MUCC in LA 08

[spoon9001]

Line of d00m
Okay, so after failing to get anywhere close to finishing the costume, we decided it would be okay to do the hand sewing in line. Packed a few things into my tiny concert purse (small, orange, and COVERED in button pins from everywhere) and went to get incoherants and firenaux, food, and off we went to LA!

After getting lost, calling her dad and having him tell us FROM TEXAS how to get back to the 101, we made it to the venue. Found parking and got in line. Began sewing. LIKE CRAZY.

sugaraddictmeru showed up not long after us and was behind us in line so we all had a blast being goofy, her with her knitting (PERLING!) and I with my basting everything in place. Apparently she and her group passed by the MUCC boys on their way to the line, and said Hi to Yukke.

Once the sun started to set, everyone started needing to go to the bathroom, and WOW the restaurant let us do so. And guess what's on the way to the bathroom? A nice upper level view of the stage. AND GUESS WHO WAS DOING SOUND CHECK?? The BOYS. So HoB was only letting us go in two at a time, no loitering, so when the first pair came out, they told us all that we really. REALLY needed to go pee. Our bladders instantly went to full capacity. ;D

A little while later I pretty much had the thing done to satisfaction for the night, and incoherants and I went back to the car to do my make up since hers was a lot easier to do on her own XP When we got back to the line, two girls from Japan tackled Incoherants in her Inugami Kyouko costume and wanted a picture, they were so happy and excited to see her. ^^ Then she was like, "SPOON WHERE ARE YOU. *looks at girls and points to me* INUGAMI AKIRA DESU!" And then they got even more excited and then magical strings pulled me over to them, so I got my coat on and took a few pictures with them. ^^ (I apparently look just like the guy with my dark hair and make up on. o_o It was freaky seeing myself in the mirror. I guess I have a similar facial structure.)

A few more trips to the bathroom later and the doors opened. Security practically took a seam ripper to my purse to inspect the contents, so I'm glad I took my camera back to the car. Much as I would have wanted photos with the boys. :(

Actual concert wtf
Apparently the autograph rumors were half true; one had to purchase SOMETHING at the show in order to qualify for the autograph signing, and only the first 100 people doing so would get the chance. So we risked not getting front row for actually MEETING them. ^^ I bought a RE;BORN (semi colon wtf XD) Tshirt, Incoherants bought Shion, and Firenaux got a wristband. Yay, we made the first 100. Headed back to the stage on the left side because there was a decent opening in the far far FAR corner of the crowd, but then I remembered that it's Yukke's side. (Sorry, Yukke fans. You know what I think of him XD) So I impishly had us go over to Miya's side and there was a better spot by some steps! and the gigantic speaker. I'm so very talented at ending up in front/beneath a speaker. But we hard earplugs this time, so it didn't harm my hearing AT ALL. For the first time in my concert going life, there was NO RINGING IN MY EARS the next morning.

Horse the Band came out first, and their NintendoXCore style was interesting and fun to say the least, but I didn't like the screaming vocals. Couldn't understand a damn thing he sang. Their MC's were dorky, though, so I can understand why MUCC asked them to open. ^_^ The guitarist had someone bring him a slice of pizza (How do I know? I helped pass it to him over the speaker) and after he took a few bites, he set it down on the ground. After knocking it over, the keyboardist picked it up and FLUNG IT INTO THE CROWD. Halfway into that song, IT WAS FLUNG BACK ONTO THE STAGE. It was epic funny; the keyboardist was cracking up. ^^

During their performance I got this MASSIVE pounding on my shoulder. incoherants was trying to get me to LOOK UP to the second level to see someone watching the show. It took me a second because of the angle and the make up, but it was SATOCHI. EEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! That was just epic for me.

