Blog - Weekly revue: 2019 week #37 (September 7 to 13)

Weekly revue: 2019 week #37 (September 7 to 13)

Food: - Double burger at Vegetarian Beast, Mejiro
- Cauliflower gratin, quiche, curry, etc. at Bespoque, Higashi-Nakano
- South Indian breakfast at Kerala no kaze Morning, Ōmori

Music event: On Sunday September 8, I went to the release party of The Highmarts' 7" single "anata ga hoshii no (I Want You Bad)" which was produced by Sally Kubota (SOLEIL, The Phantom Gift). The event also featured bands Salome no kuchibiru (aka Salome Lips) and The Psyclones (from Kyoto), and also three special guests from legendary neo-GS band The Phantom Gift: bassist Sally Kubota, Napoleon Yamagishi and drummer Charlie Morita!

Salome no kuchibiru, The Psyclones and The Highmarts... all bands were excellent! The most awesome though was that towards the end of The Highmarts' set, they were joined by Sally and Napoleon for "Why Baby Why" (cover of 60's GS band The Beavers) followed by The Phantom Gift's "Heart ni OK!" (which was covered on The Highmarts' new single). With that the show ended once, but they announced there would be a special show afterward, and the three from The Phantom Gift appeared on stage and played "ii ko da ne" (cover of 60's band Jacks), after which they were joined by The Highmarts for "hanashitakunai" (The Phantom Gift original).

This show was also the last of The Highmarts' bassist Shiori aka Shira-chan, who was given a cake at the end. Oh, and the event's guest DJs Jimmy Mashiko and Ikumante no yoru were great too!

Salome Lips, DJ Ikumante no yoru