Happy Saturday, friends! Has everybody had a good wintertime holiday season? We’re dang near through it all, and New Year’s Eve looms large at Maniac Mansion this year — much revelry is expected. I thought maybe I’d managed to dodge those bullets by hosting some friends last weekend and going all out on the Christmas traditionals, but I guess some people just like to keep those expectations high.
In case you couldn’t tell, this is basically my favorite time of the year. It helps that my cultural background is well-steeped in the terror and romance of winter, so this whole harvest-turns-to-solstice-to-newness thing, it’s like happy breathing. And you get to eat lots of gingerbread and roast lots of meat and drink lots of spirits! Could be worse. It’s also usually a pretty good time of year for idol, as late-year releases line up with the second big festival season for a good couple of months of action, which is to say nothing of all the new year’s events and the sublimity of Idol Christmas. All is merry and bright indeed! Yeah, it’s a good time of year.
Is this a great Weekender, though? It’s not a bad one! I wish there were more in it, but, like, basically three days were lost to the holiday rotation, and then I lost track of the things that I was trying to hold in reserve, like a jerk. Let’s also be honest here: When you Weekender, do you ever spend time with everything? I barely do!
So play the Fun, tour around in here a little, and then do whatever it is that people do in the holiday off-weekend. Buy party hats and cheap champagne, I’m guessing? Fantastic.
How Dare You Insult the Honor of Korbel!
Could there be any better way of reimagining old-school prog rock than by xoxo EXTREME?
New single and label for PIIIIIIIN:
【お知らせ】 2019.3.12
両A面シングル
『jumping / 黒板のメロディー』FIFTY-FIFTY Records × 日本コロムビアよりCDリリース決定!
《リリースイベント》
12月25日(火)20:00~
タワーレコード渋谷店B1
CUTUP STUDIO収録曲「黒板のメロディー」を初披露
新衣装で初パフォーマンス pic.twitter.com/Wcds0GGhNS— PiiiiiiiN (@PiiiiiiiN_1218) December 24, 2018
Thanks to @ghi2000, here’s that same Christmas tune that Lui did, but by Shiori!
It feels like it’s been a while since we last looked in on CY8ER:
【本日】
EXシアター六本木
特典会ありがとうございました!!
19:30- LIVEお待ちしております!!!#CY8ER pic.twitter.com/D2yNRoDx9Q
— CY8ER (@CY8ERinfo) December 26, 2018
I never get to share them enough, so here’s recent live Wonder Lander:
The greatest gift of all, a NEMLESS cover of “psychopomp”:
ネムレスさんによるNECRONOMIDOLさんの
psychopompBメロ〜サビ後Bメロ#ネムレス#うてなゆき#ネクロ魔#KeiToriki pic.twitter.com/oTc0gOcogC
— 粉プール (@9seigun) December 23, 2018
And in that same spirit, why not Okaki up to the same tricks?
Here’s BiSH from the latest massive tour final, also massive:
There just isn’t enough APOKALIPPPS in this world:
ペロさん生誕祭、フロア後方にいらした女性帝国民の方、アポカリでもめちゃ楽しんでくださりありがとうございました。周囲のサポート含め、帝国民のモラルにも感銘を受けました。恐らく場所的にステージはほとんど見えなかったと思います。短い映像ですが、こんな感じでライブさせていただいてました。 pic.twitter.com/VUQwnweUCK
— APOKALIPPPS official (@APOKALIPPPS_NOW) December 23, 2018
BiS.LEAGUE is so stupid:
【BiS戦力外通告】トリアエズ・ハナ、ムロパナコ、YUiNA EMPiRE、アヤエイトプリンスの5名です。
3月のBiSシングル発売後に判断させていただきます。#BiSidol— 渡辺”ジュンジュン”淳之介 (@JxSxK) December 29, 2018
My favorite Devil ANTHEM song:
ASTROMATE’s got goals, hence this little video:
💫フォロワー合計6000人達成💫
メンバー&グループアカウントのフォロワー数の合計が、フォロワーUP企画目標の6000人を突破しました✨
企画に協力してくださった皆様、ありがとうございました!
ついに『STARGAZER』の動画を公開🌟
拡散よろしくお願いします!#ASTROMATE #アストロメイト pic.twitter.com/bwBZJNwWND— ASTROMATE.OFFICIAL (@ASTROMATEOFFIC1) December 4, 2018
Did you hear the new one from Queens?
Idol in Focus
This week’s Idol in Focus is GANG PARADE, who released a who mess of stuff from their new album (in addition to that MV) on Soundcloud, but I kept waiting to post about because it was going to be a collection, and here we are:
Words of inspiration, fron Non!
The greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings and those of others. pic.twitter.com/mp6G8uEl6t
— なにぬね のん (@non__ND) December 28, 2018
Please enjoy this Dempagumi.inc album trailer:
My girl Ritsuka, formerly of &Crazy, is still going solo but now doing it as Ricca, and was just in Malaysia?
Hi,I'm Ricca with dancers💃
Nice to meet you!
Thank you so much,Malaysia🇲🇾
Let's enjoy together 4days!⚡♫
See you tomorrow ☺︎✯ #JAPANEXPOASIA pic.twitter.com/6KL8HbiDTb— 立夏-Ricca- (@ricca0702) December 29, 2018
Idol farewells, like this one from elfloat, are always so bittersweet:
最後のツイートです!
これからもエルフロートは続きます。ずっと応援してるしお家みたいなものです。今まで楽しい思い出をたくさんありがとう!
みんな元気でにゃん!!🐱🐱💓#モモちゃんズは永久不滅ですし pic.twitter.com/CgrsCykQsh
— モモ〈エルフロートの社長〉ありがとう (@elfloat_momo) December 26, 2018
I saw the length of this REGiNA KiSS stream and immediately backed away:
If you’d like for Minna no Kodomo-chan to visit your town, reply to this tweet!
第一回 ツアーでみんなのこどもちゃんに来て欲しいなアンケート!
来てほしい!って方居ましたら、このツイートのリプに都道府県書いてくださーい!
参考にさせて頂きます
アンケート期日は12/30 22:00まで!
時間を過ぎますとこのツイートは消滅いたしまるCAMPFIRE https://t.co/R7EK0gZeM2
— みんなのこどもちゃん👁 👁 (@kodomocafeid) December 28, 2018
Because there’s apparently no shortage of ways to bring up 3776 anymore, here’s … a studio live? I dunno:
Terrifying:
— 松隈ケンタ【スクランブルズ】 (@kenta_matsukuma) December 26, 2018
Have a great weekend!