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Very Good Days Chat Archive

Discussion in 'Random Chat' started by Exaita, Jun 29, 2014.

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  1. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 17, 2017 at 6:05 PM - DSteele: Apparently that Cleveland killer is suspected to be heading up towards my neck of the woods
    Apr 17, 2017 at 10:22 PM - Ray: Nohana-sans latest tweet has a photo of them at rehersal. They have a keyboard now? Some-bodys-wrightin' - new MU-Sac! I know that somebody has posted photos of Mao-san wrighting with her acustic (spell?) YEH!!!
     
  2. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 19, 2017 at 5:28 AM - Ray: The news is reporting that your "cleveland killer" has been found with a single GSW to the head.
     
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    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 20, 2017 at 8:07 AM - Ray: Well It looks like I'm the only one still here.
     
  4. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 21, 2017 2:55 AM - J-Becker: After one man live Aimi also didn't uptated much. She recently shared on her staff account that fans from overseas can buy her second demo bootleg via using spesific shipment services.
    Apr 21, 2017 2:58 AM - J-Becker: Also Shiho is still M.I.A. so Nohana and Mao keeps hanging out with other band's member. Since last August only excited thing was about AIMI. Hence site of the traffic getting low
    Apr 21, 2017 2:59 AM - J-Becker: traffic of the site*
    Apr 21, 2017 3:03 AM - J-Becker: The last update from Nohana is hanging out with friends and some cats .
    Apr 21, 2017 4:03 AM - Ray: Yeh.. I follow Nohana san's twitter. In fact I check all of them dayly.
    Apr 21, 2017 4:05 AM - Ray: I find it ominous that Shiho-sans twitter link to Nohanasan and Mao-san AND Aimi-san have all been taken down and her Facebook page(s) are all months or years from any update.
    Apr 21, 2017 4:09 AM - Ray: The woman changed her hair, Her style and ditched everything about her life up to that point. She has left the public eye competely.
    Apr 21, 2017 4:11 AM - Ray: She isn't hanging with anyone from her life, at least not publicly. For a woman that spent half of her life in entertainment this is VERY VERY bad.
    Apr 21, 2017 4:14 AM - Ray: The band is quietly removed her image from ALL the new promo "stuff". As I said, This is ominous to say the least.
    Apr 21, 2017 5:44 AM - Ray: I love the fact that Nohana San takes so many photos and shares them. She gives me a windo into a world I would never see otherwise even if I lived in Japan for the rest of my life.
    Apr 21, 2017 5:44 AM - Ray: "window"
     
