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Title: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 05, 2014, 08:35:47 AM
YES. GUYS. AS THE TITLE SAYS.

Ok, breathing.

As announced at the afternoon concert of the Evolution tour on 5/5, Morning Musume will be travelling to New York for their first solo concert (that is not affiliated to any other event). Further details will be forthcoming, I will update the top post with more details as they come.

MY AMERICAN COMRADES. YOU MUST GO AND SEE SAYU BEFORE SHE LEAVES. THIS IS AN IMPERATIVE.

Peace.


Oricon article: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2037147/full/ (http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2037147/full/)
Sponichi article: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/05/05/kiji/K20140505008102520.html (http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/05/05/kiji/K20140505008102520.html)
Barks article: http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000103174 (http://www.barks.jp/news/?id=1000103174)
Natalie article: http://natalie.mu/music/news/115984 (http://natalie.mu/music/news/115984)

Title: Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Date: 5th October, 15:00 OPEN / 16:00 START
Venue:Best Buy Theater (1515 Broadway at W. 44th St. New York, NY 10036)
http://www.bestbuytheater.com/ (http://www.bestbuytheater.com/)
Regular tickets:$42
VIP TICKET: $100 ※Priority entry:Signed VIP-PASS&CD
Ticket sales start:TBA


>> Calling for Japanese speakers who will be attending this event: Possibility of a journalist (who is also an MM fan) flying from Japan, but he doesn't speak English and will probably need help getting around. He hasn't gotten back to me yet about whether his plans are finalized for it, but let's be safe and see if anyone is willing to play translator him if he does go. Please PM me if you're willing to help! WOOP. Rokun can make it and that settles it. BACK TO THE PARTY PLANNING. XD


List of people going:
Yuuyami
jaysonnj
CrypticShadow8
daigong
Tris-chan
SarangAi
rokun
almond (unless shit goes down :P)
johpan
maiZe
Chibs
Hart
llama360
Rayle
Sacul097
HashirePomeranian
55Cyanides
tenkei
pesbs
kuro_808
mia_p
Double_U

Very likely:
Slack
kitaoji
john_hung
pikapikapika
boykun
mini*wheat
J-Triumf
Flyp
dinny + 1
BigFreaky

Considering:
JFC
DO Me DO Me
Quietriot
Fenrir

Wants to go but can't (u_u):
Estrea
Rickker708


**People looking to share hotel rooms**
Chibs
daigong
pikapikapika
pesbs
Double_U

(please make arrangements via PM with the person!) :D

(daigong edit :P)
Facebook Event PAGE! https://www.facebook.com/events/1414513782158330/?context=create&source=49 (https://www.facebook.com/events/1414513782158330/?context=create&source=49)

TO DONATE TO THE GLOWSTICK FUND:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-gift-to-michishige-sayumi-let-s-make-best-buy-theater-glow-pink (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/a-gift-to-michishige-sayumi-let-s-make-best-buy-theater-glow-pink)

TICKETS GO ON SALE:
June 20th at 12pm noon Eastern Time (UTC -5)

VIP is limited to 200 tickets only. Comes with signed priority entry pass and a CD

Handshake event will occur after the concert (6:00~7:30), you can buy a CD to get in line.

To buy tickets: Go to http://www.bestbuytheater.com/ (http://www.bestbuytheater.com/) and click the Buy Tickets option at the top.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on May 05, 2014, 08:36:57 AM
FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK WHY DON'T I HAVE A JOB YET I NEED TO GO TO THIS :banghead:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: Yuuyami on May 05, 2014, 08:43:09 AM
I'M FUCKING THERE.

I MUST SAY GOODBYE TO MICHISHIGE SAYUMI. AND THANK YOU. MOSTLY THANK YOU.

I KIND OF REALLY WANNA PULL A KPOP MOVE AND DO A PAPER EVENT THAT HAS THE AUDIENCE HOLDING POSTERS THAT SAY "THANK YOU SAYUMI" OR SOMETHING SDSDHFIUSHDFU
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 05, 2014, 09:17:08 AM
Hey guys, who among you are 1) planning to go, 2) speaks Japanese?

I was talking to a Japanese journalist from Billboard Japan and it seems like he's planning to go to New York (unconfirmed though), and it'd be cool if whoever will be going could liaise with him and show him around. Being Japanese-speaking helps, of course. XD

Mostly counting on rokun to go LOL but anyone else who wants to volunteer will be cool too!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: jaysonnj on May 05, 2014, 09:32:38 AM
Pretty excited for this. Best Buy Theater is a nice place. Kyary Pamyu Pamyu had her concerts there. But it's much smaller than the place they had the Anime Expo concert at. (five years already!?)

Hopefully I'll see some familiar faces I haven't seen in a long time.

Also for those planning on coming here, Oct 9-12 is New York Comic-con.

@Estrea I'd volunteer because I live just outside NYC but I don't speak Japanese.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 05, 2014, 09:36:23 AM
@jaysonnj: No problem, I have a feeling rokun will make time to go and he speaks fluent Japanese. You can play tour guide and rokun (or anyone else!) can be translator. Maybe you guys can score an interview with him XD I keep the best deals for my fellow jphipsters!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on May 05, 2014, 09:45:36 AM
It's extremely likely I'll be able to make this one.

The plane tickets are cheap enough for me to make a weekend trip out of it.
I've got a few other friends who plan to go as well.

If anyone else in the LA area wants to join in, PM me and maybe we can coordinate a bit!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: Rickker708 on May 05, 2014, 09:49:55 AM
I would love to go, but I'm in such a deep hole debt wise there's just no way. Couldn't really afford it when they came to LA, most of that was on cards that  I am trying to pay off.
   I was very frivolous before the economy tanked and have been unable to recover from it.
The Berryz in NJ was a fluke. The only reason I was able to go there was the bank payed me back after raping me the previous year.

Well, there's always a chance I'll win the lottery.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume Solo Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 05, 2014, 10:21:43 AM
Updated with ticket prices. They haven't mentioned when the tickets are going on sale though.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on May 05, 2014, 10:31:29 AM
I may just do something crazy like buy a ticket even though I have no idea if I can go or not  :lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on May 05, 2014, 12:12:54 PM
I don't care what I have to do I am going to this. I just spent the past weekend trying to figure out how I could possibly get to Japan and go to a concert before Sayu graduates and now this falls in my lap. Oh yeah I'm so there! This is the best kind of news to wake up to. (I'll miss my sister's birthday for this but come on priorities)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on May 05, 2014, 03:04:31 PM
LETS DO DEEEEEES!!!! REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD! THXessy making thread yuuchan getting PAHTY plans rolling.

I'm booking wed to Mon oct 6 nuff time for sta-ERRR sight seeing n after party n airport send offs!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rina the Robot on May 05, 2014, 03:46:54 PM
I'm going! See you all there  :twothumbs
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kitaoji on May 05, 2014, 03:55:39 PM
Doing my best to make it.  Coming from NorCal but I have plenty of friends in NYC to bum a place off them.

Now, to make sure that bank account can withstand more shock.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: maliciel on May 05, 2014, 05:02:19 PM
I'M FUCKING THERE.

I MUST SAY GOODBYE TO MICHISHIGE SAYUMI. AND THANK YOU. MOSTLY THANK YOU.

I KIND OF REALLY WANNA PULL A KPOP MOVE AND DO A PAPER EVENT THAT HAS THE AUDIENCE HOLDING POSTERS THAT SAY "THANK YOU SAYUMI" OR SOMETHING SDSDHFIUSHDFU

oh shit do this put up a paypal link ill give you all my money to make this happen
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on May 05, 2014, 07:32:01 PM
Hmmmmmmm...(http://i.imgur.com/BHDBz7f.gif)


/me is giving this (the thought of going) serious consideration.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: john_hung on May 05, 2014, 08:02:22 PM
i am seriously gonna try and go as well
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Tris-chan on May 05, 2014, 08:35:15 PM
Ah shit, what the hell. If it's just for the weekend I may as well.

...fuck my travel budget is like way over now but whatever, worth it.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: SarangAi on May 05, 2014, 10:05:08 PM
TOTALLY GOING.  I live IN the damn city after all  XD
Hail Tsunku or whoever made this happen. :bow:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on May 06, 2014, 02:08:04 AM
I'm considering this too... it'd be perfect  :jphip:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on May 06, 2014, 03:57:15 AM
When I just informed my mom that I was going to this concert she kindly reminded me that I have 2 uncles that live in New York and would probably let me stay with them.

Oh yeah I'm going. :shakeit:  :deco:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: almond on May 06, 2014, 05:14:01 AM
Estrea, love, please add me to the "people going unless shit goes down" list  :lol:

Johpan and his sister (whose handle I have no idea about) are also coming with from Toronto.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: DO Me DO Me on May 06, 2014, 05:38:26 AM
*awakens from hibernation* Oh Hai! What is the happening? Well, it's not Eri (wouldn't it be awesome if she just randomly showed up? LoL ) but Sayu's the next best thing. Of course, I'd love to hang with the crew too. :D Still thinking about it though highly unlikely, hubby has a tkd tourney in Orlando in October. Depends on what day that is.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: maiZe on May 06, 2014, 05:48:50 AM
Estrea, love, please add me to the "people going unless shit goes down" list  :lol:

Johpan and his sister (whose handle I have no idea about) are also coming with from Toronto.

Dududu, that'd be me. XD
First thing I did this morning when I got in to work was email my manager requesting October 6th off. The last work email I received before leaving for the day was approval of my request. :D

I am SO EXCITE!!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 06, 2014, 06:03:19 AM
Estrea, love, please add me to the "people going unless shit goes down" list  :lol:

Johpan and his sister (whose handle I have no idea about) are also coming with from Toronto.

Added as quoted :P List updated!

@maize: yaaaay leave approval!!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on May 06, 2014, 06:04:26 AM
I will most likely go, hopefully i will get a ticket before it sells out
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 06, 2014, 06:09:04 AM
^I'll inform everyone post-haste when the details of tickets going on sale are out. Pretty sure I started tweeting about the NY concert within minutes of them announcing it in the concert (thank you, wota tweeters!).

*net patrol glasses ON*
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on May 06, 2014, 06:11:38 AM
Also if anyone is willing, I would like to share hotel rooms and split the cost.  I do want to go to the grad concert too, so looking to save a bit of money.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Saikami on May 06, 2014, 12:35:21 PM
Hey guys. Long time no see. :oops:

Juuuust wanted to say I'll be joining y'all in NYC! :jphip: Time to get back in touch with my fellow HiPstas.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 06, 2014, 12:54:45 PM
^Saikssssssssss I haven't heard from you for so long ;a;

Have fun with everyone!!!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Saikami on May 06, 2014, 12:57:00 PM
^ :heart: Yeah. I dropped off the face of the planet for a bit. :sweatdrop: I'm back in action though!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on May 06, 2014, 03:08:16 PM
AWWWWWWW FUCK YEAHHHHH SAIKS!!!!!!

lol I'm grinning like a chestire Kat now and meetin ol skool egirl for da first time new peeps DA fuckin tix paid for itself!! I'm cumming wed Oct 1 7pm leaving Oct 6 12 pm so PLENTY OF FUCKIN TIME TO PARTY!!!

oh and fo sho we need to set up who got hotels and willing wanting to split. Or share with extreme loud snorers. I was looking at the Lyndhurst Marriott I stayed in for Rika but its 199 a nite so splitting 4 ways be a deal O0


And maize is related to johpan!? well u learn smth new everyday XD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on May 06, 2014, 03:28:57 PM
I'm up for sharing hotel to save money! just, I won't be putting any money down until I know I have concert tickets locked, since it's a small venue I imagine they'll sell out fast, and if pika doesn't get one, well I wouldn't want to screw anyone over by pulling out of a share D:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Hart on May 06, 2014, 03:57:14 PM
Guess I found my reason to get back to learning japanese.  :D

I may not be a big Sayu fan, but I'll be there.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on May 06, 2014, 04:07:08 PM
The list of people going has suddenly got fucking epic and awesome :lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 06, 2014, 05:48:03 PM
Man I really wish I could be there but dammit! Already going to Japan next month for Lilium the musical, and then having to save like crazy for Sayu's grad con in Japan at the end of the year. MONEY BE NO ENOUGH!

Someone hook up a goddamn webcam at the afterparty so the rest of us can join in from afar! :lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: llama360 on May 07, 2014, 01:50:31 AM
Hi guys,

I have been a morning musume fan since the beginning of 9th generation. I am originally from Japan but have been living in NY.
It would be great to meet more local fans and also more fans from Japan when morning musume come to NY for the concert :)
I have created an event page for the concert. Feel free to join. Hopefully I can make more fan friends at the concert.
https://www.facebook.com/events/231231183745159/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar (https://www.facebook.com/events/231231183745159/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rayle on May 07, 2014, 02:40:09 AM
I am so there.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rickker708 on May 07, 2014, 05:14:02 AM
On a side note, Brian and Jen are planning on Hello Party 4.


Edit: http://party.hello-base.com/2014/ (http://party.hello-base.com/2014/) info for party will be posted here
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: mini*wheat on May 07, 2014, 04:24:46 PM
I am a firm maybe. Finances are like way up in the air now (planning a summer trip, possibly moving/rent going up). I REALLY REALLY want to, I just have to work some things out first.  :heart:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on May 07, 2014, 05:34:59 PM
I'll be there if it kills me! Which it possibly might considering I have medical issues and the "standing room only" thing could be a problem since I get dizzy and feel sick if I stand up for too long. Hopefully they make exceptions for people with disabilities.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on May 07, 2014, 05:50:37 PM
I'll be there if it kills me! Which it possibly might considering I have medical issues and the "standing room only" thing could be a problem since I get dizzy and feel sick if I stand up for too long. Hopefully they make exceptions for people with disabilities.
I'd contact the venue if I were you to ask (maybe they can ask H!P staff for you if they don't know), at least at Japan's H!P concerts they have room at the front for people with disabilities. Just of course be prepared to have to prove your disability >_<

At least it doesn't hurt to ask :3
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on May 07, 2014, 06:17:34 PM
Is Newark a bad place to get off the plane at? it's like a million times cheaper  :lol:

Also I can't seem to find any night flights from London -> NY so the earliest I can arrive is lunchtime D: ugh, hate wasting a day like that.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on May 07, 2014, 06:23:25 PM

I'd contact the venue if I were you to ask (maybe they can ask H!P staff for you if they don't know), at least at Japan's H!P concerts they have room at the front for people with disabilities. Just of course be prepared to have to prove your disability >_<

At least it doesn't hurt to ask :3

Proving it shouldn't be a problem since my neurologist is in NY, but I'll wait until I can get my ticket before I contact them or the venue.

When they announce the ticket sales will it be like, "Okay ticket sales will start on this date so get your wallets ready" or will it be more of a "Ticket sales start now, so fight to the death for them!" kind of situation? How do they do it for other concerts?

Is Newark a bad place to get off the plane at? it's like a million times cheaper  :lol:

Also I can't seem to find any night flights from London -> NY so the earliest I can arrive is lunchtime D: ugh, hate wasting a day like that.

Newark should be okay. I'm pretty sure you can get a train from Newark airport to penn station, which is within walking distance of the venue.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 07, 2014, 07:08:03 PM
^Don't worry they usually announce when the tickets go on sale beforehand so that you can ready your wallets (or camp out with your credit cards). I'll do my best to be on top of things so everyone knows the latest news!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: boykun on May 07, 2014, 09:02:47 PM
Most likely going! Let's do this!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rina the Robot on May 08, 2014, 12:43:09 AM
I am a firm maybe. Finances are like way up in the air now (planning a summer trip, possibly moving/rent going up). I REALLY REALLY want to, I just have to work some things out first.  :heart:

Yaaaaasssssss, come be with me!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Yuuyami on May 08, 2014, 02:57:03 AM
Lol so I'm gonna ask here cuz there's someone on the FB group who made me realize something:

Does the thought of a paper event offend anyone? Because we are essentially holding up (smaller) signs that could potentially block the view for about 1-2 minutes of a 2 hour concert.

I never thought the idea could be so offensive to people who came to see the girls and not wanna get their view blocked for that amount of time but hey, learn something new xD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on May 08, 2014, 05:04:51 AM
I guess it makes sense, since a lot of people are going to be traveling to see Momusu.  And for many it might be their only chance to see them.  So they want to absorb it as much as possible.  I do think there will be places where you could hold up signs and not block people.  Just not from the seats.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Yuuyami on May 08, 2014, 05:21:28 AM
The paper will be a lot smaller but who wouldn't give to be a part of something like this?

http://youtu.be/HScNKxqfmRo?t=3m11s (http://youtu.be/HScNKxqfmRo?t=3m11s)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Quietriot on May 08, 2014, 05:58:13 AM
I am a maybe; if my financial/living situation is pretty stable by that point and I can afford it, I def wanna go haha
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Yuuyami on May 08, 2014, 06:24:24 AM
^
^

Wait, Hashire, are you the one buying the 4000? O_O;
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rayle on May 08, 2014, 07:41:08 AM
The paper will be a lot smaller but who wouldn't give to be a part of something like this?

http://youtu.be/HScNKxqfmRo?t=3m11s (http://youtu.be/HScNKxqfmRo?t=3m11s)

I'd rather go with a glowstick ocean and/or a Sayu encore call. Neither block anyone's views.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 08, 2014, 07:55:59 AM
^I hope you're getting a decent price quote from your seller. Are they a wholesaler?

Other than a pink ocean, I was thinking of maybe a banner, but the venue doesn't allow it normally...do you think we can work with UF directly for it instead? If THEY put it up, the venue can't disagree. :lol: Something that says "Thank you for the 11 years". The staff can keep a secret after all. Do you think it's at all workable?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 08, 2014, 08:34:19 AM
Well, remember they contacted us for the international fan survey, maybe daigong could use that contact as a springboard. Just throwing down ideas on the floor since that's all I can do from afar (plus donate to the glowstick fund when it comes up XD).
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: tru_harmony on May 08, 2014, 10:13:42 AM
If you guys are putting together a glowstick  fund or something like that, let us know. I want to contribute in some way. Law school wouldn't let me be away for that month. At least there'd be a glowstick there in my stead.

I would've loved to meet y'all. I got a visa to the States and I could just stay in NJ, but the timing is just so way off for me.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on May 09, 2014, 11:10:22 PM
You can upgrade my status to "very likely" because I got a job now! I'm actually not sure how long it's gonna last (temp contract) so nothing's guaranteed yet, but my chances of going just increased by a whole lot! :w00t:

If only it was a west coast appearance...but hey, I could use a good excuse to visit NYC again!

Beastie Boys - An Open Letter To NYC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LItOrlOi9SA#ws)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on May 09, 2014, 11:15:48 PM
you can push it up to very likely because I do want to go.

The only issue is the ticket before I plan anything :lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Flyp on May 10, 2014, 05:23:16 AM
Man, I'm tempted! Put me down as interested
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 55Cyanides on May 10, 2014, 09:31:54 PM
Definitely going, in the pre-pre-pre planning stage, but here goes:

MIDWEST PEOPLE (Specifically Indiana and Michigan)

I was looking at renting a car from Indiana University (my current place of residence) and a 9/30 to 10/07 Rental with my discount, is only $180, or $115 if from 10/01 to 10/07. I was thinking of driving back home to Michigan for a day or so, and then drive to New York. It's an average of 7-9 hours, depending on how fast I drive. I can take 3 to 4 people, and I'm considering of only charging about $20-$40 flat, plus one full of tank gas split between all of us (I'm thinking an extra $15). 7-9 hours, that's like a bunch of IDOL albums you can jam and if you guys need food, I can take care of that.

HOTEL

I'll still need help on this, but I do not mind at all reserving it under my name and having people come stay. Depending on how many people are staying, I will charge a small fee per night, thinking around the $20 to $40 area. I am very flexible with price, if you need something a bit more leeway. However, I am still needing help on places to stay so I can make this happen.

If, at the very least, one of these methods (traveling or hotel) sounds good, contact me and we'll make plans to make sure this is great for you. Also, if you're not from the midwest, but perhaps in the way of Indiana --> Michigan --> New York, I may be able to pick you up.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: tenkei on May 12, 2014, 01:12:34 AM
I said it on basugasu this weekend, and I'll say it here: I'll see y'all motherfuckers in New York.

You know I can't miss a JPH!P party! JPH!P party traditions were built on me and daigong getting wasted out of our fucking minds, can't wait to get the band back together and party like it's 1999. FUCK I'm so pumped, let's fucking do this.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Flyp on May 12, 2014, 04:30:52 AM
Alright, put me down as a 'very likely' at this point. Just gotta make sure I can get my ducks in a row, I'll now for sure in a week or so
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on May 13, 2014, 02:14:36 AM
GREAT IDEAS GUYS!!! Fan UNITY! I'm down for the glowsticks POMPOM! First and foremost:

T-Shirts. Boykun spearhead this and others can collabo. we'll sell em on our shop sites. theyoungelectricpop.com shop.jphip.com and such.

MESSAGE BOOK!! Five years ago we did the unthinkable and everyone came together, let's DO IT AGAIN!! A whole new generation of fans going at it. And we got lotsa months to work on it so better get started!

Other than a pink ocean, I was thinking of maybe a banner, but the venue doesn't allow it normally...do you think we can work with UF directly for it instead? If THEY put it up, the venue can't disagree. :lol: Something that says "Thank you for the 11 years". The staff can keep a secret after all. Do you think it's at all workable?

Kinda like dose UFC ads before the match? haha XD (only three people know what I'm talking about) where all sites can REP!
(https://cdn2.content.compendiumblog.com/uploads/user/6f16066d-a1e8-49ff-bb69-b9be6390a213/4d497d98-6727-4e72-a0d8-a3e57a0f67d5/Image/8591a86b1e1849672d8850d9c8094588/jorge_banner_ufc_on_fx_w640.jpeg)

If you guys are putting together a glowstick  fund or something like that, let us know. I want to contribute in some way. Law school wouldn't let me be away for that month. At least there'd be a glowstick there in my stead.

I would've loved to meet y'all. I got a visa to the States and I could just stay in NJ, but the timing is just so way off for me.

TRU DAT! WE WILL MEET HOMEGIRL!! and Essy and East Asia Peeps, that shi be meeting with NOW! WISH I WAS THERE!! but stashing funds away as we speak, tho shouldn't of had dat duo lap dance XD

Hi guys,

I have been a morning musume fan since the beginning of 9th generation. I am originally from Japan but have been living in NY.
It would be great to meet more local fans and also more fans from Japan when morning musume come to NY for the concert :)
I have created an event page for the concert. Feel free to join. Hopefully I can make more fan friends at the concert.
https://www.facebook.com/events/231231183745159/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar (https://www.facebook.com/events/231231183745159/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar)


Welcome welcome to our humble abode, llama360 we would love to meet you and all the fans and sing and dance and GET WILD AND PROUD!! Count me in to whatever y'all down.

And. THIS. :hip smile:

I said it on basugasu this weekend, and I'll say it here: I'll see y'all motherfuckers in New York.

You know I can't miss a JPH!P party! JPH!P party traditions were built on me and daigong getting wasted out of our fucking minds, can't wait to get the band back together and party like it's 1999. FUCK I'm so pumped, let's fucking do this.

Alright, put me down as a 'very likely' at this point. Just gotta make sure I can get my ducks in a row, I'll now for sure in a week or so

OMGASS FUUUUUUUCK YEAAAAAH JPHiPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP :jphip:

grinnin like a fuckin maniac bumpin some J-P-H-i-P DA WAY IT SPOSED TO BE!!  :jphip:
Snoop dogg-21 jump street (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGlQn4K2nao#)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 0508 on May 13, 2014, 08:49:04 AM
Lol, I forgot that my account was butchered. I may be interested in going just to see some old faces. No idea what's been going on with MM stuff for years. Put me down as maybe for now? =)

-rev/din
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pesbs on May 13, 2014, 09:09:16 AM
@Estrea I am going, but I will need to stay in a room with someone who is willing to share with me in order to save money.
If someone is willing to share a room with, can send me a PM.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: rokun on May 13, 2014, 07:25:44 PM
Definitely going, in the pre-pre-pre planning stage, but here goes:

MIDWEST PEOPLE (Specifically Indiana and Michigan)
O_O You're at IU??? That's where I am too!! Why have we not met yet???? lol (or have we and I just don't know your handle? XD). Your offer seems tempting, but I'm not sure if the logistics will quite work for me... I was thinking of just driving out with my own car like I did to NJ for Berryz@AN.

@yuuyami yes that's me. Just wanted to cross post so we can keep things organized as much as possible :)
Also, wow, I've seen you a ton in person but don't think I ever noticed you post here before. XD

Oh, as this is apparently my first entrance to this thread too... hi btw ;) Let me know if anyone needs help with anything Japanese-related or... anything else, aside from being a NYC tour guide since I've only been there for a whole of about 36 hours lol.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 55Cyanides on May 14, 2014, 05:43:50 AM

O_O You're at IU??? That's where I am too!! Why have we not met yet???? lol (or have we and I just don't know your handle? XD). Your offer seems tempting, but I'm not sure if the logistics will quite work for me... I was thinking of just driving out with my own car like I did to NJ for Berryz@AN.


Haha yeah! I just moved there in September, working two jobs at the College Mall and at the IMU (you like smoothies?). If you're ever done, I'm free to hang haha

But yah, the logistics can be pretty ugh. Luckily, I like driving long distances and I'm guess driving will take me at least 14-15 hours, if I drive straight from Indiana, to Michigan, to New York.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on May 14, 2014, 09:46:03 AM
My air travel is set...

Manhattan from 10/02-08 :)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on May 14, 2014, 06:01:27 PM
Lucky me that I was already going to be in new york that week, so staying a few extra days should be easy :D
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 0508 on May 14, 2014, 07:23:20 PM
Estrea, you can probably bump me up to very likely. And also +1.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 15, 2014, 03:13:08 AM
^ Done! Are you bringing the gf along? :D

Ahhhhh the "going" list just seems more and more awesome by the day, I wish I could be there toooooo D:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: rokun on May 15, 2014, 08:06:22 PM
^ You should cooooome!!! Screw the cost! Go into debt!!! lol.

My air travel is set...

Manhattan from 10/02-08 :)
Wow and I'll finally get to meet you too? XD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on May 15, 2014, 10:22:02 PM
^ You should cooooome!!! Screw the cost! Go into debt!!! lol.

My air travel is set...

Manhattan from 10/02-08 :)
Wow and I'll finally get to meet you too? XD

and get to choke me in real life  :w00t:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on May 16, 2014, 01:52:29 AM
 :shocked
xD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 0508 on May 16, 2014, 02:59:40 AM
^ Done! Are you bringing the gf along? :D

Ahhhhh the "going" list just seems more and more awesome by the day, I wish I could be there toooooo D:

Aye, the lady wants to come along. You should come too!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on May 16, 2014, 03:10:41 AM
^ You should cooooome!!! Screw the cost! Go into debt!!! lol.

You are a bad person and should be ashamed of yourself :<

^ Done! Are you bringing the gf along? :D

Ahhhhh the "going" list just seems more and more awesome by the day, I wish I could be there toooooo D:

Aye, the lady wants to come along. You should come too!

Ahhhhh my resolveeeeee. D: I really want to meet with everyone! But the air tickets D:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on May 16, 2014, 07:25:35 AM
just save money you have plenty of time.
someone start a kickstarter for estrea to go to nyc
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on May 17, 2014, 02:11:28 PM
About the glowsticks again, I just thought of this, has anyone checked if the venue actually allows them inside? Some don't (especially western ones with bouncers outside) and it would suck to go one of these things and then have security throw them all in the trash before we go inside D:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on May 17, 2014, 04:54:30 PM
About the glowsticks again, I just thought of this, has anyone checked if the venue actually allows them inside? Some don't (especially western ones with bouncers outside) and it would suck to go one of these things and then have security throw them all in the trash before we go inside D:

Yeah someone should check that. I just read a review of the venue on yelp that said there was an incident where people threw glowsticks at the performers, so they might not be allowed anymore.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: mia-p on May 18, 2014, 12:43:37 AM
Hello!! I haven't posted here in quite awhile, (I'm more of a lurker on the boards) I will be making a big effort to make it to this event, I'm gonna be road tripping with a couple of friends from Toronto:) I've been a fan of the group since 2003, but I have never been to a live concert, only Hangry&Angry which doesn't really count. I really need to see them before Sayu leaves ahhh. Also really hope they do some type of Dream Morning Musume reunion again  :panic:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on May 26, 2014, 02:22:16 PM
Short article about the trip to NYC on MTV81.com:

Quote
News - Morning Musume ’14 Head Stateside
May 26, 2014

The girls of idol super unit Morning Musume ’14 are still young enough to have a curfew but that won’t stop them from holding a solo concert in New York. Their Oct. 5 gig at the Best Buy Theater will be the first overseas performance for the current lineup, save for unit leader Michishige Sayumi–she traveled to Paris as a special guest for Japan Expo 2010.

