w-inds. "Ameato" PV

I've finally found the PV of w-inds. latest single "Ameato", this song is simply amazing and beautiful. This song is also the ending theme for the anime Reborn.

There's no dancing which I'm a bit surprise as I thought they would be a least a bit. There were so less so Ryohei and Ryuichi but it didn't bother me that much as my favorite is Keita.
The first I watch it I would probably find it nice and beautiful but if I watch it a couple of times I would probably find it boring.

Sneak peek at w-inds. "Ameato" PV

w-inds. new single "Ameato" will be release on the 23rd April, I think if you're a w-inds. fans you would probably have listen to the radio version of "Ameato" already and the other 2 coupling songs. I totally love "Ameato", but I like the 2 verses more than the chorus part.

And just then I found screen caps of the PV but I don't think the PV is released at least I couldn't find it online anywhere right now.
By looking at these screen caps it doesn't seem like there might be a lot of dancing during in the PV. I just hope w-inds. would bring us something new just like "LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING" and "Beautiful Life" PV.

I'm looking forward to this PV.

Lead - Feel The Vibes

Haven't blog here for a long time, lately I've been listening to Lead's 5th album "Feel The Vibes". I was actually looking forward to this album ever since I saw the album cover.

I think all of them has improved a lot in their vocals, because I couldn't recognize their voices sometime (especially Akira). In Track 1 The Vibes and Track 16 Feel they have guest artists Chris Gatsby and IO Hustle, no wonder I heard an unfamiliar voice but both of those songs were cool.

In this album Lead's songs has mature a lot compared to their last album, there's more of the R&B taste which you can immediately identify when listening to Track 2 Baby What Turns You On.

Track 5 Tani☆RAP is Shinya's solo rap song because I really like listening to Shinya's rapping so I really like this song. But the song reminds me of Fonk's Ohayo Sunday.

Instead of Lead singing ballad songs I prefer them singing R&B/Hip Hop songs. Somehow it just suits them more in my own opinion.

Lead - Feel The Vibes
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RSP - Kansha

Lately I've downloaded this single called "Kansha" sang by a group called RSP (Real Street Performance). It consist of 4 girls and 2 guys, 2 girls are vocalist and the rest are dancers.

I totally loved the song when I first heard it, and was interested in the group as it was a mixture of girls and guys like AAA. The song was the ending theme song for the anime Bleach.

I've searched back their old singles "A Street Story" and "Lifetime Respect ~Onna Hen~" but I like "Kansha" the best.

I'm not really good that explaining why I like this song so much but I just like it the moment I heard of it.

w-inds. Live Tour 2007 "Journey"

After waiting for 10 or more days my DVD finally arrived in front of my door, I was so scared that it might be lost since I never more than 10 days.
So here's another DVD to my w-inds. collection. When I was looking at the DVD, the DVD has printed part of the world map on it. I was so happy to see my country's map Australia printed on the DVDs.

A little review or thoughts about this concert.

The concert was great but I can't say it's the best they can do. There wasn't anything special and most of them were no difference with a live they perform at CDTV or Music Fighter.
I really hope they could more than just dancing and singing, I missed Keita playing the piano and Ryuichi playing the guitar.

The stage was smaller this time, in there other concerts they had a long stage that reach the middle of the audience, but this time they didn't do that so it looked like there was more audience.

Opening
The opening they show footages of their past concert on the VTR.

01. THIS IS OUR SHOW
A world globe appeared in the middle of the upper stage and it opens up and w-inds. were already positioned. The three of them wore a red coat and hat and started singing. I must say they love red so much in every single concert they wore red.
After singing the first song they took off the coat and inside they wore a stripe shirt with a vest which I really like.

02. Boogie Woogie 66
Maybe Keita is so used having a hat on that he couldn't change the how his hand position on the hat. But during Boogie Woogie 66 he took the hat off and I spotted that his hand was position on the hat where he didn't even had a hat on.

03. New Paradise
It's been a while since they last sang New Paradise, nothing different or special about it.

04. Another Days
This is another song which they haven't sang for a long time.

Bridge
05. Top Secret
They changed costume into white jacket with black tank top and Keita wore a white hat again, I it's the one he wore during the Hong Kong performance.
I don't find this surprising because they have performed this song quiet a number of times already.