  5. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 22, 2017 at 3:03 AM - guild15: Can someone clue me into wtf is going on and why? Because it sounds like you guys are discussing Shiho leaving the band.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 3:21 AM - DSteele: Shiho has been absent for a few months now, Kana looks like she started her own solo thing, and Nohana and Mao haven't even talked about Shiho since she was sick.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 4:26 AM - J-Becker: They updated AIMI's page at ufocreators. Loved the pics. --> http://ufocreators.com/creator/aimi
    Apr 22, 2017 at 4:31 AM - guild15: Who is Kana... Was she being recruited for vocals or something?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 4:34 AM - J-Becker: After Erica left Dk Kana joined as temprorary vocal.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 4:37 AM - J-Becker: She was also their support vocal during the Japan Expo Rocks contest which was their chance to go to France if they were able to win. But since Shiho is sick and offline for few months they withdraw from the contest.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 4:39 AM - J-Becker: I just saw Kana's new profile looks like she was really a temproray lead for DK.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:05 AM - guild15: I see. Thanks. So essentially Shiho got sick and stopped performing near the end of January in order to recover. But I'm also hearing that she hasn't perfromed with the band since? Is that just to say that the band as a whole hasn't performed since she called in sick or they HAVE performed and she just wasn't there?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:09 AM - J-Becker: They performed after she got sick with support drummers but they didnt performed since they withdraw from the contest.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:10 AM - J-Becker: considering they used support drummers and she is offline for really long time we assume that her sickness is kinda serious.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:14 AM - guild15: Ah so after she got sick, they more or less finished up their leg of the contest they had already started with support drummers and after completing that leg, they withdrew from the rest of the contest. Since that withdrawal, they haven't performed live (with or without Shiho) even once.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:16 AM - guild15: And since then, the only semblance of status on Shiho has been that she's unfollowed Nohana and Mao (and Kana if she ever was in the first place), reconnected with old friends, and changed her style (not exactly sure what that means though).
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:25 AM - Ray: Heres what we KNOW about Shiho. She dyed her hair black last december and changed her clothing styles. On or about Jan.14 2017 she played her last gig with Draft King
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:26 AM - Ray: The last photo anyone posted of her that I can find was taken 19 Jan.2017.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:28 AM - Ray: She stopped posting to twitter and facebook about 14 to 19 febuary. There has been NO public statment on why she left in the middle of Japan Expo Rocks.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:30 AM - Ray: Draft king has made NO statment about Shiho-san of any kind and the rumor about her being sick is just that...A rumor.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:31 AM - Ray: Kana San has been singing lead for Draft King since Erica left. The Guy temp drummers have been "replaced" by a woman named Mizuki-san.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:35 AM - Ray: NO ONE has made any public statment about Shiho-san at all. Not why she left, or when or if she is ever coming back. He twitter link to all members of Draft King and to the bands twitter page and to all or most of her friends has been deleted
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:38 AM - Ray: Shiho-san has made no PUBLIC contact to anyone since 19 Feb 2017. Her image is no longer on any of the "new generation" of Draft King "promo" buttons
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:41 AM - J-Becker: Shiho didnt unfollowed Nohana and Mao. She just disappeared from recommended people at twitter (That small box that says "You might also wanna follow" at right side of the page) at that because she isnt online at her account for months for same reason we dont see Stereopony accounts linked to their account as well.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:41 AM - Ray: Thats it. As far as an internet search can take me Shiho Yamanoha is effectively disapeared.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:42 AM - J-Becker: also the only statement made from Dk is that Shiho's dealing with health condition but no details about that.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:42 AM - J-Becker: plus all the things that Ray mentioned.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:43 AM - Ray: As I said no PUBLIC contact and a deliberate effort to make shure there is no PUBLIC contact
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:44 AM - DSteele: Maybe it was a mental health thing.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:45 AM - J-Becker: I dunnno she seemed happy before she dissapeared.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:46 AM - Ray: I don't know and don't think thats any of my busness. She is having a crissis I can only wish for her recovery and happyness
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:48 AM - Ray: I just wish that DK would make the hard choices and stablize so they can move forward. Being in limbo sucks
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:56 AM - guild15: OHHHHHH Thank God that clears up a shit ton.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:56 AM - guild15: I was misunderstanding the deal about the socail emdia.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:56 AM - guild15: media*
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:57 AM - Ray: J-Becker; As for how Shiho-san looked in her last photos. She had lost a lot of body mass for her tiny frame and had dark bags under her eyes. She had been showing stress for a while
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:57 AM - guild15: So basically the only deal is that she lost her two tone hair, hasn't looked as good as usual in what pics we have been able to see of her and overall she has been MIA. Literally nothing else has changed that we know of.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:58 AM - guild15: That outs my mind at ease to at least know wtf is going on on a baseline level.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:58 AM - J-Becker: plus Aimi started to follow Shiho
     
