It's Good To Be Back

And how sweet it is! Here's the playlist:

A Perfect Circle - Annihilation
BLOOD - Vengeance For BLOOD
Sadie - Under The Chaos
Kegerou - XII Dizzy
Hyde - It's Sad
D'espairsRay - Born
hide - Bacteria
MUCC - Kuukyo na Heya
Dir en grey - Ryojoku no Ame
12012 - Gallows
Sakurai Atsushi - Taiji
An Cafe - Wagamama Koushin Kyoku
HIM - Killing Loneliness
lo:lita - Complete
Merry - Retro Future
Plastic Tree - Cage For Rent
Suicide Ali - THIS NEW ORDER
Phantasmagoria - Never Rebellion
Asian Kung-fu Generation - BLUE TRAIN
Nightmare - Raven Loud Speeker
Gackt - Redemption
Rentrer en Soi - Taikyou naru yousui yuugi
Pierrot - Hello
Miyavi - Gigpig Boogie
SID - Aijisai
Cobra Starship - Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)
Alice Nine - Q
Gilgamesh - Having Betrayed Is Why
The Back Horn - Chaos Diver
The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground
MUCC - Bouzenjishitsu
BLOOD - Sakura

(Requests in italics)

The big news of the night was the airing of our interviews with MUCC and Nana Kitade. Unfortunately, the preview of our interview with Yoshiki was delayed due to extreme technical difficulty. However, the un-edited video of the entire interview is sitting nicely on my desk top, waiting to be uploaded to the internet! In the meantime, if you missed the interview with Nana or MUCC, they are available for stream and download on http://ironotaku.podomatic.com/, the home page of The Iron Otaku Talkshow podcast!

We also gave away a shit load of prizes! here ar the night's winners:

Trezyn - NY (Otegai)
Danielle - ID (Utagoe)
Stephanie - MI (Unborn Child's Dream)
Zack - TX (Dirge of Cerberus OST)
Jonny Magnum - CT (Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PS2)

We also did our tour report of BLOOD's LES FLEURS DU MAL Tour in the US and Mexico, and revealed that things weren't so pleasant for them south of the boarder, but they don't blame the people of Mexico, and still wish to come back.

Lastly, we revealed info on our first feature film, The Otakon Documentary (unofficial title). The film will chronicle the events surrounding TR and Iron Otaku at this year's Otakon, and features tons of cosplayers, hundreds of people dancing, numerous unforgetable moments, and of course, Nana Kitade, MUCC, and the man himself, Yoshiki. For info on a release date, continue to check back here.

Be sure to check in next week for more info on upcoming TR special events and projects, as well as a summer movie wrap-up, and a review of Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII.

-Roger