06. Crazy for You
Same goes for Crazy for You, they have performed a couple of times which is no different.

07. Devil
This is the first time I see them performing Devil live I quiet like this song even though I hardly listen to it.
Somehow during this song Keita reminds me of MJ (I guess it's mostly because of the hat). I find the choreography during the chorus was weird, the movement is small and it's only hand movement.
Dance Corner
The first one to come out was Keita wearing a black top tank which was worn inside his white jacket before. The repeat slow motion really takes in effect for this and I really like it. More than dancing I think Keita was just showing off his muscles, but ever since he got more muscular his dancing has more power to it.

Ryuichi's dance was rather normal probably the most wow thing was his back flip which I've seen many times before.

And Ryohei, not so surprise that he's doing breaking. Seen ryohei doing breaking nth times already so it didn't wow me.

The dance corner was rather short. I was hoping for a group dance with some cool choreography but no that was it.

08. Is that you
I forgot that w-inds. has this song when I first heard it because the last time I was listening to their "Journey" album was ages ago.
There's really nothing special about this performance but there's just a feeling where you can't move your eyes somewhere else.
I liked how Keita appeared wearing a black shinny jacket and hat, and all there is was just a mic stand and spotlight. The move he did with the mic stand was rather cool.
Ryohei and Ryuichi appeared half way through the song but they weren't as cool as Keita with the mic stand.



09. Hanamuke

10. Message
I love this song, this song was one of my favorite in the album. The scene of them sitting on the red sofa was nice and Keita sang really good with a lot of emotions.

11. TRIAL

12. Tooikioku

13. LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING

14. It's in the Stars

15. Try your emotion
This song was sing in most concert, it's a great song to get the audience high as it's a song where most people know the lyric.

ENCORE 1
16. Feel the Fate
I don't really like their shirt for this concert, it's too simple. But during Feel the Fate there's a part where Ryuichi and Ryohei sang solo.
The tension was high as everyone sang along with Keita.

17. Kireida

18. Forever Memories

ENCORE 2
19. Shiki
Not Shiki again. I've heard this song sang live a zillion of times. Although the song is nice but I got bored of the performance.

20. Fire Flower
Fire Flower puts everyone so high and once music is played all the fans got out their towel and started swinging it, it's like a must when they perform this song. This song is not great to listen but it's great for performing live.
They were throwing towels to the audience and funny is Keita was wiping his sweat with it and you don't know how much fangirls wanted that towel.
Keita's voice started to crack and it was really bad but he kept on singing until the very last just hope this won't damage his vocal.
Ryuichi started playing the guitar during the end of the song and right at the end because everyone was so high from a distance I see Ryuichi swinging he guitar towards the floor and it became 2 pieces. So I thought "Was that necessary? What a waste!"

AAA 2nd Anniversary Live ~5th ATTACK 070922~ Nippon Budokan

It's been awhile since I've posted here.
I've just finish watching AAA's 5th Attack DVD, this is also their last attack.
I have to say this concert is their best so far, performing at Budokan a bigger stage makes the concert more better.

This is my little review on the concert after watching (I'm very forgetful so I'm typing this right after I finished it).

01. Kuchibiru Kara Romantica
Can't believe they started off the concert with this song because usually in concerts they start off with a heat beating fast song. I love the masks they all wore it really hate such a effect for the song and performance.

02. Paradise Paradise
It's their first time performing this song live and also the first time I see it live. There wasn't anything special about the dance or anything but what caught my attention was during the 2nd verse when it's Chiaki's line, she and Nissy, looks like she's humping Nissy (I don't want to use the word 'humping' but there's no other word I could think of).

03. VIRGIN F

05. ACT CORNER
This act corner was what I was looking forward to when I first saw photos of 5th Attack. The scenes Nissy and Misako holds hand and almost kissed and the unforgettable moment of Nissy and Hidaki kiss.
Out of all Acts this Act is the best simply because it has a really simple story which I understands and it's fun to watch. There's not much talking (which is a good thing because I don't understand) and the songs matches the storyline. I think I would cut out this Act and put it in my ipod so that I can watch it over and over again.