  6. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:58 AM - guild15: Yeah I'm thinking it might be a personal thing.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:59 AM - guild15: She seemed to be going through something similar at one period back in Stepo.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 5:59 AM - guild15: obviously sans going MIA
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM - Ray: Yes the only thing we know for certain passed that is that NONE of her old music "buds" from any other band have had any public contact
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:00 AM - J-Becker: Somebody posted a link here couple months ago about Shiho having tendonis problem during Stepo era. So we thought maybe thats the case but since no official statement we just throw theories here.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:02 AM - guild15: I see. Still despite the nature of the issue, it puts my mind at ease to know that for all intents and purposes, she's just become a shut in. Not that I'm saying that's good, but from what I was hearing before, I was getting the idea that she had actively been cutting social ties, unfollowing people, neglecting to contact current bandmates and opting to contact older non stepo/dk friends.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:03 AM - guild15: That's what i had thought was happening. Good to see that's not the case at the least, but still, what was that about DK excluding her from some promo material, or was I reading that wrong?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:04 AM - Ray: No you got it right Nohana-san relesed the new stuff and Shiho-sans photo is not on any of it.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:05 AM - Ray: Only Mao-san and Nohana san
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:08 AM - Ray: I ran a search on Shiho-san having Tendonitis. There was never any statment from stereopony on why she was gone for five months and Tendonitis was never more than a rumor
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:15 AM - Ray: That could mean anything or nothing. We just don't know.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:20 AM - Ray: @Gild15: IMO someone is making an effort to protect Shiho-san with all this. We may never know why. I just want to see Draft King move forward.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 6:22 AM - Ray: and right now that isn't happining, they are just spinning weels
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:29 AM - guild15: Well that sucks.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:30 AM - guild15: Exactly what kinda stuff did Nohana release that Shiho not being included would be a big deal?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:31 AM - guild15: I'm on her twitter, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:32 AM - guild15: Here I see some selfies and a few buttons.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:34 AM - guild15: Or pins or however you'd call them. Point is, if there is a Shiho one, I'm not sure why she wouldn't post Shiho's. And if there ISN'T a Shiho one, but their people still haven't made a statement about Shiho's status, then I don't think Nohana posting those is the best idea right now lol. Selfies are fine to let ppl know they're still around and active, but posting only her and Mao's pins is
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:35 AM - guild15: from my pov only gonna make things more hairy in the eyes of the fanbase.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:36 AM - guild15: Seeing as pins are more in the vein of the group as a commercial item. And if the only thing she's showing is "Draft King Band" pins of her and MAO then that's only gonna help drive home any suspicions that Shiho's no longer a part of the band. :/
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:37 AM - guild15: I'd say at this point the best move would be encouragement for Shiho whatever she's doing or going through right now and waiting for the agency to make an executive decision.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 7:39 AM - guild15: DK doesn't seem to be doing so hot though. Kana the vocal's left and is doing her own thing, and both of their only official vocals are no longer with the group. Confusing as to what's going on with Shiho seeing as she's semed really happy and gungho DK since they started. I wonder if something's happned...
    Apr 22, 2017 at 9:28 AM - Ray: So now Kana san is gone? Is Mizuki san staying or going too?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 9:43 AM - Ray: " wonder If something happened" Erica quit, Shiho-san ditched, Kana left. Yeh but what? and why?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 9:47 AM - Ray: This started last summer with Erica and has been a low speed crash and burn ever since.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 9:58 AM - Ray: Two lead singers and a drummer gone in less than six months? Thats the end of the line for that band. If you are right then Draft King is finished as Draft King.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 10:12 AM - Ray: I think that unless you and I are wrong and overthinking this it won't matter when or if Shiho san comes back. Another Japanese band will go on permenent hiatus
    Apr 22, 2017 at 10:14 AM - Ray: Money guys won't back acts that can't be relied on.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 10:23 AM - Ray: The show no longer has a stable cast. That ends bookings right there. One they stop you can put your lights and stacks in storage and come backwhen you form a new act.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 11:47 AM - guild15: Yeah, it's not a good situation. The nostalgic side of me would say something dumb like "If only they had been able to join the same company Aimi did", but it's not like Aimi's identity and crew has been so consistent either.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 11:52 AM - guild15: Honestly, I just wish stepo could be reformed, even if just to go hear them perform songs live for once in my life. I've only ever heard them through headphones and looking at screens. I wanted desperately to go to the final live, but I was in no position to do so. Missing it tore me up lol. Of course they might have to get with Sony again to be able to those songs. But then again maybe not?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 11:53 AM - guild15: Seeing as Aimi and Shiho are the only creaotrs of any songs that they have? So technically they should also own the rights, but idk. Depends on what their contract was I suppose.
     
