Monster Bash 2005 – Yes… it was pretty exciting. I got to see exciting bands such as Orange Range, Dragon Ash, rize, and Yaida Hitomi with my good friend Greg 
. It was a lot of fun! (I have pictures to prove it!) (and movies to! – try them!) (How was it Greg?)
For those that don’t know, I live on Shikoku. Now nothing really exciting happens on Shikoku. However, once a year, a really big musical festival comes to Mannou Park, which happens to be about 5 mins from my house. (Incidentally, mannou is the name of the town I will be living in after Chunan merges with the surrounding villages.) The venue is super beautiful and the weather was co-operative.
… too co-operative. You will be excited to learn that I had an allergic reaction to my sunblock. Stoopid ass Japanese sunblock. I didn’t realize until after I let it soak in the sun for an entire day. I now look like the Phantom of the Opera. I don’t think it will be going away anytime soon (and I have a big C on my chest for some unknown reason.) Stop the excitement.
See how beautiful the concert was…
Here are some movies I took at the conert. Keep in mind that these were taken under duress as I had an angry man trying to prevent me from filming.
Orange Range 1 Orange Range 2 Dragon Ash 1 Dragon Ash 2
This last picture is Kiko, myself and my very good friends Nakanishi-san (whom some of you have met!) He is a super nice guy and took us to Jojoen, one of the best yakiniku (Korean BBQ, read: super good) places in Tokyo. It has a fabulous location overlooking Shinjuku and is fantastic… and expensive. THANK YOU!!!
genki as they may have been, their music was still boring… :p I’m sure fuji rock next year will be better…?
?? you mean about being in tokyo? i have a full day of conference today and tomorrow, and then i am flying back to kagawa tomorrow night. want to go shopping with me at around 4pm? i have to buy a printer and want to go to maruzen!
So, even though it will be my weekend, I am guessing you won’t have time to say hello.
🙂 i still cant believe you didnt like orange range! they were so genki!
It was good times… Although the bands you wanted to see kind of sucked a bag of dicks. Except dragon ash, who were good.