July 11, 2006

Musicians in Frames and Lessons for a Night Out

usui1.jpgdahlia.jpg
ymck.jpgMotocompo's Dr. Usui
Dahlia on the phone
YMCK's Midori ready to go on

Lessons for/from a Night Out:

1) If the map to the gallery shows a "Kandagawa," this does not necessarily mean that it is near your house. We ended up biking an hour and a half all the way to Nakaochiai on Saturday night - and then all the way back an hour later. Despite the monotonous repetition of cycling, the bike/walking path along Kandagawa may be one of Tokyo's greatest secret pleasures. Luscious green, old houses with their windows open, beautiful stone bridges, crazy beetle art with light-up eyes.

2) Around six to seven pm, most of the dogs outside are Shiba-ken. Around ten to eleven, most of the dogs are Golden Retrievers.

3) Club Asia in Shibuya fundamentally smells like vomit. I am afraid they will have to tear it down completely to get rid of the odor.

4) I used to see YMCK as some kind of neo-Shibuya-kei spinoff, but watching them last night, the words "Ak*ba-kei" could not help but flash into my head. This should not, however, lead us to undue discrimination! They are God's gift to "Akib*-kei." And now they have 8-bit visuals just as complicated and jazzy as their 8-bit music. They are the Eighth Wonder of the Postmodern World - just not exactly something you would want to listen to every day.

5) Always coordinate your t-shirt choices with dj codomo.

Posted by marxy at July 11, 2006 12:00 AM
Comments

very nice pics btw.
akibakei indeed. with the death of picopico that makes the most sense.

Posted by: trevor at July 11, 2006 1:31 AM

I always thought Shibuya in general smelled like urine.

Posted by: Chris_B at July 11, 2006 1:46 AM

I will have to visit Kandagawa in March. Thanks for the recommendation.

Posted by: Christopher at July 11, 2006 1:53 PM

For those new to Tokyo geography, Kandagawa is a pretty dinky river running through the West side of the city. I would only treat it as a destination if you live here.

Posted by: marxy at July 11, 2006 2:06 PM

some buddy of mine was telling me about how when he was a kid the kandagawa was so poluted you could smell it like half a klick away.

Posted by: Chris_B at July 11, 2006 10:42 PM