Morning Musume ’14 have continued to tear up the charts this year and their latest single, “Beyond the time and space” goes to the far reaches of the galaxy of idol music. Take a sonic journey with them and wish them a safe trip to America!


Official Website:
http://www.helloproject.com/morningmusume (http://www.helloproject.com/morningmusume)

Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/Morningmusume.Official (http://www.facebook.com/Morningmusume.Official)

Myspace:
http://www.myspace.com/morningmusumeofficial (http://www.myspace.com/morningmusumeofficial)
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://www.mtv81.com/news/morning-musume-14-head-stateside/ (http://www.mtv81.com/news/morning-musume-14-head-stateside/)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rina the Robot on May 26, 2014, 11:59:54 PM
^ So according to that article, Anime Expo 2009 didn't happen for Sayu?  :P

Oh well, nice to see that they're getting a ton of coverage for the NY concert! But if I'm being totally honest, it's actually making me a bit nervous that tickets are going to sell out quickly.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Double_U on May 27, 2014, 07:37:46 AM
So..I haven't posted in ages, but I live in the twin cities and will def go to this, and would love to share a room, etc. if no one  minds that none of you all know me.  :nervous
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on May 28, 2014, 08:18:20 PM
^ So according to that article, Anime Expo 2009 didn't happen for Sayu?  :P

Oh well, nice to see that they're getting a ton of coverage for the NY concert! But if I'm being totally honest, it's actually making me a bit nervous that tickets are going to sell out quickly.

Yeeep especially if that happens, I won't be coming at all  :banghead:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 55Cyanides on May 29, 2014, 06:34:49 AM
I currently have a potential person who may want to share a room with me and I believe I have room for 2 more (trying to go legit here and have the maximum legal amount of guests in a row, which is 4). That being said, I'm thinking of actually taken a hotel in Jersey, about 20 miles away; I'll be renting a car, so the commute will not be bad.

Right now, just checking it with my discount, the average night rate is about $95 for a 4 max occupancy room. I would probably ask between $80 to $120 per person for those 3 nights.

If there's any potential interest in this, feel free to get in contact with me
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on June 03, 2014, 02:52:21 PM
^I've tweeted it in both English and Japanese. Figured we could use all the help we can get :)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on June 03, 2014, 09:08:41 PM
I'm personally bringing one of those lumica lightsticks that can change color, so I don't have to buy different sticks for everyone :) And obviously pink is one of the colors so I can support Sayu.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rina the Robot on June 04, 2014, 06:08:07 AM
New article in English that talks about J-Melo and interviews some of the girls. Page 3 is where the major stuff about New York comes in!

http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/001.html (http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/001.html)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: BigFreaky on June 06, 2014, 04:42:24 AM
You can add me to Very Likely
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rickker708 on June 09, 2014, 06:57:22 AM
^ That makes me very happy, cause even though I won't be there, I know a shitton of pics will be taken.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on June 12, 2014, 05:15:48 PM
Tickets go on sale June 20th at 9 AM Eastern time (UTC -5)!
http://www.helloproject.com/news/1775/ (http://www.helloproject.com/news/1775/)

Also a handshake event after the concert for CD purchasers!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on June 12, 2014, 09:52:09 PM
Tickets go on sale June 20th at 9 AM Eastern time (UTC -5)!
http://www.helloproject.com/news/1775/ (http://www.helloproject.com/news/1775/)

Also a handshake event after the concert for CD purchasers!

The VIP tickets come with CDs right? So that means the handshake event too right?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on June 12, 2014, 10:40:46 PM
Tickets go on sale June 20th at 9 AM Eastern time (UTC -5)!
http://www.helloproject.com/news/1775/ (http://www.helloproject.com/news/1775/)

Also a handshake event after the concert for CD purchasers!

The VIP tickets come with CDs right? So that means the handshake event too right?

From what it says (I think) it does come with the CD and access to handshake event
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rayle on June 13, 2014, 02:05:34 AM
FUCK does Japan want Idol Matsuri to fail or something?

Grumble grumble hotel internet better be up to this task grumble grumble
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on June 13, 2014, 08:59:05 AM
Updated first post.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on June 14, 2014, 02:54:36 AM
How will me buy the tickets? Do we get them from the bestbuy theater site?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on June 14, 2014, 04:30:11 AM
How will me buy the tickets? Do we get them from the bestbuy theater site?

The thing is probably through a service like Ticketmaster or for them axs but they haven't set up yet I assume :nervous
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on June 14, 2014, 04:51:08 AM
Yes, you buy off the bestbuy theater site. I'll make a note on the first post.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rina the Robot on June 14, 2014, 08:22:22 AM
I'll have to be taken off the attending list, unfortunately. I'm graduating from school this year and the concert is smack in the middle of midterm exams so I can't afford the time off.

Hope everyone going has an amazing time! I'll do my best to keep the thread updated if/when I come across any pertinent information  :jphip:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on June 18, 2014, 09:55:55 PM
Ticket sale start time has now been moved to 12pm noon Eastern Time (UTC -5) on Friday.

Online purchase site:
http://axs.com/events/252012/morning-musume-14-tickets?skin=bestbuy (http://axs.com/events/252012/morning-musume-14-tickets?skin=bestbuy)

So glad I don't have to wake up super-early for this now...though I might end up late for work. :lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on June 18, 2014, 11:22:44 PM
Ticket sale start time has now been moved to 12pm noon Eastern Time (UTC -5) on Friday.

Online purchase site:
http://axs.com/events/252012/morning-musume-14-tickets?skin=bestbuy (http://axs.com/events/252012/morning-musume-14-tickets?skin=bestbuy)

So glad I don't have to wake up super-early for this now...though I might end up late for work. :lol:

Imagine for me to wake up at 3 A.M.  :lol:

Now I can wake up at a relative normal time :P
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on June 19, 2014, 04:35:16 AM
Noooo! Now I'll be at work. And I was so happy cause my first client cancelled for Friday and it was going to be perfect. Now I'll be at the center where the internet doesn't always work... Oh well. Guess I'll have my mobile hotspot up and running. I will get this ticket.  :sweatdrop:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on June 20, 2014, 08:11:48 AM
FUCK YEAH!!!!! gonna try to get max # tix even tho I got a meeting. 2100, we should pack dat joint.

DINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNY!! Hotels let's discuss this wkd.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on June 20, 2014, 08:27:58 AM
Haha, well at least I'll be finished work, but I'll only just have finished, ugh, still have to order by phone. hope it works..
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on June 20, 2014, 06:04:35 PM
Got my ticket

See ya guys there!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on June 20, 2014, 06:06:49 PM
Ticket get!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on June 20, 2014, 06:08:43 PM
Why can't we get VIP :(
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on June 20, 2014, 06:11:45 PM
Why can't we get VIP :(

Are they out already? I got mine.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: almond on June 20, 2014, 06:13:21 PM
VIP sold out almost immediately it seems :(
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Hart on June 20, 2014, 06:14:09 PM
Got my ticket. Also reserved 5 as well (You'll still have to pay for them). I'll send e-mail links to the first 5 people who PM me. Have until Sunday before I lose these reserves.

EDIT: Heard about the 'waiting room' and how all the VIP tickets are sold out. So I guess the 5 reserved tickets are most likely general admission.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on June 20, 2014, 06:15:44 PM
VIP tickets apparently sold out within the first minute or two. Oh well, you guys can always buy the CD for the handshake event afterwards!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: mia-p on June 20, 2014, 06:23:48 PM
Bahhhh. Apparently there was a 'waiting room' set up at 11:30, would have been nice to know that. I came in at 11:45ish so I guess there was a big line up by then  :cry: :cry: :cry:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Yuuyami on June 20, 2014, 06:27:32 PM
Ahhh if only I had known about the waiting room @_@

Anyway, got two of the GA tickets for Sai and me. There *are* circumstances that might involve her not coming so if anyone else is in need of a ticket, I'll sell one xD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on June 20, 2014, 06:34:00 PM
I got in the waiting room at 11:45 and still couldn't get the VIP tickets. Me and my friend did get the GA tickets though so it still turned out fine. Morning Musume here I come!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on June 20, 2014, 06:35:19 PM
Got my VIP ticket

I must've been one of the first in line, because at least 4 or 5 other friends in the waiting room didn't get the chance to buy them.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Yuuyami on June 20, 2014, 06:38:50 PM
If anyone here is selling VIP... count me in xD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: manamin on June 20, 2014, 06:40:37 PM
I'm around IRC a loooooot more than I am around the forums, but Slack can vouch for me as being a real person.

If anyone has an extra VIP they want to sell, can you let me know? I'll try to remember to log in to the forums but IRC is the best place to find me usually. ^_^;;;
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: mia-p on June 20, 2014, 06:47:18 PM
If anyone here is selling VIP... count me in xD

Ditto, although when you think about it , VIP is early access and a guaranteed spot at the handshake event...unless there is more that they have not revealed yet. I thought it was a meet and greet with a photo with the girls haha
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: nimrod on June 20, 2014, 06:57:36 PM
Got my ticket, I hope I can make it, would be my first time in the US of A  :cow:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: manamin on June 20, 2014, 09:22:41 PM
hey, a friend pointed me toward airbnb as a place to look for places to stay in NYC.

If we get a large group, it seems like there are some phenomenal deals.

Like this for example:

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3356973?guests=8&s=WDxq (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/3356973?guests=8&s=WDxq) 

It says it has 6 beds and sleeps up to 12 people. It looks pretty darn ritzy. For $450 a night. If you get all 12, that's $37.50 a person. I think there are some cleaning fees and stuff associated but anyone interested in making something like that work?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on June 20, 2014, 09:29:07 PM
^ I would be interested in it, but it depends how long everyone else is staying when it can be available is my concerns :nervous
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: manamin on June 20, 2014, 09:44:11 PM
I'm planning on Friday to Monday - a 3 night stay. I get in pretty late on Friday.

I just noticed that the apartment I linked there has no reviews, so I'm not sure I'd want to go with that 100%, but there were some other options. Depending on the number of people, I'm pretty sure it would get cheap quick.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on June 20, 2014, 10:13:24 PM
I had a bit of a scare this morning. Woke up to find out I couldn't acces Twitter or any websites on my phone, then found out my home internet died! I thought it was my router at first, but it turned out the actual connection was down! Called my ISP, they said it was an area-wide outage that wouldn't be resolved in time! :panic:

Thankfully I still had my smartphone's 4G working, so I was able to get into the waiting room and managed to pull off a VIP purchase! FUCK YEAH

I kinda wanted to start dancing, but then felt bad for all the people who weren't as lucky with logging in. :nervous

But yeah, the whole thing felt like both Derek Fisher's 0.4 shot and Ray Allen's game 6 corner trey: when the pressure was on, found a secondary option to pull through. :P

See y'all in Manhattan!

Also fuck Comcast.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on June 20, 2014, 11:14:24 PM
I'm planning on Friday to Monday - a 3 night stay. I get in pretty late on Friday.

I just noticed that the apartment I linked there has no reviews, so I'm not sure I'd want to go with that 100%, but there were some other options. Depending on the number of people, I'm pretty sure it would get cheap quick.

I'm Friday to Wednesday.  There are many places we can try so we can look around for now :)

Which means I'm on the looking for roommates list XD  I've used airbnb when I was looking for my own place last year and found some good rates in Hawaii so I highly recommend it. 

@Manamin I'll try go into IRC and we can talk there

For everyone else, if I do find something reasonable I'll post it here :)

Congrats J-tri! 
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on June 20, 2014, 11:31:14 PM
The VIP ticket thing is really taking the shine off getting tickets to the show, I had no idea about this waiting room and even though I was waiting in there for 20 minutes, there were 0 tickets left when it was my turn.

Even worse was the ability to buy multiple VIP tickets, since there was only 100 of them it should have been 1 ticket only to give everyone a chance. Instead the majority of tickets were bought up by about 10-15 people buying as many tickets as they could, which really leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I'm pleased to be going, but I hope the CD numbers aren't too low to prevent handshake overcrowding, or that it's 1 CD purchase only to prevent multiple buys, again hogging all of the handshake tickets to those who have lots of money.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Double_U on June 21, 2014, 03:00:17 AM
Got a ticket (not VIP though :'( didn't know about the waiting room). Anyway, like I said, I'm up for trying for a group rate somewhere, but only Friday to Sunday..
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on June 21, 2014, 03:06:33 AM
Im going to be going friday to monday if anyone is interested in sharing rooms.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 55Cyanides on July 07, 2014, 07:34:50 AM
Got a ticket and planning to drive from Indiana to Michigan to Toronto to New Jersey; with my discount, I can get a hotel in New Jersey, about 10-15 miles away, for about 50-70 a night. I have two potential people who may want to stay with me, and I also bought a parking ticket for the venue, so time to show off that Budget Rent a Car Prius.

Anybody interested in rooming with me? While it's not in New York, I wouldn't driving people any/everywhere, especially since I'll be there from Friday to Monday.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on July 13, 2014, 09:05:53 AM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC (part 1)

In less than 3 months time, Morning Musume ’14 will be holding their first independent full concert at Best Buy Theater in New York. For many western fans, this will be your first taste of seeing the idol group in person. For others, it will be your first time at a concert and your first time attending a handshake event. We have all seen how concerts and handshake events are like from watching videos, and have a general sense of what to expect; however, it is completely different to experience it first hand. To ease all your worries and anxiety, and to fully prepare you for the upcoming once in a life time experience, I am introducing a new series of guides titled “Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC”. Each week I will be covering one topic about concerts or handshakes with regards to Hello! Project in general, but specifically geared toward the Morning Musume ’14 NYC concert. Without further ado, let’s begin!
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=810 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=810)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on July 13, 2014, 09:17:13 AM
If anyone is interested in attending Hello! Party 4, they are doing an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to offset the cost of the event.

There are some pretty good perks if interested

http://nihongogo.com/2014/07/hello-party-4-the-hello-project-party-by-fans-for-fans/ (http://nihongogo.com/2014/07/hello-party-4-the-hello-project-party-by-fans-for-fans/)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on July 20, 2014, 07:50:07 PM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC (part 2)

Last time we went over the Dos and Don’ts of general H!P concert behaviors. As we found out, the basic idea is to enjoy the show and have fun, while not being a nuisance to people around you so they can also have a great outing. This time, let’s take a look at the actual planning for the big day.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=899 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=899)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on July 28, 2014, 02:11:37 PM

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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC (part 3)

The last two times we covered some basics on concert behavior and essential items to bring. For a change of pace, let’s take a look at the optional event that weekend (requires VIP package or on site CD purchase), handshake with Morning Musume ’14 after their concert.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=952 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=952)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on July 31, 2014, 07:54:58 PM
No news today, more of a personal post.

For a while it wasn't looking like my chances for attending this would be that good (financially and timing-wise). Things may be turning around though so I may be able to go after all. With that being said, I just wanted to check/verify a couple of things:

a) Going on the link to buy tickets to the event, as of this post, the VIP package is still unavailable but people can still buy "regular" tickets. But if I understand things correctly, we should be able to just get the regular ticket, then at the event itself, buy a copy of the CD, which should also give us a ticket for the handshake event, right? Not being able to attend the handshake event is not necessarily a deal-breaker for me (I'd still be fine with "just" going to the concert and hanging with/checking the sites with fellow H!Pstahs), but it would be nice to go. :)

Of course, if anyone had an extra VIP package to spare/sell...8)2


b) For hotel rooms, has anyone confirmed/booked where they're going to be staying yet? Anyone still have room to spare if this Pegger is able to go? 


If I'm able to go, it'd have to be a short trip for me due to work stuff. I'd most likely be arriving sometime in the late afternoon or evening of the Friday before the concert (2014.10.03) and then leaving by the afternoon at the latest of the Monday after the concert (2014.10.06).

Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on July 31, 2014, 09:10:35 PM
I had this on my mind for a while so any ideas for setting up a get together I'm all up for it  :jphip:

Since it will be my first time in NY, I'll be open to anything :thumbsup
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on August 04, 2014, 04:49:06 PM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC (part 4)

Another week, another article. Last time we covered the basics of how handshake events are operated, what we should be expecting in October and how to set up ourselves for it. Continuing on with the theme, this week we will look more in-depth into how to approach the event and how to deal with more specific conditions.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=991 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=991)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: almond on August 05, 2014, 02:56:36 AM
I can no longer go, so if anyone needs a ticket (regular, sorry), please PM me!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on August 13, 2014, 03:32:21 AM
From H!O's Twitter:
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Billboard Japan interviews Morning Musume '14 about their NY trip
- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/499117240521089024 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/499117240521089024)
- http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/21802 (http://www.billboard-japan.com/d_news/detail/21802)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on August 14, 2014, 12:38:41 AM
Another interview in anticipation of the concert:

TheJapanNews.com - LOOKING EAST / Morning Musume ready for their Big Apple gig (http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001474063)
- http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001474063 (http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001474063)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on August 21, 2014, 07:10:43 PM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC part 5

Previously, we have covered basic Dos and Don’ts and simple preparation for the upcoming concert. How about during the actual show itself? I’m sure you have seen on videos how energetic crowds can be in live concerts and how everyone seems to know what they are doing and even do so in sync. This time let’s find out how they do it.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1180 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1180)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on August 26, 2014, 08:35:40 AM
SHIT! Nearly a month to go! LETS GO! Plan where y'all partying? I'm coming in on Wed so shit let's hang with Ping and Jay.

I can no longer go, so if anyone needs a ticket (regular, sorry), please PM me!

DAMN!! Sucks. Fen can't go either.

I got a 6-8 extra regular tickets if anyone wants to drop on by and see a show. SUPPORT MOMUSU'14!!!

Making some merch. Gonna be DOPE! Look for it :jphip:
 


b) For hotel rooms, has anyone confirmed/booked where they're going to be staying yet? Anyone still have room to spare if this Pegger is able to go? 


If I'm able to go, it'd have to be a short trip for me due to work stuff. I'd most likely be arriving sometime in the late afternoon or evening of the Friday before the concert (2014.10.03) and then leaving by the afternoon at the latest of the Monday after the concert (2014.10.06).



FUCK YEAH Brother. I was talking to KT and he itching to go too. Still gonna go? What's new???

SO! I see y'all bunch booked this:

http://rownyc.com/times-square-hotel-deals/ (http://rownyc.com/times-square-hotel-deals/)

ME TOO. Anyone need roomies? BigFreaky JFC Pikax3 JTRI who else?

Rei-chan lookin for girl roomies too! Gonna be a fuckin MANICAL TIME!!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on August 27, 2014, 06:57:00 AM
I'm afraid I'm still unsure if I'll be able to go (though still hoping that it can happen).


From H!O's Twitter:
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Morning Musume '14 leave a comment for NY Super Week
- https://youtu.be/DkE7C8RV4PQ (https://youtu.be/DkE7C8RV4PQ)

Here's an important message from Morning Musume。'14 for all their New York City fans! You can see them LIVE at the Best Buy Theater on October 5, 2014! #NYSW
- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/504471187985289216 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/504471187985289216)

An important message from Morning Musume。'14! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkE7C8RV4PQ#ws)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: jl2002 on August 28, 2014, 05:04:30 AM
Hey everyone, first time poster on this forum, and I'm planning to go to the concert as well. Well, to be honest, my girlfriend is a MM fan, and I have not the slightest idea who they really are. Now I'm planning this trip to surprise her and I want to make this a good experience for her.

She was disappointed after not getting to the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's concert earlier in Toronto and thought she can get good spot with her VIP ticket. Turns out it's a 'earlier you line up, the better the view' ...

Therefore, I just want to ask how well in advance would people start to lineup in these types of concert? Though still hoping someone would eventually sell their VIP ticket... But I doubt it'll be affordable even if someone sells it...
I also bought a King Blade X10-2 in support of the possible Sayu 'make BB center glow pink' campaign for my gf, but since it's kinda expensive, I'm just wondering if you guys have any alternative that I can get for myself?

Thanks everyone!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on August 28, 2014, 06:09:58 PM
Hey everyone, first time poster on this forum, and I'm planning to go to the concert as well. Well, to be honest, my girlfriend is a MM fan, and I have not the slightest idea who they really are. Now I'm planning this trip to surprise her and I want to make this a good experience for her.

She was disappointed after not getting to the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's concert earlier in Toronto and thought she can get good spot with her VIP ticket. Turns out it's a 'earlier you line up, the better the view' ...

Therefore, I just want to ask how well in advance would people start to lineup in these types of concert? Though still hoping someone would eventually sell their VIP ticket... But I doubt it'll be affordable even if someone sells it...
I also bought a King Blade X10-2 in support of the possible Sayu 'make BB center glow pink' campaign for my gf, but since it's kinda expensive, I'm just wondering if you guys have any alternative that I can get for myself?

Thanks everyone!

First I'm gonna say that you sound like an awesome boyfriend and your girlfriend is gonna be super excited you're so gonna get some ;). Anyway, fans are going to be handing out pink glowsticks before the concert so you don't have to worry about that.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on August 30, 2014, 02:47:19 AM
CROSS-POSTING!!

MTV81.com - Super Idols Morning Musume。’14 on NY and New Beginnings (http://www.mtv81.com/features/interviews/super-idols-morning-musume-14-on-ny-and-new-beginnings/)
- http://www.mtv81.com/features/interviews/super-idols-morning-musume-14-on-ny-and-new-beginnings/ (http://www.mtv81.com/features/interviews/super-idols-morning-musume-14-on-ny-and-new-beginnings/)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Double_U on September 03, 2014, 10:49:06 PM
Soo...I'm still sorting out logistics, but does anyone need a roommate still?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on September 06, 2014, 09:22:58 AM
For anyone still going, this should be pretty helpful to remember for getting around the city:
http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/96700509489/how-memorizing-19-05-can-help-you-outsmart-the-mta (http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/96700509489/how-memorizing-19-05-can-help-you-outsmart-the-mta)

Also, updates for Hello Party:
http://party.hello-base.com/2014/ (http://party.hello-base.com/2014/)
It'll be taking place at the TimesCenter (very close to the concert venue) on Saturday, October 4th at 6:30 PM, and they have games lined up for it as well! If you haven't contributed yet now's the time because it's closing off soon--last chance to get a discounted entrance fee!

I'm pretty much all set for this trip! Unfortunately I fucked up with booking my hotel things are looking pricier for me than expected, so I might be needing a roommate, though I probably only have room for just one (I'm also not staying in Manhattan, though I made sure to pick a place near a subway line that goes directly to Times Square).
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on September 09, 2014, 07:19:46 AM
Just happened to stumble upon this (looks like it happened last month). I don't recall seeing it on any of the usual torrent trackers (unless I just missed it).

Morning Musume。'14 ROAD TO NY LIVE TALK SESSION 8-8-14 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2333lk)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on September 10, 2014, 05:41:29 AM
Anyone else want Aika to make a surprise appearance and wow us with her new engrish skillz?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rickker708 on September 13, 2014, 06:44:50 AM
Just paid off one of my loans and got my hopes up about getting refinancing and a little extra to get to NY. Unfortunately, I have  to wait a month to reapply. So, unless I get to the lottery before then I'm def not going to be able to go.

Bright side, I can start to save up to make it Japan next year to be at Berryz last tour.
All going, have a blast, post often and take lots of pictures.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: BigFreaky on September 17, 2014, 07:55:43 AM
I just got my airfare, and am waiting about 24hrs on a place to stay. If I don't get it, I'll be NEEDING someone to sleep on the floor and shower lol.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on September 17, 2014, 05:49:05 PM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC part 6 (Password is 0 – chant instructions)

We’ve covered all the general topics regarding the concert and handshake in the first 5 parts of this series. Time to get into the specifics, chants! I often see fans ask what wotas do during songs. Simple answer is, organized yelling, aka chants. Of course they also copy dance moves. I will try to lay out songs one by one and explain to the best of my ability on what fans can do.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1363 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1363)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on September 19, 2014, 02:10:19 PM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC part 7 (What is LOVE? – chant instructions)

Continuing from last time, here are the instructions for the second song in this series.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1369 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1369)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on September 22, 2014, 04:02:53 AM
Everything has come together for me for this trip finally!  :shakeit: Just 2 weeks ago I thought there was no way I could go with my finances the way they are right now and figured my ticket would just go to waste but then the plane tickets went on sale and I got them for dirt cheap and just now my extended family in NY agreed to let me and my friend stay with them while we're up there so that we don't have to get a hotel and I'm like literally running in circles I'm so excited.

Just 2 weeks away!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: BigFreaky on September 22, 2014, 07:41:03 AM
Just nailed down my room as well. I'll be in Sat afternoon and leaving on Tues Morning.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on September 22, 2014, 05:07:31 PM
Holy shit, I just booked plane tickets! I'm GOING!!  :panic: :panic: :panic:

It's going to be a bit shorter than I originally thought. I'll be landing at LaGuardia at around 9:00PM on Saturday, October 4th and leaving (again from LaGuardia) on Monday, October 6th at around 6:00PM.  I was really thinking that I wouldn't be able to go, but a sale/price-drop just popped up this morning on WestJet's website and I knew that I couldn't turn it down since I likely wouldn't be able to get a better deal before the event happens.  :nervous

So yeah, HELP! If there's a kind soul that could spare a chunk of floor in their hotel room, that'd be sweet.  Also, should I be buying the concert tickets online now (if yes, they're still bought from the website J-Tri linked HERE (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=37590.msg1283592#msg1283592), right?), or is there anyone that has some extras to spare?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on September 23, 2014, 10:57:03 AM
I would talk to Dai, JFC :D
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on September 23, 2014, 01:56:46 PM
^
:thumbsup


20140920 MTV81~In Focus モーニング娘。x 2.5D (後編) (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x26b608)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on September 25, 2014, 12:10:00 AM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC part 8 (Ai no Gundan & One Two Three (updated) – chant instructions)

So the setlist for Morning Musume ’14 Aki tour [GIVE ME MORE LOVE ~Michishige Sayumi Sotsugyou Kinen Special~] is now known, let’s focus on songs on the setlist that will likely be performed in New York as well because we’re likely to get a modified version of their autumn concert setlist. And since we’re getting closer to the show, let’s cover two songs this time.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1386 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1386)


These next 2 links both include a subbed interview clip.
MTV81.com - Morning Musume。’14 ROAD TO NY LIVE TALK SESSION (Segment 1) (http://www.mtv81.com/videos/in-focus/morning-musume14-road-to-ny-live-talk-session-segment1/)
- http://www.mtv81.com/videos/in-focus/morning-musume14-road-to-ny-live-talk-session-segment1/ (http://www.mtv81.com/videos/in-focus/morning-musume14-road-to-ny-live-talk-session-segment1/)

MTV81.com - Morning Musume。’14 ROAD TO NY LIVE TALK SESSION – Segment 2 (http://www.mtv81.com/videos/in-focus/morning-musume14-road-to-ny-live-talk-session-segment2/)
- http://www.mtv81.com/videos/in-focus/morning-musume14-road-to-ny-live-talk-session-segment2/ (http://www.mtv81.com/videos/in-focus/morning-musume14-road-to-ny-live-talk-session-segment2/)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on September 26, 2014, 05:14:36 AM
They'll be selling goods at the venue!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-commemorative-goods/755788534480066 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-commemorative-goods/755788534480066)

(http://i.imgur.com/M77mIQz.jpg)

Shirts, muffler towels, and 10-photo sets are $20 each, and the commemorative CD with handshake ticket is $25 (for those who didn't get VIP).

