[quote="Marekenshin"]Ooh, I forgot about a few of those, thanks man.[/quote]

No problem, I'm just glad I could help.

Here are some more I came across:

Club Que interview
http://www.ukproject.com/que/pickuparti ... s20th.html

Please Mr. Lostman 1997 interviewed by Yuichi Hirayama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tMTLpNk ... r_embedded

Happy Bivouac/ or Runners High? 1999 interviewed by Yuichi Hirayama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o3fcxO6X6E

Some interesting looking auctions (I don't know if they're still running..)
http://page9.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/k137610831

http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w59054360

http://page7.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/g100208965

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h148945618

Sawao Yamanaka's Japanese Wikipedia
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1% ... F%E3%81%8A

Either a Bio or a Tabloid (maybe nonsense)...
http://www.deburock.com/dododo/6/index.html

Discharge Interview
http://www.thelivemusic.jp/interview/yamanakasawao/01/

http://www.excite.co.jp/music/close_up/ ... 6_pillows/

Movement Single Video Commentary?
http://www.excite.co.jp/music/check/movie/89.html

Horn Again Interview
http://natalie.mu/music/pp/thepillows

It'd be easier if we had some native bilingual people from japan around here.

Do the pillows themselves know about this?
Should they know about this, already?
Imagine how they would react if they get to know about this.

I'm going to get to ask them some questions via e-mail for it most likely, so they will know about it soon enough. I'll come up with my questions towards early or mid-March, and I'll probably look for some community suggestions for things unrelated to the thesis to ask.

[quote="Marekenshin"]I'm going to get to ask them some questions via e-mail for it most likely, so they will know about it soon enough. I'll come up with my questions towards early or mid-March, and I'll probably look for some community suggestions for things unrelated to the thesis to ask.[/quote]


Ask sawao how he comes up with his newer songs and why they suck so much.

in all seriousness. Ask him if his inspirations have changed throughout the years. As in, if what use to inspire him no longer does and whatnot.

[quote="Marekenshin"]I'll come up with my questions towards early or mid-March, and I'll probably look for some community suggestions for things unrelated to the thesis to ask.[/quote]How are you doing, Mare? I hope things are working out.

oh, btw. Could you ask them when they will visit Europe?

Give Japan a break man... They are cancelling some of their shows according to their facebook page.

Yeah...I'm thinking I'll do questions at the end of the month and send them to the band at the start of April. I'm a bit behind where I wanted to be, but I recently got a few more sources I had been needing and am reading through those. I'm not sure at this point how fantastic this is all going to turn out, as it's likely not going to be possible to write as comprehensively on the topic as I'd like without a lot more time (reading through foreign language sources takes so goddamn long, plus looking up all the miscellaneous vocab you don't know ), but I'm definitely going to make sure it's something that IM will get a lot out of (fuck Princeton, lol).

[quote="Marekenshin"]fuck Princeton, lol.[/quote]
[img]http://www.lpdc.be//brols/PhilipBanks.jpg[/img]

Did you know Uncle Phil is the Shredder?

Can't wait to hear more about this topic, Mare.

It will be interesting to see how your paper turns out and how you were able to outline it and everything. I can't even manage to outline a 5 paragraph essay

This "Hybrid Rainbow" book is fucking fantastic. Only 40 pages in and I'm already learning a ton about the band (and about the meaning behind some songs!) that none of us have been really aware of. My thesis, I am excite.

[quote="Marekenshin"]Only 40 pages in and I'm already learning a ton about the band (and about the meaning behind some songs!) that none of us have been really aware of.[/quote]
When you finish and get the time, you should post a list of the aforementioned interesting stuff.

Please.

Maybe when I post the thesis I'll also include a list of interesting facts for those who are interested along with it. I feel like it's more fun to lay down a gigantic chunk of awesome new info in context than just toss snippets out for this, I guess.

Your thesis, I am excite.

Can't really wait. Then terra can post a lot of the info you uncover onto the site..