Music Archive, Part XXXIII ~ hide with Spread Beaver: Ja, Zoo (Universal Victor, 1998) – Revisit

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

蔦 – a Kanji for Ivy

There are always reasons for things. There is a reason, why I release this little story today, on 21 October. And there is a reason why a kanji for ivy looks like that. In fact, I have been wondering that a lot and I guess I have found some kind of answer... This story belongs...

The Songs From the Film TELL ME ～hideと見た景色～

This post is only about a four-track CD that came as a bonus with the limited edition Blu-ray movie release. The movie is called TELL ME ～hideと見た景色～ (directed by Renpei Tsukamoto) and it was released both as a DVD and Blu-ray format on 7 December 2022. I bought it only to get the bonus CD. Yes,...

The Double Cover of Ja, Zoo -album

The posthumous album called Ja, Zoo by ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟 was released on 21 November 1998. I have written about the album a year ago (2021), but this time I decided to have a closer look on its special cover, not the theme, but the physical appearance. Ja, Zoo was the third album by ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒,...

Music Archive, Part XXII ~ hide: SINGLES ~ Junk Story (Universal J, 2002)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

Music Archive, Part XIX ~ hide with Spread Beaver: ever free (Universal Victor, 1998)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

Music Archive, Part XVI ~ hide: Tell Me (MCA Victor, 1994)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

Music Archive, Part XIV ~ hide with Spread Beaver: Rocket Dive (Universal Victor, 1998)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

hide Perfect Treasures – Premium International Version (CSI, 2021)

ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 – 𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑢𝑚 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑉𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 was released by CSI on 20 December 2021. As the name indicates, this book is addressed also to ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 fans abroad and comes with English translations. The book is so called treasure book and it means that this is definitely not an ordinary book. ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠, the...

Music Archive, Part VIII ~ hide with Spread Beaver: Ja, Zoo (Universal Victor, 1998)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

hide with Spread Beaver appear!! “1998 TRIBAL Ja, Zoo”

The date was 20 November 1998 and the place was Yokosuka Arts Theatre. It was the last gig of the 1998 tour by a group called ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐵𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑟. The band had played in 12 locations, 14 gigs altogether, starting the tour also from Yokosuka, the birthplace of ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒, and playing two nights in...

Music Archive, Part VI ~ hide with Spread Beaver: Hurry Go Round (Universal Victor, 1998)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...