The CD is called One Two Three to Zero and includes all of the A-sides (and some B-sides) released under Sayu's leadership (excluding the upcoming single):
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01.One・Two・Three
02.The Matenrou Show
03.Wakuteka Take a chance
04.Love Innovation
05.Help me!!
06.Happy Daisakusen
07.Brainstorming
08.Kimisae Ireba Nanimo Iranai
09.A B C D E-cha E-cha shitai
10.Wagamama Kinomama Aino Joke
11.Ai no Gundan
12.Makeruki shinai Konyano Shoubu
13.Egaono Kimiwa Taiyousa
14.Kimino Kawariwa Iyashinai
15.What is LOVE?
16.Tokiwo Koe Sorawo Koe
17.Password is 0

And here's Sakura presenting the goods in English!
Announcement from Sakura Oda about Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKEQOn8l8zI#ws)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rayle on September 27, 2014, 05:15:31 AM
Damn, no lightsticks?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on September 27, 2014, 08:06:16 AM
Oda-chan!! Her English is so good! It felt like she wasn't just saying memorized lines but knew what she was saying. Where and how has she learned English!! And the part where one of the pictures is upside down and she goes "oh..." What a natural reaction, I mean usually something surprising is when an insecure 2nd language speaker might slip into native language (I have experienced this lol), but she didn't... "Oh" is very English :lol: Damnit gurl, she can sing and now she can do English, too?? As my follower Rumarin on Skyrim says "Is there anything you CAN'T do? If there is, it's probably something stupid anyway." And yeah, her talking voice is so sweet and lovely.

Yeah sorry I know this thread is about the live but :heart: Oda-chan :heart:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on September 28, 2014, 08:46:12 AM
https://twitter.com/HPommie/status/516126655354785792

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BymmdUOIQAEMbgI.jpg:large)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on September 28, 2014, 11:04:50 AM
^Broken link mate!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on September 28, 2014, 04:57:27 PM
^Broken link mate!

Fixed it got reworded and I didn't know it changed the route until you told me :nervous
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rickker708 on September 28, 2014, 08:21:23 PM
just a friendly reminder, hang out with fellow fans and have a good time here:
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fparty.hello-base.com%2F&h=CAQHKUsF- (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fparty.hello-base.com%2F&h=CAQHKUsF-)
they've been throwing partys since Morning Musume came to AX in '09. For Berryz in Jersey I helped out and had a blast, so stop by and give them the Jph!p love.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: 0508 on September 29, 2014, 05:03:34 AM
Not gonna be able to make it out to NY. The SO is also taking care of some biz in Korea and won't be back until after.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on September 29, 2014, 07:15:06 AM
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Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC part 9 (Happy Daisakusen (updated) – chant instructions)

We’ll cover only one song today, but it’s a tough one. It’s last song of Morning Musume ’14 current concert tour. Don’t be surprised if the NYC concert ends with this song as well.
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1394 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1394)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on September 29, 2014, 10:22:11 AM
(I'm so sorry)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07551.png)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on September 29, 2014, 06:21:19 PM
Someone is asking about press pass, so I was wondering if you guys already have that hooked up?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on September 30, 2014, 08:46:26 AM
^ :yep: :jphip:

Not gonna be able to make it out to NY. The SO is also taking care of some biz in Korea and won't be back until after.

DAMN. well I'm a hit ya up one of these days. WE WILL REUNITE HOMEGIRL.

ROLL CALL.

Fuckin DA MAN cant hold me back FOR THIS FUCKIN PARTY: "Wahhh you going for 4 fuckin days, how we gonna schedule you in a moldy building slash crawl space filled with silverfish and bats for three months! aka keep you outta da office from da ladies cuz I can't even get a gurl to talk to me on plentyofish.com!" FUCK YOU! I'm DAIGONG. and I party all da time. Wow dai, we gotta get so :xo:

When you coming? Gimme your digits. PM me, post plannage in this thread. tweet @daigong HiPstaz stick TOGETHA. Find me on Line App.

I will be there Wednesday night. me and Ping getting the booze shopping list together.

I will pimp on da Today show Thursday morning.

Friday. Meeting Most HiPstaz GET AT ME BROZ SISTAZ!   :hip smile:

I got stickaz, my pinkest outfit. I will wear one shirt and one pair of jeans. PACKING LIGHT. Nintendo World. Lookin forward to seein YALL AGAIN or some for the first time happy birthday KURO!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on September 30, 2014, 08:56:18 AM
Thanks! ^

I'll be around so if you guys want to get in contact PM me :)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 01, 2014, 07:21:38 AM
Quote
Jicchan.com - Road to Morning Musume ’14 concert in NYC part 10 (End – TIKI BUN & Wagamama Kinomama Ai no Joke – chant instructions)

The concert is almost upon us. Here are 2 more chants to round things off!
CLICK THE LINK - http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1401 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1401)