-Friday Party
This is best for crowds, Misako was so cute when she's trying to get Nissy's attention but Nissy was looking the other way. During Friday Part Nissy and Misako was so cute! They were leaning against each other and the way they smile at each other was priceless.

-Deai no Chikara
The end part reminds me of when they sing this during 2nd Attack, they could've kissed if Shinjiro didn't confess to Misako.

-Hanabi
The girls were singing Hanabi and the guys at the back were lighting up hanabi which I thought was really cool.

-No End Summer
Hahaha, I liked the part where Nissy was jealous because Misako and Shinjiro were having fun throwing ball and Misako went up to Nissy and giving him the ball.

-Chewing Gum
-Deai no Chikara II
When they first sang Deai no Chikara I thought "Why didn't they hold hands?" finally in Deai no Chikara II they were holding hands.
When they were trying to kiss it was so cute and at the end Nissy kissed Hidaka, Nissy's expression was funny. He first was enjoying the kiss and when he finds out it's Hidaka he keeps on wiping his mouth.

06. Get Chu!
I liked how when they just kissed they sang Get Chu! and Nissy once again wiped his mouth while singing it.

07. Shalala Kibou no Uta
They sang this as a ballad song, the lead vocal went to Chiaki and Misako (but more of Chiaki). I think I like the original version more.
08. Kirei na Sora
This was also sang as a ballad and the main vocals were the guys. Everyone singing has improved especially Shuta, I still remember when I first heard him singing a solo part in Hurricane Riri, Boston Mari ~Original long version~ it was horrible.
09. Wonderful Life

10. Us

11. Body Talker
The chorus dance part was pretty easy I think if they performed this again the fans would probably dance along with them.

Dance Corner
It started off with Hidaka doing a little dance and introducing this section. The Shinjiro appears sitting on a chair and expected it was his usual moves again, I think he needs to learn new moves. The Misako appear holding a gun and there's a couple of English lines said and gun shooting sounds. The part where she puts her gun in her pants seem a bit ero but I'm sure a lot of guys will enjoy it. Urata and his swinging-stick performance, it wasn't that bad but it was just a little too short. The it was Chiaki and her spinning and swinging dance moves, then it was Shuta's turn. He was wearing a tank top and a cap which reminds me of American artist like Usher or something, the only unforgettable scene was when he ripped his shirt and the crowd was all screaming. Last was Nissy as expected he did break dancing, sometimes I can't believe a guy who look like that can break dance. His breaking wasn't a disappointment and because I rarely see him do that move (other than in Hallelujah PV) it wasn't boring at all.

12. BLOOD on FIRE

13. That's Right

14. Climax Jump

15. SUNSHINE

16. ENCORE
-SHE no Jijitsu
-Winter lander!!
-Hurricane Riri, Boston Mari (Original long version)
-Saigo no Kotoba

There's so much about this concert which I couldn't express you just have to watch it.

w-inds. sense of fashion

I was watching a Taiwanese interview of w-inds. and the host asked w-inds. a question about their sense of fashion. w-inds. replied it's important to have their own sense of style which mean they have control what they like to wear.
They say that they tell the stylist what kind of style they want and the stylist will prepare clothes of the style they want to them.

I've always liked what they wore in the past but recently the style in "Beautiful Life" was not pleasing me. What I'm talking is not the clothing they wear in the PV, it's the clothing they wear during the lives it just bother me every time I watch one of the live.

I have no complaints as for what Ryohei's wearing because his style didn't change much from before. But Keita and Ryuichi, I don't like it.

Keita doesn't look bad with the white shirt and neck tie but the bottom half looks weird. And if you look at the whole body it doesn't look great because it just brings out how skinny and tall he is.

And Ryuichi there's time where I like his style and there's times where I really don't like it.

So is this a problem with me just not liking it or is it the stylist or is it w-inds. themselves?

Please tell me thats not him

This photo of Keita was taken when w-inds. attended to the press conference after their arrival to Taiwan. I have to say this photo is one of the worst photo of Keita, there's no photos which are worst than this photo. Just look at his face, he's face is so skinny and with his new short haircut it makes his face even more skinner and long. He looks really tired and got eye bags and his skin is not in a good condition which he didn't even try putting make-up to make him look better.

