Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Love or Hate ❯ Volume Six, Chapter Thirty-Seven: Spinning DJ's ( Chapter 37 )

Spinning DJ's

-John-

I love Japanese music. My brother got me hooked. I was ten at the time. Our parents were in the Air Force. We barely stayed in one place. They were barely home either. Our parents worked all the time. But that's beside the point.

One summer, my brother and I were home alone. There wasn't much to do. I think was playing my Gameboy at the time. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

“Yeah?” I asked. I turned to see my door open. My brother poked his head inside.

“You busy right now?” he asked.

“No. Why?” I asked. My brother slipped into my room, grinning.

“What?” I asked. He held up a cassette tape. (Yes, one of those. I'm that old.) I gave him an odd look.

“What is that?” I asked.

“A tape,” my brother said. I narrowed my eyes.

“I know that,” I said. “What's on it?”

“Ah. Check this out,” he said. My brother popped the tape into my player and hit play. The band was X Japan. I couldn't explain it at the time, but I fell in love.

Since then, I have been chasing Japanese music. I can't get enough. Japanese music led to my passion. I became a radio DJ in college. The station gave me free reign. I played Japanese music every evening. Some loved it. Some didn't. It didn't matter to me. I just loved to play Japanese music. By my freshman year, I resolved to go to Japan.

Now, I am a radio DJ in Japan. I always look for new music. Lately, I have gotten into two bands. I am a fan of Charm Inu and Lady Dragon. I usually don't go for pop-rock, but something about these bands has me drawn me in. I mean, I can't stop playing their music. Their fanbases are vicious. Me? It depends on my mood.

Right now, they are on tour in the Goodbye Summer Tour. You know that I will have to go. I already have my pass for the Tokyo show.

Track Thirty-Seven