a couple of years ago, discovered by Chris:
Very happy for Gu-Gu LULU to be having their first one-man:
ショールームありがとうございました!
グーグールル 1stワンマンライブ
“聖なるぐるぐるPARTY”まで
あと5日です!o͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡╮(。❛ᴗ❛。)╭o͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ ✨SOMEBODY ELSEみんなで踊ろう〜🕺🍍
チケットはこちら🎫https://t.co/bI06ua4fYk pic.twitter.com/ngUdnQYNDH
— グーグールル公式 (@ggll_AQBI) December 19, 2018
The composer for Wagamama Rakia apparently wrote this?
The going-band experience seems to have worked out pretty well for REGiNA KiSS, so much so that they can get away with not even having the idols involved sometimes!
Just to follow up on Osaka Shunkashuto doing their best Osaka Shunkashuto impersonation:
2019.01.06大新年会ワンマンライブ @ TSUTAYA O-EAST
明日、12/22(土)10:00より一般チケット発売です‼️
🔥チケット代 2019円https://t.co/L7MmytdkQFよろしくお願いします🙇♂️#大阪春夏秋冬#しゅかしゅん#ワンマンライブ2019#SSFW#雑草 pic.twitter.com/VwyhZ0BY1D
— 大阪☆春夏秋冬1/6 O-EASTワンマン (@syukasyun) December 21, 2018
Did you see the new one from Younapi?
BiSH is doing the nationwide tour thing:
【LiFE is COMEDY TOUR開催決定!!】
全国14カ所21公演を回る「LiFE is COMEDY TOUR」開催決定!
来年の2019年4月5日神奈川公演よりスタート!
よろ。
FC抽選先行:12/25(火) 18:00 ~ 2019年1/8(火)23:00 https://t.co/4tFB0okfga— BiSHオフィシャル (@BiSHidol) December 22, 2018
Imagine going hawking with the Captain:
#BiSHのキレッキレJAPAN pic.twitter.com/BgUUo3sTEp
— セントチヒロ・チッチ (@Chittiii_BiSH) December 17, 2018
Idol Christmas is indeed upon us:
内側向くときすべった( ㆆ ㆆ) pic.twitter.com/ztL6rIUawg
— 🦀椿ゆいな🦀 (@yuina_tsubaki) December 20, 2018
Have a great weekend!
So, Kuromiya Rei’s non-Ladybaby punk rock project BRATS sort of proto-announced an overseas tour in 2019, via Instagram video. Sounds like they might hit the Americas.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrsGYsoh6Pz/
Here’s hoping they tour with a bigger group (say, The Casualties) and get more exposure.
We are pro-BRATS around here, so this is great news!
“I was not familiar with POMERO until now!”
*cough*
https://www.homicidols.com/your-homicidols-weekender-102/
(My new year’s resolution is to stop making Maniac look silly…)
My dude, why would you turn away from the easiest job in the world?