Funding from the puffy cloud☆☆☆
Otoboke Beaver ☆☆☆
At the world's largest music festival, to be held
at Austin, in the state of Texas, AMERICA☆
South by Southwest 2017 ☆
We decided to appear!!! SXSW!
It's not a dream!!!
Let's reach the world!!!!!They sure do sound keyed up. SXSW looks like the Holy City to bands from JP.
I wonder if they realize what it takes to get noticed there anymore? You can't
just show up with a cute accent and be news nowadays.
The linked article at Natalie Music only says they're going, and that they want
to finance their travel expenses with crowdfunding at Campfire.
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Lately Google's language AI is handling their stylized "Otoboke Bi〜ba〜" as "stupid bug"
or sometimes "fucking bug". Standing alone without context it tends to come out,
"Oshambi Bi" or "Oshababi-ba" and so on. I can guess why it might do this, but it's
still depressing. I've corrected it 1,000 times, the neural net just swallows the cx.
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CAMPFIRE is simply a Japanese-owned crowdfunding clearinghouse on the same model
as others you might know better.
Because it's Japanese, and because they don't handle out-of-country payments, this is
pretty academic for those of us who can't drop over to a convenience store or ATM in
Japan. Or at least have a bank account registered to a legit Japanese residence.
Tonight, with 31 people supporting, Otobi is at 40% of goal, which is just ¥500,000.
That's like two-way airfare from Osaka for 4 people and a little extra baggage.
At one minute before midnight on the 30th of January, their project will fund with
whatever they've collected, and that's it — over, done. No cap, no extensions, no refunds.
Otobi's SXSW Tour project page is here:
camp-fire.jp/projects/view/17727The deal seems to be, SXSW said: "We'll slot you a 'showcase' on the schedule at some
dive on the outskirts of nowhere, and you can play under our auspices, but promotion
and travel expenses are all on you ladies."
Damnably's not underwriting them in North America, and the Trump Fund for Preservation
of the Arts won't be granting for a while yet, so they're beggars. But determined ones.
Unimaginable computing resources produced that second English sentenceOh for the love of… if you have Google translate the web page, you should be
able to see through the fog of gibberish. All the action is in the righthand sidebar.
It's our first time, we have not a clue about thisThere's quite a creative array of offerings for fans.
From a song download and an airmail letter from America at the
¥3,000 level, through the kind of merch they already sell at shows
and Bandcamp, to personalized works… a ¥30,000 grab bag of goods
worth much, much more… (currently sold out; no wait, a new lot
has been added!!).
The best premiums are individualized and reflect the band's interests.
Yoshie will hand-paint a rice bowl for you for ¥4,000. Or at the ¥5,000 level,
she'll draw you a surrealist dirty comic-book. Hiro-chan will record karaoke
of a song you choose, or have Accorinrin give you personalized makeup
video instruction.
Pop will create a lavishly illustrated concert report in the form of a
handmade newspaper.
¥10,000 will net an extra 3 lucky persons one live studio recording of
a song request. How awesome is that? "Please record 'Bitchin' Camaro'
for me, with a drum solo!"
How do I get a Japanese credit card before morning?
At the tip-top of the pyramid is
The Otoboke Beaver PUFF-PUFF at ¥2,900,000 — that is, 2.9 million JPY, about $24,800USD.
They budgeted ¥750,000 each and discounted 4% for cash.
First-class airfare would be around $10K each person, round-trip.
But they could all fly back and forth and eat and sleep well for
a few days for 2.9 million yen, if they book right away.
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There's only one puff-puff on offer. When I tried to figure out what
the premium entailed, I could imagine why.
OTOBOKE BEAVER PUFF-PUFF
Take a guess, please.
Ganging up together to accumulate these funds, puff-puff will be done for one individual patron.
This is a kinky experience!
(Please note that airmail and DL code are not included)
Patrons: 0 Expected delivery: March 2017 What?? "Gang up" is pretty rough speech, it sounds like bullying.
This prize does not resemble a prize exactly. Maybe there's help
to be had from reading the screencapped illustration above?
Some sort of rustic 8-bit bath house in a pixelated wood.
「あ〜ら ステキなお兄ちん。 パフパフ いかが? たったの 20ゴ〜ルドよ。
はい いいえ | A〜ra sutekina o-ani-chin. PAFUPAFU ikaga? Tatta no 20 go〜rudo yo. Hai Iie | Ohh, wonderful, Big Bro'. How about a puff-puff? Only 20 gold pieces! Yes No |
Still unclear.
But there are web resources for self-study.
"Puff-Puff" at the Pixiv Dictionarydic.pixiv.net/a/ぱふぱふOverseas Reaction!
I LOVE JAPAN Livedoor blogReactions of foreigners who watched Dragon Quest's "Puff-Puff" 2014 MAR 11 by Mocchi
blog.livedoor.jp/zzcj/archives/51851538.htmlThe puff-puff cutscene in Dragon Quest 8 is something
Ritsuko Taneda would have surely have visited… once.
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So, now that you've come back filled with wonder, I just want to
point out that Otobi are not kidding about this. They offered, and
that's binding. So if a patron antes up, legally they have to deliver.
Something commonly called puff-puff, described for your protection
as kinky. Which at least will not turn up the day after on eBay
starting at 50% more.
It's not actually the way I want my artists to finance their travel.
That stuff may have worked for Kathleen Hanna and Courtney Love
but the net impact on them and us was not good at all...