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Live clips: Malice Mizer's "Color Me Blood Red", "Beast of Blood", and "Shiroi Hada..."

Videos: Dir en grey's "Jessica" and "Child Prey".

Goofing-off: Dir en grey's Die on the tour bus (no idea what the hell he's doing/thinking), Kyo and a cat.

Extra: The trailer for Malice Mizer's Bara no konrei movie!

Commentary: Buckle up... I could be rambling for a while.

First, the live clips. "Color Me Blood Red" was annoying... the live footage was processed and distorted and sort-of seizure inducing. Japanese videos seem to do that a lot. Maybe seizure inducing stuff is the norm. Oh well. "Beast of Blood"... everyone was decked out like... industrial-ish goth. Klaha had spikes and a bad-looking perm, Közi was wearing spandex and tights >_>;;;, Yu~ki was taller by at least six inches on account of his hair, and Mana was... mini-skirt, yeah, the whole Mana deal. "Shiroi Hada..." was just... wow. Klaha is singing in CD quality. But you know he's not lip-synching because it is different from the CD. But geez... CD quality.

Then, the two PVs... "Jessica" is, er... interesting in a I-don't-get-it-is-there-something-to-get? kind of way. Animated girl with pink hair and SHARP teeth driving down a road. Animated evil green guy. Missiles, a hand gun, explosions. Slightly seizure-inducing with the crazy... er... the part where the band's playing? Yeah, craziness. "Child Prey" is good. Heavy song with a sing-along chorus. Everyone looks "normal" except for Kyo, who looks like he had too much fun with charcoal. Either that or he beat himself up with a golf club. Sexy bastard nonetheless. Interesting in a cool way scene where the guys are in... like... fighter jets. Bah. I describe badly. But good fun. But I was slightly disturbed at the ending... Kyo's shirt is hanging open and his chest is scratched up.

Goofing off... Die's on the tour bus, and then he's like holding a cereal box? to his (fore)head. Everyone else is either asleep or doesn't care. >_>; Bizarre. And Kyo's sitting on a chair, which is at right angles to a sofa. Cat's on the sofa. Kyo's teasing the cat with Shinya's headphones (the bud kind). The cat's probably like, "Ooh! Mildly interesting... or not."

Extra... they burn Mana at the stake! XD! And Klaha's a vampire killer-person-thingy? And Yu~ki and Közi are vampires? I think Közi turns into one... regardless, it's good MM fun. :P