Blog - June 2012 Archives
June 2012 Archives
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.23 Weekly revue: 2012 week #25 (June 16 to June 22)
.16 Weekly revue: 2012 week #24 (June 9 to June 15)
.09 Weekly revue: 2012 week #23 (June 2 to June 8)
.02 Weekly revue: 2012 week #22 (May 26 to June 1)
June 23, 2012
Weekly revue: 2012 week #25 (June 16 to June 22)
Food: - Curry lunch at Tapir, Shin-Ōkubo. Delicious as ever!
- Had planned to go to 8bit café with friends, but it was fully booked, and we somehow ended up at A.B.Café (a near homonym) in Kichijoji where I enjoyed a good om-rice!
- Got some delicious treats from New York! :)
- Didn't buy any, but took a photo of macaron ambassador Rika-chan (Japan's Barbie) in a window of Pierre Hermé, Omotesandō.
Exhibitions: - Ran into Léonard Foujita's "Fou Fou et Chat" exhibition while walking randomly near Roppongi. It features paintings and drawings of cats, and cute autoportraits of himself with cats! It's on until today June 23 at Norton Gallery.
- Hanyu Noa works with wood in a unique way to create tables, chairs, plates, etc. We checked out his exhibition at Toukyo.
Music events: Went to see Vanilla Beans' one-man live at Shibuya WWW! That was great! See my full report. I got hit by this chocolate on the head too..!
Music release news: VIDEOTAPEMUSIC, World Order, Noco Inoko,Teams (White Lily Records), Vanilla Beans photo book
New music: hitomitoi (soooo good!!), overrocket
Playlist: Mostly hitomitoi, but also Dahlia, InK, Dorian, ...
hitomitoi "DIVE"
Live video of Dorian "like a wave". I was at this show! (Report)
Posted on June 23, 2012 at 01:50
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June 16, 2012
Weekly revue: 2012 week #24 (June 9 to June 15)
Food: - Had kangaroo for the first time at Australian restaurant Arossa in Shibuya. Good meat!
- Coupe glacee at Laduree, recently opened in Lumine Shinjuku
Music event: On June 10, I had the great opportunity to go see the Perez Prado Orchestra at Orchard Hall (Bunkamura) in Shibuya. Perez Prado was the King of Mambo, and his followers are still performing as probably the largest (14 musicians) and most authentic mambo orchestra still around. The large venue had a seated audience of thousands, mostly elderly (I was one of the youngest there, and probably the only foreigner too..!).
That was a great show! Though I still prefer Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys. :)
Exhibition: Stumbled by chance upon a nice exhibition of Maruyama Yuki. The artist makes traditional Japanese paintings of various animals, often with a touch of humor. You can see some here and here. This is on at Silkland Gallery in Ginza until June 23.
Music release news: Nona Reeves, Yucca, MEG, mishmash* Julie Watai, Gallantique Kazue, Negicco, hitomitoi
Playlist: Miho Keitarō & His Group, Petset, Qypthone, Perez Prado, Vanilla Beans, bice, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, ...
This week's videos:
Negicco "anata to Pop With You!"
Yucca "songs"
Posted on June 16, 2012 at 00:14
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June 9, 2012
Weekly revue: 2012 week #23 (June 2 to June 8)
Music event: - My P5MLer friend Peter from Australia was in town, and we went to see Portable Rock (Nomiya Maki's 80's band)! The timing couldn't have been any better! What a great show, and we even got autographs afterwards! My full report is here.
- After Portable Rock, we walked down to Aoyama Tunnel, a tiny bar located below Bar Oath, where Dorian was going to DJ. However I had to leave to catch my last train so I missed his set. I could talk to him a little bit though, always such a nice guy! I'll try catch up soon!
Photos: A strange cardboard artwork in the garbage? And a cat!
Music release news: Zoobombs, Sayonara Ponytail (tofubeats remix), Sakanaction, Kirinji, Miyauchi Yuri (feat. Cornelius!), P.O.P ORCHeSTRA, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (TV show DVD), Shonen Knife, ...
Playlist: Dorian, Kinbara Chieko, Towa Tei, Justice, capsule, CTO LAB., Kaseki Cider, esu-efu, Frank Zappa, Isoda Osamu, ...
This week's videos: 3 brand new clips, ...
Vanilla Beans "Non-Section"
Towa Tei "Baltic"
Miyauchi Yuri "digo_"
... and an old, rare and weird video of Pizzicato Five "The Audrey Hepburn Complex" (pre-Maki) that I hadn't seen before. Wow!
Posted on June 9, 2012 at 01:05
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June 2, 2012
Weekly revue: 2012 week #22 (May 26 to June 1)
Music event: On May 26 I went to "Beat Communist vol.10" at Shibuya JZ Brat, with Nakatsuka Takeshi, Kaji Hideki, akiko and P.O.P ORCHeSTRA! Great show! Check out my report here.
Music release news: The Beauty, Halcali, ...
Playlist: If By Yes, esu-efu, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, New Castle, Hase Hajimu, erectricmole, Mansfield, MoliquL, Dorian, Portable Rock, groovin vox, ...
This week's video: esu-efu "Propella Song"! Couldn't wait for this and well it's awesome!
Posted on June 2, 2012 at 00:00
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