Blog - Weekly revue: 2013 week #48 (November 23 to 29)

Weekly revue: 2013 week #48 (November 23 to 29)

Outing: Spent a pleasant weekend in the countryside. Dropped by a Christmas market event at the Ibaraki Cultural Center, but a lot was already sold out. Senba lake nearby has ducks and swans, and also fake swans (some that people can ride, I guess, but the ones I saw seemed to be just robots).

Live event: I won tickets for a free event organized by fashion brand Fred Perry. There were shows by Nomiya Maki & BIBA (w/ Bravo Komatsu, Ujino and Noboru), Tokyo No.1 Soul Set and others, as well as DJ sets by Kawakami Tsuyoshi (Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra) and a surprise set by Chabe!

Nomiya Maki & BIBA's set was especially great. During the last song DJ Noboru served Fred Perry tennis balls towards the crowd, and those were signed by Maki! (I didn't get one though.) I love Ujino and he currenly has a solo exhibition at Yamamoto Gendai until December 14.

Set list: Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji (the night is still young) / Call Me (Blondie cover) / Sweet Soul Revue / Twiggy Twiggy

Another band playing called Kuroneko Chelsea was a nice surprise. They're a rock band that reminded me of Jon Spencer at times, and sometimes of Led Zeppelin, with a crazy awesome guitarist who just stole the whole show.

It was also fun to see Tokyo No.1 Soul Set live! They also did the tennis balls thing. I was happy to hear "One Day", the theme song of the "No Con Kid" 80's-gaming-themed TV series I've been watching.

Music release news: Sheena Ringo, Yoshida Rui, Akira Kosemura, Cutie Pai, akiko, Nagisa Yoko, Cornelius, Hoshino Michiru, Hanae, DJ Misoshiru to MC Gohan