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Day 2: LUNA SEA Full Setlist
- Gekkou
- Storm
- TONIGHT
- END OF SORROW
- Shine
- gravity
- Sora no Uta ~Higher and Higher~
- I for You
- TIME IS DEAD
- ROSIER
- Up to You
- WISH (ENCORE with Kuroyume, MUCC, NEMOPHILA, ROTTENGRAFFTY, 9mm P.B., YELLOW MONKEY, BUCK-TICK, Shinya (LUNA SEA) watching while Jun-ji drummed)
Day 2: NEMOPHILA／ROTTENGRAFFTY／9mm Parabellum Bullet / MUCC / 黒夢／THE YELLOW MONKEY／BUCK∞TICK / LUNA SEA
Note: The entire setlist for each group and the performance by 凛として時雨 were not shown. Full Day 2 LUNA SEA set
Day 1: LUNA SEA Full Setlist
- Moonlight Sonata
- TONIGHT
- Déjàvu
- Desire
- TRUE BLUE
- Sora no Uta ~Higher and Higher~
- Inside You
- I for You
- BELIEVE
- ROSIER
- WISH
- Storm (ENCORE with Novelbright, lynch. GODLAND, SID, SIAM SOPHIA, TMR, DIR EN GREY, BRAHMAN & Shinya (LUNA SEA) watching while Jun-ji drummed)
Day 1: Novelbright／lynch. / GODLAND / シド / SIAM SOPHIA / T.M.Revolution / DIR EN GREY / BRAHMAN / LUNA SEA
Note: The entire setlist for each group and the performance by MY FIRST STORY were not shown. Full Day 1 LUNA SEA set
LUNATIC FEST 2025 Writeup (in progress)
LUNA SEA's drummer Shinya (Yamada) made a "surprise" appearance at LUNATIC FEST 2025 after deciding to sit out from performing due to the discovery of a brain tumor several months ago. He decided to turn over the drumming duties to a long trusted friend; his former student and drum technician, Jun-ji (Sakuma) who was the drummer for SIAM SHADE (and has been support drummer for many different acts).
Doctors originally informed him that he might require the use of crutches for 3 months while undergoing chemotherapy (which began in September 2025), but he has been able to stand and walk unassisted after just the first month (back in early September, he still attended a festival in his hometown albeit in a wheelchair, and required assistance to stand for a short time to perform the opening ceremony/make a short speech). Part of me believes this rapid recovery is due to the inherent stamina required to even play the drums the way he does.
He made this appearance on day 1 of the festival (walking on stage, giving a short speech of thanks/gratitude, and announcing the bands Xmas concert where he hopes to be able to play the drums at least in a limited capacity), and did the same on day 2 (though it didn't have the same surprising/emotional effect). It was incredibly inspirational to have been able to experience this moment in person.
NOTE: excuse the raw audio vocal quality; it's basically minimally processed soundboard where you can hear how rough the vocals are (can still hear how Ryuichi's singing voice still hasn't recovered after past vocal chord surgeries). Will be interesting to hear the broadcast version in December and the future Bluray DVD release once the audio goes through its usual post-production processing.
Yokojpmom's flight (ANA 183) departing from HNL on October 20, 2025 for their trip back home to Fukuoka (Honolulu - Narita - Haneda - Fukuoka).
This performance was for Triumph’s induction into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame at the 2025 LEGENDS, held at the Meridian Arts Centre in Toronto Canada on October 17, 2025. Rik Emmett is Triumph's original guitarist and Phil X took his place in 1992 (after Emmett left in 1988). Triumph's recently announced 2026 reunion will have Phil X joining as a supporting musician.
This performance sort of highlights how both will compliment each other during that tour; Rik has definitely lost that high end vocal range for this song but Phil is able to cover a good part of it in his own way. Emmett's guitar was also definitely lower for the solo in this live mix, but his guitar playing still sounds true to form even after being in retirement for several years now along with the arthritis in his hands (not bad for someone who is 72 years old and beat his 2024 announced prostate cancer). Watching this gave me goosebumps for sure.
Yolobox Ultra all-in-one multicamera video switcher, encoder, recording/streaming device that I'll be using for this IRL/travel backpack. This box is like an OBS on the go mini/portable-production device (overlays, picture-in-picture, transitions, auto source switching, audio mixing, etc). What used to require expensive/specialized equipment (to do pro shot multicamera work), can now be done with this (or the Magewell Director Mini). It can also record and stream simultaneously. This test was to simply connect a Pocket 3 via USB to simulate using it as a streaming camera. It's easy (it goes into webcam mode and automatically shows up as a camera source which can be added to your scenes) without the usual workarounds (wireless RTMP). The downside is the cost factor (something like this will be outside the budget of most). For IRL use cases, a Belabox will be the cheaper option as an encoder and for being able to bond connections (Yolobox and Director Mini require subscriptions to utilize connection bonding).
Detailed writeup: https://techdump.murasama.net/2025/09/22/travel-irl-gadget-backpack/
AAEmu ArcheAge 5.0.7.0 (Relics of Hiram) emulation - short in-game footage. Additional writeup of this build.
Note: this in-development AAEmu fork is supported via the projects Discord (server boost). As a result, it isn't publicly available for download like the main 1.2 development (which is much further along in terms of the game systems and main story/race quests)
ArcheAge server emulator boot - 5.0.7.0 (Relics of Hiram) September 2, 2025 build - VMWare Workstation Pro 17 virtual machine. Additional writeup of this build.
Note: this in-development AAEmu fork is supported via the projects Discord (server boost). As a result, it isn't publicly available like the main 1.2 development (which is much further along in terms of the game systems and main story/race quests)
Hosting (approved by Timo) this unmuted VOD (muted music audio on Twitch) with Twitch chat (out of sync delayed for 1-1.5 minutes for at least the first hour) of BOB2025 (formerly known as BOSF or the Beppu Onsen Shower Fes) for TimoInBeppu which she live streamed on August 23, 2025 JST (her guest is her friend, Vanessa). The festival started in the morning and was held at Matogahama Park/Beppu Spa Beach. This VOD has the performances for 宮迫博之, DJ O.G（三崎優太）and Marc Panther (ex-globe).
