1999.3.18 Oblivion Dust AIRHEAD RADIO

KEN (the show's host, OD's vocal): Airhead radio has begun once again. I'm Ken, vocalist of Oblivion Dust. The person I've said long, looong ago who might come to the show is finally here, LUNA SEA's Inoran!

INO: Good evening.

KEN: Konnichiwa. (hello!)

INO: Konnichiwa. (hi!)

KEN: It's been a long while huh.

INO: Yeah, but it's our first time ne...at work.

KEN: First time at work...

INO: We're always drinking when we're together. I've only seen a drunk Ken ne.

KEN: ^_^ Yup...no, no...^_^ before you pull my image down...

INO: Ah...your image is that you don't drink...^_^

KEN: That's wrong, wrong, wrong... you've been drunk too, right? ^_^

INO: Yes I have been ^_^

KEN.INO: (laughs)

KEN: (first time we met was) at the time you guys went solo, right.

INO: Yeah.

KEN: After J's concert...

INO: Yeah.

KEN: What was it I first said to you? Something like "We're both sporting pierces today huh".

INO: Ah, yes yes yes.

KEN: Then I said something like "If we got really close now, our pierces would hit".

INO: Yeah yeah.

KEN: You looked at me then like you were goin'...."What's with this guy?" ^______^

INO: Who?

KEN: You ^_^ You're expression...

INO: Me, my eyes were like that?

KEN: ^_^ Yeah.

INO: Ussooo (lie) ^_____^

KEN: True true true true ^_^

INO: ^ ^;; Sorry sorry sorry

KEN: Yeah..that was like a year and a half ago.

INO: Yeah.

KEN: So for a year and half, Inoran and I weren't close...

INO: Hai.

KEN: But now...

INO: We are ne ^_^

KEN: ^___^ But more than saying close friends, let's call it something more...

INO: What? What sort of...

KEN: We're already like brothers.

INO: Yeah, brothers ne.

KEN: Brothers.

INO: You've said that to me before. I was really happy.

KEN: Really?

INO: Yeah.

KEN: You weren't drunk? But I was.

INO: You were ^___^

KEN: ^_^ Okay, so what have you been doing lately?

INO: Lately, um...Luna Sea's next album? We're currently writing new songs.

KEN: You guys are doing it individually.

INO: Yes.

KEN: Okay, so how's working at home?

INO: Yeah I stay at home, go out...

KEN: So what do you do when you go out?

INO: I write songs ^_^

KEN: How? What do you do, say in Shinjuku's Kabukichou? (Kabuki street)

INO: Um, not exactly like that...at times I go like, [Ah, I got it]. *inspiration or an idea maybe*

KEN: Ah.

INO: When I go out, everytime I go home I carry something back with me, an element for my songs.

KEN: You don't like, play guitar in front of theatres.

INO: Not really ^_^

KEN: You've never tried that, to maybe let people listen to you and see their response.

INO: I'd lke to do that, yeah. How 'bout you, have you tried it?

KEN: No ^_^

INO: ^_^

KEN: Ok, but...

INO: What?

KEN: I've been calling you, and everytime I do, you're always out shopping.

INO: Ah...'cause I like shopping ne.

KEN: I've never got the chance to talk to you on the phone while you were working, so I was kindda thinking "How's he doing?".

INO: But you get the answering machine when you call, right. Maybe I'm working during those times.

KEN: Ah, yeah. But really, when I call I'm always told you're shopping. Okay, so now I'd really like to talk a lot about you today, yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

INO: Onegaishimasu.

KEN: But first of all, let's all listen to this song I like, from his solo album he released the time we met. [Monsoon Baby].

-PART 2-

KEN: This is Oblivion Dust's Ken, and Inoran...

INO: Hai.

KEN: Okay, so lately Luna Sea went to other Asian countries, right?

INO: Yes.

KEN: How was it?

INO: Ah, it was really interesting.

KEN: Really?

INO: Yeah. We went to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Shanghai, and we thought the (fans') response would be different...but it was really great. We had lots of fans. Oh, and our album also came out in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Not in Shanghai though.

KEN: You guys didn't release your album in Shanghai and yet you could do a concert there. That's really great.

INO: Yeah. The day before, I think we did TV? And radio.

KEN: I've heard a lot about it, and you were also on the magazines. So, how different was it, Taiwan and...

INO: I think they're more for rock bands in Hong Kong.

KEN: Hong Kong.

INO: Yeah. And Shang...oh, this is my opinion alone, okay?

