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Creepy picture from Continental Inflight magazine.

POP NOIR IN JAPANESE


Our friend Monique, studying abroad in Kanagawa, Japan, has translated the lyrics to "Don't Fool Yourself" into Japanese.
WE don't speak the language (yet...), but we trust her enough to stick them up on the blog!
The lyrics are broken up into 3 sections; English, Japanese characters, and then the Japanese pronunciation.

“Don’t Fool Yourself"

Mister Kiss-kiss bang-bang, faster pussycat kill kill
See the precious mountain; pressure’s mounting on your will
The devils in the details, if you read between the lines
You know this road’s a dead end, but you still ignore the signs

Don’t fool yourself
It’s something else

You keep slipping up and you keep sliding down that slope
You slither to the rhythm like your snake-hips had a hope
Fumble in the jungle; keep your ear pressed to the ground
You know there’s something coming but you still ignore the sound

Mister Kiss-kiss bang-bang; faster pussycat kill kill
See the precious mountain; pressure’s mounting on your will
Hearts are something tangible, but just beyond your reach
And when you’ve learned your lesson, it’s not one you want to teach



"自分をだまさないで"

ミスター・キス‐キスバン‐バン　もっと速くネコちゃん、殺しなさい殺しなさい
貴重な山を見てる；圧力は君の意志を上がること
詳細に悪魔、君が行間を読むなら
このロードが行き止まりであることを知ってるが、君はまだサインを無視してる!

自分をだまさないで
それは他の何かだ

君はスリップして上がり続けて、そのスロープを滑りおり続ける
腰のしなやかな動きは期待を裏切らないように君は滑らかにリズムをとる
ジャングルにファンブル；地面に君の耳を押し続けて
何か来ることものがあるのを知ってるが、君はまだ音を無視してる

ミスター・キス‐キスバン‐バン　もっと速くネコちゃん、殺しなさい殺しなさい
貴重な山を見てる；圧力は君の意志を上がること
心は確かにそこにある、でも手の届かないところにある
そして、レッスンを学んだ時、それは君が教えたくない



“Jibun wo damasanaide”

MISUTA KISU-KISU BAN-BAN motto hayaku NEKOchan, koroshinai koroshinai
Kichou na yama wo miteru; atsuryoku wa kimi no ishi wo agaru koto
Shousai ni akuma, kimi ga gyoukan wo yomu nara
Kono ROUDO ga ikitomari dearu koto wo shittteru ga, kimi wa mada SAIN wo mushishiteru!

Jibun wo damasanaide
Sore wa hokano nanika da

Kimi wa SURIPPUshite agari tsutzukete, sono SUROUPU wo
Koshi no shinayanaka ugoki wa kitai wo uragiranai youni kimi wa nameraka ni RIZUMU wo toru
JYANGURU ni FANBURU; jimen ni kimi no mimi wo oshitsutzukete
Nanika kuru koto mono ga aru no wo shitteru ga, kimi wa mada oto wo mushishiteru

MISUTA KISU-KISU BAN-BAN motto hayaku NEKOchan, koroshinai koroshinai
Kichou na yama wo miteru; atsuryoku wa kimi no ishi wo agaru koto
Kokoro wa tashikani sokoni aru, demo te no todokanai tokoro ni aru
Soshite, RESSUN wo mananda toki, sore wa kimi ga oshietakunai

RUBICON


Here's a 17 second preview of our new song "Rubicon", performed live for the first time at Hang The Djs at the Echo in Los Angeles. May 17, 2008.

Band Practice.
Here's Nico and Joe on the double-kick.
Who's better??? I can't tell.
I just figured out how to send videos from my phone to this page... so expect more inane videos.
Or should I say INSANE videos??? Wooooo!

So I was at an art show in Echo Park on Saturday, and this was the closing performance. At least I hope it was. It was a guy covered in wigs, sitting on the pavement and giving a speech in Spanish. He had a bunch of silver balloons as well, which he was releasing one by one... and when all the balloons were gone, he locked himself in a car boot, and the car drove away. I captured some of it on my mobile, but I was really just waiting for him to stab somebody, for a minute it seemed like that was how it would end.

Looks like we've set a new personal record! What's that, nine months? Nine months without updating our blog! We could have had a kid in that time. Excellent.

Well, we've got lots of exciting stuff going on, so I'm sure we'll be maintaining this thing a bit better from now on.

While you're waiting for us to get our act together, though, have a look at these brilliant pictures from our show at Fullerton's Continental Room last Thursday:








That last picture there is post-show, when we raised the curtain again for Nico's brilliant encore, an impromptu performance of Deep Purple's "Highway Star". Bizarre.. Legendary!!

For more pictures, go to willteeyang.com.. They're excellent!

P.S.

Luke and Marily Manson have the same t-shirt.

I would elaborate on this, but I'm too lazy. I'll just leave you to wonder what t-shirt it is.

Unfortunately I had a picture (doubly interesting, because MM had no makeup on, and he looks ridiculous), but I threw it away because I couldn't think of anything to do with it.

Oh well, it's not that interesting anyway!