few things open my ears completely, but musical intimacy crises can now end, with the new double single release from osaka based, genre fusing master, oorutaichi. Oorutaichi still teases his listener with songs that pull from so many eclectic influences and bold origins. And takes on a more structured.

A gaijin living and working in corporate Japan. Saturday, December 03, 2005. Friday is already one of the best days, but this week it became even better.

Wednesday, June 02, 2010. I wrote my first review of Tokyo Grove. Probably the day or so after it was released. It was written very quickly, and not particularly well, which is ultimately why I chose not to publish it. Having re-read it again just now I think that was a good idea. Needless to say, my initial reaction was not good. So I decided to let the album sit a little, mull over it a bit and then come back to it with a more level headed mindset and give it another try.

Shibuya-kei, house, electrónica, indie, pop, lounge, italo-disco, funky, bossa nova, downtempo. Lunes, 2 de mayo de 2011. Martes, 19 de abril de 2011. Konishi Yasuharu Remixes 1996 2010.

We are moving to nacken. You will find more recent Fiji information there as well as updates on our baby and our upcoming travels. THIS blog here is still a pretty neat archive, so use the little google window on the side to find what you are looking for.

Yamashita Yosuke playing at a beach in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Yamashita Yosuke, a Japanese pianist, recently played an event featuring a piano on fire, on the beach. He played for 10 minutes until the piano fell silent. The idea and images were beautiful. Miriam Silverberg, whose new book, Erotic Grotesque Nonsense. I was looking forward to reading, died on March 16th. She had suffered from Parkinsons. In light of the recent news.

Just what the hell is this anyways? Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Tuesday, May 25, 2010. Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Playlist for March 2, 2009.

Ridiculous architecture, superfriendly people, great food, land of the blow fish, brilliant street markets and of course the best old school neon I have ever seen. Bull;March 9, .