LM.C WORLD SCRAPBOOK 2013

A Message from the MAD FAMILY!!

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Hey everybody this is Ikari from the MAD FAMILY forums.

I just wanted to let everybody know that again this year we are running the world scrapbook project. 

All information can be found here: 

http://www.mad-lmc-family.com/t758-lmc-world-scrapbook-2013

You do not need to be a member of the forum to participate, but hey more people who do means the community grows larger and you can meet some really cool people here!

DEADLINE IS NOVEMBER 25TH

NO LATE ENTRIES CAN BE ACCEPTED

For those of you who didn’t participate last year and want to this year, we ask that you make submissions before the deadline because we still need to send them the book and we want to ensure they get it for Christmas/New Years.

Hopefully you guys will participate with us!

~Ikari

Fun Fact: Aiji posted a photo on Twitter of him holding the MAD FAMILY World Scrapbook for 2012!! It was in response to the forum leader, Kei,’s tweet asking him if they had gotten it.

STRONG SIDE vs POP SIDE flyers

Credits to @MAD_kenya for the second photo

WINK UP 2013

LM.C, who are also starring in WU’s series*, has released a new single!

It turned out as a ”Happy Music Power Play”,

Here we’re talking with them about their latest work.

―It seems like DOUBLE DRAGON turned out as a song really worth its title, didn’t it?

maya「Yeah. Also, ”DOUBLE DRAGON” are words that have been with me for a really long time. In the beginning of this year - the Year of the Dragon - I felt I’d like to write that song. Though in the end it kind of became a sum up of 2012 instead. 」

  

―The image I got from the title made me think of a somewhat dark rock tune.

maya「Even if we advanced with minor chords it didn’t become too dark I hope. I think when making a single, you want to make it loud and flashy, so in the end we added synths and stuff to make it livelier.」

Aiji「When maya first brought this song up it gave this kind of rock & roll impression. Also when making the latest album, I felt that this more “sing and dance-friendly” rock & roll, together with a sense of electro would bring a good flow to it. Though at first, when talking to maya, the director and the other three about doing a single, we said that if it’s not typically LM.C-styled music it will become a challenge. We made DOUBLE DRAGON and some other songs but in the end we chose to release the most LM.C-ish one, didn’t we? I also feel that we forced maya to stretch his vocal powers, and I think you can sense that in the present LM.C. 」

 

―I would say that the lyrics are LM.C-ish too. It’s interesting how you use proverbs to make a change to your own lyrics.

maya「I have the feeling that our way of writing lyrics hasn’t really changed after all. Though for this song’s image, comparing with time we began our work of capturing things in lyrics, I guess I’m now using more mixed methods since I’ve also gained experience. When I wrote the lyrics for DOUBLE DRAGON, my first thought was of me and senpai. After a while, I thought that I wanted to convey a “someday we’ll all just die”-feeling too. 」

 

―Eh!? So in the line “You’re giving to me what I don’t have, I’m giving to you what you lack”, you’re talking about needing each other – What warmth, I feel that it got a stronger meaning all of a sudden!?

maya「Ah. I flew** too high didn’t I (laughs). Of course, that’s also important. But you know, on a deeper level, I also think it gives the feeling that I want you to value and care about your own life more. And for that, your partner is also important. My band-partner, my friends, and everyone cheering on LM.C. Yeah, those have made me feel like that.  Time will pass by too soon and it’s practically unstoppable. So I want to live a caring life during this time, and I want to find a way to be happy with myself. 」

Aiji「I’m glad that this song has been able to become a theme song for many people’s lives, and nowadays for me when the springtime of life, youth, has become the past, I’m also happy that I can look back, listen and sense those various impressions from that time. Please listen and see.」

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** maya is using the word “flying” very often when talking about himself; simply he uses it for explaining when he’s “deep/excessively joyful/…going too far.”

Source: milktune

Rock and Read 46 Offshoot

Here's some offshoot pics from the upcoming Rock and Read 46.

The theme is Light and Shadow.

The magazine will be released soon!

Here's a link where you guys can pre-order a copy.

Source: Rock and Read official ameblo

WINK UP February 2013

Gacha topic this month:

Special Project: [A: How much they know? -Quiz]

A sequel to the quiz last year's December. It's a quiz about how they know. They write down the answer on paper and put them down with answers. Let's see the response of both!

Q1-What maya would pick the menu of drinks from Starbucks?

-Response Maya: Rocambole Maron.

-Response Aiji: Chai tea latte.

Aiji: This is not a drink! You can not take it.

Maya: And ooh, I like donuts too.

Aiji: You DEFINITELY can not drink that!

Maya: I would swallow them like a snake then. Though chai, tea and coffee with milk is good! If this game is as planned I would pick that. I'm an adult.

Q2-Please draw a picture of Aiji's cat.

maya: (Looking at the drawing of Aiji) Wow, looks deplorable.

Aiji: I do not know, maybe it's because it's the long way. But she'll have to cut it soon and summer will be happy again.

Q3: What is the casual clothing that uses maya summer?

Aiji: I have no interest in clothes maya so I really do not know but I'm sure he will wear it. Definitely.

Maya: Yeah, no doubt. Looks like I drew my stage clothes unintentionally (laughs).

Q4: What is the word that speaks more Aiji?

maya: (Sweet) This is what Sora is saying the figure he drew it.

Aiji: (Really?) What!?

Aiji: (Looking at the response of the Maya) No, not recently at least (laughs).

maya: Nah, but during the tour seemed that you were saying that all the time, senpai!

Aiji: Well then (laughs). Since the tour ended I have not said that. I stopped when the tour is over (laughs).

Q5: How is Maya when in high spirits?

Maya: I fly.

Aiji: It is surprisingly busy.

Aiji: (listening to the response of maya) Yeah, I understand what you mean (laughs). When you're happy, there really is a sense that both feet are off the ground (laughs).

Q6: Lately, what has been the most memorable incident of Aiji (Just something spontaneous)?

maya: Losing your phone.

Aiji: Recently I have traveled extensively.

Maya: You have stumbled lately, no?

Aiji: Yeah, maybe it's age (laughs). Since I was unable to do so for many years I have fallen lately wherever I am (laughs).

Maya: Well, that's all physical ability! Do not be so dreamy! Having a soft body you will live a long life, and you will not be tripping and falling (waves).

Aiji: Ah, so why maya is doing gym lately? He wants to live longer? (Nods)

Maya: You have forgotten the things often ein.

Aiji: Yeah. On our last tour, I tucked a white shirt that I put on the bed of the hotel. And then the shirt color is blended with the color of the bed and I forgot that there (laughs).

Credits to: Milktune and LM.Cbrasil

Kera - Vol 173 January 2013

Credits to lm.cbrasil

「Room Junko」Fourth guest Aiji

This is like a dream come true for me! 

Aiji with Golden Bomber's Jun!

credits to lm.cbrasil