After a tear-down break, MUCC came on and I let Incoherants stand in front of me while I took the speaker/step behind her (she's a little shorter than me and her Kyouko costume was far more noticeable than my Akira). It ended up being a decent spot, but at first I was terrified that I wouldn't be able to see any part of Satochi besides his toes and drumsticks from where I was, because they had put GIANT FLOOR SCREENS ON EITHER SIDE OF HIM. What the bloody hell? But they were translucent under all lights but the red ones, so while he could never see me, I saw him just fine. ^^

<Cosplay gloat, because nearly all cosplayers do it for attention to some degree> Tatsurou was the first to notice us when he came over to show off his hairy ankle on top of the speaker. He only did that once all night, though, even though I moved stuff out of his way to make sure he didn't have to pay too much attention to doing so. But being the vocalist, he had to maintain composure so he didn't react too much that I saw. Incoherants says he grinned when he gave her a face full of crotch. ^^ Miya was off in his own little head twirling world so he didn't see squat for a while, but when he switched places with Yukke, the darling mushroom head totally saw us and grinned hysterically. He and Miya were obviously going to switch sides again later on, but we think he deliberately did so a few extra times to see Incoherants. ^^ Much to Miya's confusion.

After they came back from Backstage Land for a water break or whatever, Miya went back to his perch, looked right at us, smirked and shook his head. BECAUSE YUKKE TOTALLY TOLD HIM WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID. XD "They're right in front of you, you dumbass! By the speaker!" Satochi of course could never see us because, well, we could barely see him and we had the advantage.

Back to the actual concert.
For FUZZ and Anjabell, Tatsu asked us if we liked to dance. *scream* DO YOU LIKE TO DANCE? *SCREAM* THEN DANCE!! So everyone jumped up and danced when Yukke busted out his new Electric double bass and they started FUZZ. And might I add that I was very impressed that Tatsu managed to hit the Anjabell notes beautifully. His voice cracked more for other songs; not that one.

They pretty much had the exact same set list as the New York show. Tatsu was very interactive with all of us. He apologized for his broken engrish, thanked us a whole bunch, talked to Yukke...

(copy pasta from Incoherants' journal)
Tatsurou: I'm happy! Are you all happy?!
Crowd: *various screaming* YEEEEAAAAH.
Tatsurou: I'm happy! *then, to Yukke* Are you happy?!
Yukke: *nodnod*
Tatsurou: ARE YOU HAPPY???
Yukke: *into mic* YES.
Tatsurou: Are you... pervert?
Yukke: ?_________?
Tatsurou: Are you pervert?
Yukke: NO. Hootchie Mama!
Tatsurou: *SDFGSEJRgogh.* Hootchie Mama!
Crowd: ............. *lols forever*

Then for Bouzenjishitsu or whichever, he had us all sit (after a few attempts at conveying the message) and jump when queued. That was cool. ^^ And eventually he broke out a cam-corder and walked around the stage, then panned on the crowd. In his swoop to Miya, however, I noticed him linger on our corner a little longer than the other... XD So that's a DVD to look forward to.

Then they all said bye and went off stage forever. And everyone began changing, "ENCORE!" instead of the stupid "AN KO RE!" crap from yesteryear of American Jrock lore. I of course had to be a butt head and shout, "ONE MORE SONG!" instead, because I'm a rivethead first XD I stopped when Incoherants smacked me. :'(

They came out and did their encore of Saishuu Ressha and Libra, then said goodbye and went off stage forever again. The lights came back on and they were getting ready to herd the Autograph 100 into the cattle pen. My ticket had apparently popped out of my camisole, so when I reached down to get it, after groping myself several times, I had a slight panic attack. More than anything, I didn't want to be separated from Incoherants and Firenaux, so I HAD TO FIND IT. I went back to the speaker to look for it and the bouncer that was in front of us the whole time was like, "Is that it?" when he moved the speaker over an inch. OMASHU my ticket was there! I glomped the poor man and went into the cattle pen to wait.