ROLL CALL.

~~~

When you coming?
My plane is scheduled to land at LaGuardia Sat 04 Oct 2014 at 21:00 (aka 09:00PM).  I'll text you when I land bro.

I may just bite the bullet and take a cab to the hotel, depending on if I'm super-ass tired, or if I just don't feel like trying to navigate the public transit system. Either way, I'm guessing that I should hopefully be there around 22:00-22:30 (around 10:00-10:30PM) at the latest.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Hart on October 01, 2014, 07:51:17 AM
Pretty much free after Thursday. Maybe Thursday evening after studying for my pharmacy technician classes.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on October 01, 2014, 01:18:59 PM
Looks like Friday Sat DA JUMP OFF breezed thru customs in my :tama: gear!!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kitaoji on October 02, 2014, 06:15:50 AM
I'm coming in from Boston.  I already booked the 6:40am train, but I might change it to the 6:40pm train depending on the friends up here right now (I flew actually flew SFO --> JFK, then hightailed it to Penn to Boston in one go ugh...)

I'll be crashing at my friend's place in downtown Manhattan, and I'm planning to meet up with Rayle and J-Triumf.  Leaving on Wednesday afternoon.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on October 02, 2014, 02:44:59 PM
I just arrived in Newark! Eating breakfast at the same airport McDonalds as the last time I flew in here, then gonna chill for a bit before heading into the city. NY STATE OF MIND PART 2, LET'S DO THIS
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: turbos86 on October 02, 2014, 03:00:21 PM
There's an after party after the concert at a bar near by organized by Japanese fans who always throws parties for other fans.

(http://i.imgur.com/8YEW5X4.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/1wpCIt9.jpg)

http://helloprojectnight.blog37.fc2.com/blog-entry-484.html (http://helloprojectnight.blog37.fc2.com/blog-entry-484.html)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on October 02, 2014, 03:31:29 PM
^ Sounds awesome, would most definitely go if I was there :lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on October 02, 2014, 04:42:02 PM
Might go to that since I won't be able to go to any of the other parties/hangouts. Gotta ask my friend I'm traveling with if she's up for it.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 02, 2014, 06:24:48 PM
I don't need to be 21 to get into the afterparty since its at a bar do I?
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on October 02, 2014, 11:28:03 PM
^ Sounds awesome, would most definitely go if I was there :lol:

Would so go with you :heart:

Hung with ping last nite. We gonna feast Korean Chinese Japanese BBQ karaoke we need head count to reserve! Hung with JTRI this afternoon and told me bout this DJ thing would be dope to meet Japanese fans!!

WE GOT DIS ONE!! :jphip:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Hart on October 03, 2014, 02:21:46 AM
^ Count me in.  :jphip:

Might go to that afterparty for about an hour.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 03, 2014, 02:14:12 PM
I just arrived at Newark and will head to the city soon enough
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on October 03, 2014, 04:51:54 PM
I'm with JTRI at JFK waiting for slack and flyppah what terminal they at??
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 03, 2014, 04:55:35 PM
I'm at Nintendo world XD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on October 03, 2014, 05:38:42 PM
Just waiting at the arrival gate with Daigong, Flyp, J-triumf and some other fans.

We're here!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on October 03, 2014, 06:57:57 PM
http://youtu.be/OUaO0gofknI (http://youtu.be/OUaO0gofknI)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: rokun on October 03, 2014, 08:35:43 PM
Yo, I'll be into LaGuardia at about 5. Anyone with vip I can maybe hang with in line? :D on Sunday that is, of course lol
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 03, 2014, 10:35:19 PM
http://youtu.be/OUaO0gofknI (http://youtu.be/OUaO0gofknI)
And of course we can hear daigong's voice calling out to them (and calling out "J-P-HIP!") from the background. :lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 04, 2014, 07:18:19 PM
At Peg Sheety's airport, boarding my first flight in around 15 minutes. See you guys tonight!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: oaxiac on October 05, 2014, 01:49:04 AM
Hello! Party 4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tirTGYI8OZs#ws)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on October 05, 2014, 11:57:27 PM
Concert just ended. It was amazing! I didn't manage to get a cd or go to the handshake event so I'm super sad about that (not gonna lie I cried a little) but the concert was seriously like the greatest thing ever so the trip was definitely worth it.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: oaxiac on October 06, 2014, 04:25:38 AM
141005 FANCAM || モーニング娘。`14 Live in New York 『ONE・TWO・THREE』 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMWQxP0pkhg#ws)

141005 FANCAM || モーニング娘。`14 Live in New York 『Help me!!』 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wep6Z4A0fz8#ws)

141005 FANCAM || モーニング娘。`14 Live in New York 『わがまま 気のまま 愛のジョーク』 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2feaa2Ze3E#ws)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: oaxiac on October 06, 2014, 12:12:57 PM
Morning Musume. '14 - Best Buy Theater - October 5, 2014 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H-7wKQs_Gc#ws)

NY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPXKlJbT3VE#ws)

1005141615 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4KZ-IJIyF8#ws)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on October 06, 2014, 12:46:11 PM
fhiwuehiaeua evrttgu´rgu everything about this is so amazing, I wanted to see their introductions especially cuz I knew it'd be super cute and funny and whoa the reaction to Zukki and her reaction to it hahaha :heart:

Thanks to everyone for screaming for all the members :lol:

But how are there so many videos of the live??? Weren't cameras banned??

How amazing that they did Tiki Bun too, I remember back in Paris Seishun Collection wasn't released yet, and we got the MV instead of a performance of it which disappointed me a little back then.

Btw those who met the girls 'n stuff. I want all the dirty deets. ALL!! I don't get bored reading about the girls' reactions at handshake events etc. so BRING IT
Title: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 06, 2014, 02:23:07 PM
In my honest experience being with them, I think they were genuinely pleased with the people.  We were blessed in having them come here to New York.

As for the videos, they didn't say it upfront it wasn't allowed so many actually did take video.

I would like to say I don't like to "shake and tell" but Zukki and Eripon stood out.  Sakura's English is really good in person too :3

If you could tell by the hints, I got a ticket to do the handshake event but it was rather unorganized at times but can't complain XD

Well from my experience.  Sakura, Duu, Maachan, daiishi, Harunan, I just said arigatou and they said it back to me

Zukki smiled when I said daisiki which actually made my heart flutter a bit.

Riho, Eripon (intimidating aura XD), and Fukuchan I went the same thing but right before Sayu I had it in mind and said  sotsugyo omedetou

That was pretty much the handshakes in general but they smiled so wonderfully for their fans around the world that came to NYC

Now I feel accomplished for doing this... Memories will last forever :3
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on October 06, 2014, 02:35:55 PM
Full.report when I get home cuz I'm still in vacation mode, but here a quick recap of my handshake experience:

Started off fine with Sakura, gave her an "otsukaresama deshita" and "welcome to New York". Same with Kudo except I threw in "空港で見た" (I saw you at the airport) which she seemed to like. Again same for Maachan, except I called her "Sato-san" which was the first sign of me breaking down. :lol: Ayumi and Haruna were a bit of a blur. Got to Zukki, blurted out "ICHIBAN DAISUKI" while trying to compete with her for biggest smile; because of that, I completely forgot what I said to Riho, I almost forgot Eripon's name, and just nervously worked my way through Mizuki and Sayu to finish things off because I was just overwhelmed from seeing everyone in person. :nervous
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: muppet on October 06, 2014, 04:22:16 PM
Love all the eyewitness accounts, videos, stories,
and pictures! You all made the girls feel welcome
to New York!
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07573.jpg)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 06, 2014, 06:46:21 PM
For me the handshake event was amazing. I think I did pretty well remembering the things I wanted to say to everyone. I told Sakura her singing was awesome, gave Duu (my oshi) some candied pecans, told Ayumin that her dancing was awesome, and told the other members they were generally sugoi. But then I got to Eripon and said "Ganbatte Eripon" instead of "Ganbatte Ikuta" and when she corrected me (and looked almost hurt that I messed up) I was so stunned and embarrassed that I completely forgot what I was going to say to the rest. I had even learned how to say "I'll never forget you" to Sayu but I forgot. How ironic.

Btw, does anyone know who the people doing interviews were? They interviewed my friend and I as we left and I was just wondering if it'll show up on Hello Station or something.

Edit: Looking back on it I feel like I rushed through the handshake event. I was just so nervous. I only said like a few words to each girl. Weirdly enough, I probably spent more time with the girls at the end who I didn't know what to say to. I was pretty much just babbling variations on "anata wa sugoi" though :P Although I did shake Duu's hand again after I gave her the pecans.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on October 06, 2014, 10:33:06 PM
It seems they had a video production team from a Fuji TV-affiliated company there shooting a documentary for SKY PerfecTV, a satellite broadcasting station in Japan.

How do I know all this?
Because I got their director's business card.

When did I do that?
It was after they interviewed me this morning.

Why me?
Because I HAD JUST FINISHED INTERVIEWING MORNING MUSUME '14!!!!!


That's right, JPHiP got an in-person interview with all the members!
I asked the translator not to translate their answers, since that would just eat up time that could be better used for more questions!

As a result, it may take a day or two to get the full translation and transcription of the interview out on the jphip.com front page.
In addition, we need to have the photos approved by their management before we publish, but just know THIS IS A THING.


Oh, and I got a personalized signed photo from the group, plus a promotional copy of the new single a week before the release date.
THIS IS WHY I LOVE JPHiP!!
THANKS DAIGONG!!!


Going to fly back home in a few hours, so if you have questions or comments, just tweet @Slackius and I'll try to get back to you when I can.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: rokun on October 06, 2014, 11:27:18 PM
^ So sweet Slack. So you and Yuuchan got personally signed photos xD

I'm just sitting here at LaGuardia so gonna write a mini report at least for now...

Waited in line with Rayle, kitaoji, Yuuchan, and j-triumf from about 10 in the morning. When we lost the sun we started to freeze our butts off and the girls were worried when my lips turned blue lol. We were mostly lacking in info but heard they'd separate VIPs out (j and I were the lucky ones of the group) " when the time comes". It turned out that time was about 12:30, and the staff took us out of line to the theater doors in a little breezeway where we all rather disorderly clumped in a group. While we waited they came to hand out our perks including handshake wristbands & tickets (which were not used but will be souvenirs), the cds, and pretty awesome individually signed-photo vip lanyards. It seemed kinda chaotic, but then just before 3 they started letting us in. This is where it got crazy for me.

I headed in maybe a bit better than halfway down the vip line, with all the staff telling us not to run. They started lining us up at the door to the hall, and when I got up there the staff said they needed to split the line, so I followed another lady down the hall. We ended up at stairs down to another door, and they had me wait there while everyone else filed in behind... (Andrew's girlfriend right next to me btw, the only one I knew around there since all the line splitting had broken us all up). I chatted with the staff lady a bit who was kinda fun, starting to wonder, and when they opened the door... we were at one side of the hall, and they let our side in first, so despite them constantly telling us not to run we had no need to as we entered an empty hall and took front and center. It was amazing, and I thought I could even hang my Ayumi Chance towel off the barricade where the press sat, which I did.

It was an amazing vantage seeing all the cameras up front where they interviewed Eric, and when the concert got underway I had cameras in my face quite often too which I tried to avoid looking into directly lol. I was about 10 feet from the girls when they came to the front of the stage, so it was amazing... they were all so incredibly beautiful up close I didn't know where to look, though I of course spent most of the time on my Ayumin <3, and Sayu, Riho, Maachan... words can't describe, but I might try to later sometime. Ayumi and Maachan making faces at each other... Riho's bruised knee... Mizuki doing Kimagure Princess (you know what I mean) right in front of me... ahh.

Well, I'll try to write a more detailed account of the concert later on.

At the handshakes, I planned short Japanese phrases to say to them but figured I wouldn't be able to do them all on the spot. But I did! In contrast though, I didn't really seem to absorb their responses in my memory... lol.

Told Sakura she did well in that video where she spoke English (referring to the goods promo)...

Just told Duu thanks for coming, but she gave such enthusiastic gratitude in response :D

Told Maachan something about deciphering her blog, but I don't think she quite understood... lol, or that could have just been Maachan.

Then Ayumi... I told her I love her and asked if she saw me and she said of course she did! And more about thanks or something but we were taking too long so the staff pushed me forward... lol. But she wouldn't let go of my hand T_T this day made me love that girl so much more... <3 <3 <3

Because I was now behind and hooked on Ayumi, the next were a bit of a blur. I said something to Harunan, something to Kanon, and then told Riho to do her best at center... when being pushed down remembering what I really wanted to say to her and told her not to lose to 12th gen! She expressed her thanks xD

Then I told Eripon to work hard for center (after confusing her and Riho), which she thanked me for.

I had just enough time to tell Fukuchan to do her best as the next leader... perhaps? Before finishing with a frantic shake with Sayu where all I could manage was "Sotsugyou omedetou".


Then it was out the door, and... a try at the goods line, where they were sold out of everything but photo sets and Harunan towels. I got a photo set, and only afterwards heard about the nightmares so many people seemed to have at the goods booth. As you can see, I didn't wind up being part of that really. After not eating hardly anything after waiting in line all day and the concert, the jphip crew and hello party crew had an after party of our own of a wonderful meal at Gyukaku, and that was pretty much that....
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 07, 2014, 01:03:38 AM

Then it was out the door, and... a try at the goods line, where they were sold out of everything but photo sets and Harunan towels. I got a photo set, and only afterwards heard about the nightmares so many people seemed to have at the goods booth. As you can see, I didn't wind up being part of that really. After not eating harsly anything after waiting in line all day and the concert, the jphip crew and hello party crew had an after party of our own of a wonderful meal at Gyukaku, and that was pretty much that....

Oh god I forgot about the goods line/riot. Or rather I blocked it from my memory. I got into the concert hall early because VIP, and I left my friend behind to guard our spot while I went and got merch. At points it seemed I was actually moving farther and farther from the booth as people kept squeezing in front of me. Especially one guy from japan who was just shoving everyone. I managed to get a Duu towel for myself and a t-shirt for my friend (he wanted a Sakura towel but it was one towel per person), and got back into the hall before it started. I fought my way through the crowd looking for my friend. It turns out he had lost our spot because he had gone to look for me :banghead: So I was decently close to the stage while he was in the very back of the crowd although he says he got a good view.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: resop2 on October 07, 2014, 01:18:47 AM
Hello everyone.

I am back home after a long journey. I was able to attend the H!Party and the concert but failed miserably at any of the after activities. I have a degenerative back condition so if I stand still for 10 minutes it will feel like ice pics are being driven into my upper legs. So, I was not able to stand in line for 8 hours and even if I did I would not have been able to handle the merchandise line, so no handshake for me. To add insult to injury, after the concert I tried going to a chic Ramen place and the line was way out the door so I just turned around and went back. At the after-party club thing I noticed that there were zero places to sit down so I also turned around and went back.

As for the concert, I was sitting WAYYYYYYYYYYYY in the back which in wota terms means I was at a different concert than the real wota. The loud was loud but not painful and one really felt the crunch of the bass guitar. For me, it was a great concert by a great group but not an OMG religious experience, probably because I was so far away and could not attend the handshake. I sat next to three girls who were really into it. They stood up the entire time while I sat most of the time. This would have worked out well if the girl closest to me didn't keep drifting into my line of vision. MM.'14 in oshiri-vision! However, they gave me some glow sticks so I should no complain. Not that it made any difference at all, but the monitor in front of my seat was the only monitor that was defective. It had no ability to show yellow. Everyone around me noticed this, too. As for kook theories, my only one is that Kanon had zero clue she was going to get a MONSTER pop from the fans and spaced out on what she had to say. Riho noticed this and deliberately and excessively screwed up her English segment so that people wouldn't remember Kanon spacing out.

I stayed in town with Chibs, Amped, and Kuro. We had a great time talking H!P. Unfortunately, I probably said less than 10 words to anyone else total since half the time I was being "The Anti-Social Wota" by sitting down against a wall.

At the H!P party I did the picture thing with Sayumi, and a nice guy helped me out writing up on a chalkboard the hiragana for "Sorry I am Bald". The dance segment of the party was 99% girls since most of the guys were to intimidated to get of the dance floor with a bunch of girls had who obviously practiced these dances until they were blue in the face. I also went to the free swag table several times and then got depressed for the girls whose pictures no one wanted. I only took one photo since collecting photos is an addicting activity and I don't want to blow my budget on it.

So now I will be going grocery shopping. Hopefully the combination of an inversion table session, Ice & Heat alternation for two hours, an NSAID and stretching will return thing to semi-normality.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 07, 2014, 01:37:09 AM
Hello everyone.

I am back home after a long journey. I was able to attend the H!Party and the concert but failed miserably at any of the after activities. I have a degenerative back condition so if I stand still for 10 minutes it will feel like ice pics are being driven into my upper legs. So, I was not able to stand in line for 8 hours and even if I did I would not have been able to handle the merchandise line, so no handshake for me. To add insult to injury, after the concert I tried going to a chic Ramen place and the line was way out the door so I just turned around and went back. At the after-party club thing I noticed that there were zero places to sit down so I also turned around and went back.

As for the concert, I was sitting WAYYYYYYYYYYYY in the back which in wota terms means I was at a different concert than the real wota. The loud was loud but not painful and one really felt the crunch of the bass guitar. For me, it was a great concert by a great group but not an OMG religious experience, probably because I was so far away and could not attend the handshake. I sat next to three girls who were really into it. They stood up the entire time while I sat most of the time. This would have worked out well if the girl closest to me didn't keep drifting into my line of vision. MM.'14 in oshiri-vision! However, they gave me some glow sticks so I should no complain. Not that it made any difference at all, but the monitor in front of my seat was the only monitor that was defective. It had no ability to show yellow. Everyone around me noticed this, too. As for kook theories, my only one is that Kanon had zero clue she was going to get a MONSTER pop from the fans and spaced out on what she had to say. Riho noticed this and deliberately and excessively screwed up her English segment so that people wouldn't remember Kanon spacing out.

I stayed in town with Chibs, Amped, and Kuro. We had a great time talking H!P. Unfortunately, I probably said less than 10 words to anyone else total since half the time I was being "The Anti-Social Wota" by sitting down against a wall.

At the H!P party I did the picture thing with Sayumi, and a nice guy helped me out writing up on a chalkboard the hiragana for "Sorry I am Bald". The dance segment of the party was 99% girls since most of the guys were to intimidated to get of the dance floor with a bunch of girls had who obviously practiced these dances until they were blue in the face. I also went to the free swag table several times and then got depressed for the girls whose pictures no one wanted. I only took one photo since collecting photos is an addicting activity and I don't want to blow my budget on it.

So now I will be going grocery shopping. Hopefully the combination of an inversion table session, Ice & Heat alternation for two hours, an NSAID and stretching will return thing to semi-normality.

I feel your pain dude. I've got a medical condition where all my blood pools in my extremities when I stand up for too long so the concert was rough for me too. You should have brought one of those little portable tripod chairs like I did. It was a little uncomfortable sitting down surrounded by all those people but it was better than passing out.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 07, 2014, 01:58:01 AM
I've been reading some people on the interwebs saying that Eripon was a little rude to them during the handshake event. Well I think I know why. From what I can tell from her blog, she had just lost all her NYC photos so she was probably in a bad mood  :(
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on October 07, 2014, 04:03:28 AM
the japanese fans?  She did seem a little distracted, but I had a pretty good handshake with her.  I didn't let go of her until after i was holding on to Mizuki, so I got to tell them both that I wanted a ponpon event.  Mizuki seemed pleased by that.  I was able to talk to Maachan for a bit, but now I remember things that I wanted to say to her.  I also got to talk to Sayashi too.  I did want to ask Sayu about having a Rokkie event, but didn't cause I wasn't sure if it would make her depressed.
(http://i.imgur.com/kvJtNlx.jpg)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: winner on October 07, 2014, 09:25:22 AM
You guys totally ROCK! Thanks for sharing! :heart:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on October 07, 2014, 03:42:22 PM
THIS IS AWESOME! so good to see all DA HiPstaz new and old and seasoned pros showing how we get down!!

Incredible SLACK so amazing it all came together so quick yet so smoooooth. Mad love to UFA management I pimped :jphip: hardcore!!!



My flight landed late last nite but I'll get pix n shit too! Great recaps keep em cummmin I was impressed with DA tiki buun and purple dress funk moshed it out in DA pit!!! Gangsta hand shaked em all!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: manamin on October 07, 2014, 04:16:42 PM
I don't post often on the forums, but dai told me I had better, so here goes.  :glasses:

My luck on Friday was absolute crap, y'all. Thursday night/Friday morning like, midnight, American Airlines called me (in the middle of the night!!) saying my flight was cancelled. The recorded voice cheefully informed me I was rebooked on a later flight - leaving Grand Rapids at 6pm and arriving at JFK in NY at 1am. Whut.  :OMG: No thanks, I'm female and traveling by myself. Guess what? Wait times for a human being at American Air were over 2 hours! Did I want them to call me back? Well.... no. Not really. They had rebooked me on US Airways though (they're merging) so I called US Airways. Hold time was more like 30-40 minutes. Now we're pushing 1am and the US Airways guy could not have been less helpful. "Well, that's all I see. You can try another day." Yeah, no.  Long story short, I went to bed really upset and tried American in the morning cos I was going in to work that day. Still 2 hours. Tried US Airways again, maybe 20 minutes wait. The lady I got was so helpful. She found me a much earlier flight - Grand Rapids to La Guardia (where I was originally flying!!) leaving at 1pm and arriving at 4:30, via Philadelphia. My boss was luckily cool with me leaving FAR EARLIER than planned. I went to work at 8, printed paychecks and scrambled to input weigh slips and left at 9:30.

Things looked much better - the airplanes I was on were SUPER tiny and old, but they stayed in the sky. EXCEPT my bad luck reared its ugly head just as my Philadelphia to La Guardia flight was set to take off. Popped in some gum for takeoff... and out popped a filling!   :badluck: Turned off airplane mode (I know, so bad) trying to plead with someone to help me find a dentist - thinking I would have to get it fixed ASAP. Lucky for me slack said it had happened to him recently too and as long as I am careful I am probably fine. WHEW.

Arrival! Taxi to hostel! Will never do that again. Hot and car sick feels. Relaxed in hostel til I went to meet a bunch of people at Toys R Us. (Which by the way, has a giant ferris wheel inside!) We all chatted for a bit, then we were off to go get pizza. NYC pizza is delicious.  :on GJ: That is all you need to know!

I left after pizza, since my hostel was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay south of Times Square, and I was exhausted between the late night phone calls, rushing through work, and traveling.

Next day, much rain. So rain. Many soaked.  :mon dive: Met up with Chibs and we headed to the LEGO store. Thanks for sharing your super expensive umbrella, Chibs! By the time we got to the LEGO store, I was able to take off my Morning Musume '14 parka and literally wring it out. My jeans were soaked halfway up my shins. Wandered the LEGO store for a few minutes, then we found the Nintendo store. The guys decided to split off about then - I think people were meeting up for lunch? I decided to continue shopping and hit some of the girlier stores I knew no one would want to follow me to. So I hit American Girl Place (My childhood!), the Build-A-Bear factory and The Disney Store (I finally got myself a plushie Olaf!!!). By then my feet were KILLING me, so I headed back to my hostel to drop off shopping, change hoodies (the rain was over!) and change shoes before Hello Party.

Hello Party was fun. Team Mizuki wasn't so ace, good job to... was it team Masaki that won? Slack did a rockin' job being picked for the first game, though!!!   :gmon bang:

Karaoke. Kind of. I think we snuck in with Jtri and co. for the tail end of their time but then there were no rooms open. Not sure what some of y'all did but I went back to my hostel and crashed.

Sunday... I did not wake up in the middle of the night to go get in line like a lot of people did. Perhaps I should have, I don't know. I finally got in line by myself ... sometime early afternoon? pika was kind enough to bring me water and I finally met Kim, who I kept hearing about from almond. XD Sadly, I only met her for like two seconds and the line moved. Ooops.

Was really lucky - met some Jphipers in the goods line that I kind of attached myself to.  :nervous Thanks for not telling me to go away! Managed to snag a CD after they had given up, so I was good for the handshake event.

Concert was excellent. I kind of miss MC corners, but I understand they were trying to keep it all English and that might have been hard. Though they could totally have played a game or something, I swear. My feet and ankle were really happy that I managed to find a seat to sit in, BTW. At one point the girl in front of me went to stand up (some people in the seats area were) and I was ready to be bummed and not see anything - but she looked back and asked if I could see (there was a walkway between her row and mine). When I said no, she said okay and sat back down. Major classy move, so whoever you were, I seriously thank you. I cried more than once. Silly to say, but having seen the girls in Japan, and then seeing everyone try their best to make them feel welcome. AAAANYWAY. Personal choice, my favorite was 9th/10th/11th gen's 'I WISH'. Excellent song, and they did a REALLY nice job of it. Also really happy that everyone did the pink glowsticks correctly - I was hoping we would make Sayu cry, but I guess she has gotten really good at not letting things like that get to her. Loved the crowd surprising the crap out of Zukki in her intro.  :gmon tears: She never gets that kind of reaction in Japan, best as I can tell. Sakura's two lines of Let it Go were really well done too. Much  :heart: for that one.

Good setlist - though I'm not really a fan of the whole updated style of songs. Kind of wish they would mix it up and do the old styles of the old songs more often but I get that it doesn't fit with their present image.

Handshake event really was basically the highlight of the trip for me because... Mizuki recognized me.  :gmon twirl: 100%. The girls were lined up behind the table for the event, but fans hadn't been lined up quite yet - so the girls were messing with the audience. Waving, making faces/poses... and in Maa-chan's case, making us call her Maa-chan and say we loved her. Which was adorbs. Mizuki was waving at people and then she suddenly saw me. Looked surprised, waved frantically. Then I saw her lean over and say something to Eripon, who looked confused/surprised and Mizuki pointed at me, waving again.  :gmon hi:

Handshake line, I greeted all the girls with  お久しぶりです。 I'm pretty sure all of them recognized me, though with varying degrees. Sakura and Haruna, maybe the least so? Anyway, I told Sakura I support her both in Japan and America. I think. XD Memory of that one escapes me a bit. Haruka, she definitely recognized me. I got back a お久しぶりですね! I told her I wrote her a letter, and she was surprised and said she was really happy. Maa-chan, some how I got stuck at for a bit. Fine with me! I think she even squealed when she recognized me.  :tama-yeeaah:  Similar to Haruka conversation-wise, but since I was stuck, I told her that the chekki I took with her was really cute. She waved it off. XD Ayumi ... I think she was the one who said something to the effect of "You came here too!" in Japanese. Haruna I think I was a little rushed with - possible just the Ohisashiburi and a thank you? Zukki, similar. Riho was surprised to see me, it seemed. I might have thanked her for coming to America? Not sure. Eripon was fun! She had figured out who I was, and was happy to see my Gaki grad bracelet.

Fukuchan!! :gmon shy: Fukuchan knew exactly who I was. After my  お久しぶり she also said  お久しぶりですね! and actually grabbed me with her other hand too and thanked me for coming. I honestly do not remember if I said ANYTHING else. I 100% forgot to tell her I had given her a present,  :depressed: so I am hoping she looked. Mostly I was flying high on how obvious it was she remembered me. Sayu seemed a little out of it to me. Jet lag? Not sure. But I showed her I was wearing her birthday bracelet and wished her happy graduation, and she thanked me.

I don't have much in the way of pictures, especially of the handshake event. I mean, it seems like they didn't care but I think it's too engrained in me that that kind of stuff gets you thrown out. :(

Gotta say, by far this was the slowest handshake I have been to. There was seriously only one guy there concerned with moving people along. Was nice to have actual time to talk to the girls the best I could.

Yakiniku with Slack and crew - we were still eating when everyone took a group picture so we weren't in it... but man the food was good.  :gmon fry: So... no guilt over missing the pic. XD  That was pretty much it, but I did run into dai briefly at the airport on Sunday! Hope your flights went okay, Dai!  :byebye:

Glad to have met so many jphipers! And, uh... sorry to the people whose names I totally don't remember. xD I'm really bad with names.  Hope to see you again sometime!

 :imdead:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Hart on October 07, 2014, 05:27:39 PM
Quick recap of last weekend since I've got to get back to studying for my Pharmacy Technician classes:

Saturday - Met up with Kim, daigong, and pika at Harold Square after trying to find out where everyone else was. Thought to have lunch with a few Hipstaz at Katz's Deli (http://katzsdelicatessen.com/). Instead ate a really good pastrami sandwich by myself.  :(  Went to Duet 35 with those 3 and karaoke for about an hour. Actually Rick-rolled them at the end.  :lol:  Instead of going to the Hello!Party went to Go! Go! Curry! (http://www.gogocurryusa-ny.com/) a few blocks away. Did make a quick visit to look at the venue where Hello!Party was taking place. Then there was drinking at daigong and pika's hotel room. Finally got to meet JFC and J-tri. Before going back home, checked outside the BestBuy theater to see a few people waiting outside. Came home at around 6am (left the city around 3am, 1-hr subway ride to Jamaica, Queens, 1-hr wait for the bus till 5am  :angry:  ) and slept for about 3 hours.

Sunday - Got into the city around 2pm. Found pika and JFC on the line outside for general admission. Stayed with those two to get merchandise, or rather CDs and tickets for the handshake event after the concert. Since I got the CD too late I was standing the entire time for the concert, along with pika. Barely got to see the girls on stage, most of the time looking up to the monitors. I'll comfess that I'm not up-to-date with the latest songs MM '14 has release, but if I have to compare this concert to the one I went to back in AX '09, I still had a great time. Liked all the English introductions, especially Sakura's. Thought it was cute when a few of them made some mistakes. Got a lil' emotional when 'I Wish' started. Knew instantly that Sayu might be singing a solo since I saw only the other 9 girls. Broke out the pink glowsticks right before Sayu's solo started. After the concert went to sit down with pika, JFC, greg, and kuro for the handshake event. Me and JFC were joking about what to say to the girls; I wanted to ask Eripon about Gaki and that I was also a huge Gaki fan.  :lol:  Too bad we were one of the last people at the event since they were hurrying people up. Sayu and Eripon already had shawls on and Sayu looked really tired. Once I got up to shake their hands, it was a blur. Told Sakura 'Eigo ga jouzu desu', Sayu 'Sotsugyou omedettou gozaimasu', and the rest either 'Thank you' or 'Arigato'. I think Ayumi, Haruka, and Haruna held my hands a lil' bit longer when I shook their hands. After that, JPHiP dinner at Gyu-Kaku (http://www.gyu-kaku.com/) two blocks west from the theater. BEST JAPANESE BBQ EVER!!! Might have been a lil' too loud for the staff and other customers.  :nervous

....that's it. Left after the dinner since I did not want to wait for the bus again after midnight. Not before I had one last shot with pika and daigong. Had an awesome weekend. Lots of memories. Finally got to see kuro, JFC, J-tri, and pika in person.  :twothumbs  Wish I could say more, but I've got studying to do....and NYCC coming up this weekend.  :fainted:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Chibs on October 07, 2014, 06:13:41 PM
I'm still kinda sleepy, but that BBQ was great.  I kinda remember someone getting drunk.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 07, 2014, 07:16:44 PM

I'm still kinda sleepy, but that BBQ was great.  I kinda remember someone getting drunk.

Well someone actually managed to make it XD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 07, 2014, 10:02:02 PM
Typing this up while I'm on a spare period at the school at which I'm working today.


I kinda remember someone getting drunk.
That may have been Yuuyami's friend (who's smaller than Ayuyu and who's name I totally do not remember *gomen!* ). She had one cocktail and by the end of the meal she was all lightly swaying from side to side and saying "I'll need help standing up." :P


Saturday, Oct.4th - I'm pretty sure that I was one of the last H!Pstahs to actually arrive in NYC. I was a little tired after landing in LaGuardia, but.....fortunately (should I be calling it that?) after the cab ride to the hotel I was wide awake again. :P   Got some wickedly awesome chicken 'n rice while I was waiting to meet up with daigong and the others. Had a group gathering in our hotel room (complete with a couple of calls asking for us to keep it down XD ), met several members for the first time in person (like pika, Kimuu, J-tri, TR0N, Greg, and a few others that I'm sure other H!Pstahs know from elsewhere/previous meet-ups) and others that I haven't seen in a while (like boyten, Hart, BigFreaky, Flyp, Ping). We laughed, geeked out on idols, watched Django and just talked random shit with the lights and sounds of Manhattan coming through the floor-to-ceiling windows of our hotel room. At some point during the night, pika glomped me because he had tweeted (or posted on LINE) a pic of all of us in the hotel room, and almond noticed I was there and she texted him to do so. :lol:

Sunday, Oct.5th - It was probably around 10:00 or 10:30AM the next morning when myself, dai and pika woke up. First thing I hear is pika checking his Twitter/LINE feed and finding out that lineups had already started and that they were already going around the theater. Myself and dai were hungry, so we went to Grand Central Station to get some late breakfast/early lunch while pika went out looking for some people. Eventually made it back to the theater and found a spot in line with Flyp, pika, jaysonnj, and Hart (later joined by boyten and TR0N, who were helping pass around the pink glowsticks that had been gotten for Sayu).

