A Tattoo-Themed Rant

You have been warned. *side note: this is not directed at anyone I know in real life*

Those of you who have been around me the past few months have probably already heard this rant, and I did post something about it as a facebook status.

Anyways.

*ahem*

So you want a tattoo. Fine. Can't decide on what you want, but you're gung-ho on getting one? Most places have flash. Flash are the old, tried and true things, shit like koi fish and butterflies and those stupid fucking naval stars. Most tattoo artists will change minor details on those designs if you so wish.

Say you don't want flash. Say you saw someone else's tattoo and thought it was the best tattoo since the invention of the tattoo gun. You take a picture of someone else's tattoo in, and you get the exact same tattoo done.

If you are one of these people, YOU ARE A MASSIVE BLEEDING CUNT. I hope people like you get hepatitis from the studio you went to, because if a tattoo "artist" agreed to tattoo something on you, knowing it was someone else's, they are just as much of a massive bleeding cunt as you are.

If I EVER found out someone else had the exact same tattoo that I have that Sonali designed for me, or the tattoo I got dedicated to my grandfathers, I would beat the living hell out of the person with the tattoo, the "artist" who did the tattoo, and the artist who did my original for letting that shit happen.

Now, if you want something similar (not the same) to somebody's tattoo (that wasn't originally flash), but want to alter it to the point where it does look somewhat original, that's different, especially if you've gotten permission from the person.

Copying a tattoo is unforgivable.

I don't care if you're "dedicated" to a certain celebrity, copying their tattoos is not only a dickbag move, it proves that you're fucking pathetic. It doesn't make you share anything with your idol, and if they saw you with an exact fucking copy of their tattoo, I would hope they'd spit in your face.

Logo/image related to a band/artist? Fine.

Portrait of a person? Fine.

Song lyrics? Fine.

Something more than one person is bound to have, like the Batman symbol or an Art Nouveau piece? Fine.

BUT NOT OTHER PEOPLE'S GODDAMNED TATTOOS. Rearranging tattoos does not help your case at all.

I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've seen/heard many other people talk about this kind of thing, including a SuicideGirl (a few different people had copied her tattoo), on ModBlog, etc.

DON'T.

COPY.

ORIGINAL.

TATTOOS.

PERIOD.



Yes, this rant was written because I was once again searching in vain for a good picture of Kyo's completed back piece, and I found a fuckton of pictures of stupid twats who have copied his (and other Jrocker's) tattoos.

Music

So I finally found the setlist from the Diru show I went to on the 28th!:

SA BIR
OBSCURE(-New Version-)
Merciless Cult
Agitated Screams of Maggots
RED SOIL
HAGESHISA TO, KONO MUNE NO NAKA DE KARAMITSUITA SHEKUNETSU NO YAMI
-ZAN- (I think this was also the new version)
BUGABOO
INWARD SCREAM
SHOKUBENI
ROTTING ROOT
dead tree
INWARD SCREAM (why is this on here twice?)
DOZING GREEN
GAIKA, CHINMOKU GA NEMURU KORO
REIKETSU NARISEBA
VINUSHKA

Encore:
THE FINAL
STUCK MAN
GRIEF
THE DEEPER VILENESS
-Saku-
RASETSUKOKU

It was a great show.

Tangentially:

Asian bands/musicians I like (in no particular order except for Diru):
Japanese:
Dir en grey
L'arc~en~ciel/HYDE/VAMPS
LM.C
雅-MIYAVI-
The Gazette
Girugamesh
Janne Da Arc
Kuroyume
Alice Nine
An Cafe
Buck-Tick
Asian Kung-Fu Generation
Bump of Chicken
hide/hide with Spread Beaver/ZILCH
(OLD) X Japan
Plastic Tree
The Candy Spooky Theater
Tripolysm
Secret Fathers (they're indies)
Schwarz Stein (broken up)
DAS:VASSER (indies, broken up)
DELUHI
The Kiddie
Exist Trace (only all-female VK group I know of)
Mucc
Moi dix Mois
Malice Mizer (broken up? hiatus? Dunno.)
Kana/Moon Kana
Nakashima Mika
Tsuchiya Anna
my friend Homare (who for some reason calls himself "Music Fucker" even though he's adorable like a kitty and a perfect little gentleman)
Korean:
Jaurim

Guilty pleasures (Asian pop that I have a few songs from):
GACKT (it could be argued that he is still rock/visual kei)
Koda Kumi
Amuro Namie
Utada Hikaru
(ONE SONG from) V6 (called "Darling")
One Room Disco by Perfume
Hamasaki Ayumi
Big Bang
2NE1
Dong Bang Shin Gi
Wonder Girls ("Nobody")


Other music I like:
Tool/A Perfect Circle/Puscifer
Coheed and Cambria
The Beatles
The Offspring
Dropkick Murphys
Flogging Molly
Lacuna Coil
Straight Line Stitch
Shakira
Wisin y Yandel
Otep
Oomph!
Tenacious D
They Might Be Giants
Within Temptation
ANY song from the Silent Hill soundtracks with Mary Elizabeth McGlynn singing
Dalida
Robert Mirabal
Garbage
No Doubt
Yulia Savicheva
Eminem (Don't judge, he's hilarious)
M.I.A.
Lily Allen
Amy Winehouse
Imogen Heap

Good songs:
Chou Nan Ren by Huang Yida
Tonight by Hong Kyung Min
Bad Days by The Flaming Lips
Husvagn by Discocrew
Natalie Portman Rap by The Lonely Island
Still Alive by Johnathon Coulton and the chick who did the voice of GLaDOS


And there's a shitton of awesome soundtracks to movies (like Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Watchmen, etc)

Music is really fucking important in my life. I get very upset when my iPod battery is dead or it's deciding to be a bitch and crap out on me.

I have a presentation today in Japan Today with Kingston, and a speech on the 19th in Japanese with Koyama. Guess what my topics are?

Yep, VISUAL FUCKING KEI. =D