  7. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 22, 2017 at 8:11 PM - DSteele: Nah, I'm sure Sony has all the rights to them. Japanese companies are very controlling.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 8:53 PM - Ray: I remember reading somewhere that Erica wrote at least some of the Draft King songs. and Yes Sony Japan owns everything but the bands name and equipment. I would GUESS that might be why Kana san left. She may not have wanted to go with Sony Japan.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 8:58 PM - Ray: If DK can display that they have a permanant drummer (drag back Shiho-san or hire somebody) and the hold open auditions NOW they can still salvage the 2017 season. But the longer this drags out the less likely they are to make a "comeback"
    Apr 22, 2017 at 9:00 PM - Ray: Not picking a permanant lead at last years "open" was a really bad call
    Apr 22, 2017 at 9:12 PM - Ray: And this could just be the curtain comming down on Mixbox/Stereopny/Draft King for the last time. This is a crew that has been together for ten+ years and for the last two it has been slowly destableizing (spell?) I wonder how much some of them even want to go on with it?
    Apr 22, 2017 at 10:13 PM - DSteele: Well they're not with Sony now/ They're with Sun Records.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 10:54 PM - DSteele: Ahhh that satisfied feeling you get after you're done cleaning up your living space.
    Apr 22, 2017 at 11:55 PM - Ray: I thought Sony Japan owned Sun records
    Apr 22, 2017 at 11:56 PM - Ray: Ether way its the same contract BS.
    Apr 23, 2017 at 12:04 AM - Ray: Nope I was wrong. Rising Sun Records is an Indy lable. Kana Hanazawa is listed as a contract singer for a Sony Japan owned lable and as such can't record for Sun.
    Apr 23, 2017 at 12:06 AM - Ray: If its the same woman she couldn't be a member of draft king unless they left Sun and went to Sacra records (owned by Sony)
    Apr 23, 2017 at 12:07 AM - Ray: That would explane a lot.
    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:19 AM - crimsonknight4: they got kicked from Sun after erica left
    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:20 AM - crimsonknight4: in mhy opinion DK is done
    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:20 AM - crimsonknight4: I think you guys are conjecturing too much about Shiho's situation
    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:20 AM - crimsonknight4: she is AWOL but she might genuinely be sick
    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:21 AM - crimsonknight4: it is a very strange situation though, I wont deny that
    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:21 AM - crimsonknight4: and honeslty im not going to put my eggs in the AIMI basket either
    Apr 23, 2017 at 3:58 AM - Ray: Yeh if they lost the lable their done. So you think Aimi-sans "comeback" is gonna tank?
    Apr 23, 2017 at 4:56 AM - J-Becker: Hi ck4! I got a question: From what source we know that DK kicked out after erica left ? Do Sun Records have any social media like Twitter etc.? Or did u read it from Nohana blog ?
     
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    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 23, 2017 at 2:57 PM - DSteele: New phone who dis. Samsung Galaxy S8+ is neat.
    Apr 23, 2017 at 6:29 PM - crimsonknight4: I believe she mentions it in one of her blogs
    Apr 23, 2017 at 6:29 PM - crimsonknight4: obviously i havent been translating so i dont know if i got to that one
    Apr 23, 2017 at 6:55 PM - Ray: So Erica trashed everything and every one on her way to nowhere....
    Apr 23, 2017 at 6:57 PM - Ray: That woman must have some seriously "F"ed up karma
    Apr 23, 2017 at 8:02 PM - DSteele: Is what it is. She decided to go make bad things and yeah. Wonder what the future will look like for her.
    Apr 23, 2017 at 10:09 PM - Ray: That last is easy. Empty, loveless, friendless,and alone. Often hopeless and drunkin with the highest suicide rate of any human population on earth.
    Apr 23, 2017 at 10:11 PM - Ray: "drunk"
    Apr 23, 2017 at 10:12 PM - Ray: Its not a fate I'd wish on my worst enemy
    Apr 23, 2017 at 10:20 PM - Ray: Even in the best case those women lead lives that are short and violent treated little better than cattle.
     
  9. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 24, 2017 at 1:54 PM - guild15: Just googled it. It's true and I just had the biggest what the fuck of my entire life.
    Apr 24, 2017 at 4:25 PM - DSteele: They weren't even like, interesting either
    Apr 24, 2017 at 6:19 PM - Ray: the saddest part is that she will be a house pet till her pimp gets tired of her then she ether gets sold/traded off or turned out as a street walker
    Apr 24, 2017 at 6:22 PM - Ray: If she doesn't contract HIV and develop full blown AIDS before shes 35. Then she'll just rot alone in an AID's ward
    Apr 24, 2017 at 6:25 PM - Ray: There is nothing hollywood about being a porn whore
    Apr 24, 2017 at 8:02 PM - DSteele: I wouldn't be that critical, there are definitely precautions taken in that Industry, especially the Japanese one.
    Apr 24, 2017 at 8:11 PM - Ray: I'm not critical of them. It's pity. The WHO says that 75% of all sex industry workers will contract HIV within two years of starting work as whores. In the US MORE than 60% of sex workers have HIV. Sex work is a form of passive suicide.
    Apr 24, 2017 at 8:14 PM - Ray: It dehumanizes everyone involved, and reduces them to objects to be bought and sold.. Basicly slaves.
    Apr 24, 2017 at 8:16 PM - Ray: I realize that there is nothing to be done about it, but pity the people throwing away there lives and future
    Apr 24, 2017 at 8:19 PM - Ray: I hate seeing anyone self destruct.
    Apr 24, 2017 at 8:24 PM - Ray: It's just very ...Sad
    Apr 24, 2017 at 8:47 PM - Ray: Happy birth day Crimson knight4:
    Apr 24, 2017 at 11:14 PM - crimsonknight4: agreed, but thanks haha
    Apr 25, 2017 at 1:33 AM - Arcluna: @crimsonknight4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEtWu9kzxlQ
    Apr 25, 2017 at 1:33 AM - Arcluna: Happy Birthday CK!
    Apr 25, 2017 at 2:17 AM - J-Becker: Happy Birthday CK!!
    Apr 25, 2017 at 4:34 AM - guild15: Happy brithday, dude.
    Apr 25, 2017 at 4:37 AM - guild15: birthday*
    Apr 25, 2017 at 7:33 AM - DSteele: Happy Birthday Andy.
     
