Word and Image

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Beauty is not a need but an ecstasy.
It is not a mouth thirsting nor an empty hand stretched forth,
But rather a heart enflamed and a soul enchanted.
It is not the image you would see nor the song you would hear,
But rather an image you see though you close your eyes
and a song you hear though you shut your ears.

Khalil Gibran

GACKT GHOST FULL 'TERMINATOR' VERSION

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Oh So Hot Gackt-Sama!

Seeing that this version of the vid (like METAMORPHOZE for GUNDAM) also promotes the TERMINATOR-Sarah Connor Chronicles tv show when it airs in Japan as the main theme, (this will bring Gackt a new audience!) I understand the added clips from the show, and they don't bug me, with the exception that it keeps me from SEEING MORE GACKT.

Himself looks very hot, costumes nicely tailored, makeup and lighting with striking blue and red, special effects handily done with the lightning bolts and I think the dancing - in keeping with the cyborg theme on the dance floor no yet - is very cool, all those octopus arms around Gacchan, I can relate. And the ending is cute.

The song rocks out! I enjoy the long intro, with the thudding bass line, (thank you Ju-Ken) the chorus makes the song! But the middle instrumental with guitar solo is one of my favorite parts (thank you ChachaSama) and the buzz burst near the end is cool, I like when Gackt adds these layers of sounds, like sirens in SPEED MASTER and machine guns in the recent JESUS.

The lyrics 'drown with your eyes open' and 'plugs in my body' are creepily eerie, as a whole, I think the sound is fresh and what fans have been waiting for.

I am looking forward to is this performance from Gackt-Sama in the RRtour DVD, with him in skin tight patent leather. ;D

Gackt - Ghost PV, with English Subs

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The quality is so bad :( YouTube ate it and chewed it around and spat out this mess. I'm sorry :(

You can go to the video's URL itself to see it a little bigger, and without that annoying YouTube stamp. :) But there's the video.

Credit B-Pass for the lyrics, amaiakuyume for the translation, Taigadrama of YouTube for the video. Ripped from YouTube hence a little of the bad quality :P Hopefully when a better version comes out I can slip that in.

ETA:
New link to what I hope is a better version. :\

Gackt in Josei Jishin Magazine

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This issue features conversation between Gackt and Yokouchi Tadashi

This article will feature Gackt's early marriage and divorce at the age of 20, discussion of things that Gackt learned from his dear departed friend Ogata Ken, and Gackt's idea of what an ideal marriage would be like.

*We know a few facts about Gackt's marriage, and those come from his autobiography Confessions (Jihaku)  he married a Korean woman whom he met when they were both working in the same casino. Gackt admitted this was so she could claim a Japanese nationality, their divorce came about in part because she was taken ill - this was exacerbated being hounded by fans - as Gackt was becoming well-known.

We do not have a definitive date on when the divorce took place before, during or after his stint as frontman with the band Malice Mizer - much as we do not even have a definitive age for Gackt himself -  Gackt has stated that he and his former wife are still friends. He also said in Jihaku he would never marry again, and never wants to have children. Perhaps Gackt's idea has changed?

But whatever makes Gackt happy, will make us happy, in recent appearances, he certainly seems to be enjoying himself! Ganbatte Gackt-sama.

For those wishing to read the English translation of Jihaku, at present it can be found at
http://www.midnightrevolution.org/asrundream/trans/book/jihaku/

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

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I don't know if any of you have heard of some of the recent problems live journal is having, they have currently laid off most of the American staff. I would suggest that members backup their journals and communites using lj archive or lj book.

In case, for any reason, livejournal suddenly departs, the community has been completely backed up and saved, and we have another site ready to move to -

GACKT ARMY at Insane Journal.

http://asylums.insanejournal.com/gackt_army/

I have chosen this journaling site because it has the same ease of use as lj, and accounts are free.

The site will not open unless it is needed.



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