Autograph mayhem
They were taking us 20 at a time, and leading us upstairs. MUCC were directly overhead with their backs to us. We sat there the whole time wondering if they were wondering if we were going to be there. ^^ We decided that we wanted to go near last if not actually last, for the sake of spending a few extra seconds with them. So we waited patiently, go our things to sign ready, only to be told we only could have one item signed. I selected my Ageha single insert, Incoherants her kimono sleeve after I suggested it to her, and Firenaux his wallet. Then we distributed the gifts she got for them, 4 little halloween toys that scream or sing when you smack the hell out of them. I would give Satochi his, she Tatsu's and Yukke's, and Firenaux Miya's. Because he loves Miya about as much as I love Satochi. Waved sugaraddictmeru off after helping her find her ticket, apparently met closer_to_ideal, some other guy that actually knew who Inugami Circus-dan are, and then finally our turn came to go upstairs. Incoherants went before me. I had my gigantic/heavy tiny bag on one arm, blog translations and a witch head in the other, set the Ageha insert down in front of Miya. The man gave me these meagerly outstretched arms, apparently wanting a hug. D: I was incapable!! I hesitated so he quickly switched for a handshake, which made me sad. He signed my thingy and passed it to Yukke. Yukke gave me his hand for a shake, I shook it, then slammed my translations down in front of him. It was dark so he couldn't read the note I put on it, but when they land back in Japan, we'll possibly find out what he thought. XP Signed me and moved me to Satochi. I gave him a much bigger smile, he signed my insert, shook my hand, then I gave him the witch head. He didn't quite understand it, so I gestured for him to smack it. It failed. Hm. Smack it harder? Still failed. I politely took it from him and SLAMMED IT onto the table, then held it to his ear for him to listen. He laughed and moved me to Tatsu. ^^ Tatsurou asked me if I was Inugami Zin, if I heard him properly, because I didn't have my horns on and Jyogi's make up pattern is drastically different, and I corrected him and he nodded with approval. Shook his hand, got his signature, and then we stumbled back to the car and eventually made it home.

Comments

*USES THE YUKKE ICON ON YOU FOREVER*

[incoherants.livejournal.com]

What can I say? My dad knows his way around LA. XD

Re: *USES THE YUKKE ICON ON YOU FOREVER*

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

OMASHU The YOKER COSPLAYERS FROM JAPAN ARE FOLLOWING ME

[crowmartini.livejournal.com]

OMGLOL@ to show off his hairy ankle on top of the speaker.
Nice review ^0^ the japanese girls freaked out when they saw you cuz they didn't expect another Inugamike cosplayer to come out of nowhere XD or so they said..

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

*dies laughing* I'm glad they liked our costumes so much ^^

HIS ANKLE WAS HAIRY! In a cute manly way. It wasn't excessive or anything, but he was totally showing it off because all four of them were dressed the same as at the NY show, anklet and spiderweb PJ pants and all.

[crowmartini.livejournal.com]

I forgot to ask the other girl so I only have one for you guys so far :O

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU <333333

[cure4thecommon.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you had a blast. And

Tatsurou: Are you pervert?
Yukke: NO. Hootchie Mama!
LOLING FOREVER!! xD

Tatsuro just called Yukke "fresh" and smiled at the New York show, well after calling Miya "selfish" and Sato "simple minded" LOL. I think he switched to pervert because a lot of us had to inform him that "fresh" doesn't quite mean "ecchi" like he his dictionary suggested.

-edit-
Nice cosplay! Just saw the pic in your comments. XD

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

haha... Poor Tatsu ^^

Thank you :3 We'll have Jyoji in Anime Los Angeles next month, so lots of photos then.

[shalinn.livejournal.com]

Wow, that sounds like such an awesome concert! <333
I'm glad you had so much fun - I swear I was grinning through the whole report XDDDD And your costume looks great!! 8D

Blog translations? Note? LOL what did it say???

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

「YUKKEさんはBLOGをしすぎていますよ！」

I forgot to put a smilie face on the note, but I was genuinely friendly with him when I handed it to him, and he's still blogging every hour on the hour, so I didn't upset him. XD

It's definitely in the top 5 of Best concerts ever. Maybe even the top 3. o_o

thanks. ^^;;; It'll look even better when it's actually finished for Anime Los Angeles next month. :3 And we'll have lots of pictures.

[teto-chi.livejournal.com]

Amazing!!! I wish I was there or should I say that I wish they could perform a headline show at my area. I'm glad you found the ticket for the signing, otherwise you would have missed them!

Didnt you tell YUKKE that those were the blog translations??!!

[rivetspoon.livejournal.com]

I had forgotten the word for "to translate" TAT But he skimmed over the front page and then set it on his chair, so maybe he looked it over some more later D:

It was so weird, the ticket was nice and secure where it was and somehow flew out of the top and landed safely under the gigantic speaker on wheels. o_o;;; I'm so glad I found it, too.