Blog - Weekly revue: 2016 week #46 (November 12 to 18)

Weekly revue: 2016 week #46 (November 12 to 18)

Food: - Sri Lankan food at Cafe Lolita, Yoyogi
- Carrot cake at Buik, Minami-Aoyama
- Lamb meat, etc., at Ajibō, Kanda
- Annual oden at Tapir, Shin-Okubo

Music events: - I went to Nomiya Maki's annual show at Billboard Live Tokyo! This year the theme was "soundtrack Shibuya-kei", mainly covers of songs heard in movies or TV that inspired Shibuya-kei artists. That was a wonderful show! The song selection was great! I was especially moved by a version of "T'en va pas" (as sung by Harada Tomoyo with Japanese lyrics by Ōnuki Taeko). It was also a great flashback to hear "Topless Party", featured on Maki's solo album "Miss Maki Nomiya Sings"! ... and the Pizzicato Five medley of course! I sure hope this will be released on CD like the previous years' shows.

Set list: Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji (Pizzicato Five) / Chanson des Jumelles (from "Les Demoiselles de Rochefort") (Michel Legrand) / Love Squall (from "Lupin the 3rd") (Sandra Horn aka Sandii) / Melody Fair (from "Melody") (Bee Gees) / T'en va pas (from "La Femme de ma vie") (Elsa) / kaitou Ruby (from "kaitou Ruby") (KOIZUMI Kyoko) / Topless Party (from "Sweden: Heaven And Hell") (Piero Umiliani) / Go Kart Twist (from "Eighteen in the Sun") (Gianni Morandi) / 7 uomini d'oro (from "Seven Golden Men") (Armando Trovajoli) / koi to Machinegun (Flipper's Guitar) / Rouge no dengon (from "Kiki's Delivery Service") (ARAI Yumi (Yuming)) / Un Homme et Une Femme (from "Un Homme et Une Femme") (Pierre Barouh & Nicole Croisille)

Encore (Pizzicato Five medley!): konya wa Boogie Back (Scha Dara Parr cover) / Tokyo wa yoru no 7ji / À Tokyo (Afternoon At The Cafe) / Happy Sad / Baby Love Child / Twiggy Twiggy / Weekend

- I went to see Agata Morio's in-store event at Tower Records Shibuya's Pied Piper House (5th floor), in promotion of his new album "kindai Rock" out on that day. There was a talk show also featuring Pied Piper House's Nagato-san, and Suzuki Sōichirō (of World Standard, who sound-produced the album). Although it was just supposed to be a talk show and autograph session, he added in a mini-live show! Accompanied by Suzuki-san, he sang two songs from the new album, and also "boku wa tenshi janai yo".

Set list: Rosetta no keikoku / kaero kana, yozora o. / boku wa tenshi janai

New music: This week was vinyl week! I got La veuve moustachue's new LP (a kind of updated version of the mini-album from 2002, with twice more songs), and also Hirayama Miki's "mayonaka no Angel Baby" (a newly recorded version produced by Groove Unchant and Arai Toshiya, plus a remix by Comoesta Yaegashi). I had also been looking around for Chikada Haruo's "hoshikuzu kyōdai no densetsu", an 1980 album that was later made into a movie of the same name. All great stuff!

Music release news: Wakita Monari, La veuve moustachue, lyrical school, "Japanese Sounds" mix CDs, Agata Morio