https://artist.amuse.co.jp/artist/asterism/
I have mix feeling about this, I knew Amuse is big Japan entertainment company, the company who known handling One OK Rock and Babymetal, I'm sure they can push help push ASTERISM popularity further.
But at same time I'm not sure if Amuse knew metal music scene very well, all musician on their management ended as pop icons rather than metal icon, One OK Rock ended as pop rock Icon, Babymetal was gaining metal scene attention once with her sophomore album, but then it ended as pop culture icon too, and became a joke in metal scene.
Anyway, It's only my opinion, no one can predict the future, I can only hoping that Asterism will have bright future in world metal music scene not pop scene.
We in the Babymetal Discord Community took some time to sit down and discuss everything. Feel free to join the ongoing discussion anytime. We took it upon ourselves to call Amuse with our frustration and concerns, maintaining a degree of professionalism and respect. Discord Link here https://discord.gg/e8QMrX. Here is this transcription provided by the Kitsune Caller:
Babymetal Community Discord Calls Amuse Inc. USA in CA
Date: May 9th 2018 @ 5:46pm (4m 56s) Caller Screenname: "Avenging7Folds"
Amuse Rep: "Amuse USA"
Avenging7folds: "Hi is this Amuse Inc. USA Division?"
Amuse Rep: "yes"
Avenging7Folds: "Hi, I'm calling with an inquiry about an act associated with your company"
Amuse Rep: "Yes"
Avenging7Folds: "The act is 'Babymetal,' I am calling with a couple questions regarding a recent performance on behalf of the Babymetal Discord Community, which is an online community."
Amuse Rep: "Yes, may I ask who is calling?"
Avenging7Folds: "Yes, [Identity Muted]"
Amuse Rep: "And what is your affiliation?"
Avenging7folds: "I have no affiliation, I am calling on behalf of an online fanbase."
Amuse Rep: "Online fanbase?"
Avenging7Folds: "Yes Sir"
Amuse Rep: "Okay, and what is it you are calling about?"
Avenging7Folds: "As a community, we had the news break to us last night (May 8th) that one of the members, Mizuno Yui, was not present at the concert, and as a community we are curious as to where she is, or her whereabouts, or any update on her current condition."
Amuse Rep: "Okay Hold on just one moment."
-Put On Hold for Approx 2 minutes-
Amuse Rep: "Thank you for holding"
Amuse Rep: "So at this time we cannot comment on the situation."
Avenging7Folds: "Okay, is it possible to get some feedback: We just want to know if amuse is aware of the situationm that is taking place in the community, there was quite a bit of shock having a member of the band absent and two new unknown additions without any prior announcements. So I am just wondering if Amuse is aware of the certain amount of outrage currently within the community"
Amuse Rep: "Um, at this point I cannot comment on that, unfortunately"
Avenging7Folds: "Do you know if there are any plans to hold any kinds of annoucements on the matter?"
Amuse Rep: "Um, we have, I cannot comment on the matter."
Avenging7Folds: "Okay, well I appreciate your time, thank you"
Amuse Rep: "Thank you"
**Side Note, He should've just said O
... keep reading on reddit โกIt wasn't a good day for Amuse Inc. as their stocks fell 13.5% for its largest sell in 52 weeks on the Nikkei, and second in the quarter. Dropping it down to its December 20, 2017 numbers. It was caused by Amuse release of its adjusted Consolidated Earnings Estimate for the year. Their Estimated Earnings Per Share for the full year was adjusted from 168.02 Billion yen, to 101.35. A drop in operation earnings, from 4.4 billion yen to 2.88, and Recurring earnings from 4.57 billion yen to 2.92, and a Net Earnings down from 2.9 billion yen to 1.75. However within the same report, Amuse adjusted their estimated revenues for this year from 45 billion yen this year to 47.77 billion.
It appears still to be an underrated equity despite the tumble from the forecast cut. What to take out of this was despite a projected increase of revenues Amuse it looking at another year with just under 2% growth. Doesn't look fantastic but what is important is Revenues. Amuse's revenues are it's talents like Perfume, One KO Rock, Babymetal, Sakura Gakuin. So its good to see that they see good are projected to make more money.
Nothing for the speculation crowd, just raw data for people to chew on. Amuse Inc. success is Babymetal success. Better more healthier companies are far more willing to invest more into their revenue stream, and also take risks. Amuse is in no way in trouble, but this was a good kick in the groin for this billion dollar entertainment company which should be averaging a steady growth of 5-15% like the rest of the entertainment industry in Japan.
Mod's, if you feel this does not belong, wack away. There are no direct mentions of Babymetal but I think it does provide some insight into Amuse strategies that may affect Babymetal as well as some indications of changes that will be made to ticket procurement.
