22 Feb 21
@lemondrop saidRumour has it, Gavrilo Princip was balls deep into the predecessor to Japanese death metal.
has music ever started a war?
22 Feb 21
@lemondrop saidIronically, despite Japanese death metal's role in the triggering of WW 1, in August 1914, Japan sided with Britain.
not familiar with that at all
22 Feb 21
@lemondrop saidCheck out Japanese literature's multi-million Yen signing and local Tokyo boy Natsume Sōseki and his novels I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirô (1908) and Kokoro (1914). These probably kept Japan from joining the Triple Alliance.
either I never knew this or have forgotten it
interesting
will google later
@fmf saidseems like a lot of reading
Check out Japanese literature's multi-million Yen signing and local Tokyo boy Natsume Sōseki and his novels I Am a Cat (1905), Botchan (1906), Sanshirô (1908) and Kokoro (1914). These probably kept Japan from joining the Triple Alliance.
but thanks
22 Feb 21
@lemondrop saidLiterature has vanquished you and your music.
seems like a lot of reading
but thanks