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    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 27, 2017 at 6:07 AM - Ray: So does anyone think that the fans will even get a "Solong and thanks for all the fish" out of draft king? Or will this all just kind of fade away?
    Apr 27, 2017 at 6:17 AM - Ray: It looks to me like all the momentum just ended after the " Japan expo rocks" cluster"F" and nobody is realy trying to start it back up.
    Apr 27, 2017 at 6:21 AM - Ray: If Shiho-san's leaving didn't kill DK it SAH put it on life support, and no one looks like they are even trying to keep it alive. So will they tell us if its over?
    Apr 27, 2017 at 6:24 AM - Ray: Or is everyone too busy stocking the fallout shelter to do anything else?
    Apr 27, 2017 at 7:33 AM - DSteele: I'm currently too busy trying to help get Turkey to stop bombing my friends in Rojava by calling my representatives
    Apr 27, 2017 at 8:07 AM - Ray: Yeh well... The turks don't have "A" bombs, and I for one think that the fat guy in North Korea is messing with a guy that WILL nuke him RIGHT off the planet.
    Apr 27, 2017 at 8:08 AM - Ray: How many die in asia while Trump and fat boy blay with nukes is ....not very important to them.
     
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    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 27, 2017 at 7:47 PM - DSteele: And of course it seems our pleas are falling on deaf ears. CentCom acknowledged Turkey's shelling but didn't say they were working to stop it.
    Apr 28, 2017 at 1:03 AM - Ray: Thats because war is good for the arms industry. Revolution and genocide destableize the regon. So both sides scream for arms to "defend" themselves. We prop up the dictator then create the "terror" group that fights him. "In conflict lays profit" as they say over at CIA.
    Apr 28, 2017 at 1:04 AM - Ray: You are trying to get the people that started the conflict to end it.
    Apr 28, 2017 at 1:07 AM - Ray: Before you were born a man named Wolfawitz (spell) made a speach in which he outlined the "Neo-Con" plan for "war in perpatuity". That plan looked very much like the world today.
    Apr 28, 2017 at 1:09 AM - Ray: You are trying to stop something that your "deep state" WANTS to happen. Good luck with that.
    Apr 28, 2017 at 1:10 AM - Ray: You cannot sell weapons unless people are killing each other.
    Apr 28, 2017 at 1:16 AM - Ray: It is called the "Game of Empire" or "The Great Game" and it has gone on for a very long time.
     
