Ok, this is anime-related, and some sad news for all you X-JAPAN fans out
there.  It's a conversation between people on the CLAMP Mailing List (as
you know X-JAPAN is a great influence on CLAMP's work, and they have even
included their songs in their animes).

- Rena/Maigrey

Does anybody know anything about the depressing news I saw in the UCI

update ?

It said that one of the members of X-Japan, Hide, committed suicide this
weekend.

NO WAY!?!  Wasn't she/he (never could figure out exactly how to classify
this one...) the piano player?  That's my favorite member of the group!

Nope, it's the guitarist. I thought I saw some news about Yoshiki (your
pianist, & don't forget the drums!) flying in from the US to attend the
funeral. Hide committed suicide on May 2.