How I wish I could back the old w-inds. style when they are still young and look 'young' with nice and beautiful skin. They are just too tired and working too much after tour in Japan now tour in Taiwan, I think they need a break.
Please Keita leave your hair back longer.

w-inds. is at Taiwan!

Once again w-inds. is at Taiwan again, this is their 3rd time opening a concert at Taiwan and it's their 4th time in Taiwan. There was around 400 fans waiting for them at the airport.
They will open this concert twice with the days they in Taiwan, lucky fans will get to hand shake and take photos with w-inds. after the concert.

Before I was reading news and was worried because it said that there's only 6% of the tour tickets were sold I don't understand why. It's the Taiwanese fans sent them letters to come to Taiwan 'again' for a tour and now no body buys their tickets? Well, I don't care much if their tickets are all sold out by now not like I can purchase any of it.

I think w-inds. had enough of Taiwan, they should just come to my country. Then they can relax and get away from crazy fans following them and instead I could be the only one who's following them.

Beautiful Life PV

I know there's too much "Beautiful Life" posts but I can't help it since I just saw the PV.

The PV is not something that I went "wow!" or anything too surprising when I saw it. But it is something that I have never seen from w-inds. and I kind of like it as the PV really suits the song "Beautiful Life", yes the PV is beautifully filmed.

The way this PV is filmed is like an eye of someone and right until the end you will know who's eye is that.
I like how they add little symbols in during the PV such as in the start we see "LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING" PV playing on the LCD TV. Then when w-inds. going into the super market, on glass it has "Beautiful Life" which I think the super market is called "Beautiful Life" as it has a shopping cart on it as well. The last symbol I spotted was when w-inds. at the counter paying the guy's apron has the "W" symbol.
These symbols aren't hard to spot, I spotted them on the first time I watch the PV.

To know who's that eye we've been looking through, it will show us right at the end when w-inds. is taking a group photo and the last shot is the outcome of the group photo.

Overall the PV is nothing too special but I like it and how it's different from their previous PVs.

Otoko no Kosodate theme song

Japanese new drama "Otoko no Kosodate" will be broadcasting on the 26th October 2007 this season. It's not really a drama that I'm interested in but as for the theme song for "Otoko no Kosodate" will be w-inds. new single "Beautiful Life" song.

w-inds. first song appearing as a theme song for a t.v drama which means more promotion for "Beautiful Life" and I hope by having this song as a theme song for a drama boost up the sales.

The song "Beautiful Life" is already been broadcast on the radio and the radio version of the mp3 has been flowing through the net. My comment of the the radio version of "Beautiful Life" is that it's a fast pace and relaxing song.
The first listen didn't really hit into me, but it's catchy once it's been repeated. I also hope the PV would be something new that w-inds. never have done before just like "LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING".

Download Link of the song: http://www.zshare.net/audio/4433921a91f1b9/

w-inds.+Keita new releases

Finally w-inds. is releasing another single, this time their single is called "Beautiful Life". It seem like a mid tempo song something similar to "Shiki" or "Hanamuke". The single will release on the 7th November.

Not only w-inds. will release another single but Keita Tachibana will also release his 3rd single, name title is not confirmed yet but the release date is on the 5th December.

As usual I'll be looking forward to these 2 releases.

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More details of w-inds. new single "Beautiful Life"



w-inds.2007年11月7日発売 NEW SINGLE
｢Beautiful Life｣ABC・テレビ朝日系列 10/26スタート　毎週金曜日21:00～
「オトコの子育て」主題歌テーマソング (主演:高橋克典 、 国仲涼子、小泉孝太郎 他)

M1: Beautiful Life
作詞:shungo./作曲:Samuel Waermo/Mimmi Waermo/Pontus Soderqvist/編曲:Koma2 Kaz
M2:Space Drifter
作詞:shungo./作曲:Philippe-Marc Anquetil/Christopher Lee-Joe/Paul"Charlie"Brown/編曲:Koma2 Kaz
M3:I'm a Man
作詞:shungo./作曲:Hiten Bharadia/Aisling Stephenson/編曲:Koma2 Kaz
M4: Beautiful Life(Instrumental)

CD+DVD盤：PCCA.02553卅￥1,575(税抜価格￥1,500)
※DVD内容(約14分)･･･Jacket Shooting、Making & Interview
通常盤：PCCA.02598卅￥1,260(税抜価格￥1,200)
※PCCA.02598の初回封入特典：ポケットカレンダー１種類

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO NISSY!