Once inside the theater, yeah there was the whole thing with the merchandise line. In case it had not yet been said, once inside they split the crowd into 2 lines, one that would go directly into the theater, and another for people who wanted to get stuff from the merchandise table. Obviously, pretty much everyone who had only gotten a general ticket went in the merch line to be able to get (at the very least) the CD and ticket needed to take part in the post-concert handshake event. It quickly became outrageously clear that they had not planned this out well as the line-up was moving slower than a turtle stuck in a tar pit and was at least a few hundred people long. :doh: By the time that it was 30-40 minutes before the scheduled start of the concert, the staff made the call and announced that, in order to help speed things up and get everyone into the theater, ONLY the CDs (and thus the handshake tickets) would be sold prior to the concert and that all the other stuff (t-shirts, towels, and whatever else they had) would be made available after the concert.

After getting my CD and handshake ticket, I went in and grabbed a seat in the upper levels (my knee was acting up a bit, so I wanted to make sure that I could sit down if I needed to). The concert itself was amazing. Flyp and I were talking about it later that night, comparing it to when we saw them at AX in 2009, and we both said that it really is like a totally different group (not just in name or in member line-up). Now don't get me wrong, this isn't to say that they didn't put on a good show at AX, but here, in terms of energy level, on-stage execution of both the dances and their live singing, and in general the overall vibe of the show, everything felt like it was jacked up several notches.  The girls were all such pros. Sayu had problems with a costume change at one point, Maachan had some issue that she had to step off-stage for, and I think Zukki might have stumbled during the 3rd song, but they all handled it all like seasoned vets and the disruptions to the overall performances were minimal. :thumbsup

Sayu had the entire room eating out of the palm of her hand for the entire show. While we were in the line-up, a few of us were talking, wondering about if she was going to have a solo number and if so, which song would she do (LaLaLa no PiPiPi or Shabadaba doo). It was hilariously awesome seeing the crowd completely "marking out" when it turned out to be the former. XD  All of the other members have also stepped up their own games so much, even though we've seen them on videos and DVDs, there's just something magical about seeing them doing it live and in living colour.

As has been said previously, Zukki was so noticeably surprised and touched by the glowstick greeting that the crowd gave her. It was so cute seeing her get all flustered and trying to remember her English lines. :oops:  Ayuyu and Yasshii were both dancing machines. One of the things that I always look for (and look forward to) is when the girls get to sing live. Sure there may be the odd flub or squeaked vocal here and there, but for me, that's one of the intangibles that make live concerts more enjoyable (and dare I say, more "real"). Not surprisingly, most notably impressive during the concert (for me anyway) were Sakura (DAMN the girl has the pipes), Maachan and Fukuchan (both of whom could really let it rip when it was needed). The only hiccups I noticed were once when Yasshii's voice squeaked (I could be wrong, but I think it was during "Brainstorming") for a split-second, and during "I WISH",  Harunan's solo part was seemed to be a little deeper than what her vocal range is, so even though she managed to hit it, it probably didn't come out as smoothly as she would have liked.

I had missed out on the handshake event when they were here during AX, so I definitely had wanted to not miss it this time. A whole group of us grabbed some seats and eagerly waited for our turns. While we were there, yeah, Hart and I spent the time coming up with  things we'd say to the girls. Most of it was just "normal/regular" comments one would want to say, but yeah, we came up with a couple  of more...unique ones:

a) asking Zukki if her breakfast was oishi, and/or just saying "I had a big breakfast today too!"

AAAAAND THE BIG ONE, which would have been awesome had we been able to pull it off:

b) going up to Eripon, Hart would say "Kaichou, I'm a big Gaki-san fan too!" and then I'd be behind him in line and I'd go "WAIT! ME TOO!!!", at which point we'd both do the double peace with Eripon and go "Yaaaaaaaaay!" :P


In the end, when it came time for our turn in the line, I was just awestruck/dumbfounded, totally froze and just managed to say really simple stuff like "Arigatou" or "Thank you".   :nervous

Will edit add on later. :P
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: almond on October 07, 2014, 10:53:37 PM
At some point during the night, pika glomped me because he had tweeted (or posted on LINE) a pic of all of us in the hotel room, and almond noticed I was there and she texted him to do so. :lol:

Yup! Pika, God bless 'im, was kind enough to message me occasionally on LINE what y'all were up to since I ended up not being able to go. Had to send a hug your way on account of the still memorable fic comments you'd make  :jphip:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rayle on October 08, 2014, 05:31:05 AM
Man, completely failed to do accounts for Jpop Summit or Japan Expo, but I'm feeling the inspiration tonight. Just wanna keep that feeling going!

Flew in on Friday, arriving at the hotel where I was staying with rokun, Yuuyami, and Yuu's friend around 8PM. We headed out to 42nd street to meet up with the Crew at John's Pizzeria. Good stuff! We took group pictures at the end, so those should go up at some point. J-triumf and kitaoji hooked up with us at that point and we decided to explore Broadway and Times Square at night, and met up with Daigong's group on the way. We hit up the Best Buy Theater and caught MM on the marquee a couple of times, but more amusingly, a B1A4 (Kpop boyband) concert had just finished, so all of their fans were waiting for the boys to leave the theater. We explored the Square for a while, and came back just in time to catch the van B1A4 got in, so that Daigong got footage of the members through the van windows. XD

Saturday morning rolled around RAINING. SO MUCH RAIN. We loafed around until lunch time, hitting up Legend of Korra and the Carmilla web series, and then made our way to Katz Delicatessen, meeting up with Kitaoji and Madara from MM-BBS. We decided to have a viewing party back at the hotel, and J-Tri met us there, and thus proceeded one of the filthiest conversations ever, as we struggled to plug in the HDMI cable into the port on the back of a skinny TV bolted to the wall. Only two people at a time could get their hands into the back of the damned thing, so directions on attempted teamwork turned into describing the ports as penises and vaginas and trying align the fucking cable to Stick It In, with loads of lesbian innuendo. Great times. Yuu's friend won the MVP for having the smallest wrists and managing to finally get the thing into the Vagina Port.

We watched about halfway through the New Years' Countdown live before deciding to try for Karaoke, but they didn't have any rooms open before we needed to hit up Hello!Party, so we explored the New York Public Library Main Building. Got a group picture with one of the lions and everything. Then we had dinner at the Red Flame diner, before going to Hello!Party, which was loads of fun. Rokun, kitaoji, and I decided to support Team Riho since it seemed like none of her fans showed up. Slack managed to guess the Brainstorming/Wolf Boy intro game, major props! Yuu and kitaoji also kicked ass at bokken spinning/balloon popping. After the games ended, we went for Karaoke, and Slack's group joined us towards the tail end. There was Jpop. There was Kpop. There was Franz Ferdinand, Beastie Boys, Eminem, and Journey. Good times. Once we split up for the night we finished off the Countdown concert at the hotel room.

We attempted to get in line by 9 the next morning, but didn't leave until later, and then just missed our train due to getting on the wrong platform at first.  XD The line had juuuuust finished filling out the second side of the building, so staff directed us to start the third leg of the line across from Junior's. It was kind of sketchy since we were so far away from the rest of the line due to construction, but other fans turned up to line up behind us soon enough. We hung out with some French fans and a 15 year old, and Yuu brought a speaker, so there was much dancing (which was necessary, since our side was shaded from both sides so it was cold! Most of the non -JPHIP fans by us were newbies, and it was sad that when we cued up Romantic Ukare Mode, they didn't even recognize it, much less know the wotagei. Sad times. Ah well, Yuu and I (hah) had some fun doing Kpop dances over MM songs. At one point, I got a text from the Hello!Party crew that I was one of the raffle winners, so I got a freaking KingBlade lightstick! Said Hello!Party crew also made the rounds a few times, once with a full-size Sayumi cutout to take pictures with,  :lol: and a couple times with the pink glowsticks. There was a Japanese fan handing out free swag, so I nabbed myself a Password is 0 single. At one point she gave a CD to a Limo driver on the curb beside us, and we heard the music coming from the car radio. XD Since the line was just behind the entrance to The Lion King, there were a few times when people thought that's what we were lined up for, hah. One of the valet drivers across the street was sad that he couldn't attend the concert, so I think we might have made a new fan of him!

The merch line before the concert was a disaster. The staff wasn't in any hurry to get items, and there was no line management in front of the tables, so it was just a morass of people in front of the tables, and the line behind moving maybe two steps every half hour. Because of that, I might have missed out on some of the better standing room in the theater. Ah well. I joined Yuu, Kitaoji, and her friend in the seats towards the back. There were a whole bunch of casuals in the section behind us, as they didn't have any glowsticks or lightsticks. But ah man, the concert was great! Not just the girls, but the audience, too! I loved how standing room was completely full of KingBlade lights, and one big difference is that lights were up and waving for nearly everything, like in a rave, not as controlled as in Japan shows. We dance like we want, yo! And everyone was screaming at every opportunity. I'm proud to say that we started the "Eeeeeeehhhhhhhh"s on Eripon. You can hear us!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_IlYUH8eB0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_IlYUH8eB0)

No, seriously, the audience was so great, half of the time I forgot to watch the girls for looking at the lightstick ocean. Pink ocean during Sayu's solo was dope.
But the energy of the girls was pure dynamite! They do not pull their punches.

After the concert, the merch line was much better, actually moving at a decent pace. Unfortunately, due to where I was seated before, as well as needing to retrieve my bag, most of the merch was sold out by the time I got to the front. I managed to snag a Zukki towel, though!
At this point, Yuu discovered that she had won a Prize from a Samsung Galaxy raffle, but since it was too late to redeem it for VIP at that point, she and kitaoji got a personally signed photo from the girls instead!

Then we all had Yakiniku with the Crew, and there was much bacon-fire and extra asparagus and general grilling shenanigans. It was great meeting Dai and JFC and Kuro and Hart. We were definitely way too boisterous for the place, including when we went all Oprah with the Kimchi rice along with Dave from NSK. Our poor waiter was ace dealing with us. :lol: Lots of group pictures were taken afterwards. And we saw a New York Subway Rat waiting for the train on the way back!

Ah, man, I've had MM songs stuck in my head all day, and I was both tired and energized all at the same time. Haven't had this condensed an idol experience since Japan Expo with Kikka last year. Definitely want to do it again. Y'all are all great fun.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 08, 2014, 05:46:31 AM
^ yeah can't help it with the group we had for the BBQ. XD

The four Filipinos fitting on one side of the table (could have been)

TBH I actually would like to thank Essy for making the thread and giving updates whenever possible. Too bad she couldn't come
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 08, 2014, 05:47:47 AM
^ yeah can't help it with the group we had for the BBQ. XD

The four Filipinos fitting on one side of the table (could have been)

TBH I actually would like to thank Essy for making the thread and giving updates whenever possible. Too bad she couldn't come
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 08, 2014, 07:02:39 AM
Okay, following up on my other post now. I had typed it up during a couple of spare periods in the morning as well as over my lunch hour and was planning on trying to finish it up in bits here and there during the afternoon, however the stuff that had been left behind for the classes I had in the afternoon (all Grade 6 kids) basically required my full attention and so I didn't have a chance to do it (and there was no way I was going to stick around after classes had ended for the day).


Anyhooz...yeah. After spending all that time thinking of what to say to each of the girls...I ended up just grinning like a goofball and telling them "thank yous" like a giddy, dumbfounded fanboy.  :mon sweat:

A few of us were wondering if the girls were still wearing their high-heeled boots for the handshakes that they wore during the concert. For me it just seemed a little odd that Yasshii was pretty much at eye level with me when I know that, unless she recently hit a growth spurt that hasn't been accounted for yet, I'm roughly 10cm taller than her.

After the handshakes were done and the theater staff were herding the last of us back out to the lobby, we saw that the merchandise table was COMPLETELY sold out. :doh:  Kinda pissed off about it because basically that meant that the people who were able to get through the handshakes early were able to get the shwag, while those of us who ended up going later got shafted. Oh well, c'est la vie, as they say. For me personally, sure I would have liked to have gotten a commemorative t-shirt or something. In the end though, I'm still happy with the CD that I got in order to get the handshake ticket.


Next, dinner at the yakiniku joint. Finally met Yuuyami face to face for the first time and I had to bite my tongue to keep myself from spazzing out and going "OMGASS YOU'RE SO TINY!"  :nervous  The reservations had to be done in groups of 6 (for us anyway, as we had booked separately from the other group that boyten and rokun had gotten into that had apparently been able to make a booking for like, over 20 people). So we got 3 tables of 6 set aside for us, and I'm sitting down with daigong, Hart, Rayle, Yuuyami, and Yuuyami's friend who's name I forget (again, *gomen*, I really suck at remembering people's names unless I've been around them for at least a few days). Our table was probably the loudest of our 3 that were there, partially because our waiter (who, like Rayle said, was totally awesome and understanding as he dealt with us) mistakenly brought us a second foil pack of asparagus instead of the fish order we were supposed to get, partially because we had a few instances where we had some gnarly bacon flare-ups on the grill, and partially because we ended up squeezing 2 more people at our table (so we had ordered food for 6 people and were feeding 8 with it). :lol: It was also here that Yuuyami's friend had her one cocktail that I mentioned in my previous post.

After dinner we gathered for some pictures, and then we had to bid farewell to Yuuyami and company as they had to wake up in 5 or 6 hours to catch a 4:00AM bus so they wouldn't miss their Monday morning class. The rest of us headed back to the hotel for another H!Pstah group gathering. We weren't as loud as we were the previous night, or at least, we didn't get any phone calls from the front desk about other hotel guests complaining about the noise. However, the night was once again filled with merriment, shared memories of concert happening, and overall fangasming. The next day was Monday, which for several of us (myself included) meant having to head to the airport to head back to wherever it was we each called home.



Overall, it's hard for me to pick out a single moment that could/would sum up this weekend for me. I mean, there was the time just after the concert finished when a few of us were gathered just in front of the doors of the theater when Yuuyami proclaimed "I'm pretty sure that I'm shorter than ALL of Morning Musume, even Ayumi!"  :lol:  There's the time back at the hotel during the second JPH!P gathering when I was talking to Flyp (at least, I'm pretty sure it was Flyp), and he said that, after seeing the current line-up in concert, "I feel like I've become a born-again MoMusu fan!", or the time at the hotel when I took one of the custom, heart-shaped silicone wrist bands that daigong and Ping had ordered, turned it inside-out and noticed that it's shape now resembled that of a nipple. 
:wahaha:


Naturally, part of me would have liked for it to have been more than just a weekend, but you know what, any time that I can spend with others from the JPH!P family is time worth spending, and I wouldn't give it up or trade it for anything.

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Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on October 08, 2014, 10:34:49 AM
Maaaan it sounds like everyone had great fun! I wish I could have been there!

Let's hope MM will make a real world tour, and then we'll party it up when we can next time!

Fight on guys! Feel the Momusu love and come back to the fandom! :D (for all you of lapsed faith XD)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 08, 2014, 02:54:41 PM
I feel like they'll definitely be coming to the US again now that they have NakaMii. I think that's probably one of the main reasons they picked her actually.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: oaxiac on October 08, 2014, 06:54:16 PM
(http://nihongogo.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Morning-Musume-%E2%80%9914-Live-in-New-York-City-Nihongogo-%E3%83%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E5%A8%98%E3%80%8214-78-1024x682.jpg)
Morning Musume ’14 Live in New York City Exclusive Coverage (english article, plenty of pics)
http://nihongogo.com/2014/10/morning-musume-14-live-in-new-york-city-exclusive-coverage/ (http://nihongogo.com/2014/10/morning-musume-14-live-in-new-york-city-exclusive-coverage/)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Hart on October 08, 2014, 08:03:51 PM
Fight on guys! Feel the Momusu love and come back to the fandom! :D (for all you of lapsed faith XD)

So.....you're saying....I'm a born-again Momosu fan?  :D
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: rokun on October 08, 2014, 10:26:08 PM
^ Yeah we only needed Essy to make it complete!!! Well, as far as I would be concerned, lol.

Also Rayle, I'm glad you have a much better memory than me XD since my experience was mostly the same as yours I'll leave your tale to tell the story lol, and maybe fill some more in about the concert later if I can remember anything. :P I'll have to look up a setlist somewhere to remind myself... Usually things start coming back when I see videos of the concert too. Actually, in this case I'm sure they will since what we see in videos will likely be very similar to what my experience is and I'll be able to zero in on myself easily lol. Anyway, thanks again all for yet another amazing Hello Pro weekend!!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 09, 2014, 03:40:01 AM
A few news clips; no idea what they were saying about Mai and Ma-kun:
20141007 「めざましテレビアクア」モーニング娘。'14 NY公演記事紹介 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27ecno)

20141007 「めざましテレビ」モーニング娘。'14NY公演記事紹介 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27ed8g)


Aichan, Yossi and Kemeko comment about the current lineup going to NY.
20141007 「news every.」元モー娘。保田ら歓喜 現役娘。が初の米単独公演 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27fe29)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: BigFreaky on October 09, 2014, 05:29:29 AM
This trip was truly amazing. So glad I went, and happy I could hang out with the peeps I haven't seen in so long!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Estrea on October 09, 2014, 05:58:15 AM
Fight on guys! Feel the Momusu love and come back to the fandom! :D (for all you of lapsed faith XD)

So.....you're saying....I'm a born-again Momosu fan?  :D

Welcome back to the fold. Go forth and sin no more :P
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on October 09, 2014, 08:33:08 AM
Yes, I too wish Estrea could've been there with us; she was one of the first to break the news of this whole thing, started the thread to get us organized...and I'm sure she would be a blast to have around with us, especially with the Riho fangirling. :P

My experience was far from perfect; my lack of sleep going into it definitely affected my ability to properly plan and get on top of things, leaving me with a share of regrets. At the same time, some things did go better than expected, all things considered...and the important thing is that the good moments were way more significant than the bad. :twothumbs

Gonna do my day-by-day recaps one post at a time...


Day 0 & 1

Like two years before, the journey started on Wednesday night for a Thursday morning arrival. Got out of work early just so I could post one last thing in my blog (http://crazyhpblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/on-to-the-next-one), though having extra time for packing didn't hurt. :P

Arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport around 8 AM local time; I was hoping to get a good view of the city from the plane as we landed again, but this time around it was all kinds of cloudiness. Decided to eat breakfast at the same airport McDonald's I had breakfast at when I first arrived in 2012, then hung around the place a bit to reminisce on the long wait for the Berryz welcoming party as well as kill time because hotel check-in was at 3. But fuck that, it was the Newark Airport, I didn't wanna waste all day here like last time, so I cut out and boarded the train for Penn Station--and with that, I put my 2012 Berryz adventure behind me, as it was time to start something new.

Got to Penn Station and went around the the place a bit, checked out Madison Square Garden, and killed a bit more time before finally making an attempt to call daigong. I had my Warriors Stephen Curry jersey on for visibility/identification purposes, which led to some random dude trying to talk basketball to me while I waited. :lol: dai told me he was "somehwere on 5th Avenue", specifically the Uniqlo at 53rd Street, so I dragged my luggage with me into the subway to get there. I was ready to do the whole crazy numbers game with the Metro Card as advised by that one Tumblr link I posted before, until I learned that the subway now sells time-based unlimited access cards! This would turn out to be the most useful thing ever for me for the rest of my stay.

Finally met up with daigong (FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER OMG) after waiting a bit longer and exploring the Rockefeller area. :lol: We walked all the way to his hotel on 42nd Street where he let me leave my bags, then we went off to explore the city. Took a subway to Downtown Manhattan, swung by the World Trade Center area, had some lunch from a food cart, then walked all the way from there to the Brooklyn Bridge...then walked ALL THE WAY on the bridge's pedestrian path to cross the East River...THEN WALKED ALL THE WAY from the bridge to the Barclays Center! We got our touristy photo shoots on along the way, then got back on the subway from there so I can get my stuff and check into my hotel in Queens, which took longer than expected due to this couple ahead of me arguing about whose credit card to use. :lol:

After settling in, I went back to Times Square to explore for a bit and confirm the location of the Best Buy Theater; then daigong and I went down to East Village to meet up with Ping for dinner at a ramen restaurant, where they apparently serve "soupless ramen"! :lol: It's actually yakisoba, and the menu listed its Japanese translation as 焼きそば, so I made sure to order it as such. We reminisced a bit about my first meetup with other HiPstas (2010 in Hollywood for the Utada tour), and discussed the business of press coverage, me having just dealt with J-Pop Summit earlier this year.

During dinner I was made aware of long lines at the Nintendo store due to what turned out to be the release event for Super Smash Bros. on 3DS; having missed that place last time I was in New York, I made a note to make sure to visit that store before my vacation was finished. I also came across some info on Twitter about flights from Japan arriving at the JFK airport in the morning, so I made plans with dai to meet up over there as we headed back to our respective hotels. A new chapter has begun!

Bonus: daigong kept saying he expected me to be taller, but reality proved otherwise... (http://i.imgur.com/uxItuf7.gif)
(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/t/jphip07579.jpg) (http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07579.jpg)
(we were just goofing off with perspective shots, I'm not actually that tiny or am i?)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 10, 2014, 12:06:12 AM
^ dude you're taller than me :lol:

Day 0 & 1

Well this is how it started...

I flew out from Hawaii on Thursday taking two flights one from Honolulu to Los Angeles and the second one to LA to Newark.  The place ride was weird in general because I haven't ridden on one in 15+ years (roll eyes) and second it was updated to something i wasn't used to with.

So beyond that, arriving in Newark at 8:30, I headed onto the rail to head out to the station to take to Penn station.  Carrying the one bag, I head to the bag storage place to drop it off so I could walk around to explore the city.  Rockefeller Center was nice and got some stuff from the NBC store before walking around aimlessly to the Nintendo World where I heard about the arrival of the girls at JFK but just going around Midtown was an experience before picking up cookies at Momofuku and checked in at the place.

The place itself was okay but it was good enough to sleep for the time period.  I waited for the first of my roommate to come to the place before I showered and headed to the first Broadway show, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.  Now, I had a feeling that it wouldn’t have Neil Patrick Harris when I passed by the theater on the first trip so I was keeping an open mind but no Lena Hall lowered the expectations a bit but the whole show by itself was wonderful.  The story blew me away and I really wanted to see the movie to how it compared to it.

After the play, I walked over to John’s Pizzeria to meet the Hipstas there.  The crowds of people there.  That was an awesome thing to meet everyone before returning back with the two roommates.

Day 2

Rainy and gloomy but I decided to take the subway down to the memorial and paid for the admission for the museum.  Liked the experience, hated the fact of the price but it was all worth it.  I ended up returning back to Midtown soaked to have curry before Aladdin.  Aladdin was only for genie (and luckily I got to meet the guy who played genie in the play on Monday night.  He was so much bigger than expected and he thanked me for seeing the performance.)

Before the party, I saw resop for the first time and talked about H!P in general which was fun to get to fan talk. After that I decided to go to Hello! Party which was kind of what people were saying in general but I couldn’t pass it up with the games and the people dancing.  Then my first time doing wotagei in public (perfect song Romantic Ukare Mode)  I knew it wasn’t perfect but not like I had my choices in songs.  Then, meeting Yuu-chan.  (She’s cute and tiny XD) Also winning a king blade from the raffle.

After that went to Five Guys for a grilled cheese before returning back.

Day 3

I decided to do a little walking around the venue and saw the line out there but didn’t bother to really do anything but I got cheesecake from Junior’s and returned back to rest before the concert.

Then I remembered the line was rounding everywhere and got to the end where I met up with two women which we had long conversations but it was amusing to see the people asking us about what we were standing in line for and the nods were the indicator of everything.  After the few hours, the line was brought in but from the reports going through the line it was chaotic for merchandise and for sure we heard only so many CD’s were being bought and it ended up only being that before the show.  Honestly, I felt a little disappointed but just bearing it a CD would be ample for a souvenir not knowing that by luck, I got a handshake ticket a few moments before the show.

The show itself being stuck behind a wall of people and just going with the group while every so often watching the TV above.  Zukki’s big breakfast.  Eripon’s web slinging.  Sakura’s English.  Harunan XD

The concert was spectacular and the encore call seeing the man dying in the back of me.  So after everything I sat with Hart, JFC, and Ops.  We were discussing about what to say especially Zukki’s big breakfast.  In the end, I said thanks to everyone except Zukki which I said Daisuki to her and Sayu with Sotsugyou Omedetou and then headed outside to get away from the exit which I met up with the rest of the crew for BBQ

I had to step outside for a bit with some issues but after I returned to eat with them and talk about whatever and Yuu’s friend after that one drink.  After the pictures and what not, hanged out with the gang at Dai’s room and got the bracelet and stickers.  Took some shots.  Talk the usual JPH!P stuff before realizing it was the early morning and in the city that never sleeps, I walked around for an hour before seeing off Chibs and Leo and taking a short sleep before the next day in a couple of hours.

Day 4

I had to check out and being the last one it was a bad experience because the host was away and never answered her phone for the few hours leading up to it but she got back after talking to my next host.  With the hour to spare, I walked with my stuff up to Central park and took in the sights.  I got a picture of a squirrel :D before heading to the next place a block east of the first place.  His partner let me in and got to set up a bit before the last Broadway show, Avenue Q.  Classic show with reminders of the generation problems or lack there of XD

Then the final day

Day 5

Started with the Empire State Building and then waited at Bryant Park for a bit to check out Kinokuniya for some stuff which I found before heading to Trader Joe’s for the first time and bought a lot which is now my stuff for baggage XD  The final stop was Katz’s and for an experience it cost $25 XD

After all that, I realized that New York is way too fast for me.  Second, I cherished the fact I got to meet so many Hipstas in one place.  Finally, shaking Momusu’s hand individually was beyond a dream and I can’t wait for the next stop.  If it is Hawaii, be sure to have money

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Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 11, 2014, 01:23:28 AM
A few news clips; no idea what they were saying about Mai and Ma-kun
Well, this sheds some light on it. According to this translated post from Mai's blog (provided by the kind peeps at blog-project.net), the 2 of them were in attendance during the concert! Anyone happen to see them?

Quote
Morning Musume。’14 Live in New York
Special Translations | By Skoban | October 10, 2014

I was thereー!

 
I’m happy that all the songs were songs that I love~

 
Morning Musume’s performance was really stylish、

I like their professionalism!!

 
The cheers and excitement of the local fans was amazing、 it gave me goosebumps!!

 
And、 Michishige Sayumi-chan、 who’s preparing for her graduation、 was reliable as usual, a cool leader。

 
I was deeply moved while watching them on stage!

 

 
And、 the day before the concert, I went for lunch with the girls of Morning Musume~

 
They were all innocent cuties~

 
I also enjoyed getting to talk with Shige-san, it’s been a while!

I wish I could have talked more with the other members~

 
Next time、 I’ll try talking more with them!

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07591.jpg)

Photo with everyone。

 
Morning Musume。’14、 and Country Musume。 and Masao-san。

 

 
Sent from my iPhone
TRANSLATED BLOG LINK - http://blog-project.net/special-translations/210992 (http://blog-project.net/special-translations/210992)
ORIGINAL BLOG LINK - http://ameblo.jp/satodamai/entry-11937175889.html (http://ameblo.jp/satodamai/entry-11937175889.html)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rayle on October 11, 2014, 05:06:35 AM
After the fact, I'm really sad they didn't do perform Kimi Sae, because come on, 2000 people on the dance floor, how could they not!?  :panic:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on October 12, 2014, 01:20:03 AM
^ dude you're taller than me :lol:
Ssssshhhh, don't tell anyone who hasn't met me yet! ;)

And yeah, I found out about Satoda and Tanaka in attendance shortly after the concert, though I don't remember if it was right after the concert or the next day that I found out.

And now to continue with my recap!

Day 2

Still on west coast time at this point, I woke up around 9-ish and coordinated with dai about flight updates. He was on his way to JFK a lot sooner than I was; knowing about the day's flight delays and how getting through customs can take a while, I gave myself some time to get some quick hotel breakfast and collect my bearings regarding the part of Queens I was in. Hopped on the subway to Jamaica, got to the AirTrain junction about half an hour later, then eventually reached Terminal 1 of JFK to meet up with dai. We briefly discussed the possibility of another flight from Japan being relevant, so I swung by Terminal 7 to check things out and make sure, but he called and assured me that Terminal 1 was the right spot, so I rushed back. We also met Al Kusanagi of MM-BBS and Hiro of 2012 Berryz t-shirts fame, as well as a Harunan wota whose name I didn't catch. Waiting right outside the arrival exit, we were eventually joined by Slack and his crew, as well as Flyp, and we all sat idly as the flight status updated and the customs wait began. Any remaining doubts about the right location were squashed when I spotted Yaz waiting several yards away, and Slack and dai were able to solidify some upcoming plans with her.

Noon time rolled around, and passengers from Narita started trickling in. My hunger and fatigue were getting to me, and at least one person in the group kept joking about how every Asian female that walked out the door got his hopes up. :P Around 12:30 was when we finally hit the jackpot: the infamous "bald guy" was spotted, same black jacket and all, and everyone scrambled for their cameras!
Morning Musume '14 arriving at JFK 2014-10-03 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUaO0gofknI#ws)
Many thanks to Slack for getting this on video; I thought I could take still photos while waving at the girls, but alas, it was not meant to be.

First one to show up was Zukki, who actually paused and smiled for us as she noticed our welcoming party and the special sign daigong made! Right next to her was Eripon, and they were followed up by Duu and Ayumi who had a big letter A on her shirt. A few staffers followed, then the rest of the group came in: Sakura and Maachan together holding hands, with Sakura taking off her mask and waving at us, then right behind was Fukuchan towering over them. :lol: Haruna and Sayu were next, and bringing up the rear was Riho, who, compared to the innocent charm and simple politeness the others displayed, smiled and waved at us with a clear "Yeah, I'm here for y'all, I know I'm awesome" vibe...at least that's what it felt like for me. XD Also notable was how Sakura kept looking back at us after she walked past; maybe it was because of the purple shirt I was wearing. :lol: Once they all walked past, the last Up Front staff member, who I like to call the "Yabe-clone" (because of his resemblance to Hiroyuki Yabe of Ninety-Nine), stopped and took a quick photo of all of us. XD

I was in a bit of a daze as we left the airport because of that experience (Zukki's smile is definitely more powerful in person :wub:), leading to some slight confusion when trying to help the others access the subway line. :nervous We went back to Times Square, waited for people to check into their hotels, met up with CKD who joined in on our group, then hit up Shake Shack for lunch, which was pretty damn good, especially with my appetite going crazy at this point. We then worked off those calories by walking our way to the Empire State Building and lined up for the observatory deck; realizing the wait was 2 hours, I was seriously considering leaving the group behind so I could explore the city, but at that point I was getting tired and thought I might as well give this a shot. The weather at ground level was pretty warm, but cold and windy when we got to the top! :bleed eyes: Still, it was nice to get treated to yet another good moment of breathtaking views. :P

Afterwards we all walked back to Times Square and chilled at our respective hotels while dinner plans were up in the air. We eventually decided to meet up at the lobby of the Times Square Toys R Us at 8:30. daigong and I showed up there first, and while I was on my phone trying to get in touch with other HiPstas who were just arriving in the city, this random dude just walked up to me and give me a big bear hug while I was talking on the phone! :panic: It was pikapikapika, whom I recognized right away but obviously couldn't say anything at first. :P Then some other folks trickled in: Chibs, Slack and company, Manamin...we then settled on John's Pizzeria on the same block as Best Buy Theater. Boykun, Tenkei, Flyp, and Ping showed up while we waited for tables, and we settled on separate-but-close tables rather than waiting a bit longer for one big table because people were hungry. We were then joined by Amped of JPLOP, then a bit later kitaoji, followed by Rayle, Rokun, Yuuyami and her lurker friend (I believe her name is Mimi?). Beers were had, food came in a bit late because it took us a while to finally order some...then kuro strolled in late to join our already loud and intimidating crowd. Overall a pretty awesome gathering to cap off an eventful start to this vacation. :jphip:

After dinner some of us strolled around Times Square for a bit, checking out other theater locations and taking in the sights; we also hung around Best Buy Theater at one point due to a K-pop group, B1A4, having a concert there and tons of their fans waiting for them to leave the venue. :lol: At this point it was starting to get late and many of us were getting tired, so we headed into the subway station and went our separate ways, but not before I tried to make suggestions for Saturday plans, as rain was expected to keep most of us indoors. Unfortunately not only would I end up underestimating the weather forecast, I would end up underestimating my own fatigue and bad habits as well...
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 13, 2014, 07:04:35 PM
According to Haruka's blog, the NY concert will be covered on Mezamashi TV tomorrow (or possibly today, I'm not sure with the time difference).
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 13, 2014, 08:04:06 PM
Several of us here have briefly touched on some of the problems/issues that were had leading up to the concert. The person who runs the Jicchan.com (http://www.jicchan.com) website (some of you may know him as turbos86) has taken a more in-depth look at those issues. With any luck, someone from UF* will see his analysis, take it seriously, and hopefully it will help rectify and/or prevent similar issues from happening in any future trips/concerts that H!P has outside of Japan/Asia.

Jicchan.com - An honest review of Morning Musume ’14 live in New York City (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1410)
