By Gus Fielding, KYODO NEWS - Sep 13, 2018 - 18:50 | All, Arts
Yoshiki, composer, songwriter, and leader and drummer of X Japan, said Thursday he will never stop trying to crack the American market, a mission he described as a 'responsibility' to the late members of his mega rock band.
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Speaking at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo, having only just completed X Japan's first studio album in 21 years, Yoshiki's voice cracked with emotion as he spoke about his unfulfilled dreams after residing in the United States for more than two decades.
'I moved to America 25 years ago, and I was going to come back to Japan if I thought I am good enough or I can make it here (in the United States). I don't think I have made it in the American market yet and still think I am relatively unknown, but I am still trying.'
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'When do you stop fighting?' he continued. 'I don't have an answer. But I think moving forward and keeping on fighting is part of your life. Disk utility mac software download. When you stop, that is the time that you die.'
Asked about the retirement of legendary Japanese music producer Tetsuya Komuro earlier this year, Yoshiki said, 'Being an artist you retire when you die, and I told him (Komuro) that too.'
Yoshiki's father committed suicide when he was 10 years old and his life with X Japan, who boast record sales of over 30 million in Japan and have fans all over the globe, has been marred by several traumatic experiences.
Vocalist Toshi left the band at the end of 1997 after coming under the influence of a cult called Home of Heart, but later rejoined the band. In 1998, guitarist Hide hung himself, while another former member Taiji, who left the band in 1992, died in 2011 of apparent suicide.
'My members died. Making America was a part of the members' dream too so I have a responsibility.'
'We just have to keep on moving to the end. I want to contribute to change the map of the entertainment industry in the world,' said the 52-year-old musician.
X Japan broke up in 1997 but reunited 10 years later. Last year the band, which has sold out Tokyo Dome a record 18 times, released a revealing documentary 'We Are X,' a film that won critical acclaim and Yoshiki admitted had been hard to make.
'It was the hardest thing I have ever done. X Japan's history is almost too crazy and too sad to be true. It was so hard to open the door to the past, because I lost my father and Hide and Taiji passed away and Toshi got brainwashed.'
'If somebody tried to write the script it would be too much, and I thought 'hell I cannot do that' and shut the door. But after several years of talking, people convinced me that our story may be able to help people's lives and inspire people that are suffering from depression or something. I thought that might be a good reason to revisit that project.'
Yoshiki, a classically trained pianist, was the first-ever artist to be awarded with the 'Asian Icon Award' at the Classic Rock Awards.
Away from X Japan he has composed pieces including a piano concerto to celebrate the 10th year of the reign of Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the official theme song for the 2012 Golden Globe Awards. His album 'Yoshiki Classical' was co-produced by Beatles producer George Martin.
X Japan play three upcoming dates, Sept. 28, 29 and 30, at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, near Tokyo, and Yoshiki will perform Yoshiki Classical with the Philharmonic Orchestra on Nov. 12 and 15 at Tokyo International Forum.
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'This is probably our (X Japan's) first big show in eight years since we played at Nissan Stadium (in Yokohama). We will probably be playing to around a total of 100,000 people over three nights.'
The latest album has been roughly 10 years in the making.
'I was recording the album right until the last minute, and was actually supposed to come back to Japan the day before yesterday,' said Yoshiki, who arrived in Tokyo on the same flight as Japan's newly crowned U.S. Open tennis women's singles champion Naomi Osaka.
'It's taken almost 10 years, so instead of thinking about a tour and all those things, I just wanted to concentrate on finishing the album. It is done now and I will talk to my agent and manager about what to do with it.'
Sep 13, 2018 | KYODO NEWS
Real Change
I’m writing this from last Friday the Thirteenth. Unlike most people, I like Friday 13thses because I’ve always had good times during them. Ever since I flew a red-eye flight across the country on a Friday 13th and asked specifically for a 13th-row seat and had the whole row to myself, I have known that other people’s superstitions can work in my favor.
Last week I wrote about how funny it’d be if Trump managed to stop the vote count in a state where Biden was out ahead in the count. Well, yesterday Trump’s crack legal team did that on a small scale in Pennsylvania. They got a court to throw out some ballots that hadn’t been counted yet, even without knowing if they might have added to Trump’s percentage in the state. So, since Biden is far ahead there, he will stay just as far ahead without his share of those votes. Fox News called that a big win for Trump.
Trump’s refusal to concede is interesting. It will be fascinating to see how that plays out. Will he have to be carried out of the White House? Or will he go to the inauguration, Bible in hand, and try to re-inaugurate himself, only to return to the White House and find all the locks have been changed?
Here in Washington state, Loren Culp has pulled a Trump by refusing to concede his loss to incumbent Jay Inslee in the governor’s race.
Now, I don’t know for a fact that Culp still hasn’t conceded. All I know is that two days ago, he hadn’t, and I know no major news media is reporting any concession by him since then. That, however, could just mean all the reporters in the state have lost interest in him and aren’t answering his phone calls.
I really hope Culp keeps refusing to concede all the way until the election is certified, just like he has vowed to do, all the while claiming the vote was fraudulent. Washington state needs tricky people like Culp spicing up the politics. This is the kind of politicking I can sit down and enjoy popcorn to.
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Whereas Trump actually has a chance of winning Georgia and Arizona after recounts and thereby, with the help of North Carolina, turning Biden’s current 290-217 win into only an embarrassingly smaller win of 279-259, Culp could at best hope to see a 74.14% to 25.54% loss turn into a 63.3% to 36.7% loss, if all the remaining outstanding votes miraculously go to him and only him. Mac download game.
Then Culp would have to prove that some 155,000 ballots were falsely counted for Inslee instead of for him, right under the noses of all the count watchers. It would have required hundreds of counters all through the state, in every county, to pull that off, all crossing out votes for Culp and changing the votes for Inslee, while being watched.
Or what else? They could have used white-out, I suppose. Or they could have torn up those ballots and substituted pre-voted ballots. Sure, that’s the ticket, and no one would have seen the ballots being torn up. Right.
I’m so thankful that Inslee won, because you need a governor who is somewhat realistic and can do basic elementary arithmetic. Try to imagine what sorts of budgets a Governor Culp might propose. “Let’s see — so far, the budget has allocated 25.54% of the available state tax income. That’s over half! I’m close to finishing!”
It’s the principle that matters. He should hold out and refuse to concede until the state certifies he lost. He’s entitled to it, and I want him to hang in there. We don’t need him to be governor, but we do need him to show the people of Washington how to be dreamers again.
Speaking of dreamers, Oregon voters passed a law granting legal access to psilocybin: the active ingredient in magic mushrooms. I think you’ll have to get a prescription from a head doctor, but that can always be arranged. I won’t do it, because I’m sure I don’t need hallucinogens. I’m what they call “a natural.” But I’m happy for the rest of you.
You might like some to stay chill through the coming attempted coup d’état.
Dr. Wes Browning is a one time math professor who has experienced homelessness several times. He supplied the art for the first cover of Real Change in November of 1994 and has been involved with the organization ever since. This is his weekly column, Adventures in Irony, a dry verbal romp of the absurd. He can be reached at drwes (at) realchangenews (dot) org
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