An interview with "Representative Director and President" Toshio Miyakoshi
Discussion of "overseas market"
http://equitystoryjapan.com/amuse/interview/amuse_interview4-3.html
Discussion of the "Tapirs' ticket solution", face authentication system. Also looks like they will be using LINE? (LINE TICKET Corporation) to make ticket procurement easier... so if you don't have a LINE account, you may want to get one.
http://equitystoryjapan.com/amuse/interview/amuse_interview4-1.html
Just for inclusion, I posted this in the previous Amuse thread but since that post will likely not be viewed by anyone, a current snapshot of Amuse stock prices. It's odd to see such an increase in stock price with a "net income fall" of -42.89%.
https://i.imgur.com/JIU5S99.jpg
> Year on year Amuse Inc had net income fall -42.89% from 3.54bn to 2.02bn despite a 3.52% increase in revenues from 48.92bn to 50.65bn. An increase in the selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of sales from 9.30% to 11.93% was a component in the falling net income despite rising revenues.
As mentioned in the previous post I decided to stop doing parody's. The YT police give you opportunities to appeal and counter appeal copyright disputes ultimately the owner of the music/song have the finally decision. Yes parodies are allowed by EU law and in most countries, however as you can see from [this] (http://imgur.com/a/Sre5W) ), Amuse Inc don't obey law! This is coming more of an issue with other claimants so it's fans like me that get destroyed rather than their multi million dollar business empires.
This isn't the whole reason why I'm going to stop but just to forewarn anyone who likes to make videos using stock BABYMETAL footage, you're running the gauntlet. (Even if it's a parody matching some other video)
I'm probably reading this all wrong, and I may sound like a complete dummy here, so I apologize if I'm getting the information all wrong here. But I want to know about this.
I was just scrolling through the biographies of the girls in BM when I read that these girls were signed by Amuse Inc. (Japanese entertainment company that provides artist management services) by auditioning in modeling? Again, I'm probably reading this wrong, but (for example) according to Moa's biography: "Moa signed with the talent agency Amusic Inc. at the age of 8 when she won the Semi-Gran Prix in the Ciao Girl Audition of 2007 held by Amuse." and according to this video, it seems like the "Ciao Girl" thing is a modeling business (which Yui was also a part of & got signed by Amuse as well.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=136&v=8LRQAqvn13o
It even said the same thing for Suzuka, saying: "Suzuka was signed to the talent agency Amuse, Inc. after becoming a runner-up in the 2nd Star Kids Audition held by the company." Unless the Star Kids Audition is like a singing contest, I'm pretty sure this is also a modeling business.
Again, If I have this thing all wrong, then please correct me. But what I really want to ask is:
- Does Amuse Inc. sign people based on their modeling? And if so, why? To book them into the music business or do to use them for modeling? (Because to me, it sounds like they signed the BM girls from a modeling audition, which helped them get into their music career!) Is that what Amuse was going for? Is it that after people get signed by Amuse, they choose what kind of career they go for? Or do people get sign based on their singing & dancing as well?
it's a rumor on twitter and 2ch.
Mr. Hatanaka (Amuse, Inc. President) accepted in an interview of radio Nikkei. he said "i rejected the offer from some major record lavels". the contract included not only overseas but also in Japan.
my english is so terrible. please someone translate this site much better.
First of all, let me get something clear before I bring up this stupid-waste-of-time discussion or whatever you want to call it: I'm not complaining about how they should allow/legalize piracy. As a broke 20 years old college student, I'm doing everything I can to support musicians I love. (Even though so far my personal physical collection items of BABYMETAL are basically just one of their T-Shirt, debut album & Live in Budokan DVD). Are we clear? Alright, here we go.
So, if you go to YouTube and search any of AMUSE Inc. top artists not-named-BABYMETAL such as ONE OK ROCK, Perfume, SEKAI NO OWARI or even Sakura Gakuin, you will notice one thing: Most of the result videos come from random YouTube accounts instead of their own perspective channels. What does that mean? Well, it means a lot of their contents are being pirated and uploaded illegally.
Of course this confused me. "Huh, I thought AMUSE Internet Police are ruthless, merciless, powerful beast that will unleash the remove button on every illegal content of their artist, because that one time I tried to upload bootleg version of Awadama Fever, it got taken down immediately!"
Well looks like the knife has double edge, THERE'S EVEN FULL VERSION OF ONE OK ROCK YOKOHAMA STADIUM CONCERT! That show is btw the equivalent of BABYMETAL upcoming Tokyo Dome concert. They did a 2 days show in a stadium which was attended by total 60,000 human beings.
So my question is: Why AMUSE is only being strict with BABYMETAL contents?