- http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1410 (http://www.jicchan.com/?p=1410)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 13, 2014, 08:43:50 PM
It wasn't perfect but I think for the experience will give them time to consider how to do the next concert overseas.  I rather have have it flawed than perfect.  If it was the case, they should have chased every one on the night before and whoever had vip tickets to come in at an earlier time.  From my experience with that type of tickets, the best thing is to force them to be in an area which sounds like they tried to do without thinking ahead.

Maybe other places wouldn't be congested like nyc to accommodate the crowds :/
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 14, 2014, 01:48:09 AM
According to Haruka's blog, the NY concert will be covered on Mezamashi TV tomorrow (or possibly today, I'm not sure with the time difference).
20141014 「めざましテレビ」モー娘。初のNY公演 海外でも超イイ感じ (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27vezx)


Poor Sayu, even though she's smiling during the interview, and even though it's pretty obvious that it's pretty windy when they were out there on that boat, it's still pretty obvious from the bags under her eyes that she's pretty damn tired.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 14, 2014, 03:06:57 AM
^ really cute how they see the girls and just go no thank you XD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 14, 2014, 07:23:52 AM
Quote
LOOKING EAST / Morning Musume triumphs on Broadway
October 14, 2014
By Takamasa Sakurai / Special to The Japan News


Morning Musume ’14 gave a concert at the Best Buy Theater on Broadway last Sunday, performing at a venue filled with about 2,000 fans not only from all across the United States but also from Canada, Central and South America, and Europe.

The show was much awaited by fans, as it was the first time since the group appeared in Paris in July 2010 that it had performed overseas by itself, with all 10 members present, in a concert for which admission was charged.

Their 2010 Paris show, which attracted about 4,000 people, has since become a legend. At the time, however, their CD sales and public recognition in Japan were flagging compared to their early years, when they were a public sensation.

I was in Paris and happened to see the show. I didn’t even know the names of the group’s members at the time, but I was overwhelmed by their performance. I thought they were almost as good as renowned rock bands in the United States, Britain and Japan.

Before that, I hadn’t just thought that idols’ music was no match for rock music — I’d thought it couldn’t even be compared. I was wrong. I realized how narrow-minded I’d been.

In 2009, when I visited Brazil and Thailand, young people there frequently told me about the group. They all said the group was marvelous, and at the time I thought people overseas were less informed about Japanese music than Japanese anime. But I was wrong again. They were more aware of the essence of Japanese music than I was.

I now think idols are a part of Japanese culture we can be proud of. But just like Japanese anime, not all idols are superb.

As I’ve traveled worldwide for my cultural diplomacy, I’ve become convinced of one thing: The spirit of “takumi,” or superb craftsmanship, is at the heart of the Japanese creative genres that are highly regarded around the world. Morning Musume has this spirit.

Current leader Sayumi Michishige is the only performer still with the group from the 2010 Paris show. The other nine are all in their late teens and joined later on. Michishige will depart after the group’s show in November at the Yokohama Arena.

It was announced recently that four new members would join the group. In this fashion, the takumi spirit has been passed from old to new members like a baton. The result was presented to the world at the New York show.

Morning Musume changed its name to Morning Musume ’14 this year. Next year, it will be Morning Musume ’15.

“I enjoyed the show very much,” Michishige said after the New York performance. “I’m very happy the current 10 members could perform together in New York before I left the group.”

The show lasted almost two hours and included 20 songs. Some were hit tunes from Morning Musume’s early years, but most were created after the current members joined the group.

Michishige said the New York audience was more enthusiastic than the Paris one. I thought so, too. They knew more about the tunes and the characteristics of the current members, she said, and got excited at the introduction of each song, meaning they knew which song would be performed.

The New York audience also responded differently to the onstage banter of the members, indicating that they had carefully searched the Internet for information on each member and their activities in Japan.

“Many fans of Japanese idols teach themselves the Japanese language,” an American woman I met at the show told me.

The front half of the audience space at the Best Buy Theater was standing room, and many fans lined up to get a spot as close as possible to the stage. I heard that the people who got the closest spots began lining up at midnight the day before.

A group of young Japanese entertainers successfully put on a show on Broadway, the zenith of world showbiz. I’d like people who have no interest in idols — the way I used to be — to know this.

(The next installment will appear Oct. 25.)

Sakurai is a content producer who uses events and seminars to engage in “pop culture diplomacy.”
Follow him at http://twitter.com/sakuraitakamasa (http://twitter.com/sakuraitakamasa)
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001626921 (http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001626921)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: scorn on October 14, 2014, 11:04:30 AM
^ really cute how they see the girls and just go no thank you XD
Guess Musume isn't a humongous enough status in NY yet,

If it were Taiwan, Bangkok, maybe even Paris, the girls may need security to keep them safe from being mobbed by hordes of screaming fans
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: invisname on October 14, 2014, 01:04:38 PM
I saw some of you guys out there showing off your JPHIP stickers, heck I even got one! But I was nervous to talk to anyone, especially since it has been awhile since I interacted with anyone!

I wrote up a lot of stuff including a little review if you want to hear how it went down for me. Unlike a lot of you I kept to my neutral not part of a particular group kind of mentality in order to give my 100% to the experience. Whether that was good or not is yet to be seen lol. I didn't get to meet a lot of you but I hope you guys had fun too!

Look back portions:
http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51831 (http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51831)
http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51850 (http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51850)
http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51864 (http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51864)
http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51868 (http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51868)
 
The review:
http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51872 (http://nantonaku.mittsi.net/?p=51872)

Seeing all the New York footage, man how much I wish we could do more.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 14, 2014, 05:53:23 PM
From UP-FRONT LINK'S Twitter:
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[EN] Morning Musume。'14 report in New York Day 1, check it out!
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944)
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/521996481457168384 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/521996481457168384)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: oaxiac on October 15, 2014, 02:17:55 AM
(http://selective-hearing.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DSC03608-1024x575.jpg)
Interview: Morning Musume。’14 in New York
http://selective-hearing.com/interview-morning-musume-14-in-new-york (http://selective-hearing.com/interview-morning-musume-14-in-new-york)

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Selective Hearing: Sato-san, if given the chance to go overseas again, where would you want to go?

Sato: The country I want to go to is the country Santa lives in, Finland! I want Santa to come to the concert too! [She said this with a completely straight face.]
:lol:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on October 15, 2014, 04:03:19 AM
I just want it known that we are still waiting for photo approval to publish JPHiP's coverage of the concert and our interview with Morning Musume.

Furthermore, our media relations contact told me today that UFA has not approved any media photos as of yet.

After looking at other sites' coverage, I leave the conclusions to you.

If it sounds like I'm pissed, it's because I am.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on October 15, 2014, 04:08:49 AM
I just want it known that we are still waiting for photo approval to publish JPHiP's coverage of the concert and our interview with Morning Musume.

Furthermore, our media relations contact told me today that UFA has not approved any media photos as of yet.

After looking at other sites' coverage, I leave the conclusions to you.

If it sounds like I'm pissed, it's because I am.

They probably looked at the name... oh god :thumbsup

Hopefully soon :nervous Kind of dickish though...
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: OpsMonkey on October 15, 2014, 04:56:05 AM
I just want it known that we are still waiting for photo approval to publish JPHiP's coverage of the concert and our interview with Morning Musume.

Furthermore, our media relations contact told me today that UFA has not approved any media photos as of yet.

After looking at other sites' coverage, I leave the conclusions to you.

If it sounds like I'm pissed, it's because I am.

.. and i would like to make it known that we received approval from Yaz on site. So if you're bitching because you have to wait that's just too bad for you. We went through the same process as everyone else. So seriously. grow up and wait for the approvals to go through.

Also, I don't appreciate your disrespectful tone towards our coverage. Who in the hell made you the authority? Not that I'm starting a fight, but that's not cool man.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on October 15, 2014, 05:47:38 AM
I didn't even mention you, did I?
Yes, I was pissed off, but I didn't even say who or what I was pissed at.
For all you know, I was pissed at UFA for taking so long, maybe I was pissed at myself for not getting on-site approval like you guys did.

But yes, for the record I'll admit that part of my anger was directed at you. I'm honest enough to at least say that.

What made me jump to conclusions was what you said at the end of the NSK podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEVgLj6o24#t=3h41m25s) on the trip:
"Wait for the interview. Still waiting for clearance. As soon as that thing is cleared, I'm hitting the publish button."
At the time, I assumed that meant the photos, but now I see I was mistaken since it seems clearer now that you were referring to something else.

I'm actually happy for you guys for getting an interview.
Earlier today I was even asking someone we both know to tell you that I didn't want to be your enemy anymore.
After hearing you guys talk about the trip on the podcast, I felt like perhaps it was the time to bury the hatchet.

Most of all, I want to apologize for directing my ire in your direction.
As I said in the chatroom earlier tonight:
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<Slack> I need something to make me less pissed off
<J-Triumf> because of the interview photo stuff?
<Slack> yeah
<Slack> I don't even know who I'm upset at anymore
<Slack> which is why I need something to distract me
<Slack> I want to be happy for a fellow fan for getting an interview
<Slack> I want to be happy at their answers to the questions
<Slack> but most of all, I want to have our stuff published too
<Slack> it's like having a broken leg and watching your classmates playing on the playground while you have to just sit there
It's just a super frustrating feeling just waiting for something this big and knowing you're being left behind.

This trip is full of happy memories, let's not ruin them by bringing in anything we might have between us.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 15, 2014, 07:23:19 AM
Looks like the Japanese news media are still talking about it. This clip even has a shot of Mai and Ma-kun in it.

141014Morning Musume 14[Super News] Live in N.Y. (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27yc2t)

I spot rokun at around the 50 second mark of this one.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: OpsMonkey on October 15, 2014, 07:34:57 AM
I didn't even mention you, did I?
Yes, I was pissed off, but I didn't even say who or what I was pissed at.
For all you know, I was pissed at UFA for taking so long, maybe I was pissed at myself for not getting on-site approval like you guys did.

But yes, for the record I'll admit that part of my anger was directed at you. I'm honest enough to at least say that.

What made me jump to conclusions was what you said at the end of the NSK podcast (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEVgLj6o24#t=3h41m25s) on the trip:
"Wait for the interview. Still waiting for clearance. As soon as that thing is cleared, I'm hitting the publish button."
At the time, I assumed that meant the photos, but now I see I was mistaken since it seems clearer now that you were referring to something else.

I'm actually happy for you guys for getting an interview.
Earlier today I was even asking someone we both know to tell you that I didn't want to be your enemy anymore.
After hearing you guys talk about the trip on the podcast, I felt like perhaps it was the time to bury the hatchet.

Most of all, I want to apologize for directing my ire in your direction.
As I said in the chatroom earlier tonight:
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<Slack> I need something to make me less pissed off
<J-Triumf> because of the interview photo stuff?
<Slack> yeah
<Slack> I don't even know who I'm upset at anymore
<Slack> which is why I need something to distract me
<Slack> I want to be happy for a fellow fan for getting an interview
<Slack> I want to be happy at their answers to the questions
<Slack> but most of all, I want to have our stuff published too
<Slack> it's like having a broken leg and watching your classmates playing on the playground while you have to just sit there
It's just a super frustrating feeling just waiting for something this big and knowing you're being left behind.

This trip is full of happy memories, let's not ruin them by bringing in anything we might have between us.


So let me clear some stuff up here. First, when I mentioned I was "waiting for clearance" on the NSK Podcast I had to wait a week for UP-FRONT to clear the content of the interview and the pictures (again) before I could publish it. It was ready to go last week but I had to go through the motions until I got the e-mail to go ahead and post.

And you're frustrated over 2 weeks?  Try 5 years of waiting. Ever since AX 2009 I have had to deal with a bunch of red tape with UP-FRONT every time one of their acts has come to America with little to show for my attempts to play ball and be nice. And I will become very defensive over this particular interview because it took a LONG time to get that point in New York. You don't think I was pissed off when your Kikka coverage in Atlanta got immediate approval and I had to wait 4 months after her appearance for UP-FRONT to even tell me I could publish anything? Of course I was, but I wasn't going around dissing others who were lucky enough to get past the gatekeepers at UP-FRONT.

I will not have all the hard work and effort I put in to even get this interview dismissed and disrespected because someone isn't happy with the promptness of the approval process for their own work. I find that to be an unfair and immature reaction.  We all want to share the experience with other fans and unfortunately there is a waiting period when it comes to dealing with these Japanese agencies.  I'm still waiting for my concert pics to be approved by the way and I don' t expect a quick response either. I'm in the same boat as everyone else who was allowed press access.

Now as for burying the hatchet? Well I'm okay with that. I'm willing to let the past be the past for the sake of not tainting what was a great experience in New York.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on October 15, 2014, 07:58:44 AM
As much as I love drama that doesn't involve myself, maybe this could have been handled more privately? Looking at both of you... Whether or not your issues taint your memories is one thing, but now they're tainting this thread. FOREVER!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Slack on October 15, 2014, 08:22:02 AM
Point taken, shirenu.



...
So how about that さうさげ?
(http://i.imgur.com/0JnRju2.jpg)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Sacul097 on October 15, 2014, 01:15:05 PM
I'm personally fine with drama *eats popcorn*
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on October 16, 2014, 09:45:28 AM
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LOOKING EAST / Morning Musume triumphs on Broadway
October 14, 2014
By Takamasa Sakurai / Special to The Japan News
FULL ARTICLE LINK - http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001626921 (http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001626921)
I found myself in that article's photo!
(http://i.imgur.com/TjQy4yC.jpg)
The lone green lightstick raised up in the middle belongs to my arm, and you can kinda see my head in that crowd...and Rokun is right there to the left closer to the stage. :P Anyone else spot themselves?

And here's daigong's recording of Momusu arriving at JFK:
Morning Musume '14 NYC Airport (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oof5RKIoic#ws)

Also, I feel like this is a good time to point out: one of the things I really enjoyed about this New York trip was that there were so many people, from here and elsewhere, that I wanted to meet and spend time with, that any potential individual issues were pretty much overshadowed by being able to seek out more positive vibes so easily. Of course, it also resulted in a dilemma of maybe having too many people that I wanted to meet and spend time with that I was overwhelmed by how to split my time! :panic:

A very appropriate intro for the next chapter of my post-by-post recap!

Day 3

So...my plan for Saturday was to have lunch with whoever, do karaoke in the afternoon, then maybe dinner, then Hello Party and whatever other afterparty at night. Yeah, I kinda messed that one up. :nervous

Woke up early-ish and ventured out into the rain-soaked morning, heading straight to Times Square to meet up with daigong and pika to figure out what their plans are. We swung by Kinokuniya for a bit, in which I felt little motivation to really buy anything cuz I got this store at home (plus music selection was just as sparse in NY as it is in SF). :P Then I remembered I needed to check something back at my hotel; took care of that, then went back to Times Square while trying to contact kitaoji and Rayle/Rokun/Yuu about their lunch plans and also contacting Slack and daigong about what they're about to do. Three separate groups, all full of people I wanted to spend time with, all doing their own things...yeah, I got pretty damn indecisive. :panic: So I just settled for having lunch with Slack and his people and just catching up with my original planned karaoke group after. Went to a diner on 49th Street, ended up doing the split tables again because other people were hungry, sat with Chibs, CKD, and Amped, and had a relatively quiet lunch. :lol: But whatever talks we did have were good, and the chicken sandwich I had was pretty tasty.

Rain eased up as we left, then I split from that group to head south on the subway and meet up with another group that I thought would be meeting at Duet35...but it turns out they were all still at their hotel in SoHo! So I got back into the subway to make my way there; I was a bit confused on which route to take, so I settled for a familiar transfer pattern (which turned out to be the exact set of trains/stops I took with H!P fans two years ago!) that would dump me near where I needed to be...except I found myself waiting forever at the brown line transfer. Getting impatient, I was about to leave the station but ended up running into HashirePomeranian and her friends just as they were getting in! XD Our brief moment of catching up ended when the train I was waiting for finally arrived, so we said our goodbyes and I ventured my way to a hotel in East Village.

The planned karaoke group had decided to stay indoors for concert DVD viewing instead! XD It was Rayle, Rokun, Yuuyami, Yuu's friend Mimi, and kitaoji trying to set things up; also there was kitaoji's friend Madara of MM-BBS, who I was meeting for both the second time and first time--he was present at the Berryz NJ event and even had some photos of me on his blog, but this was our first time actually talking to each other. The attempts to get an HDMI cable into the appropriate TV port was quite a struggle that spawned a very JPH!P-esque conversation throughout the whole thing (that Rayle already covered in an earlier post)...y'all just had to be there. ;) We watched a bit of the H!P New Years Countdown from this past winter and took a few group photos before finally deciding to hit up Duet35...except we forgot to call ahead for reservations. We got to the place only to be told that the kind of room we wanted wasn't available, so Rokun called a related karaoke place, Duet53, to make reservations for tonight under the assumption that Hello Party would be close to wrapping up by the time we had to get there.

Some of us were hungry and some of us weren't, so we left Duet35 and ventured down 5th Avenue to work up an appetite and see the sights of the city, as the rain had completely gone away by then. We swung by the library behind Bryant Park for a bit, and it was around this time that I found out that some other people had encountered Momusu wandering the city streets! No such luck for us, though. Madara then led us to a diner on 44th Street; I had some beer and split a fish & chips plate with Rayle while everyone else chowed down on full meals (though I think someone had cereal? :lol:). Then it was off to Hello Party!

The Hello Party crew definitely stepped their game up from two years ago! Last time was a loose party setting in couple of hotel convention rooms, this time the organizers secured a really fancy venue (that kinda reminded me of a GoldenEye/Perfect Dark arena :lol:) with a dedicated staff, organizing lines and carrying walkie-talkies and shit! We got in line and I had some brief reunions with fellow 2012 NYC adventurers who were working as staff. After I checked in, got my kickstarter contribution shirt, and filled out my name tag (no oshi dilemma this time!), I checked out the free merchandise table but couldn't find anything I was interested in, then went into the main stage room and took a seat in the middle of the Zukki row while most of my group filled up the seemingly-empty Riho row in front of me. The games were fun to watch, but I never got called up to participate--I probably should've stood up right away when they called out empty seats since the hosts ended up picking random people when that happened. Slack was pretty good with the song intro game, kitaoji nearly fell off the stage doing the kendo spin game, Madara drew some kind of bear mouse thing in the telephone drawing game. Nobody in our group got picked for the last game, so we took that time to take care of our raffle tickets and cheki photos with a lifesized cardboard Sayu! XD We went back in just as the games wrapped up, and chilled at the venue for a bit during the intermission waiting for the dance party to start up (while watching the #helloparty4 Twitter feed get trolled on the big screen). Unfortunately because everything started late we didn't stay long once the music started up; still, I made sure to at least get some stage time in with a brief rendition of the Chappelle's Show robot dance. :P

Madara split from us as it was getting late for him, then I reluctantly followed my group out the venue as we high-tailed it 12 blocks to Duet53. I did my best to contact daigong and Slack to invite them to join us, but the karaoke place was underground and I didn't have signal, so our group held down the fort for a bit. Lots of silly renditions of J-pop, K-pop, and American songs ensued, and I remembered quickly how difficult it was to read furigana on the fly. :lol: I got my scream on with "Shabondama" and dueting Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" with Rayle; Slack and his people joined us for the second hour of our booked time and got a bit of singing in as well.

We wrapped things up at midnight and hit the subway, and I split from the group at the Times Square station to head over to daigong's hotel for some late night drinking, where apparently a rum/coke mix was waiting just for me! XD Finally got to meet Kimuuu, JFC and Hart for the first time! BigFreaky and a bunch of NSK peeps/associates were there too, and lots of drunken noise was made; we even got a few calls from the lobby warning us. :P Someone was also giving away free AKB "Labrador Retriever" CDs, which served as convenient coasters for us. :lol: Around 2 AM we all decided to head outside into the cold night to see who's lined up at the Best Buy Theater already, and got treated to a bit of wotagei demonstration by the brave souls camping out there. But it was getting late and cold, so I cut out at 2:30 to head back to my Queens hotel, as the big day was ahead.

So yeah, a bit of a clusterfuck on my end--really wanted to stick around for the dance party, but also wanted to do karaoke as well--but lessons learned; I'm determined to be more organized and on top of things next time. Still, don't get me wrong, Saturday was still pretty fun.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: rokun on October 17, 2014, 12:17:31 AM
Hey I keep appearing in pictures here, even terms of use-breaching placeholder pics XD I hear we still have many J-news reports to come, as well as of course more independent interviews such as Slack's. I look forward to everything still to come!!!

I still need to do that concert run-down sometime... I'll need at least a setlist in front of me though if not the actual video in order to be well-detailed XD although... I wonder if there would be any point then? lol

In the meantime, thanks J for your day-by-day rundown :D it almost matches UF-Link's update timing, lol.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 18, 2014, 05:04:32 AM
A whole whackload of stuff today.


Firstly, a "Live" report...which has been posted nearly 2 weeks after the concert took place.:P

MTV81.com - Super Idols Morning Musume。’14 Make Unforgettable New York Debut (http://www.mtv81.com/features/live-reports/super-idols-morning-musume14-make-unforgettable-new-york-debut/)
- http://www.mtv81.com/features/live-reports/super-idols-morning-musume14-make-unforgettable-new-york-debut/ (http://www.mtv81.com/features/live-reports/super-idols-morning-musume14-make-unforgettable-new-york-debut/)



Next, another translated blog post (this time from Tsunku himself) courtesy of the peeps at blog-project.net.
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Morning Musume。’14 New York Performance Ended without a Hitch! (Tsunku♂)
Special Translations | By Skoban | October 17, 2014

For Morning Musume。, this is their 2nd time on the American mainland、
But compared to last time, I think that the crowd was thicker with fans。

And、 I really felt、
That they were looking forward to the current, new type of Morning Musume。’14。

I may be singing my own praises、 but to for my music to be booming in the heartland, America itself、
Seeing the enthusiastic response with my own eyes、
It let me confirm my belief that I wasn’t wrong in what I had done so far、 what I had created。

The moment the concert started、 as the members appeared on-stage, the venue was filled with screams of encouragement。
There were also many female fans、 and the feeling of everyone cheering them on, Japanese-style
It was great, it was truly heart-warming。

Having said that、 it’s like something new will begin from now on、
That’s the hunch I have。

Until Michishige Sayumi graduates、 and for Morning Musume。 beyond that
I humbly beg for your kindness!


(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07626.jpg)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07627.jpg)

(http://picroda.jphip.com/misc/jphip07628.jpg)
TRANSLATED BLOG LINK - http://blog-project.net/special-translations/211623 (http://blog-project.net/special-translations/211623)
ORIGINAL BLOG LINK - http://ameblo.jp/tsunku-blog/entry-11935296841.html (http://ameblo.jp/tsunku-blog/entry-11935296841.html)



Thirdly:
From UP-FRONT LINK'S Twitter:
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[EN] Morning Musume。'14 report in New York Day 1, check it out!
~snip~
Follow-ups from UP-FRONT LINK'S Twitter:

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[EN] The part 1 of Morning Musume。'14 report has also been updated with new pictures and comments!
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944)
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522697259134107649 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522697259134107649)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944)

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[EN] Morning Musume。'14 report New York day 2 is there, do not miss it!!
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950)
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522696292489641985 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522696292489641985)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950)

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[EN] Here is the day 3 of Morning Musume。'14 in New York, a must read!!
- http://tiny.cc/mm14ny-part3 (http://tiny.cc/mm14ny-part3) 
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/523156561393225728 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/523156561393225728)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-3/766644246727828 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-3/766644246727828)




And last (for today), from H!O's Twitter, a magazine featuring a photo of the girls taken during the trip on it's cover.
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Morning Musume '14 grace the cover of CD Journal
- http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00OABTLO6 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00OABTLO6)


(http://picroda.jphip.com/hp/jphip34312.jpg)
- https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/522413772527648769 (https://twitter.com/hello_online/status/522413772527648769)
- http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00OABTLO6 (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00OABTLO6)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on October 20, 2014, 06:31:11 AM
Holy shit I can't believe it's been two weeks since the concert already! :panic: Fittingly enough I just finished writing up my recap of the day's events, although it's a long one! But I do this as a way of helping myself remember and re-live the stuff that's happened, and maybe it'll help some of y'all too with remembering what you guys were doing at the times I quote. Feel free to harass me if this kind of shit is too much or if I got any details wrong.

Day 4

Maybe it was the combo of excitement and nervousness for the day ahead...maybe it was because of all the alcohol I had the night before...but I only got 3 hours of sleep Sunday morning. Tried my best to go back to sleep, but anticipation got the best of me, so I got out of bed a bit earlier than planned. Stayed in contact with peeps about the status of the Best Buy Theater line, which apparently had wrapped around to 45th Street already! XD

Stepped out of my hotel, and yeah, it was kinda cold outside. :lol: But I was expecting it, despite my wardrobe choice, and I've been through worse, so it wasn't too bad; the only regret was the jacket I brought for this trip--I wanted to wear something green for the concert, which I expected would involve lots of movement and sweating, so I brought my really thin windbreaker instead of my fleece one that got left at home. I probably should've brought both, but oh well. I hopped on the train to Manhattan, but my first stop would be 34th Street because I had to stop by Party City for some glowsticks. I was also about to get breakfast from McDonalds at that time, but I wasn't quite hungry yet, plus I wanted to see if anyone else (who wasn't in line) was gonna get lunch somewhere, so I skipped it for the time being. Got back on the subway to Times Square, headed straight for the Best Buy Theater entrance just to see who else showed up early, then walked around to Broadway to see just how deep the line went! Definitely some hardcore peeps out there, but luckily my VIP ticket spared me from needing to camp. Said hi to some familiar faces in line, worked my way past the construction on 45th, then found the rest of the line, where Bryan and Jen Veloso were slowly meeting with all the other fans and letting everyone take pictures with the cardboard Sayu! XD I explored the rest of the line to see where it ended at the time, then I went back to Broadway for some sunlight and to figure out my lunch plans; daigong was off at Grand Central and I didn't feel like going all the way there for food, so in another bout of indecisiveness I settled for a hot dog from a food cart.

With the VIP folks scheduled to be split from the rest of the ticket holders later on, I spent the rest of my outdoor time hanging out with kitaoji, Rayle, Rokun, Yuuyami, and Mimi; in order to combat the cold they decided to play some H!P music to dance along to. One of the linegoers near us, who apparently was 15 years old, shocked us when she revealed her lack of familiarity with "Romantic Ukare Mode"...that's when it hit me: has it already been this long since I became a fan??? Those five years have certainly gone by quickly, it seems. HashirePomeranian and her peeps eventually went around to hand out all the pink glowsticks (with instructions), and more and more passersby were inquiring what our line was for. Also, while we were waiting, Rayle got word that she won a King Blade from the previous night's raffle! The Velosos came around to give her the prize, and Rayle decided to let me borrow it for the concert since she was already prepped for lights and I was gonna be down in the mosh pit near the stage anyway! So once again thank you for that. ;)

Venue staff then started to round up all the VIP ticket holders, leading us through the Minskoff Theatre breezeway (entrance for the Lion King musical) and into our own special line to enter the Best Buy Theater through a side entrance. The amount of clumped up bodies we packed into there wasn't quite enough to counteract the cold breeze, though. :lol: During our two-hour wait we saw people with cameras rolling by, but Rokun and I were tucked away near the back wall so I don't think we were recorded; also some people were giving away CDs for Lyrical School, which we never got since it was also mainly the people on the outer parts of the line getting everything. Venue staff slowly started working through our crowd to hand out VIP bonuses, getting each item one at a time while they did mere quick looks at our tickets for VIP status. :lol: It was awesome to see how our autographed lanyards were actually signed one by one by the girls themselves rather than having their signatures printed on.

3 PM rolled around and we were eventually let into the venue; I left my backpack at the coat check, but then a bit of confusion happened when everyone was trying to figure out which lines were for merchandise and which lines were for the concert hall. I decided to pass on merchandise; I already had a CD, wasn't too interested in photosets or towels, and while I kinda wanted the shirt, I wasn't sure if they were going by Japanese sizing, in which case I wouldn't have liked the fit anyway (I like my shirts big and loose). When I got to the concert hall I made sure to get as close as possible with as good a stage view as possible, which meant being in front of the right (or is it left) side of the stage. Talked a bit with other fans around me, including someone I hung out with two years ago who helped me and a couple others navigate the subways to Penn Station back then...and there was a random singing of Happy Birthday to someone named Melissa (I think that was her name). I looked back at the rest of the concert hall as it slowly filled up with everyone else, and it seemed like I (with everyone else) were gradually shifting to the left for better viewing...which I didn't realize would actually be a detriment for me later. I also kept an eye out for any important people up in the side balcony seating, but I didn't recognize anyone.

The venue music quieted down and the lights dimmed...IT WAS SHOWTIME! The girls came out in reverse seniority order...then ONE TWO THREE!

Highlights of the show for me, since it was simultaneously memorable and a blur:

Exhausted and coming down from the emotional high of the concert, I found myself doing a little dance as I made my way through the dispersing crowd. :lol: Rokun caught up with me, and we took our seats in the upper seating area as the venue prepared for the handshake portion of the show. Being as tired as I was, I tried to think of what I wanted to say to each member but I just couldn't come up with anything good, so I decided to just relax and wing it. We were in the third row, so we were amongst the first to go; in retrospect, we probably should've sat further back for more time to see the girls.

I got to the table, the bald guy checked my wristband, then it was handshake time--I know I already posted about this, but I'm going into a bit more detail now. Sakura was first; I didn't know what to say to her, so I simply said "otsukaresama deshita" and "welcome to New York". It was the same thing for Duu, except I also managed to throw in "空港で見た" (I saw you at the airport) for good measure, and yeah, I was proud of myself for getting the right word this time (I had said "飛行機", meaning "airplane", to Saki Shimizu two years ago). Then there was Maachan...who I ended up calling "Sato-san"! Yes, this was the first sign of me losing my mind from being both exhausted and starstruck, but in retrospect I think it's pretty cool that I had my own Maachan moment when meeting Maachan herself! Ayumi and Haruna were admittedly a blur for me, in that I know I shook hands with them and said something, but I can't really remember how Ayumi's went, and Haruna's felt a bit rushed because...it was time for Kanon! Being able to see that great smile up close again, all I could manage to say was "ICHIBAN DAISUKI"; anything else I might've wanted to say would've took too much time. XD But I was so happy to finally meet her that Riho, my second favorite in the group, ended up being a blur as well; I know I said something to her, but I can't remember at all. :nervous And, because I was pretty much mentally reeling at this point, I got to Eripon but nearly forgot what her name was! I kept things basic with Fukuchan, but being so tired and excited at this point I was starting to get a bit physically numb, so I have no idea if she gave me the famous Fukumura Lock. And lastly there was Sayu; I should've said something about her graduation, but I stuck with the basic stuff. So yeah, the handshakes were fun, but went by way too fast for my liking. I think I prefer a live autograph session; no guarantees for handshakes but at least we get to spend more time admiring and talking to the girls that way.