  12. Exaita

    Exaita Chat Master Global Moderator

    Apr 30, 2017 at 12:34 AM - Ray: So.. Has anyone read ANYTHING about Shiho-san? The Draft king band sight isn't updating and Nohana-san and Mao-san are tweeting with other bands.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 12:42 AM - Ray: And if Draft King is tanked how much longer will Very Good Days stay up seeing as it has almost no involment left from the fan base?
    Apr 30, 2017 at 12:43 AM - DSteele: Idk, your best bet is to ask Kana she seems to be the one that replies the most but I'm sure they all agreed to keep a lid on it.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 12:46 AM - Ray: IDW Kana sans http. But yeh I I don't think I get an anser from them ether.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 12:46 AM - Ray: Thanks anyway
    Apr 30, 2017 at 4:11 AM - guild15: Where do namida nante mishite yannai and Over the Border rank on you guys' opinion of best Stepo songs?
    Apr 30, 2017 at 4:37 AM - DSteele: I cant give an accurate assessment anymore. Once you listen to all of them a certain amount of times it all kind of blends into which one is better.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 5:57 AM - crimsonknight4: over the border ranks high for me
    Apr 30, 2017 at 5:57 AM - crimsonknight4: top 20
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:22 AM - J-Becker: Both of them are in mine top 10 but my not in my top 5 which is : Sayanora no kisetsu,Canvas ni Watashi Dake no Iro wo Nosete ,Tatoeba Utaenakunattara,Sweet Blue,Stand by Me.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:24 AM - guild15: Over the Border used to be my number 1, but after Namida Nante came out and after I learned what the lyrics were saying and what the title meant it shot up. Over the border was still number 1, but man, if you just listen to Namida Nante. it's just so badass, the lyrics hit hard and enunciate each part of the song so well..
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:25 AM - guild15: Not that Over the Border doesn't, but Namida Nante just gives me an unreal level of "I just wanna rock to this song" (no pun intended)
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:26 AM - guild15: Also prolly has to do with the fact that I probably overplayed Over the Border throughout the years lol.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:27 AM - J-Becker: I love that song too. But its sad that after that Evanpony stuff Stereopony disbanded.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:28 AM - J-Becker: Every lyrics that written by AIMI is golden. She is really good at showing her feelings through songs.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:29 AM - guild15: Fitting final song though. "I'm Not Going to Show Tears". And the sound just encompasses that "final bittersweet" feeling knowing that the band was gonna have to end.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:36 AM - DSteele: I think thats what was missing from all DK songs. There was no "Lets rock to this" vibe they were all really tame.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:39 AM - J-Becker: a lot of things missing from DK. They lost too much attention from overseas fans.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:39 AM - guild15: Yeah, they seemed a bit to soft for me. Or maybe soft isn't the right word considering the songs Stepo's done in the past. I guess it just seemed a little less electric. Bc even Stepo's slower or ofter songs still had some real life and energy to them. Identity?. Idk. Most of DK's songs I think felt light in that regard. There was no reasl stand out sounds to it imo.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:41 AM - DSteele: Personally I think Ericas vocal range just wasnt up to snuff, all the songs had the same high pitch vibe to it where as Aimi hit a lot more levels and they didnt let Mao go crazy with guitar.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:41 AM - J-Becker: What is the most catchy/energetic Stepo song in your opinion ? IMO its Ookami.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:41 AM - guild15: Even the stepo songs I didn't like felt distinctly stepo. Can't really blame DK i guess though. They didn't have a tone of time to solidify a sound I guess. Didn't have a ton of releases to show it either.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:41 AM - DSteele: Namida Nante definitely.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:41 AM - guild15: Same
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:42 AM - DSteele: Effective Line wasn't bad.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:42 AM - guild15: Cherry My, Hanbuko and Hoshizuku calendar are great too
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:42 AM - guild15: Sweet Blue is still one of my faves
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:42 AM - J-Becker: I loved their Fuzz performance at their final live. Would love to see Shiho go solo lol.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:42 AM - DSteele: Bibara Bibara is also amazing
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:42 AM - J-Becker: Shiho really has amazing voice tone.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:43 AM - DSteele: Shes got a deeper more powerful vocal tone.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:43 AM - guild15: I love how Shiho said she always didn't like singing, and yet she's consistently pushed as the secondary vocalist in every iteration of the band lmao
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:43 AM - DSteele: Shes a great singer she just seems really shy lmao.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:43 AM - DSteele: Not as shy as Mao obviously but still shy.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:44 AM - guild15: Her voice really is beautiful. Her softer tones when providing backing vocals are downright orgasmic.
     
