Daft Punk

So first of all I did not bring my camera to the Daft Punk concert for fear of it getting taken away at the door. I did manage to take some pictures with my camera phone, but at the moment I have no idea how to get them on my computer.

I met up with Mike at Shinjuku and we made the hour commute to Makuhari Messe. Yes, it is the same place where CeaTec, Tokyo Game Show, and the Tokyo Motor Show was held. That huge convention center. We got there about half an hour after the show started, around 3:30pm, which was alright because the first band sucked.

The first thing we did was get a locker for out jackets, and by locker I mean plastic bag. You heard me right, they were selling plastic bags for people to put their stuff in. A number was then attached to it and the bag was set in a section alloted for 200 bags. We were 42**. There were a ton of people there. At the very least 10,000.

We scouted out the floor for a while deciding where to go when Jeremy ran into us. He introduced us to his friends and we watched the crappy band play. Once the band was over there was an intermediary DJ group on the side named Dex Pistols. They were actually pretty good. Got the crowd pumping a little bit. Once the next group came out the place really started to pick up. Tons more people filled in and the music by Ryukyudisko was amazing. Lots of drum and bass stuff.

At this point I decided that we needed to get into the crowd and as close to the front as possible. I dragged Mike to the floor and we weaved our way through the ever growing crowd. We got separated pretty early, which was alright with me. I proceeded to move away from the large group of drunk foreigners and had a good time dancing with some Japanese groups.

The band after Ryukyudisko was also good, but I don't know their name. It was a band much like the first one, but this one had no singer and the instrumentals were at least 10 times better.

Finally at 7pm Daft Punk finally came out! There was a big push to the front of the stage initially. I was a little worried that it would turn into a large mosh-pit, but soon learned that Japanese people are not about that. The concert was amazing. Daft Punk played a lot of their popular stuff mixed with their non-so-famous songs. The led's on their pyramid coupled with the lasers and flourecent lights just made the entire thing come together. I had a blast.

I will try to post pictures whenever I figure that out. Until next time!