I left the concert hall and retrieved my backpack from coat check, returned the King Blade to Rayle, and we all (well, most of us) headed upstairs to leave the venue. We stuck around outside while I inquired about dinner plans, which were still more than an hour away. I also found out that kitaoji and Yuuyami were still inside; I would later find out that it was because Yuu was trying to redeem a free prize for possessing a Samsung phone while in the venue...I too have a Samsung phone and regret not knowing and taking advantage. :banghead: As soon as I found out where the dinner place was, I found myself running back and forth in a bit of confusion over who took care of the reservations! XD But eventually daigong and Slack emerged and led most of the group to the restaurant to take care of things; I ended up sticking around Best Buy Theater with kitaoji (who secured personalized autographs from the group), Yuuyami, Mimi, and CKD, and we waited for Momusu to come out, a bit of a role reversal of Friday. XD Venue staff barricaded a path for them, and eventually they did come out, back in their Tiki Bun outfits, to take a group photo with themselves up on the marquee behind them.

Afterwards they went back into the venue, and we finally went over to the restaurant while kitaoji stayed behind. After a brief bit of confusion over seating I ended up sitting with daigong and several others for an 8-person booth setup meant for 6! :P But there was enough food for all to go around. We had to cook the meats ourselves on the grill in the middle of the table, which led to lots of messy attempts and flames flaring up as we flipped the strips over. :lol: Also managed to get two servings of asparagus because the waiter thought it was fish, and at one point t3hDave came over and served as a temporary "waiter" serving us our own rice! XD I don't know how the other tables were, but we were pretty loud; we made sure to tip the waiter well for putting up with our shit. After a few group photos with everyone (who was done with dinner anyway--I think Slack and company were still chowing down) we all headed down to 42nd Street, as some folks needed to get on the F train while the rest of us were heading to daigong's hotel for more drinking; kitaoji reunited with us along the way. We said our goodbyes to Yuuyami and Mimi (who had trouble standing up at this point) who were both leaving early in the morning, then headed upstairs for another drinking party. kitaoji left early because she had morning plans, then other peeps rolled in. I think this was when I finally found out that JFC and Kuno Thunder were brothers, a fact that flew right over my head the whole time I've been on this forum! :nervous Some guys decided to leave around 1 AM to get stuff, and I decided I needed to leave too after an exhausting day and having my own morning plans; went back to Queens accompanied by another fellow concertgoer who lived in that direction. Got to my hotel, promptly beat myself up mentally for my goofs with both Saturday scheduling and the handshakes, but simultaneously reflected happily on everything else that's happened...

Another American H!P event all wrapped up! But my vacation with other HiPstas wasn't over yet!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kitaoji on October 20, 2014, 07:51:39 AM
I'd like to make a few quiet notes while you guys go step-by-step with your recaps.  Occupational hazards, whoops.

1) DAIGONG IS AWESOME.
Seriously, I've never seen someone who's so generous and happy and an outgoing guy to be with.  We got JPH!P wristbands and he bought extra tickets for us to give out while in line (sorry man, we failed) and gave Yuuchan his handshake ticket... yep, all in all, awesome guy.

2) NEW YORK IS INSANE.
... or I now realize how much of the provinces San Francisco really is.  I can give you all sorts of work-related reasons (the traffic lights are lousy! There's no traffic law enforcement! Too many one way streets! etc.), but really, the first time I went to New York I was with the aging parents and fell sick (plus interviews), so being able to explore and walk more of the city this time was a great touch to some much-needed downtime.

...Although you'd have to cattleprod me into going back to Brooklyn (and you can't use the transit museum as an excuse).

3) BEST CONCERT EVER.
Not getting VIP meant that I didn't even try to make our way towards the front as I did for Lovendor and Kikka last year, and hanging out in the back with Rayle to be as obnoxious as possible (yes, we instigated the Eripon-Ehhhh and Yuuchan's friend totally started the Sayumi call and Rayle and I will be the instigators of the Zukki and Maachan calls if you ever hear us) was frankly one of the gold moments of my life.  I'm not a rowdy concertgoer.  My definition of live music is still "sit politely in a chair and listen to ensembles/small quartets play", other than H!P.  So being in the back really let me be as outgoing as possible.

4) DAMN LUCK KEEPS EXPIRING.
As a contact wota, though, this trip failed on so many accounts of my bad planning.  I took long enough of a vacation and managed to
a) overstay in Boston as MM were flying into JFK
b) give up on the handshake tickets too early (but my initial calculations were TOTALLY RIGHT; score one for being a field engineer!)
c) jump the gun too early with seeing MM off at the airport (and then restrained by J-Tri on Tuesday)

If it totally weren't for Yuuchan's phone I would have never gotten that A5 photo, so thank you muchly Yuuchan! :DThat said, I'd still like to see the girls face to face, so it's time to i) save for a smorgasbord of handshake tickets; ii) plan for more theater opportunities because JFC there's going to be more Lilium-related shows oh yes pretty please

5) MORE MOBS AND LINE UP TIME PLEASE.
Out of all the times I've had to excessively queue, this really was the best time ever. I left my ipod at home on Sunday, otherwise we would have sung much more, and it was great talking to fans lined up for such a long time.  Even when waiting for the girls to be done with their post concert interview (so I could collect my damn photos), I basically chatted up every single staff member and fans who were milling about.  The BBT staff admitted that they were a bit frazzled by all this crazy lining up and lack of communication this time round; but you'll be surprised that security just went meh and thought it was a great gig compared to the stuff they've done before.  As bizarre as it sounds, just being able to talk to more people this time round made the trip better.

And that's all that I really have to say.  I converted to TIKI BUN finally after watching it live, and the rest of the performances were great. 

And Duu totally saw my Lilium T-shirt as I was waiting with the other diehard fans for the girls to leave, so good for you kid for having such good eyesight in the dark.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on October 20, 2014, 08:51:51 AM
I'll just do a little cut down version and blog it later on xD

Friday was a lot of travelling, 2 planes, fog delays, 2 hours of sleep, waking up early and standing in the immigration line for close to an hour, eventually I was free! and took the air train over to the 5th Terminal, where I was going to wait for boy & ten to appear in a couple of hours, but either from being late or time differences confusing me, they were actually still there, so I walked outside and met them, which you can see on their video! Then we took a crazy taxi ride to times square where the driver was pumping the gas so much he made boykun feel sick and screamed FUCK 500 times and went in all these crazy directions, which I thought was excellent because we got the authentic shitty driver treatment, I also seemed to find the only other scottish person there who we drove past.
Then we got back to their hotel for a while, before wandering around for a while in times square (some guy liked my totoro shirt!) and taking some 2 shots, looking at jeans and going to several places like the Cake Boss Cafe (the whole place reeked of sugar) ~GOGO CURRY~ and Muji to go buy several tote bags and pink socks, then Flyp was back at the hotel so we totes went to get him.

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GOGO CURRY

boyten swarmed him with hugs and there wasn't really a place for me to go hug him too, so I just cupped his boobs and rested my head on his shoulder from behind, he seemed to enjoy it! I needed to meet up with Daigong at some point since him, JFC and me were staying together, so I left to go meet up with Dai since he was at toys R us. As J-Tri was saying, I was the random dude that hugged him, which was totally on purpose because I saw him from outside and snuck up to him :D I finally met dai YEAH!!! he chest bumped me into OUTER SPACE so I almost fell over, I dropped my stuff off at the hotel, then after meeting with Manamin, Chibs and some others we crushed into John's Pizza where I finally met YUUYAMI yeahhhh!! but I was trapped inside a booth and couldn't talk to her for hours after we were all done eating, but it was nice meeting her finally after playing 500 different games with her online over the years XD
I'm not entirely sure what happened after this, maybe the B1A4 stuff happened and we took some more Times Square pics but I was pretty tired after all that travelling and no sleeping so I went to bed pretty early, even though that was still like 5am in the morning my time.

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Times Square at night

Saturday I slept in, but since it was New York time, this was really 8am XDD the rain was crazy on this day and J-Tri eventually came over and we went to Kinokuniya, which had SO much stuff I wanted upstairs, eventually J disappeared and me and Dai spent a lot of time looking at magazines and pens in the basement \o/ I ended up buying 2 magazines and none of the stuff I wanted... haha.

20141004 110115 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEXtdkITDo0#)
It really was raining a lot!

We headed back to hotel for a bit since it was raining so much, then later we headed to Muji and Dai got a raincoat. Then we heard the others were in Nintendo World, so we headed up there and saw this awesome statue.

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It's some copper statue wrapped up...xDDD

Nintendo World was so cool! I've never seen so many Mario plush toys, I was really close to getting a Cat Mario but they also had Tanooki Luigi and I couldn't decide, so I ended up buying neither... whoops, haha. But I did get 2 Tshirts, classic Zelda and SUPER NINTENDO. When I went up to pay for them, the clerk noticed my tshirt and called over his coworkers to look at it XD "woah! it's a Pokeball death star!" My T-shirts got noticed 2 out of 2 so far :D

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This Zelda treasure chest opened with the Zelda music!! da da da daaa~~~

We headed to Lego world and looked at all the cool Lego sets, but by this point it was past lunchtime and Dai and I were starving because we hadn't eaten all day so we split up and headed to Grand Central for some food, there was so much to pick but dai got a croissant filled with tuna salad, and that looked good so I got the chicken version, and it was! Kimmu was in the city at this point and we were kinda struggling to meet up with her. I know now that her hotel literally is just around the corner from there but at the time we couldn't really find her and both of our phones stopped working so we just kind of wandered around and went to midtown comics which we bumped into.

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Kind of warm today!

Then we wandered up 3rd avenue for a good while and I just took some random pics of stuff. Daigong had been looking for Subways all that day and yesterday to get his Taylor Swift cup (I have no idea why we only saw 2 the whole time we were there) so we go in and Dai buys it, pretends to pour ice and just walks out XDD eventually we got around to 34th/Park Ave and took some shots of the empire state, Daigong ate the building and I zoomed in to the top and swore some guy just waved at me (he didn't) then I used one of my ill advised mobile data checks and got a line message from Kimmu, then we got up to 35th, where Kimmu was!

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Thx to Kimmu for letting me use this :D

After some waffle & ice cream eats and a root beer float explosion, Hart found us too and it was time for karaoke at duet 35. We sung for an hour in English because there were no spare Japanese language machines so we had almost a 90's revival with Green Day, Wu Tang Clan, Snoop, Garbage and others. Also I sung Judas Priest's Painkiller for a joke song... I broke my voice screaming the words! then we did Bohemian Rhapsody at full volume, then Hart rickrolled us perfectly at the end with Never Gonna Give You Up XDD We walked back to Times Square and on the way passed a Tim Hortons, then Kimmu spotted this place, which we had no idea what it was, but it had the Vivid logo and looked like a club, and it was next to a sex shop... what could it be!?

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We were very confused!

Well I couldn't tell at the time on my camera screen, but looking at the pic it says "Vivid Cabaret" and it's actually this (http://www.vividcabaretny.com/) place, with a 25 foot stripper pole? haha wow, it was a strip club after all!
I'm kind of fuzzy about this part, I know we went back to the hotel first because my friend from Quebec had arrived and I was trying to meet with her. The Hello Party had started but it was pretty late before we even thought about going lolol. JFC came around this time too I'm sure, he's so nice!! Along with a bunch of others like Big Freaky \o/ Eventually we headed out to the Hello Party but I think someone said the magic words ~GOGO CURRY~ along the way and we just skipped the whole thing and ate there instead (totally worth it).

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yeahh!

We went around the back and waved to Johpan before security got mad and escorted us out of there, haha
We went back to the hotel to begin drinking the large amount of booze ping and tenkei brought with them, have 2 actual bartenders at a party really is the best thing ever, I think we sat and watched Django Unchained for most of it? or was that earlier? who cares I don't know xDD Daigong gave us an epic speech and we got our HEART SHAPED JPH!P WRISTBANDS 2K14!! YEAHH this was so great, even if there was a chance that we would get thrown out of our hotel, hahaha

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JPHIIIIIIIIP

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Behold, wall of drunk

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"Hey, everyone say hi to Almond!"

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Handy Coasters!

Eventually we headed out at 3am to go look at the people who were actually waiting outside for the concert in the morning, and again, I bumped into Afro Stud who I had met in Paris for Berryz/C-ute. He was apparently first in the line, and he was telling me about how the TSA pulled him aside and wrecked his phone... glad that didn't happen to me, lol. If you check out Kimmu's pics or Dai's video later you can see a bunch of the wotagei Flyp and some others did out in the street. Some guys walked past and shouted "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOIN!?" then later came back over, and one dude got really close up to someone, I thought there was going to be a fight, hahaha. Not sure what happened after that, but eventually we were back at the hotel and it was time for Kimmu to go back to her hotel so I walked her back then came home to mine, which was a bit scary by myself, especially with the old dude wandering around with his pants around his ankles and swearing at everyone XDDDDDDDDDD

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Bryant Park, where dudes don't wear pants

I slept in again but, hey hey this is New York, so it was 8am again so I just played with my phone until the others woke up, Ping stayed too and woke up first because he got a phonecall to go watch Chelsea? play at a pub with boytenflyp I felt so sorry for him, he looked so tired then walked out ^^;; by this time there was already a sizable line for the concert, but we just took our time. Eventually everyone was up and JFC and Dai went off to eat at Grand Central again, I split to meet up with my friend Andie from Quebec who was already lined up, I had never met her before and because of my sucky mobile data situation, we just communicated by text messages, so it was hard to find her in the line because it was already split into 5 long lines by this point, stretching around the block to the Lion King at the other side of the block, I saw lots of familiar looking faces everywhere while I was searching for her, I talked to Slack's friend, then CKD who I gave some JPH!P stickers to pass out, then as I was going down the line I was seeing more and more people I felt like I knew from somewhere, it was really weird. Eventually I got a text that my friend was in the Lion King area/Juniors line, then I bumped into Yuu/Rayle/Kitaoji/Yuu's friend again who were at the front of the line there, and of course Yuu was so SMALL AND ADORABLE AND REALLY CUTE (since I should have said that in person!) so I had to hang around for a while. At some point a girl and her mom came up to us and asked if it was the end of the line, I thought she looked really familiar and the girl looked right at me and was dressed up with a wig and makeup, I thought she was cosplaying... I didn't find out until later but this was Wotachan and her mother, I'm so sorry! If I knew it was you I would have said hello ^^;;

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Not a bad place to line up, though!

After a little while I found my friend Andie! and she ran over and hugged me, then I met her friends and one of them went "Attack on Titan!!" to my T-Shirt and showed me her survey corps bag and I shook her hand xDD Tshirts noticed 3 of 3!!!! Andie and I walked off to her hotel as we were going to pick up her other friend who I assume just slept in, or was packing for later on or something, lol. We caught up with each other on the way up there, it was really nice to meet her finally \o/ She told me about all the stuff she had been doing while we were struggling to meet up with each other, and she had been either really near to where I was or was there just before or at the same time at Duet 35, Nintendo World, and a bunch of other places, even when walking from her hotel she passed ours several times when I was in there XDDD oh dear. Eventually we got to her hotel....which was Kimmu's hotel XDDDDDD good lord, I was there only hours before. So I sent Kimmu a message that I was at her hotel and she was like "outside?" and I said "no on the 9th floor" and that freaked her out, hahaha. Andie and her friend still had to pack some stuff so I came down to the lobby to hang out with Kimmu for a while, eventually Andie and her friend came down so we walked back in the direction of the line. We split at my hotel so Kimmu could come up for a bit and leave her bag, and I think Dai and JFC were back by then? I totally forget! After a while we went back to the line so we could wait forever for the thing to start, I had to stop off and get Manamin some water as she was suffering a bit in the line ^^; so I gave it to her on the way along, as well as seeing Andie for a little bit, but not for as long as I would like, then we met up with Jayson and Flyp and I thought people were going to follow me to the end, but no-one did and I was stuck at the end xDD I don't know why I stayed but I just figured someone would come along .. and they didn't XD Eventually Afro Stud showed up and showed me his after party wristband, but also there was a Japanese fan and his friend handing out extra copies of singles that he had and didn't want to go waste, so nice! I got a copy of Wagamama Ki no Mama Ai no Joke regular B, since I have limited A that was fun, sealed copy and everything! Kimmu was leaving at this point so I messaged her saying I was further back and she came to see me and say byebye so we took a pic too! Aw! I was really sad, I'll miss Kimmu a lot!

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/Pika%20x%203%21%20-%20Imgur%20700.jpg)
See you again Kimmuu!!! ;o;

Later boyten came around with a box of the Sayu pink glowsticks and gave me a ton of them, haha, tenkei wondered why I was on my own then later on I followed him back up to where JFC, Hart, Flyp Jayson and the others were, and I chat n' cutted for a few seconds XDD we waited for a good long while, not moving for hours, I streetpassed with Jayson and and Hart (I think I got up to 5 with Hart xD) and got some of tenkei's leftover carrot cake cheesecake slice from Juniors because he couldn't finish it, and I couldn't finish what was left over either, even though that was the only thing I had eaten so far that day, that's some thick stuff, haha. After what felt like forever we finally moved in the line to get in, which itself still seemed to take forever, my legs were already sore before the show even started JFC and me were both trying to suffer through it with being the designated old guys in the line XD. Eventually we got in, and Hart, JFC and myself joined the LINE FROM HELL for merchandise.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/2014-10-05-15-55-49_deco-700.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/kg3w2x3gadqufrm/2014-10-05-15-55-49_deco.jpg?dl=0)
ARGHH

This pic is only a part of how long it was, we were stretched all the way from one entrance to the hall to another and the line didn't move at all for god knows how long. At one point, I don't know how, I managed to drop my wallet on the floor and a Japanese fan found it and gave it back to me, thank god, I would have been in big trouble! But... to be honest, maybe I was falling asleep again and dropped it?! I found myself just randomly passing out a lot for a few seconds on the trip so maybe it happened again!? D: Anyway, after a bunch of time had passed they told us that they were no longer selling merchandise, just CDs for the handshake event at the end, not that this made the line move particularly faster, but it did actually move.. a bit...orz I wasn't having fun at all. They had a separate staff member handing out CDs for exact change, I had 27 but JFC gave me a dollar, thanks!! so I got mine a little earlier, but just ended up waiting for Hart and JFC anyway. Why it was suddenly 28 dollars and not 25, I have no idea, sales tax? I went into the packed hall with Hart as it was just about to start,  it got dark before he came in, but reading his report he went to the seating, which might have been a good idea because Hart and me were kind of in a sucky place in the middle area, stuck behind a lot of people. I could barely see myself, but Hart is shorter than me so I hope it wasn't too bad for him, we were under one of the TV monitors so it wasn't so bad when people got in front of us. The concert was aweeeeeeesome, Like I'm sure you've probably heard lots about it before from others so I won't bore you too much, but I really, really enjoyed myself, the formation dancing was super impressive, not a step wrong, even when their dresses got stuck and someone ran off stage for a minute (happened twice XD) they covered it quite well. Zukki's reaction to her big cheer was priceless, there was even a sizeable sea of green for her too, which was really sweet! because of my crappy view I kind of lost sight of her a lot, and my other favs, but that's okay. We all broke our lightsticks at Lalala no Pipipi because this is Sayumi -> break! and I struggled to get them all into one hand, so I just doubled them up like Wolverine. The hall was so pink! Sayumi later on said "Sugoi! pinku!" :DD There was a girl next to me who didn't have any, so I gave her about half of mine, although I regret that a little because mine started to die towards the last part of the concert, haha.

Afterwards I saw Flyp and we double high 5'd then a whole bunch of us with the handshake & JPH!P wristbands held them in a circle like The Shield from WWE xDD I don't know if anyone got a pic of that, it was pretty cool.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/20140529_Shield_LIGHT_HPaa.jpg)

We got moved to the seating area eventually to wait for the handshake for a good long while, I was sat next to Kuro and Greg and some others. Dai and Yuu were behind me and Dai said I kept dropping off asleep while I was waiting XD I totally don't remember. Andie was here somewhere but I couldn't see her at all, later on when she was going to get her handshake I tapped her on the shoulder so I could say byebye to her, I was really sad! Anyway eventually it was my turn, and I had no idea what to say! Unfortunately for me I was in the line when the security people were really rushing people and I was getting shoved along quite rapidly D: At other handshakes I've forgotten a lot of what happened because it all happens so fast and I'm really star struck and overwhelmed, but in this case I was really rushed I got less than a second in some cases. I remember speaking to Sakura in English, then it's a blur, I was being pushed along and could only really shake hands say thank you with many of the girls before being moved, during this part Zukki was one of the people I barely got to speak with and I was so sad about that! All I really got to say was her name in an excited way then I got moved along, the next thing I remember is shaking Eripon's hand, she's so cool XDD she gave me a cool expression and said thank you Then I remember shaking hands with Fukuchan who said "Shingeki no Kyojin" because she saw my Attack on Titan shirt, so I excitedly said yes and I got her special 2 handed handshake, haha. I ended up spending more time with her than anyone else because the person who was with Sayumi was talking a while. I say more time, but I mean 3 seconds instead of 1 lol. I got to Sayumi and my brain broke, I just don't know what happened, my voice got really soft and quiet and I hope I said congratulations to her, I think I did, and just a few things in Japanese before the staff got rid of me again. I think maybe because she looked really tired out from the concert I felt sorry for her or didn't want to take up her time? idk I was broken, completely, haha.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/20141005_171937-700.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ub74hx0tl317muk/20141005_171937.jpg?dl=0)
My concert view, and also why I didn't bother taking any pics XDD

I met up with JFC and some others outside, then eventually everyone came out, I got a streetpass from Manamin who had been bugging me since the beginning of the trip about it. I'm Scotland, so I'm special I guess? XD we then headed down to have Yakiniku with everyone. There were so many of us there, spread around the whole place, I was at a table with Freaky, Chibs, CKD, Ping & Jayson and we had the meat feast and some other things, which was gooood, apart from this chicken that Ping scared everyone about and I ended up being the designated chicken eater because no-one would touch it, hahaha

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/20141005_210748-700.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/awlk78fbd779gut/20141005_210748.jpg?dl=0)
Cooking all that meat

Now this part I'm not entirely sure about, I know we took some group pics at the end, and I hugged Yuu goodbye twice outside our hotel since they were all leaving early to go to school the next day, crazyness! I know we were drinking too that night, but my memories are all mixed up with the night before and I forget what people were there and not there on each night lol. I do remember some people going to Halal Guys and bringing back a bunch of chicken & rice, and Flyp couldn't finish his so I had the rest of his, along with a bunch more great drinks from ping and tenkei \o/

Eventually everyone left and we didn't even get a noise complaint this time, great night (from what I remember, haha) then it was bedtime.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/20141006_031702-700.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dhh8x193d8ijumc/20141006_031702.jpg?dl=0)
The sign in our hotel window after the airport :DD

Dai and JFC had an early flight back to Canada in the morning so we just hung out until check out time, then waited for their cab, it was time to say bye, so we took a couple pics!!

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/20141006_092905-700.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/fvaw4h39yzbsob2/20141006_092905.jpg?dl=0)
Yeaaaah

Haha we did The Shield thing too! Thanks for being such great roommates!! YEAHHHH JPH!P!!!!

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/20141006_093018-700.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/hu15lnwpnkk58iz/20141006_093018.jpg?dl=0)
my hand looks gigantic

I was at a bit of a loose end since my flight didn't leave until the evening, I did ask in the Line group if anyone wanted to do anything but no-one replied, so I just wandered around and did my own thing for most of the day. I went to a few places like the Hershey's store, Empire State, Central Park, found a 7/11 for a Slurpee and I basically wandered around and took a lot of pics. I even dropped by the Ghostbusters firehouse and the apartment building.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90052901/test/nyc/SAM_0419-700.jpg) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/exuz206k70cx7fn/SAM_0419.JPG?dl=0)
Who you gonna call?

I had intended to go to Videogames New York, but I went the wrong way on the Subway line and had a lot of trouble actually getting to JFK, I fell asleep on the train and ended up in the wrong Jamaica, oops D: Well, I made it in the end after a bunch of panicking, 2 flights later, I landed and went to work, hahaha...ugh.

Oh and the TSA lady, then the British Airways clerk both noticed my Batman & Joker shirt on the last day, 4 out of 4!!! \o/

Anyway, awesome trip, awesome friends and I'll see you all at the next one!!  :cow:

JPH!P!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 22, 2014, 07:55:01 AM
asianbeat.com - [Pop Culture Chronicles] #11 Interview with Morning Musume。'14 After Their Concert Success in New York – How New York Changed Us and Our Plans From Here on (http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/011.html)
- http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/011.html (http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/011.html)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 25, 2014, 01:41:42 AM
From UP-FRONT LINK'S Twitter:
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[EN] Morning Musume。'14 report in New York Day 1, check it out!
~snip~
Follow-ups from UP-FRONT LINK'S Twitter:

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[EN] The part 1 of Morning Musume。'14 report has also been updated with new pictures and comments!
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944)
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522697259134107649 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522697259134107649)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-1/763353087056944)

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[EN] Morning Musume。'14 report New York day 2 is there, do not miss it!!
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950)
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522696292489641985 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/522696292489641985)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-2/763899693668950)

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[EN] Here is the day 3 of Morning Musume。'14 in New York, a must read!!
- http://tiny.cc/mm14ny-part3 (http://tiny.cc/mm14ny-part3) 
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/523156561393225728 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/523156561393225728)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-3/766644246727828 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-3/766644246727828)

One more!

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[EN] Morning Musume。’14 Live Concert in New York Part 4, the final one!!
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-4/768975326494720 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-4/768975326494720)
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/525633499420569600 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/525633499420569600)
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-4/768975326494720 (https://www.facebook.com/notes/up-front-link/en-morning-musume14-live-concert-in-new-york-part-4/768975326494720)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on October 27, 2014, 02:50:13 AM
I can't believe I forgot to include this in my concert recap, but one more awesome thing about the "I Wish" performance: you know how a lot of people raised a stink about how Riho sang the last line in the album version? At the concert she sounded amazing and sang it perfectly! :twothumbs It further fuels my theory that she's a much better singer live than in the studio.

2) NEW YORK IS INSANE.
... or I now realize how much of the provinces San Francisco really is.  I can give you all sorts of work-related reasons (the traffic lights are lousy! There's no traffic law enforcement! Too many one way streets! etc.), but really, the first time I went to New York I was with the aging parents and fell sick (plus interviews), so being able to explore and walk more of the city this time was a great touch to some much-needed downtime.

...Although you'd have to cattleprod me into going back to Brooklyn (and you can't use the transit museum as an excuse).
Come to think of it, this was also my first real visit to New York; my first actual visit in 1994 I was too young to really appreciate and was stuck getting dragged everywhere by family, and for my second visit in 2012 I simply didn't have enough time to properly explore beyond Midtown. But visiting as an adult, witth more time, on my own terms, and with friends, made a huge difference...now all I need to work on is more solid agenda planning. And yes, you saw how reluctant I was to leave on Tuesday, because damn the infrastructure makes our own big city look like such a backwards mess. :lol:

And on that note, here's the last part of my recap!

Day 5

If the first four days were dedicated to my current passion/interest in H!P and Momusu, the remainder of my trip would be dedicated to exploring a few of my older passions and interests. But hey, this trip happened because of Momusu, so it's still relevant. :P

Woke up at 9-ish and made plans to head into Manhattan again, except this time I took a detour: instead of going straight to the nearest train station for the yellow line, I took to the streets and walked my way to the Queensbridge housing projects (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_091930.jpg~original)! As hip-hop is my music background I had to swing by at least one of the culture's early hotbeds, although I didn't really explore too deep or for too long (besides not having enough time, I was also a lone tourist :nervous ). From there I took the subway into Manhattan and headed for the Lincoln Center--which, fittingly enough, was where I decided to end my NYC exploration in 2012--to meet up with Rayle and Rokun, and from there we went into Central Park. Lots of grassy areas were closed off, so we stuck to the paths, checking out the different lakes, park structures, statues, rock formations, sunbathing turtles...and of course had a "little" fun with my shrinking ability perspective (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/shrinking/shrunkinWonderland.jpg~original) photography (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/shrinking/shrunkinhandRayle.jpg~original). ;) Around noon we got to the Museum of Natural History and hung out at the lobby (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_114449.jpg~original) for a bit; that's when I got in contact with kitaoji and found out she was at JFK looking for Momusu! Made plans to meet up with her later, then said goodbye to Rayle as she had to catch her flight. :(

But instead of going into the museum, Rokun and I went around the park some more, swinging over to the other side to check out the Metropolitan Museum (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_123049.jpg~original), swing by the Guggenheim (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_124451.jpg~original) and around the Jackie Onassis Reservoir (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_124944.jpg~original), then hopped on the subway to head south because Rokun needed to get his stuff from the hotel as it was his time to leave. :( We parted ways at the 34th Street stop, then I headed back to my hotel to grab my portable charger and then did some solo exploring of Long (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_144214.jpg~original) Island (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_144229.jpg~original) City (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_150538.jpg~original) as I pondered what to get for lunch, except I ended up skipping lunch completely to soak up the scenery (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_150407.jpg~original). :P Got another call from kitaoji about meeting at the High Line park later, then got on the subway back to Manhattan.

First stop was Grand Central Station (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519219215992356865), then I walked the streets aiming for Rockefeller Plaza, except I got kinda lost and ended up in Times Square again. :lol: Stumbled upon a suspiciously-fonted lounge (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519220711660216321) again, as well as a more finished version of that weird phallic statue pika found (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_155942.jpg~original), then made it to Rockefeller Plaza where I FINALLY FOUND NINTENDO WORLD (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519224716092256257)! I had completely missed it in 2012 (as well as on Thursday) because it's tucked away from the main Plaza. I really wanted to stick around and play all the demos and everything, but I was on a rushed schedule; I also didn't want to leave empty-handed, so I simply bought a manga version of Legend of Zelda: the Minish Cap (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519980619477299201). I'm strictly a PC gamer nowadays, but my roots as a Nintendo loyalist had to be honored.

Next for exploration was the southern half of Manhattan: I took the subway to 14th Street, learned that kitaoji was still an hour away so I took to the subway again to hit up Greenwich Village for THE CAGE (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519230405422379009)! It's a very famous basketball court known for streetball tournaments and attracting the best players in the city, but it was just local pick-up players running the court at the time. I watched for a bit until kitaoji called, then we finally met up back at 14th Street to catch up on each other's shenanigans for the day and check out the High Line park (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519326900125433857), which was a former elevated train track that got converted into public walking space. We got indecisive about where to eat dinner, so I settled on picking Lombardi's Pizza, where their "small" pizza is still kinda big (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519282684187914240). XD Then we walked all the way from there to Wall Street where she was staying, going through Chinatown (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519286052432142336) and the Financial District (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519310093159251968) along the way. We also swung by the World Trade Center and 9/11 Memorial (http://i1339.photobucket.com/albums/o706/J-Triumf/NYC%202014%20misc/20141006_212600.jpg~original)...

...and I gotta admit, being that close felt pretty heavy for me, realizing that it's been 20 years since I visited the original twin towers... :cry: Maybe someday I'll have enough courage to enter the Memorial.