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    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:45 AM - DSteele: Just wish we knew what was up with her, if shes super sick or if shes just taking a mental vacation.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:46 AM - guild15: I'd say "It's not that big a deal considering the band's not doing anything anyways.", butt hen you have to remember she left in the middle of a competition lol.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:46 AM - J-Becker: Has anyone ever tried asking Nohana or Mao about this ?
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:46 AM - DSteele: Just worried about her, hopefully they'll have some news by the time I go to Japan later.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:47 AM - DSteele: If they wanted it to be public they'd tell us Beck.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 6:47 AM - guild15: I haven't. I lack the necessary linguistic skills.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:18 AM - Ray: So back in the Stepo days. Did Shiho-san take her five month absence back then before or after Aimi anounced she quit?
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:19 AM - guild15: before
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:19 AM - guild15: pretty sure.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:20 AM - Ray: And back then nobody would talk about it. Just roumors like now right?
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:20 AM - guild15: dont remember. I wasn't with vgd too consisitently back then
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:23 AM - Ray: And Shiho-san is around 25 to 27 now?
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:24 AM - guild15: somthing like that yeah
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:38 AM - Ray: Thank you I had to do something for a min. She'll be back in a few weeks I think. IF the band decides to go forward as Draft King isanother question.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:45 AM - Ray: I gotta go -----Later.
    Apr 30, 2017 at 8:45 AM - guild15: cya
     
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    Apr 30, 2017 at 4:29 PM - DSteele: Shiho is 26 and will be 27 this year. I just hope by the time I'm in Japan they have at least some news.
    May 1, 2017 at 6:16 AM - Ray: I think Shiho-San will turn up, ether on Okinawa or back in Tokyo sometine in the next 3 to 10 weeks.
    May 1, 2017 at 6:16 AM - Ray: And no one will ever tell us what happened.
    May 1, 2017 at 8:07 AM - guild15: It never gets old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDGVZ7lWdfQ
    May 1, 2017 at 8:25 AM - J-Becker: I still wonder how would that song sound at a live performance.
    May 1, 2017 at 8:49 AM - guild15: I just want to hear it live
     
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    May 1, 2017 at 2:33 PM - DSteele: https://youtu.be/g45LjslxfNA >>>
    May 1, 2017 at 2:53 PM - guild15: Damn! get that shit Nohana! I wish we had a studio version of Shiho's vocals for that song. And you can tell that Aimi has fun just rocking out without actually having to sing lol
    May 1, 2017 at 3:00 PM - guild15: Ah God Shiho playing the drums blind cause she's singin is the greatest thing.
    May 1, 2017 at 3:01 PM - guild15: Or just cause her eyes are closed lol. I swear sometimes she goes almost entire songs with her eyes shut sometimes hahaha
    May 1, 2017 at 3:02 PM - guild15: did i just say sometimes twice? ffs i need to get some sleep lmao
    May 1, 2017 at 7:26 PM - DSteele: Shihos adorable, and fackin awesome at drumming & singing.
    May 2, 2017 at 12:07 AM - J-Becker: Here's the video of Ciao Bella's concert with Nohana and Mao : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2Q-kb9OdD4
    May 2, 2017 at 12:09 AM - J-Becker: and if i saw right Mizuki was on the drums.
    May 2, 2017 at 1:16 AM - Ray: Yep I think you'er right. Haven't Draft King have been tight with Ciao Bella for years?
    May 2, 2017 at 1:18 AM - Ray: Kind looks like Nohana-san and Mao-san really do want to keep the act together!! YEH!!!!!!
    May 2, 2017 at 1:21 AM - Ray: Now all they need is a new lead.
    May 2, 2017 at 3:50 AM - J-Becker: Yeah and considering that Kana started her own solo career now probably first thing DK is going to do will be looking for a new lead.
    May 2, 2017 at 3:52 AM - J-Becker: and waiting for Shiho to come back.
    May 2, 2017 at 6:05 AM - Ray: Yeh I hope so.. I wonder if Nohana San hasn't been doing that already.
    May 2, 2017 at 6:06 AM - Ray: I think (hope) Shiho san will resuface in the next few weeks. What she does then is anyones guess.
    May 2, 2017 at 6:07 AM - Ray: But seeing Mizuki-san playing with DK makes me hopeful for a good outcome.
     
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    May 3, 2017 at 7:47 PM - J-Becker: Happy Birthday Arcluna!!
    May 3, 2017 at 8:37 PM - Ray: Happy birth day Arcluna!
    May 4, 2017 at 1:02 AM - Arcluna: Thanks Dudes
    May 4, 2017 at 1:02 AM - Arcluna: On facebook I got a "HBD" from the old Stereopony manager.... I was kind of shocked
    May 4, 2017 at 1:06 AM - Arcluna: also sorry I haven't been around much lately. My brother was in a bad car accident with my nephew and it's made the last 2 months really difficult. My apologies
    May 4, 2017 at 5:56 AM - Ray: Familiy FIRST!! Always. What is an "HBD"?
    May 4, 2017 at 5:57 AM - guild15: happy birthday
    May 4, 2017 at 5:58 AM - guild15: H(appy)B(irth)D(ay) lol
    May 4, 2017 at 5:58 AM - Ray: Yeh got it thax!!
    May 4, 2017 at 6:02 AM - Ray: Doh!!
     