KEN: Yeah.

INO: In Shanghai, it's like the first time (for a rock band to perform). They don't usually have it there.

KEN: So you were suprised (*of the reaction maybe?*) when you performed?

INO: Really surprised ^_^

KEN: So what were you guys thinking?

INO: Well from the beginning we were thinking maybe we couldn't get through to them (or they won't appreciate us), but we thought, this is Me. This is Luna Sea, let's go try it.

KEN: So though you guys are really huge here in Japan, it felt like you were just debuting then.

INO: Yeah.

KEN: Your Asian tour was...only one concert per location?

INO: Yes.

KEN: So you had a chance to stay there a while. What did you do on your free time?

INO: Um, but I only went out to eat. I guess that's not really going out.

KEN: Really ^_^ ? How was the food?

INO: Delicious, delicious.

KEN: Which was the most delicious?

INO: I like Shisen cooking, spicy food.

KEN: Spicy?

INO: Spicy Chinese food. I like spicy.

KEN: It was good, huh.

INO: Good.

KEN: Okay, so today we'll try to get to know the real you for the people who'd like to know "What kind of person is Inoran?". Like, I didn't know you liked natou (fermented soybeans).

INO: Yes...

KEN: I had a friend in junior high..no, I think from elementary, who can reverse his eyelids...can you do that?

INO: I can't, I can't. Can you?

KEN: I can't...no, maybe I can ^_^

INO: ^_^ (jokes) WHY are you asking me that...

KEN: Nothing, well, the question just suddenly came to me...okay, let's listen to another song first. One time when Ino and I were drinking, he said he liked this band THE THE.

INO: Yes, I like them.

KEN: I brought their CD today. Shall we listen to it? What do you like about them?

INO: Um...I like everything, the music. That time Johnny Mar was still the guitarist. But he's with SMITH now. I really think he's great.

KEN: An influence to you?

INO: Yeah.

KEN: Like he's saying "Please try and play guitar, everyone."

INO: Yeah.

KEN: Okay, so let's listen to Inoran's influence Johnny Mar, here's THE THE's [Dogs of Lust].

-PART 3-

KEN: Now you're listening to Oblivion Dust's vocalist Ken, and!

INO: ...Luna Sea's Inoran.

KEN: ^_^ Your voice is...

INO: ...has gotten hoarse now.

KEN: Sorry, sorry ^__^ You didn't tell me about it...

INO: It's okay, it's okay.

KEN: Okay, now let's go on to "The real Inoran", part 2. I'd like to hear about your childhood...so how was it?

INO: Well, I played baseball.

KEN: Eh? Really?

INO: Yeah, in grade school.

KEN: Woah...this again is, like...

INO: What?

KEN: ...doesn't seem like you.

INO: Really?

KEN: Yeah.

INO: Maybe...

KEN: What position did you play?

INO: 'Cause I'm left-handed, I've only been a pitcher.

KEN: Eh? Why...

INO: I'm left-handed, so it was sortta decided already. But it didn't last long though. Here in Japan practice is stiff. We can't have fun while playing. It was important to win in a competition, so practice had been really strict. I don't see it a lot in TV so I wouldn't know, but I think in other countries, players do have fun while playing.

KEN: I'm kindda seeing/thinking of you in a camp...

INO: Haven't tried that. I thought it would be boring. I want to enjoy while doing something.

KEN: Okay, then after you stopped playing baseball, you started your great rock band (*he used the exact term*)?

INO: No, we're not, honestly.

KEN: ^_^ That's a lie ne.

KEN.INO: ^__^

KEN: When did you start to like rock? And, what else did you wanted to do?

INO: I went on to junior high and I started listening to music. I've always wanted to be in a band that time.

KEN: (talks about his childhood. He studied classic ballet then) ... the tights...I was miserable. I wanted to do football, but I wasn't big enough. Music was my last option.

INO: How much/often did you listen to music?

KEN: I guess enough to make me want to be in a band. I actually started Oblivion Dust.

INO: Ah, yes.

KEN: I thought...if I think I could do it, I CAN do it.

INO: Yeah.

KEN: Anyone can do anything!!

INO: Woah..indeed.

KEN: When you stopped baseball, did it feel *gray? (dunno what he meant ^ ^;)

INO: Not really...let's play baseball, everyone ^__^

KEN: ^_^

INO: Have fun while doing it, yeah.

KEN: We shouldn't do it _without_ having fun.

INO: Yeah. Because we're only people and we only live once, we should enjoy the moment.