After discussing potential morning plans we parted ways, and I headed back to Queens, getting back to my hotel just in time to catch a rerun of the Simpsons/Family Guy crossover; I've been too lazy to keep up with either show in recent years, so this was a good way to cap off a day of re-exploring my pre-H!P world.

Day 6

My flight was at 3:30 PM, so I woke up early to give myself time for whatever plans I could squeeze in before I had to leave. Got word from kitaoji that Momusu was still in the city (based on their blog activity), so for sure they were heading back home today! But we didn't bother seeing them off; instead I went over to kitaoji's friend's apartment to temporarily store my luggage for the morning.

c) jump the gun too early with seeing MM off at the airport (and then restrained by J-Tri on Tuesday)
In retrospect, I think that if we were gonna say goodbye to the girls we should've hauled ass to JFK the moment we both woke up; by the time we met up at your friend's apartment it would've been too late to make it there in time, especially after taking time to contemplate whether to actually go or not. But like I said, let this be motivation fuel for the next time H!P comes our way! (or for any future trip to Japan to see them there)

So yeah, after some deliberation we decided to stick around Downtown Manhattan for the rest of the morning. We checked out Battery Park, came across some other small parks (https://twitter.com/JTriumf/status/519549648181014531) and the Wall Street bull statue (which was completely engulfed by tourists XD ), then had one last NYC meal at Bill's Bar & Burger (a place that I need to remember for next time I'm out there). Then it was time for me to leave. :( Got my stuff and rushed over to JFK, where I almost was late for my flight due to one final bit of train confusion along the way. :nervous

Conclusion

Man, 5 1/2 days is still not enough time to explore New York City, there's just so much to see and explore! I really wanna check out Uptown and the other four thoroughs more boroughly boroughs more thoroughly someday. And meeting all the H!P fans and JPH!P regulars, whether it be those I've seen a bunch of times already or those I'm meeting for the first time, made all the big city adventuring even more fun. :jphip:

And of course, the whole reason all this happened: MORNING MUSUME. As some of you might know, I completely missed out on their 2009 Los Angeles appearance, becoming a fan two months too late, so being able to at least see Sayumi Michishige in the flesh before she graduates meant a lot...and while I missed out on seeing the Platinum Era lineup, I still got to meet a newer batch of awesome young talents carrying on that legacy, and it was great to be part of such an important milestone for the group. The girls themselves seemed happy to see such a passionate reception for them, so hopefully we'll get something again next year! (preferrably in California, though I really wouldn't mind visiting New York again) And this time I swear I'll be more prepared for sure! :lol:

And to think, it was looking like I wouldn't be able to go at first...
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on October 27, 2014, 10:48:43 PM
I can't believe I forgot to include this in my concert recap, but one more awesome thing about the "I Wish" performance: you know how a lot of people raised a stink about how Riho sang the last line in the album version? At the concert she sounded amazing and sang it perfectly! :twothumbs It further fuels my theory that she's a much better singer live than in the studio.

That is the exact same thing I thought during the concert! Watching it live right before they got to that part I started thinking about how much people complained about it so I was like unconsciously cringing, but then when she sang it was flawless. Some people do just sound better live than in studio recordings. 
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on October 28, 2014, 02:22:58 AM
From Up-Front Link's Twitter:

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[EN] Nov.9th 3:10PM UTC:NHK World TV show "Club J-MELO Special: Morning Musume。'14 Live in New York"
- http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/english/broadcast/index.html (http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/english/broadcast/index.html)
- https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/526697544319913985 (https://twitter.com/UpFrontLink/status/526697544319913985)
- http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/english/broadcast/index.html (http://www.nhk.or.jp/j-melo/nhkworld/english/broadcast/index.html)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on October 28, 2014, 10:24:57 AM
I can't believe I forgot to include this in my concert recap, but one more awesome thing about the "I Wish" performance: you know how a lot of people raised a stink about how Riho sang the last line in the album version? At the concert she sounded amazing and sang it perfectly! :twothumbs It further fuels my theory that she's a much better singer live than in the studio.

That is the exact same thing I thought during the concert! Watching it live right before they got to that part I started thinking about how much people complained about it so I was like unconsciously cringing, but then when she sang it was flawless. Some people do just sound better live than in studio recordings.

Also she probably recorded that a long while back, and has performed it many times since, practice makes perfect :D
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: J-Triumf on November 01, 2014, 07:30:26 PM
SkyPerfecTV special on their New York adventures!
MM USA.0000 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x293hnp) MM USA.0001 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x293kkw)

Dammit Rokun always in the embedded preview shots! Oh wait it changed... XD
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on November 03, 2014, 07:20:13 AM
Indeed. To each their own, with Dave the man behind Japanfiles handling duties with UFA, he's more familiar with us local sites, things are more open so good on you, Ops. S-H may have members of JPH!P writing but they are totally independent and on their own. Damned me for not hiring sooner but HEY we got Slack and Ping who been here from da START. We welcome all fans into the fold, as seen in the drunken hotel party pix and vid. Good on y'all to put aside the differences. The Music and Idols is what makes the difference. Patience Dear Homie Slack. We :hipheart: with Ping, Estrea, and da additional HiPstaz questions will get published to the 11,509 most popular site in Japan. And what do we gain?? More chatter about our fave idols so SIT BACK AND ENJOY DA RIDE. Discuss!! Comment! That's what forums are for so we can fangirl fanboy to our hearts content. :hipheart: - Home of the sanest crazy idol fans. Be pervin', no trippin'

I saw some of you guys out there showing off your JPHIP stickers, heck I even got one! But I was nervous to talk to anyone, especially since it has been awhile since I interacted with anyone!

OH HEY! shit. please say hi to me next time, I wore a :hipheart: shirt all weekend and smelled like sewage for a reason! TO meet HiPstaz like YOU!! Peeps were rolling up to me like DAIGONG dis and dat!

FUCK YEAH!!! WHATTA RECAPS YALL. Back from SHAMPTON EGCCC wrote dis shit in da office on a weekend can't get FRESHER THAN DIS. NYC Bound. HiPstaz eating all over I was so rusty with my chest bumps I kept clocking peeps with my shoulder. MY BAD Rokun! Flyp! I love how we all went to the same places, yet at different times/days :lol: MUST GO TO KATZ for KoolKAT!! next time! Being in da big city was way better, Ping had to drive less :lol: the moments was so amazing AT LEAST we go together for some FINE ASS FEASTS.

HEY!! Totally uncensored videos and pix in WORLD TOUR THREAD!!! (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=1046.msg1303450#msg1303450) here's just a sample:

VID 20141005 205622 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iiw0bAGwAoM#ws)

THANKS. to all who came and represented. the crowds and fans were intense and justified FUTURE fan events such as THIS WELL DONE!! To all worldwide feeding and feeding the online social media support, make sure you get your VOICE HEARD!!

Day 1 October 1, 2014

Arrived on a Wednesday night! BREEZE through customs like a BAWS. 500. Japanese Concert. :yep: Let him in, he's a MADE HiPSTA. Long ass flight! Shit was delayed cuz a passenger had to get off, but good thing Alaska Airlines delayed all the other connecting flights so made it through Seattle and Chicago in time.

Ping picked me up at LGA and we headed down to Queens area (PAST Met's stadium Citi Field) to some fuckin delicious Korean BBQ Buffet Picnic Garden and grilled da shit outta corn, first sight of fried chicken I had to get LOL this lady was so nice she cut up the pieces as we laid it on the grill. A TOAST TO HITE Times!!! JPH!P World TOUR STARTO!

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The hotel was pretty tight, literally and figuratively. Huge ass TV, view of da streets and even though I was tired as FUCK I had to check out the surroundings, hit up Times Square and got myself familiar with da Walgreens Duane Reade copped some Shocktop beers. THEN as I figured out how my data plan worked, I checked my email and SHIT we had been told that our email interview with Sayumi would be delayed until after the show but would we want to do an in-person interview with the ENTIRE GROUP. OH HELL YEAH. Hollered at Slack to GET READY.

My apologies to those who asked WAAAAY in advance about press business. You gotta understand the nature of the biz, they are so swamped and so limited with their time, I could only squeeze in limited amount of peeps, and Slack and Ping have been covering events since forever. The fact that we are considered is a TESTAMENT to JPH!P loyal fanbase, who keep the Hello! Project discussion going. WE REP FOR ALL!

Had me some beers and called it a night!

Day 2 October 2. 2014

Tried to get up for Today show (US American morning news / celebrity talk show on NBC) could barely wake up from the lack of sleep before. So FUCK IT rolled out around 10 am and headed to 5th Avenue and Uniqlo to check out some dope fashions plus my 511s (as recommended by nandake? (http://nandake.com/2011/08/08/not-just-for-cycling/)) was falling down needed new BELT. There was some sick ass jeans, but a lotta low key colors cuz I guess it was fall. The whole UT department was dope, how could you choose ONE so copped a Marilyn T for dat homie TINA instead, Japanese Blue Project denim shirt and torn jeans so fly. THEN JTRI calls me texts me he's in the AREA! OH SHIT. There he be at the front wow man I expected him to be huger thanks to his Junks pic of giant shades variety. He was lugging his shit around so I said let's lug it all the way back to my place and CHILLLLLL.

He was there to do some early sight seeing so I said top of my list was to check what up with World Trade Center. JTRI being here before, was real familiar with the train system so copped a 7 day Metro Pass. DAMN the Freedom Tower was massive, just a shining glowing beam. 9/11 Never Forget. They were building a train station that looked like the back of stegosaurus, like giant ass venus fly trap type of engineering marvel that was fuckin jaw dropping. JTRI gettin hungry! We had classic NYC hot dogs from da cart, even haggled some NYC T-shirts at a street stall!

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SINCE we were in the area, we hit up Brooklyn Bridge and decided FUCK IT. we're here. Home of da HiP HoP let's walk across it!! (even Ping said he never did it before!!) whatta view, you could see Queens, Jersey, Statue of Liberty (if you squinted) and of course Brooklyn! Let's go check da HAUS dat Jay-Z built, Barclays Center where the Nets play. Def Jam reunion concert looks like a dopeass line up! Saw a fuckin rat/mouse just wiggling on his back in the middle of the sidewalk by the basketball courts. Saw a whole bunch of trailers/cameras around they must've been filming a TV show or movie! Juniors cheesecake OG location, gotta put it on my list of shit to GET!

Our legs was ripped to fuckin shreds, me and JTRI were gonna rest back in our hotels. I swung by Rockefeller Centre and saw a giant line of nerds for Super Smash Bros at the Nintendo World STORE!! And St. Patrick's Cathedral was open so I swung on in, whatta work of ART!

Met up with JTRI and we took the R instead of the N even tho the N kept passing us by :lol: to meet up to FEAST with Ping! So Ping was telling me how he introduced JTRI to JPH!P and I keep forgetting they had actually MET years back during the UTADA concert. GOOD TIMES! and Good food, we went down to East Village St. Marks and hit up this college university type crowd where there was Asian food galore, take your pick, we went for fuckin RAMEN at Rai Rai Ken omgass like char siu pork, melt in yo mouth butta patty hoooly shit greeze da fuck up, soak in the noodles and ssshit happy hour till 10 PM FUCK I'm down. Asahi FOR ALL

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We was talkin all types of gangsta shit never missin a BEAT on how Berryz rocked da :jphip: MIC in our interview. Would there be an ENCORE?! then NEWS ALERT!!! word on da streets from JTRI (and Sayumi's blog :lol:) that they were headin to NYC NOW!! So we put two and two together and assumed JFK we meet in the morning!

Day 3 October 3. 2014

THE OFFICIAL Kick OFF. Everyone would be flying in INCLUDING Morning Musume'14 themselves. No excuses, had to get there ASAP so I somehow got myself on the subway without JTRI's help :lol: took a train to World Trade Center, switched to DA REAL train "A" that would get you to JFK where we ASSUMED da girls would land. Got to Terminal A around 9:30 am via the Air Train (a separate 5 bucks gets you there). Met up with a few fans Hiro?! that I would have met in Seattle Sakura Con for Berryz, a C-ute Blogger, and JTRI arrived later! Apparently there was Al Kusangi from MM-BBS fame, pretty funny to have met and talked shit about our past forum days - breaking off from the same place, coming full circle in fandoms, etc. to HERE WE ARE. The 5 people who showed up to greet em :lol:

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Slack and Flyp were arriving SOON HUURRRY. Good thing their flight was delayed. I had a Morning Musume sign I was gonna use on the Today Show so I bejewelled dat shit up ASAP. JTRI noticed that their management was in the background, so me and Slack went to say hi "How did you know they were coming?" Slack said "Oh we have our connections too :lol: (of course attracting a crowd LOL) and like smooth as butta, secured :hipheart: interview for Monday Morning OMGASS!!! We thanked her and peaced out to calmly go back to our positions at the arrival fence!! They was like "should we practice a chant? Morning Musume PSYCHO" etc. but I just hollered whatever was on da top of my head. and BOOM....right on cue:

Morning Musume '14 NYC Airport (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oof5RKIoic#ws)

Some were kind enough to reveal their cough masks, I only knew of Sayumi and the first girl with the mole, but Flyp waving the sign was GOLD as they noticed us and waved. SUCCESS!! WELCOME TO NEW YORK! YO!

Ready to get some NYC in em, we headed to The Row and their hotels for some eats and sight seeing, Shake Shack was right in front of their hotel, met up with CKD and a whole bunch of NSK folk like Atron and Dave and Dave and Dave. The shakes was small cuz I expected giant ass American sizes but shit was delish, had a Shack'toberfest themed burger with brat and cheeseburger DAMN! meaty. Headed to the Empire State Building cuz Slack and friends had a voucher and WHY DA FUCK NOT! we here but holy shit, the line was long and the security took away my mini tripod :lol: but the view was incredible, gorgeous yet so windy up there you could see the entire CITY from all around!!!!!!!

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TENMAN!! Boykun pikapikapika and friends had arrived so we were gonna meet up later! I told em, fuckin meet us at Toys R US!!! Whatta an amazing place, fuck I didn't get to walk around in there but they had a giant ass ferris wheel candy shop and all types of goodness dat make you dun wanna GROW UP! we decided on Pizza and went for John's instead of Lombardi's cuz it was closer, so amazingly hollered at Yuuyami TOO! even tho I managed to tweet at her and Rokun's number changed from the last time we met! (I had texted some girl :lol:) so we had planned for seating of 19 ended up being MORE cuz Chibs (expected him to be taller too XD) came and hollered at kuro (nice bubbly self made man!) and bud, FINALLY got to meet Yuuchan!!!! so tiny :heart: and her buds, including Rayle! whatta bosslady :heart: JTRI's bud kitaoji so PHEW we managed to squeeze into three tables lol DELICIOUS EATS. this time had the marinara or fruscetta leafy green one with the classic "taste like popcorn" pizza. CLASSICS!!!

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pika looked like he was about to collapse from jetlag :lol: so we called it at night as HiPstaz split into karaoke and hanging, but we managed to tag along with Yuuchan's group and GOT AN EYEFUL of KPoooooop Boyband fangirls!

B1A4 Fancam New York City October 3, 2014 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvtxekFRc4w#ws)

I was like SUP!! and their lady manager cursed at me XD

Forecast called for rain BUT DAT AINT GONNA KEEP US FROM PARTYING NYC :jphip:

Day 4 October 4. 2014

It was shit fuck raining like hell out there, but me and pika crawled out there despite being soaked, hit up Muji and grabbed a rain coat, toed socks and a screwdriver set. Met up with JTRI at Kinokuniya bookstore and there was tons of dopeshit, like Japanese magazines with freebies so I got me a DOPE necklace, pens and shit. OH shit Rei told me that she sold her extra tickets on stubhub so I tried to use pika and JTRI's nets to sell mine lol Met up with Slack and buddies at Nintendo World!! HOLY  SHIT whatta mecca of goods, this one sales lady looked like Chiling Bin kept selling us shirts so I copped a Mario in a manhole. Tried to get Pika to give pikapikapika head perspective photo :lol:

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Went down to Grand Central Station and grabbed some brunch, the guys wanted to go karaoke but we wanted to meet up with
KIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY

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so we broke off and headed wherever 34 Street and 3rd Avenue was lol FINALLY made our way to a Waffle and Dinges which is pile whatever the fuck you want on a Belgian waffle street stand YUM Hart found his way too while we were waiting for the others, we hit up Karaoke! Place was EPIC! you could rap Snoop Dogg and Wu-Tang with the actual video and music! Pika brought down da house with his heavy metal voice :bow:

Ping said he and tenkei were on their way getting booze already so we gonna meet back at da hotel, strolled past Bryant Park and Vivid Strip Club when Pingten brought in case after case of booze LMFAO. Hit up Go-go Curry for some GRAND SLAM oh man delicious the rice and cutlets of meaty goodness, throw in egg n sausage and Hideki Matsui endorsed! JFC texted that he had just arrived!! So we went over to meet him!!! PEG SHEETY REPPIN :canada:

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We swung by Hello! Party, good on em for getting it so CLASSY!! we tried to crash haha, even walk behind the stage before security kicked us out :lol: but saw a glimpse of da folks! TakeoRey dancing up a storm!? and Hiro DJing but the only party I wanna get DOWN is a JPHiPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPARTY

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Line up the booze, bring in the buds, drink after drink tenkei and Ping showed off their bar-tending skills. The Mariko! The Takamina! The Scooby Snacks! BigFreaky made his way to the joint HOLY SHIT There's so many Hiltons he said NSK folks came in waves Hanna the Rika Fangirl her voice LOL caused hotel staff ONE TIME! and someone next door TWO TIME to complain about a :hipheart: Party. Good Times, whole night of Anotha One OFF DA LIST! and it can't be complete with DAIGONG SPEECH, keeping dat World Tour Tradition GOING with bracelets cuz I can finally fuckin afford em going back to 2006 when we first met up in Dallas to last time we made dem bad boyz at AX'09 LOVE IT

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2AM we disbanded cuz someone was gonna "check in" so we took DA PARTY to Times Square and went to see who was lined up at Best Buy Theater. DAMN! Japanese Fans and I got in da face of Afro Stud hahaha. Flyp and Dave joined the Japanese fans to King Blade LIKE A BAWS!!! :bow:

Concert DAY AHEAD!!!

Day 5 October 5. 2014

In the morning, me and JFC decided to hit up some grub back at Grand Central while pika went to meet his buddies. Word was getting on da street that the line up had grown BIG TIME. Slack and crew, Yuuchan and crew got there really early like 5? 10? am and it was just growing around the block!! So Kimmy came by to say g'bye before cruising out, and we went to join the THRONGS that had assembled WOW. Good Friends, Old Friends, New Friends, all knowing the :hipheart: logo met up with Hapichan from Shewase Fame! Everyone wanted a jphip bracelet so ran out before I swung by Slack's group out front in the VIP Line! At least got to chat with CKD from afar XD in his groupon-type line 'Get me a CD for handshake if I dooonnnn't maaaake it!' haha the scene was just bout to get HECTIC when Japanese crews circled around, "Y'all be streaming live!" MAKE SOME NOISE!!! met up with TakeoRey Allen and had to get our Two Shot Lovefest and photobombed some Japanese TV crews while we were at it! Freaky came on by giant ass camera in tow. boytentron helped out handing glowsticks to ALL. Slack hooked me up with a Kingblade last second reminiscent of our AX'09 MM Tour Book THANKS HOMIE! chatted up with random fans, one Japanese dude was from Tennessee just like CKD, and had just moved there. It was really great to see that a lot had jumped on the MM bandwagon with the new girls whereas I was Rika FOLYFE but was really opening up to the new tunes as we prepped da chants and shit.

Doors swung open for da VIP we went on in. Everyone scrambled to get they last minute piss on, I hit up the dance floor and seen JTRI, Slack camped in their corners. THEN I realize they had a bar THEN I realize there was a merch booth. OH FUCK ME. As people got squished and whiners whined about not being served and them opening another excess line with people in the back then they got served before the squished main area. LISTEN, this is how merch is sold at arena concerts for the masses. You just gotta be assertive and when you at the front, don't be like those two geeks to my left just holding out money expecting to get served - make eye contact, order your shit and GTFO. I got me a towel, CD handshake thing (gave it to Yuuchan!) T-shirt, photo set, whatever, one of ALL and tipped dude 10 bucks too. GJ Yaz and crew helping out. TEAM EFFORT. Shit there we finally met up with Jaysonnj for some beers and COCKtails at the bar until OH SHIT SHOW TIME.

Jay and Yuuchan chilled back in the seating area while I joined boytenflyp n NSK at da Dance Floor BOOOM! Crowd goes wild, some dope songs like this one where we were side by side arm around each other swaying back and forth, Sayu busted out a T-Pain joint and we was like OH FUCK break break da pink sticks, King Blade click click Pink?! Tiki Bun scratch dat TRACK!!! And the purple dress song Toki wo Koe Sora wo Koe had me head noddin!!! Of course, I gotta comfess ONCE they busted out DA classics I WISH! PEACE! (no Soliloquy! Way to Keep it REAL) Renai Revolution 21 LOVE MACHINE Shabondama! GTFO!! I was singing along knockin dudes over so much FUN great MC's by all, we cheered and fuckin chanted. "DONT LEAVE" I yelled at Sayumi after da show we went apeshit. hugged PomPom for da fuckin DAMN GOOD JOB she done rallying da fans she be like FUCK YOU ALL SWEATY!! and did an impromptu fuckin cheer chant on da FLOOR!!

HANDSHAKE TIME!! we were to file into the seating area and wait. I chilled with Freaky and Yuuchan, we sat WAAAY in the back so got to see how shit went down, I was REALLY pleased to see that so many homies got in on the handshake, making da girls very accessible than ever BEFORE!!! When I got up, we tossed our gifts to the handlers (gave em our wrist bands, business cards, SHEwase info, Oilers mittens lol) me and Freaky had planned to just say random languages so I was like "Wassup" "Culo Grande" etc. and gangsta handshaking em all - cuz mainly I was holding shit in my other hand - so I was like slap, slide, grip, pull - and they were all confused, one of em (?!?! taller girl) was like "OH! high five!" kinda reaction XD until they tossed me out with Sayumi man she had a lotta foundation on :lol:

AFTER PARTY!!! So PomPom had the same Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ plan as me and Ping, but had made super reservations ahead of time! We did it hours before :lol: in groups of 6 (per table) and managed to squeeze in enough of us as more and more people kept popping up, so we did manage to squeeze 7 to 8 in a booth PHEW!!! Bottom line: FUCKIN shit was delicious, whatta fun time burning da fuck outta everything, we ordered da KOBE Beef like Shaquille O'Neal, Lobster TAIL, Yuuchan's buddy had a Rainforest and got drunk ASAP - later BigFreaky told me they over booze even Mai Thais - so it made it more entertainin as we grabbed for meats slapped em on shit going up in FLAMES! mystery foil packages SURPRISE we got aspargus instead of fish but DAAAMN da buttafish was sooooo tasty mmmm and sizzlin butta on da grill with lobster FUCK hella worth it when you in the Times Square area. Oh WERD and Yuuchan, JTRI stayed back to see MoMusu exit the Theater and got HELLA dope footage!! Them jumping back into their costumes and posing stopping TRAFFIC!!

SO MUCH MEATS. We :hipheart: style GROUP Photo'd and went back to da hotel for mo drinks, Jay promised to spend mo time, walked Rokun and Yuuchan and Rayle n group towards Bryant Park and PEACE OUT To em. just a chill back laid back atmopshere as we soaked in our new found revival with dat MoMusu culture. 2009 we were together for such a concert and being back together, it's like we hadn't missed a beat. For this is da realness of friendships. We came all this way around da world to hang out like BROSEFS dat we are. Complete with Halal King chicken and lamb rice bowl HOLY SHIT. best Taziki sauce layer it up I was meatastic ready to explode!!!! gettin late, catchin a noon flight so PEACE OUT to TakeoRey Flyp ten Ping kuro and all, me and Freaky hung out at Times Square a bit longer to soak in da sights.

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GREAT TIME wit da HiPstaz, too damn short THO!! We must do it again!! SOON! Mad LOVE to y'all who came and represented, NEAR and FAR in person, on da forum, online, IRC, Line, twatter, etc. It's da MUZAK and :hipheart: bringing it together one more time. Never is about me, it's all about da PINK ASS. Like a World Tour TRADITION, SHOUT OUTS:

SHOUTOUTS to all my JPH!P BROMIES from da START, we coming back together like it was 2006 2009 again HENCE why I bring back DAT tradition, that kuno_thunder and Flyp brought, with this wristband idea:

Ping Best damned host in NYC and JPH!P Brother in Arms, gotta meet daigong!!! its what we do, make time in our busy schedule to hang out, kick back, and have some Scooby SNAX! tenkei FUCKIN TENMAN! Da MARIKO delicious, way to step it UP Bro lookin so good had to eat dat chin fuzz bringin Cali Flava in so many ways. I gotta give mad love to you and Ping for keeping me sober :lol: else dem brothaz at Best Buy theater, who knows I woulda stepped to em boykun hella fun hammin it up wit da GO PRO, lookin forward to da footage so stylish Uniqlo was my first stop in NYC cuz of YA! Flyp Texican REPPIN my sweaty dance partner at da CONCERT haha oh man so much fuckin fun, we :fap and bring :hipheart: to everyone we MEET! Slack KOBE! sharing our media press shit has been a test on our patience but it PAID OFF your friends are a HOOT: Rommel Ramos damn I kept getting his name wrong and Charles/Cory are so funny but you Fellow Wongian, your MoMusu knowledge reps :hipheart: so well, PROUD to have ya on da FRONTLINE with da GIRLS Estrea, almond, Saikami, Amp, dinnbutt, Rei, shirenu, Fen, Kreamer, tama, metoice, Masa, Stryfer, mal, Barre, xerony, Pops, Deft etc. Girls you deserve it, we may have had da wrong timing, too far apart, etc. but we gonna get together one of these days, I know you cheering us on, supporting from afar, I do da same fuckin thing with yo lives. I am so proud to wave my pink ass because of HiPstaz like YOU. Rei. Almond. Saiks. Din. I know y'all tried so hard to come. Amp DAMN every Amish I saw I thought of you. haha Kreamer YEAH! I was hittin on ur girl. :P FEN! Those concert shirts had our AS'09 Feel to IT! LMFAO YEAH! shirenu I did get you shit cuz YOU ROCK GIRL Masa Stryfer fuck, we gotta hang again! tama, mal, words, ziggy, arian, all my Asian PEEPS gotta get back to Da Motherland FOR 'JPH!P X' kuro MAN! you are a really fun bundle of Hawaiian JOY. I love your energy and you made hanging out much more FUN! Rayle as I said. bow down to you I love your attitude BOSSWOMAN. manamin hey man good talking to YA IRL FINALLY you finally Posted!! SayumiFan123 aka Yuuchan's buddy oh man girl you so hilarious, only Asian girl in Maine not named Yuuchan when I order a RAINFOREST!! I think of YOU rokun I'd like to thank Morning Musume '14 for keeping my boy roks distracted so I can kick his ass in Fantasy Football :lol:

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kitaoji you'z an AWESOME engineer!! im a wannabe engineer!! way to POSE in Times Square haha Chibs you'z shorter than I expected! way to bring your bud who only chipped in 5 bucks DAFUQ! KIMMMMY always a JOY to hang witcha GIRL CHEST BUMP!!! pikapikapika FINALLY get to meet you BRO you looked like you were about to pass out into a ditch, you still can't outsnore me!! thanks for taggin along with me ROOMIE! JFC PEG SHEETY REPRAZENT if there was any other MoMusu fan here that HAD to come, it gotta be you, taking time out your snotnose kids schedules to witness Sayumi History! LOL @ our airport adventure pfft whatever BOSS! BigFreaky man our skeds GPS paths got so twisted yet we managed to get together and get drunk, enjoy wota times, PARTY LIKE NO OTHER. DESTINED! :jphip: There was some random rappers hawkin CDs and I thought of YA! (photo via BigFreaky)

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JTRI FINALLY a brotha lookin forward to meeting too, Filipino sized right, thanks for helping me guide my way around NY transit, I'm a PRO NOW! HiP HoP headz we should get together with TOZ and bust rhymes BIOTCH Hart hey man! way to scoop on by, Rick Rolling us OH SHIT we saw some of those paper craft bidness at Kinokuniya CKD I know we long banned you it was tough love :lol: JPH!P is not just a forum, it's a lifestyle. People getting together and having a good time no matter what the medium. When peeps come up to me. I haven't posted blah blah FUCK DAT NOTION you with me, we're having a fuckin good time. All takes time to get out that shadow, get out dat shell, YOU made it happen. no one spoonfed you, you went into line, got the CD, got the handshake, booked an airplane flight blah blah keep up the good shit.

Big UPS to da vets randoms folks we ran into, esp. PomPom way to take DA LEAD and bring H!P Fans one and all, your hard work PAID OFF!! ALLEN Takeo Rey and Hapichan Melissa! love running into you and da special 2 Shot / 3 Shot Moments we have :heart: Hanna! XD Jay! Atron! Keith! NSK Dave Dave Dave gettin stupid We bringing :xo: ALL DAY :fap

And of course Yuuyami GIRL!! Finally. Longest serving Crack Staff I haven't met not named :tama: WHATTA BUNDLE of JOY. hahaso damn tiny, love how I blew your mind revealing my secret identity you could hand YOURZ meeting da JPHiP Crew Vets was sooooo good we gotta get silly sally MORE TIME def one of da highlights of NYC for me cuz I appreciate all youz done for :jphip:

GREAT EXPERIENCES. AWESOME job everyone lookin so svelte haha, we gotta keep working OUT. Start a :hipheart: hockey team!! FUCKERS!! There was no way I was gonna miss another meet up. I had spent so much time away from JPH!P and for what? Fuckin school squeezin my ballz and whiny coworkers who can't handle DAIGONGame?! Yes I AM CRAZY. Rika called me a MANIAC that's why I called my fuckin work softball dodgeball team MHaniacs. live your life the way you want it, never let anyone tell you can't DO IT be YOSELF JPH!P is My Life and we best take good care of it. And as we roll into 2015 and beyond, nearing 10 fuckin years... we forge new ground, bring new traditions and peoples to how we ROLL BABY! JPHiPPPPPPPPPPPPP FOLYFE :hip smile:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on November 03, 2014, 07:06:23 PM
^
LOL that's my hand wearing the bracelet in the yakiniku vid.

In hindsight, wearing that bracelet as I held my hand over an open flame may not have been the smartest move in the world. :P
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: Rayle on November 04, 2014, 07:23:08 AM
Oh what the fuck they skipped Lalala no Pipipi.  :tama-mad: Why would they censor the pink ocean of awesome?
Awwww, they skipped Ikuta and Sayashi's opening MCs, too. Cut out bits of Zukki and Sayu's too. Boooooo

Rokun is aaaalllll over the concert footage.  :lol: Lucky railing peeps.

Wow, I'm laughing all over the BBQ vid. That was a giddy night, and I didn't even drink anything!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on November 05, 2014, 04:42:36 PM
asianbeat.com - [Pop Culture Chronicles] #12 “The Greatest Day of My Life” – Voices of the Fans That Gathered from all Around the World to see Morning Musume。’14 Live in New York (http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/012.html)
- http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/012.html (http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/012.html)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: CrypticShadow8 on November 08, 2014, 01:51:34 PM
I was just watching the TV special for the NY concert and of course like the first shot after the title is my bright pink Hello Kitty Vans walking by. Lol I saw when they were doing the foot cam and I told my friends I was with that my shoes were totally gonna make it on TV even if the rest of me didn't because they are so freaking bright. Nice to see I was right lol.
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on November 10, 2014, 11:06:47 PM
CROSS-POSTING!!

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An interview with Morning Musume。's Sayumi Michishige in NYC
November 10, 2014

Last month, tokyohive had the opportunity to interview Morning Musume。's Sayumi Michishige after the girls held their concert at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.

Check out the Interview below!

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1. As your graduation is getting closer, what can you tell us about your current feelings?

Sayumi Michishige: I'm just happy every day. I'm still having a lot of fun. The overseas live [New York] is super-exciting. Every day I want to do my best for Morning Musume。 and the New York live will give us a chance to show Morning Musume。's power and charm to fans in America.

2. What was your most memorable moment since you joined Morning Musume。?

Sayumi Michishige: Maybe it seems strange, but it's very recent. The fan club tour last year that we did for the first time, that was unforgettable. The fans showed us so many new surprises, and even I was surprised at my own emotions.

3. How do you expect Morning Musume。 to change in the future?

Sayumi Michishige: After my graduation, Morning Musume。will become '15 (one-five), and the group's overall feeling and chemistry will change once again. The ages will be younger, but the number of members has grown. I think the group will grow even more to become an idol group which represents Japan.

4. What are your plans after graduation?

Sayumi Michishige: I'll take a break after graduation, that's honestly the only thing that's decided. Anything specific will come after that, and I'm looking forward to having time to think about the future.

5. Since this NY concert will be the first oversea solo concert for the fellow members, did you give them any advice as a leader?

Sayumi Michishige: They don't have to act special or different just because it's an overseas lives. All the work that pays off in our concerts in Japan will shine through in America, too. Just be yourselves.

6. Please leave a message to your international fans.

Sayumi Michishige: Even though we're far apart, we think about our fans who are everywhere across the world. We always do our best for you, and we want to see you whenever we can!
- http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2014/11/an-interview-with-morning-musumes-sayumi-michishige-in-nyc (http://www.tokyohive.com/article/2014/11/an-interview-with-morning-musumes-sayumi-michishige-in-nyc)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on November 18, 2014, 11:53:57 PM
asianbeat.com - [Pop Culture Chronicles] #12 “The Greatest Day of My Life” – Voices of the Fans That Gathered from all Around the World to see Morning Musume。’14 Live in New York (http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/012.html)
- http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/012.html (http://asianbeat.com/en/popculture/012.html)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on November 24, 2014, 01:20:35 AM
Holy jeez, it sure took JMELO long enough to get this out:

20141122 JMELO モーニング娘 (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2aw294)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on December 10, 2014, 02:14:16 PM
I just want it known that we are still waiting for photo approval to publish JPHiP's coverage of the concert and our interview with Morning Musume.
So I guess :thumbsup

JPHiP.com - Morning Musume。’14 Holds Solo Concert in New York City (http://jphip.com/morning-musume-14-holds-solo-concert-in-new-york-city/)
- http://jphip.com/morning-musume-14-holds-solo-concert-in-new-york-city/ (http://jphip.com/morning-musume-14-holds-solo-concert-in-new-york-city/)


JPHiP.com - JPHiP Interview: Morning Musume。’14 @ New York City (http://jphip.com/jphip-interview-morning-musume-14-new-york-city/)
- http://jphip.com/jphip-interview-morning-musume-14-new-york-city/ (http://jphip.com/jphip-interview-morning-musume-14-new-york-city/)
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: daigong on December 10, 2014, 08:39:33 PM
AWWW fuck yeah SKACK! I like how they wondered how we learned Japanese!

Had to edit ur post JFC :P

Now everyone go PIMP! :pimp:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on January 24, 2015, 03:34:58 AM
So people who didn't have a chance to go to NY has a chance to see the  concert (http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Morning-Musume_000000000109177/item_Morning-Musume-%6014-Live-Concert-In-New-York_6205999) :)

 :jphip: :jphip: :jphip: :jphip: :jphip: :jphip: :jphip: :jphip:

CROSS POSTING!!!!
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: JFC on January 30, 2015, 02:19:26 PM
^
CROSS-POSTING!!

For anyone who's having a hard time waiting for their order to get shipped:
- http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?app=xbt&CODE=details&torrent=82252 (http://www.hello-online.org/index.php?app=xbt&CODE=details&torrent=82252)

 :thumbsup
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: pikapikapika on March 02, 2015, 05:37:25 PM
The DVD is on sale again! I think the first release was a limited fanclub release or whatever UFA's online shop was, also I had no idea it was out!

But it's out on general release in March, so I got a copy  :w00t:
Title: Re: [10/05] Morning Musume。'14 Live Concert in New York
Post by: kuro808 on March 02, 2015, 05:38:11 PM
^ next week is the release date iirc