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    May 7, 2017 6:16 AM - guild15: Iirc, Shiho can play the bass right? Or was she always just playing around with Nohana's?
     
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    May 7, 2017 at 1:39 PM - DSteele: Just playing around with it.
    May 8, 2017 at 1:47 AM - Ray: Hey JBecker! Mao-san posted a link to another vidio from her and Nohana-Sans gig with Ciao Bella. It was NOT Mizuki-San on drums.
    May 8, 2017 at 1:49 AM - Ray: The link is posted on Mao-sans twitter.
    May 8, 2017 at 3:54 AM - J-Becker: @Ray yeah saw it now thnx. At first i thought she is Mizuki. They kinda look alike eachother.
    May 8, 2017 at 3:55 AM - J-Becker: @guild15 Im kinda sure she is just playing around with it. She talked about it in one of their interviews that guitar doesnt suit her at all
    May 8, 2017 at 3:56 AM - J-Becker: Do we have a footage Shiho playing bass ?
    May 8, 2017 at 9:08 AM - Rafayui: the drummer was Matsui Rica from Three Line Beat. Ciaobella hired Her along with Nohana and Mao as a "band unit". currently playing as band support for their Spring Tour until end of May. so I was hoping there a news about DK after that tour was finished...:)
    May 8, 2017 at 9:10 AM - Rafayui: uhm....as far I know Nohana take a piano lesson when she was a little girl, but I dunno anything about Shiho playing bass..?.
     
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    May 8, 2017 at 9:47 PM - Ray: Even when or IF Shiho-San decides to resurfice I doubt that Draft King will reform as a working band. Erica pretty much killed that Idea. They kept it on life support with Kana-san. But Shiho-san's quitting in the middle of Japan Expo Rocks followed by DK's drop out , in all likelyhood killed DK for good
    May 8, 2017 at 9:49 PM - Ray: Like dozens of other Japanese bands they are on "hiatus" most likely never to return
    May 9, 2017 at 7:42 AM - DSteele: Japanese radio on google play music is neat.
     
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    May 10, 2017 at 9:54 AM - Arcluna: the lack of news from DK is a bit frustrating
    May 10, 2017 at 11:55 AM - Ray: Actually @Arcluna I think they have sent a VERY clear message. They just sent it in Japanese "non speak" so we mostly missed it.
    May 10, 2017 at 11:57 AM - Ray: Mao-san and Nohana-San are contracted to other bands as backups for entire tours. They are making no effort to find a new lead singer.
    May 10, 2017 at 12:00 PM - Ray: They are not even trying to perform DK music, or operate DK as a working concern. This is the Japanese girl's LOATHING of saying anything to anyone that might cause "bad feelings". So they say nothing.
    May 10, 2017 at 12:01 PM - Ray: But the message is getting clearer with each week.
    May 10, 2017 at 12:07 PM - Ray: Erica and Shiho-San killed Draft King and Nohana Kitajima-san knows it. No lable in asia will touch them after Japan Expo Rocks. They would be seen as untrustworthy and unable to complete a major project, and maybe even a bit tainted by the Ojii-san's
    May 10, 2017 at 12:09 PM - Ray: The nasty old men that run the Japanese Music world know that there is a younger girl band around the next corner and the DK girls are almost 30.
    May 10, 2017 at 12:13 PM - Ray: Shiho-san has done this twice now in less than ten years with two different bands. People in that world are saying "Yeh..great drummer , but will she show up when we need her?" Thats the kiss of death in the music world.
    May 10, 2017 at 12:15 PM - Ray: So Arcluna thats why I think Nohana san and Mao san HAVE been sending us the "message". We just haven't been listening.
    May 10, 2017 at 12:22 PM - Ray: They want us to know that they are OK ...and still making music..just not as Draft king.
    May 10, 2017 at 12:52 PM - Ray: Just one more thing before bed..I think Draft King could be revived. But it will never be what it was. The "Pony" days are over and I think maybe the Girls are starting to move on.
     
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