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2015.08.17, 07:37 AM | #1121 |
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Still attempting to get tour tickets for a show in the Tokyo area (I'd consider traveling but all the shows in other cities are on weeknights at 6pm, and I'm saving the last of my time off for the year to go home for Christmas)... I did not get one in the lottery you could enter with a code from the single. Actually, I should have asked people here to use their codes.
Have now entered the pia lottery (a ticket website) and fingers crossed I will get something. I chose the hopefully less popular Kanagawa hall shows as my first two choices. Then there is the general ticket sale, which will likely sell out in minutes. Would really like to win a lottery ticket and be done... >_< also, someone who went to the Taiwan show this past weekend reported that they saw Ringo's son holding her daughter there. Very jealous of this person as I'm curious about what her son looks like. Also, someone else posted a picture from the Taiwan show of a male cosplayer dressed as Ringo in the sparkly gold one piece from the last concerts... |
2015.08.17, 08:32 AM | #1122 | |
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Re frecklegirl and all other folks hoping to get tickets: I hope it works out for you!
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Here is a photo of the cosplayer: LINK ETA: Togawa is absolutely worth checking out, especially for fans of Shiina Ringo. They are certainly very different artists in many ways, but there is quite a lot there that Ringo fans will find familiar - and some things that, frankly, exceed Ringo's vocal capabilities. ETAA: I can freely admit this, yet my love for Shiina Ringo is undiminished.
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2015.08.17, 08:40 AM | #1124 |
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That's hot.
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My theory is that everybody knows Nagoshi is better than Uki and Nagoshi simply didn't want to embarrass Uki by playing such an awesome solo.
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2015.08.17, 02:00 PM | #1126 |
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I just wish that people would stop seeing her as this vessel for *ultimate music* and just enjoy her tunes. I know this is all just a phase (I went through it myself, young ones) but she's niche enough in the Western world that I don't understand the point in constantly shitting on her. I'd be saying 'leave Shiina alone' if this were anywhere near bothering her.
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2015.08.17, 02:23 PM | #1127 |
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remember when she had good output though?
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2015.08.17, 03:31 PM | #1129 |
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It's really tempting to idolize Shiina Ringo. I certainly have done so on occasion. But it's best to enjoy her for what she is, including her faults, rather than expecting her to be...well, anything in particular.
Never forget that "fan" is short for "fanatic." There seems to be a basic human need to declare allegiance to a single person, organization, or what-have-you, and then to worship said person or organization as a shining example of all that is good and just and beautiful and perfect in the world. And once that happens, people move past merely liking their idol, to needing their idol to be everything that their faith expects. And it just *kills* people when they inevitably find out that whoever or whatever they idolize is not, in fact, the absolute-best-and-always-will-be. And when that happens, they feel betrayed, they bitterly disparage the former object of their worship, and then they go on to seek another idol and repeat the process again. It's not healthy. Believe me, I have been through this cycle many times. I think the truth is that artists and entertainers have to learn pretty early on in their careers not to care too much about what anyone else wants them to do or expects them to be. Otherwise they simply could not do their job without constantly second-guessing themselves. It's not that Ringo is niche in the West and doesn't care about what Western fans think - it's that, as an entertainer, she doesn't, and can't, care too much about what anyone thinks.
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She cares what the companies think.
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