KEN: Yesterday I called Ino to ask him to bring along whatever song he liked, and then...^__^ So which did you choose?

INO: Hm. Which one.

KEN: ^___^ Which one...

INO: Um, I can't remember the titles though.

KEN: A...it's okay, it's okay.

INO: It's Oblivion Dust's song. You released this as a single, right? I really like this.

KEN: Oblivion's latest single. When I called you yesterday asking you what song would you like to bring along, they told me I should ask you "What about Oblivion?". But I didn't have to, 'cause you said you wanted to play Oblivion. That moment I was really touched.

INO: You were?

KEN: I kindda felt like crying, but I didn't. But I was really happy. Okay then, let's listen to Oblivion Dust's new single [Blurred].

- PART 4 -

KEN: You're listening to Airhead Radio, and this is Oblivion Dust's vocalit Ken and!

INO: Eh, Luna Sea's Inoran.

KEN: Yes! Hai. We've talked about Ino's childhood a while ago. He was introduced to music in his childhood, and maybe for this reason he has become what he is now, with Luna Sea. So let's go to "The real Inoran" part 3. So, what do you do lately?

INO: Hm...I'm always watching TV nowadays.

KEN: Eh? What kind of shows?

INO: Anything actually.

KEN: You like TV?

INO: Yeah I like watching TV lately. I do listen to CDs, but, well you'll hear different kinds of music while watching TV right? Different music, different sounds. But I don't watch as if I'm researching/studying.

KEN: You watch from morning to evening, or...

INO: No, I only watch when I'm in my room.

KEN: Incidentally, what's your favorite TV program nowadays?

INO: What could it be...um, nothing really.

KEN: Then, can I say what's mine? It's [Crayon Shinchan] (an anime)

INO: ...you like that?

KEN: It's interesting.

INO: You watch even now?

KEN: Yeah.

INO: Oh.

KEN: You don't watch it? It's funny.

INO: I do. Would you recommend it?

KEN: Isn't it interesting? ^_^

INO: Ah, okay I underdstand ^_^

KEN: We're talking about TV, let's go to movies. You watch a lot, right? You've mentioned that to me before. So what have you seen lately? Anything really good?

INO: Lately? Hm...I don't go to movie theaters anymore so I watch on laser. The latest I've seen is [Micheal Collins], a guy from Britain and Ireland...

KEN: ^_^ I have NO idea about that. So what is it about? Who is he?

INO: This guy Micheal Collins comes from Ireland, and he goes to Britain and becomes a leader there.

KEN: That's the film's title?

INO: Yes.

KEN: Oh. I often watch movies but it's the first time I've heard about that.

INO: I know nothing about Britain's history so I thought "I'd like to know about this", and bought it.

KEN: How was it?

INO: It was good.

KEN: Would you recommend it?

INO: Yes.

KEN: But I don't think we like the same type of movies though.

INO: ^_^ Really?

KEN: Once I mentioned to you I like Gary Oldman, right. Then you said you liked him too, and "This movie's good", this 'poison spider'...

INO: ^_^ ...wasn't that [Spider Woman]?

KEN: Oh yeah! [Spider Woman]! Well you said it was good so the next day I went to a rental shop and got it.

When i watched it...it was bad. ^_^

INO: Uso (Lies!), it wasn't good?

KEN: I didn't understand any of it.

INO: Not that it doesn't have substance/meaning...it does, yeah.

KEN: But now that I think of it, it's pretty dark, huh.

INO: It is.

KEN: You like dark stuff like that ne.

INO: Yeah, it was minorly dark.

KEN: Okay, so that movie...

INO: What would you recommend?

KEN: My recommendation? Well it's not at all recent actually, but it's my favorite. [Downtown Story]. It's a musical and it's really great. It's difficult to find it in rental stores so I suggest ordering it.

INO: I understand.

KEN: Jodie Foster was only 10 yrs. old in that movie. Really interesting. Okay, so next...when is your birthday?

INO: September.

KEN: Aah ^_^ Okay then, as an early birthday present for you, since I'm ordering it myself, I'll go get another copy.

INO: Thank you.

KEN: It's the best. To all you listeners I also recommend you guys borrow it. It's interesting, and it's a comedy.

INO: So it's your recommendation.

KEN: Yeah.

INO: Then, please watch it, everyone.

KEN: Okay then, let's listen to another song. Do you like JANE'S ADDICTION?

INO: Suki suki suki suki (I like them).

KEN: OK! Let's listen to JANE'S ADDICTION's [Idiot's Rule].

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