Eh, why so defensive about calling him a roadie? He was a roadie. Roadie = someone who works on the tour. It doesn't just mean the people who load/unload the trucks..it means the tour managers, merch people, sound people, light people and anyone who works on tour. It's not an insult to be called a roadie...a lot of them quite like their job. If all his work was related to tours and concerts then yeah..he was just a roadie. But that's not a bad thing and doesn't make him unimportant. Road crew is very important.

Ju-ken got in hit by a car?! Wowowowow I'm glad he's okay! There have been so many deaths in the music biz this year, we don't need anymore.

Hyde has a motorcycle too doesn't he? omggggg -panic-

(12-21-2009, 01:55 PM)mamikochan Wrote: Kondo san was a helluva lot more than just a roadie. go look at any L'Arc dvd and see who was the main director of all the stage shows for almost all of L'Arc's career. plus, he did the same job for other Maverick DC/Danger Crue label groups, like SOAP, SID and Ken just this summer. they interviewed him on the 15th Anniversary editions of "ark" and "ray" dvd regarding GCT, if you want a good look at him. wish i had a translation of those.

sorry for jumping in. ^^

Oh no, I didn't mean to imply that his death was less than a tragic. He's not only a loyal staff member, but an essential contribution to L'Arc and many other bands, and as Tokio said, a "roadie" refers to anyone who works on the tour that is not the artist itself. The main reasons I simply put "roadie" and not a full paragraph going in detail as to every job he served with L'Arc is because I was more curious about Ju-Ken. I thought that maybe Ju-Ken was experiencing some kind of emotional trauma over the loss of him or something, lol.

(12-21-2009, 04:04 PM)cathb Wrote: He was not a relative as far as I know.
However, Ju-ken was hit by a car while riding his motorcyle this past week. He is sore but is ok. His bike had some damage and his new camera lens that he got for his birthday was broken.

OMG why didn't I realize this sooner? I'm such a moron. I'm so glad he's okay though. Any mentioned injuries? If so, we could probably make a bunch of get well cards like we did for K.A.Z when he injured his foot.

(12-21-2009, 04:28 PM)Tokio Wrote: Hyde has a motorcycle too doesn't he? omggggg -panic-

I'm not sure if HYDE actually owns a motorcycle, but even if he does, as far as I know, HYDE mainly drives his car in traffic. I think HYDE is more into the fashion and feel of the rock-and-roll lifestyle of a biker and thus we see HYDE in pictures with motorcycles frequently as of late, but I think he drives his car more. From different behind-the-scenes looks anyway, considering I've yet to see a behind-the-scenes video of him actually driving one.

(12-22-2009, 12:16 AM)VAMPkito Wrote:

(12-21-2009, 01:55 PM)mamikochan Wrote: Kondo san was a helluva lot more than just a roadie. go look at any L'Arc dvd and see who was the main director of all the stage shows for almost all of L'Arc's career. plus, he did the same job for other Maverick DC/Danger Crue label groups, like SOAP, SID and Ken just this summer. they interviewed him on the 15th Anniversary editions of "ark" and "ray" dvd regarding GCT, if you want a good look at him. wish i had a translation of those.

sorry for jumping in. ^^

Oh no, I didn't mean to imply that his death was less than a tragic. He's not only a loyal staff member, but an essential contribution to L'Arc and many other bands, and as Tokio said, a "roadie" refers to anyone who works on the tour that is not the artist itself. The main reasons I simply put "roadie" and not a full paragraph going in detail as to every job he served with L'Arc is because I was more curious about Ju-Ken. I thought that maybe Ju-Ken was experiencing some kind of emotional trauma over the loss of him or something, lol.

(12-21-2009, 04:04 PM)cathb Wrote: He was not a relative as far as I know.
However, Ju-ken was hit by a car while riding his motorcyle this past week. He is sore but is ok. His bike had some damage and his new camera lens that he got for his birthday was broken.

OMG why didn't I realize this sooner? I'm such a moron. I'm so glad he's okay though. Any mentioned injuries? If so, we could probably make a bunch of get well cards like we did for K.A.Z when he injured his foot.

(12-21-2009, 04:28 PM)Tokio Wrote: Hyde has a motorcycle too doesn't he? omggggg -panic-

I'm not sure if HYDE actually owns a motorcycle, but even if he does, as far as I know, HYDE mainly drives his car in traffic. I think HYDE is more into the fashion and feel of the rock-and-roll lifestyle of a biker and thus we see HYDE in pictures with motorcycles frequently as of late, but I think he drives his car more. From different behind-the-scenes looks anyway, considering I've yet to see a behind-the-scenes video of him actually driving one.

Luckily, Ju-ken only mentioned that he was very sore. Nothing on him was broken.

The PV will not be the same as what we see now. There is a preview up on YouTube already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5AHs0oggk

(12-24-2009, 11:17 AM)cathb Wrote: The PV will not be the same as what we see now. There is a preview up on YouTube already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5AHs0oggk

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*yay* I heart previews!! Ahhh....this vid is going to be as awesome as the "SHINE" PV. L'Arc and their aesthetically pleasing PVs... Anyway, now I'm really looking forward to January!! Thanks for the link cathb!!! L'Arc is !

(12-24-2009, 11:17 AM)cathb Wrote: The PV will not be the same as what we see now. There is a preview up on YouTube already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF5AHs0oggk

Oh it looks great ^__^v I'm happy~~

(12-24-2009, 07:58 PM)VAMPS + American Street Team + Wrote: *yay* I heart previews!! Ahhh....this vid is going to be as awesome as the "SHINE" PV. L'Arc and their aesthetically pleasing PVs... Anyway, now I'm really looking forward to January!! Thanks for the link cathb!!! L'Arc is !

THAT'S what it reminds me of. There was a certain PV I couldn't think of that it reminded me of and that was it, lol. Thank you XD

Anyway, looks great so far! Can't wait to see it in full.

YAY!! I saw the preview
it's great
can't wait to see the full version

I have to say that I love HYDE's haircut. for some reason it reminds me of Season's Call/Countdown time period, although I can even compare it with Evergreen PV style [without going blonde] so yeah, he is clean, hot and looking young ^^

Although...there's this thing that every time that I show a picture of him, EVERYONE thinks that it's a GIRL...until I show a PV from my mp3 of put on a song. It's even worst when I tell them his age, they always think that HYDE is still on his 20's. Now that I think about it, it's an interesting way to make others notice his music. Does anyone happened something like this?

(12-27-2009, 08:13 PM)vegetapr69 Wrote: I have to say that I love HYDE's haircut. for some reason it reminds me of Season's Call/Countdown time period, although I can even compare it with Evergreen PV style [without going blonde] so yeah, he is clean, hot and looking young ^^

Although...there's this thing that every time that I show a picture of him, EVERYONE thinks that it's a GIRL...until I show a PV from my mp3 of put on a song. It's even worst when I tell them his age, they always think that HYDE is still on his 20's. Now that I think about it, it's an interesting way to make others notice his music. Does anyone happened something like this?

I think many tend to think of him as very feminine and also very young looking. When he is tired, then his age tends to start to show. One place I can think of is in the Sweet Dreams PV when he is riding on the bus. The shot is of just him at night time sitting in the seat and the picture is from his left side. He has his hair pulled back with his hand and he looks his age....which is still very young.