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Old 2015.02.13, 07:29 PM   #31
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OK, here's my 2 cents:
The article linked uses the word 休止 which can mean quitting but also just mean pause or rest. So there is the possiblity that this is a temporary thing. It is also clear to state that she is talking about making music, so she might continue as an actress?

I consider this is something impulsive and hardly concrete.How many musicians have said "I quit" only to come back again?

If it's true that she has struggles with mental health, I hope she gets the help she needs and comes back to music after that.
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Old 2015.02.13, 09:56 PM   #32
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I think the word "help" already implies there is a "need". If she doesn't need it, it's not really helping.

I don't like the word mental health. If she is a mental patient, then what am I, a whoremonger?


The best help is the passing of time. Mariko is modern Japanese woman - liberated, hedonistic, obsessed with social media. Can she really go back to a simple, rustic life away from stardom? Let's review some of her past deeds. She got a boyfriend and dumped him after a day. She got a husband and divorced him. She disbanded Midori only to come back months later to release her solo debut. She quit her music label and soon switched to another. She closed her twitter for a few days then came back. Therefore, anyone who believes that shit has no idea how the mindset of this lady works.
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Old 2015.02.14, 01:07 PM   #33
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Translation of some of that blog post:
I’m knocked out cold
People who came after me are selling out shows at Zepp and Blitz, and I’m being left behind
While I do feel happy for them
And I enjoy the friendly competition, and root for them
I naturally also feel really jealous and frustrated
But I’ve tried my best to not let those negative feelings show
And to not feel them at all, or my heart would turn black
I’d feel pathetic for showing such emotions openly
I don’t want anyone to feel pity for me
Because that would mean I am a weak person, in my mind
(Black already, right?)

But I can’t hide my frustration any longer

The Blitz solo concert on Jan 23rd is a flop
And probably the Osaka show on the 9th too.

Rather than worrying about the size of the audience, how about just putting on a good show!? Well, that’s just pretty words
Of course I want to put on a good show

I thought I’d take whatever comes, no matter the result
As long as I keep my cool and keep laughing and believing, I’ll be fine, or so I thought

But it’s not fine at all

For the first time in a long while
I felt like dying

Thinking too much? I don’t think so

“It’s the same crowd every time, no fresh faces”
A person who often comes to my shows told me after a concert in December
(Maybe a different nuance to it, I was a bit too worked up…)

“Shut up, don’t fuck with me”, I thought
But they were right, in a way
Little by little, my audiences are getting bigger, but it’s just that, “little by little”
(I was worried)
(Even though I do so many shows… Why? Is something wrong with my shows? Ahh, why, I kept thinking… But that’s just arrogance, right? And impatience. But I AM impatient! And frustrated. Of course I’ll start thinking if I can’t see any noticeable results
The other day I was thinking, if only we had kept going with the band, then maybe now we’d be… But that’s too fucking stupid.
I wanted someone to praise me
There were times when I wanted praise, and I had no idea why, for what reason, I kept playing. Times when I became someone who didn’t need myself)

I’m of course always happy to meet my regulars at the goods stand after the shows
(Strangers telling me they love me, and those strangers gradually becoming familiar faces - it’s an interesting feeling, and I love the act of it)
But the flipside is “that won’t get the word out wide”
Seriously, don’t fuck with me
I thought, but I took those words to heart and had no idea what to do

Is it wrong to go meet everyone after a show?
(I want to talk to the fans who took the trouble to come, and hear their thoughts on my show, and even though I only meet them at my shows, is the border getting blurred?
What border am I even talking about? Distance? It’s fucking difficult)

I had no idea whatsoever what to do
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Old 2015.02.16, 03:52 AM   #34
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People who came after me are selling out shows at Zepp and Blitz, and I’m being left behind
*MASSIVECOUGH*...Seiko Oomori goddamnit!*MASSIVECOUGH*

J/k but yeah, hope Mariko will be okay
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Old 2015.05.20, 10:36 AM   #35
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She's back: http://natalie.mu/music/news/147806
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Old 2015.05.20, 11:09 AM   #36
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So the prophet spoke the truth.

Also I can be her sugardaddy if she really needs money.
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Old 2015.05.20, 01:23 PM   #37
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So dramatic. If she's going to keep pulling this dance, then she shouldn't have bothered saying she was leaving in the first place.
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Old 2015.05.20, 04:20 PM   #38
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Her twitter feed said that she had to sell musical equipment to pay her hospital bills.
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Old 2015.05.20, 04:34 PM   #39
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Her next release will be her playing the spoons and on tape recorder. I would so dig that.

But seriously. What is this she's trying?

Midori reunion.
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Is owning musical instruments some kind of pretentious new york art community standard? As if they're more important than her well-being?
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