Today the 30th September is Nissy (Takahiro Nishijima) member from AAA 21st birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NISSY!

First time actually said Happy Birthday to me. Although he's 21 but he's still a big child, he get high easily. And this year I hope he can be a big child forever!

AAA 5th ATTACK!

Finally there's some photos on AAA's 5th Attack concert!
I must say they all look HOT!
It's so different since it's held in Boudokan, the stage looks very grand, they had a lot more costume compare to 4th Attack.
My favorite costume in 5th Attack is the white one and coming second is the blue one which reminds me of Pepsi.
Nissy's red costume looks really....eh... I don't know what to say. Weird, I guess. What's with the red feather on the head? I wonder if they were singing RED SOUL while wearing the RED costume. And one photo of Nissy holding Misako up (w00t! Nissy&Misako).
I think Shuta loves wearing caps now, but Shuta looks hella hot and with one photo where his shirt was unbutton.
I really like their AAA shirt, I wish I could get one. But too bad, this is one disadvantage living in Australia.
Okay enough babbling, download all 26 photos of 5th Attack now!

DOWNLOAD HERE

AAA "AROUND" Album

I was just uploading this album, AAA - AROUND, on my website which just officially released today. While I was writing a little review on the website I find that I had a lot to comment on but I didn't want to make it so long on the website so I had to cut down on words.

Firstly, I really like this album. The songs are great including the new and old songs. Not going to say anything about the old songs because there's no point.

2 new songs which I'm most anticipated to listen to was "Deai no Chikara II" and "Saigo no kotoba".

Why "Deai no Chikara II"? Not hard to answer because the 1st one was one of my favorite song and also sang by my favorite pairing Nissy & Misako.
At least after listening to "Deai no Chikara II" it's not a disappointment, although the song didn't get into me at first heard but got addicted to it after few more listen.

Why "Saigo no Kotoba"? After watching their short movie CM I'm in love with this song, AAA doesn't have a lot of ballad songs and I must say this one is the best one apart from "Bokura no te". I was happy to see Shuta getting more lines and even Shinjiro has more lines too, too bad I didn't hear much of Hidaka. Shuta's voice is getting better and better, he has more control of his voice even though I don't if he can sing this well during lives. As for Shinjiro's voice I still find his voice lacking a bit of power, singing ballads wouldn't be a problem but it does show when singing a more powerful and fast beat song.

"Paradise Paradise" wasn't bad, the first verse was okay but after Hidaka's rapping I started to get bored of the song. So I don't really have much to say about this song.

Everybody "Body Talker" would be a sexy song but even though it disappointed them it's not a problem with me. Because the song is really catchy and awesome, there's no particular parts I like I just like the whole song! This song is definitely one of the song that I would love to see them performing live (hope they do in their 5th Attack).

Lastly, "Red Soul", the 2nd verse wasn't that special and I like the first verse more. I hope they soon perform a live of this, I want to see their dance more clearly.

Finally, if you're interested in downloading this album please visit my website which is http://www.thacmhouse.co.nr/

MTV Student Voice Award (w-inds.)

I was excited when I found the performance on the MTV Student Voice Award because it's one of the performance that I so wanting to see.

Even though some people might get sick of Keita wearing those type of hats but I loving it. Because Keita rarely wear hats and these type of hats really suit him which makes him even hotter (to me). But he seem like a bit of MJ which he is covering his eyes with the hat, is that really possible for him to dance on the stage? Because I have a hat like that and I tried putting it really down and it annoys the hell out of me.

While the end of LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING Keita did this "HOT" thing that I was like "o_O~WOW!" I was thinking that the audience was rather calm about it, if it was the HK or Taiwanese fans I guess that are screaming already.

He was sliding his right hand down to his thighs. It might nothing special but I find that hot.

Shirtless Keita

I am just a typical fangirl so my reaction when seeing this photo is the same as other fangirl. Yes, finally a photo on the shirtless Keita Tachibana who constantly taking his shirt off in Tours. Ageha Tour was his first time taking his shirt off and then he did it again during THANKS but during that time there wasn't any photos or videos shown, I only know about it because all the fans who went was talking about and was saying how sexy Keita was. Now I finally get to see it, I must agree, KEITA IS ULTRA SMEXY! His body is really fit and toned compare to his old self and I love this body of his just don't over do it at times.