Since Monday (March 28, 2016) there appears to be a database error or errors in stock price history for Amuse Inc. 4301:TYO. For example, at marketnewsline.com a candle chart correctly shows a 52 week high of 6160ยฅ. On other stock sites the 52 week high is 3080ยฅ. A 3 month history candle chart shows a strange drop last Monday March 28 to near ~2300ยฅ from ~4500ยฅ (with no selloff candle) like as if the chart has been reset (as if due to a calculation error). Therefore, I suspect the current stock price at 2238ยฅ to be an error.
Does anyone know what is happening with these Amuse stock pricing errors?
From 2016. I like how they dragged Gregory J. Worthen (RIP) out of the attic for this video instead of the usual Filipino crew since they know non-Filipinos would be watching. In their effort not to look culty, they've looked more culty than ever!
It ain't half bad lol gave me a chuckle
I went to Wonderland this weekend and this popped into my head...
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Well, it's that time of the year again...! Black Friday is this Friday 26 November, but many stores have already gotten started early so it's time to get our megathread up and running :)
Big thank you to u/mangoes4daze who got us started with their Black Friday Sales thread, and u/SamStillReading who shared more Black Friday deals here!
If you'd like to see whether a store you're interested in might offer a discount, or what offers you can expect, you can refer to our Black Friday/Cyber Monday megathreads from 2020 here: Part 1, Part 2.
This will be the dedicated thread for all Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale info from now until next Tuesday. Please share any sale deals that you come across (including sale dates if possible), your tips for getting the best deal, and what youโre buying (if anything)!
This post will be regularly updated to add deals shared within the comments. Sort by โnewโ as well to see all the latest comments. :)
Apologies in advance for any errors - please check sites for exclusions, T&Cs, end dates, etc., and do your own research and time zone conversions before purchasing. Please comment if you notice anything wrong and we'll fix it.
Thanks u/Octoember for this reminder also:
#USPS ARE CURRENTLY NOT SHIPPING PACKAGES TO AUSTRALIA! Please check which shipping company is used before buying from the US.
More info/discussion on the USPS temporary suspension of Priority Mail International shipments to Australia: here, here & here.
Multi-brand Stores
- Adore Beauty: Up to 40% off selected brands & products. MAKEUP: 40% off Essie, Heir Atelier, Iconic London, Inika, L'Oreal Paris, Maybelline & Nude by Nature. 25% off Real Techniques. 20% off Benefit, Bobbi Brown, Estee Lauder, Lancome, MAC, MUF
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
The Big (Mall) Short Pt. 3: 2017
TL;DR:
- Apollo Global Management had some CMBS exposure back in 2017. Apollo Global later bought Yahoo Finance, had former SEC chair (GG's current job) Jay Clayton join them, and tried to buy GME in 2019.
- Ex-Sears & Kmart CEO Eddie Lampert sold off ~230 Sears & Kmart properties to Seritage Growth Properties, who jacked up the rents to new tenants. Some of these jacked-up properties were later bundled into CMBS bundles with Chase.
- In CMBS loanspeak, Walmart is often a part of what's called a "Walmart Shadow Anchored Portfolio", a mall that has Walmart as its biggest retail store with little retail stores all around it. Walmart is called an "anchor store".
- When "anchor stores" fail--like Macy's, Sears, Dillard's, etc.--then all the retail stores around usually are at higher risk of failing. This affects the CMBS bundles with loans for all those retail stores.
Read Pt. 1: RCโs Tweet, TUEM v. TUES, & 92 Dayshttps://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/s5o8ok/the_tuesday_morning_rabbit_hole_revisiting_the/
Read Pt. 2: On Shorting Commercial Real Estate and Jerica Capital Managementhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/s6ff2r/the_tuesday_morning_rabbit_hole_revisiting_the/
Read Pt. 3: 2017https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/s7h25l/the_tuesday_morning_rabbit_hole_revisiting_the/
Note: Be forewarned this is my least technical of the DD series, and one I try to fancy up a bit with creative writing-y stuff. A good part of it is to also set the scene for Pt. 4: Pick Your Teams.
Table of Contents
- Retail in 2017
- Sears & Seritage Growth Properties
- Anchor Stores and Dead Malls
In Pt. 2, we mentioned that 2017 was when many of those who had wanted to short malls, like Jerica--who was later caught in a "mall" short squeeze or CMBS short squeeze by Chase--, were revving up their bets at the table.
If you recall from Pt. 2, CMBS--or commercial mortgage backed securities--are a grab bag of loans to different offices, retail stores, and commercial real estate that you can buy or sell, or bet whether the price of
... keep reading on reddit โกDo your worst!
Ants donโt even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
How the hell am I suppose to know when itโs raining in Sweden?
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