I can't really imagine Keita shirtless and dancing on stage, it makes me think of the Johnny's members how they always do it whether they are skinny or not.
Lucky Keita only do it on tours and not in magazines because then it makes no difference with the Johnny's members. Keita seriously need to show his fit body more but please only in photo album.

I saw a bit of the Journey Tour from news clips, this year it seem like another great concert. It was also announced that w-inds. will be going to Taiwan this year again to open an tour.
I'm really jealous of the Taiwanese fans, they get to see w-inds. too much! I'm looking forward to the Journey DVD.

Jpop Music Downloads

It's time to post some Jpop music downloads again.

Sifow - Natsu Hanabi
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AOMRHWEL

SS501 - Kokoro
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DS7DKHCL

SHOWTA - Kimi ni, kaze ga fukimasu you ni
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XB8P8IP1

Utada Hikaru - Beautiful World/Kiss&Cry
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q4T5RYK1

Nakashima Mika - LIFE
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=V0F6GVNN

That's all for now! Find more Jpop music to download at thaCMhouse

RED SOUL PV

OMG! The PV of RED SOUL is released! In the process of downloading it my heart was beating so fast as I was reading a bunch of comments from people who already have seen it. I was so excited about what this PV would be like.

I love the song so much as it's in the style of Let it beat! and BLOOD on FIRE. And are they meant to be vampires? I didn't get this message while watching the PV until I was reading comments from the forum. But vampires are COOL! Also red + black = vampire!
They just need to be more of a vampire. Too bad there's no plot in this PV, like a vampire storyline would be SO so cool! Seeing them sucking bloods? That would be awesome!

I realised that Shuta is getting more shots, so far this PV is the most shots he got. Although every shots only last 1 or 2 seconds but he showed up every then and now. But the bad thing is that there aren't as clear as the others, it was kind of hard to see his face. But overall I think Shuta is getting more and more cooler.

Shinjiro has very scary glowing eyes in some scene. But he's cool! Plus he got more shots than Naoya, Hidaka and Chiaki did (not something to be surprised at since he is popular amongst the girls).

They need to show more of Chiaki because she's being really hot in the PV. Hope the full version has more shots of her.

At last which I cannot not mention is my lovely Nissy! He's not being much of himself in this PV. Usually he's the one who has the really hype up mood or smiling a lot. But he was rather calm and... cold? Yes his expression was a little cold, but he's still HOT! That expression.... I love it!

The Rock Incident

For people who didn't take notice of "The Rock Incident" that happened to AAA. Recently AAA went to Otakon 2007 at Baltimore, America to perform. While they were there to leave memories they graffiti a rock and the photo was posted on Chiaki's blog. Then later on some stupid nature loving people decided to make such a big deal about it and complained. The complain reached to Avex and on the AAA official website they even announced an apology and have deleted Chiaki's post. When I first heard it I thought it was such a small matter and since AAA apologized on their official website everything should be fine and over that is why I didn't even bother to make a post here. But I think I need to express my feelings since things are getting worst and worst.

• They got cut off from the 24 hour charity live
• Furuuche cm, AAA got cut
• Fans are bashing Chiaki (and they are really harsh comments)
• Complaining to Avex to "fire" Chiaki

I don't want to list anymore, things are just getting out of control. What I can't believe is that even fans of AAA are bashing Chiaki, I mean what has she done wrong beside posting the photo of the graffiti rock? I have a strong feeling that it's female fans who are bashing Chiaki, if the one who posted the photo was Nissy or Shin then I think those comments wouldn't be that harsh, but it's Chiaki who posted it.

I wonder if this incident will affect on their following releases & events? Like 5th Attack, 2nd Anniversary, RED SOUL single and AROUND album.
I just hope people can stop the HARSH COMMENTS and DROP THIS STUPID TOPIC!

This photo was done by kirakana who actually went to the place where the rock is and has taken photos of it. The graffiti was wipe off but harsh comments continued. (click the photo to enlarge it)