Trio: Sax, Drums and Singing at a Japanese Festival
An interesting trio with jamming alto sax, quirky on-in-one drum kit, and trad vocals as seen at Mukunomi Fureai […]
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Video Dim Sum
Japan Life/Travel, Transport Rolls
Rolling Elsewhere: Kanazawa to Toyama, Japan (ambient, excerpts)
Pleasant ambient countryside views from train window rolling from Tsubata (Ishikawa) to Takaoka-Yabunami (Toyama), Japan. Stops at stations, some
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Spontaneous Snaps
Items: Round Up “cigarettes” (bubble gum)
Note: Not to be confused with Round Up toxic killer chemical cocktail
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Personal Musings
Riff: Art makes the future / respect audience
Make for yourself first – if you don’t “feel it” don’t waste your time, or others attention. Channel a mix
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Video Dim Sum
3 Pack of Drummers, variety from Russia, Australia and Japan
3 very different styles of drummers from 3 countries: Beginning with a short clip of Ilugin Trio from Russia
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Portraits of the Artiste, Youngtime Dossier
Portrait: Junior Cub Scout
Before the arms were adorned with badges (basically every single badge except the sailing one) and before i was a
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Scrapbooks + Journals
Scrapbook: Postcard / Greeting Card Booklet / Nusa Ceningan (2019)
Postcards and scrapbooks, scrapjournals and greeting cards… i dig these papery things. However, sometimes received postcards end up in a
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Japan Life/Travel, Video Dim Sum
Taiko drums at a Setouchi (Japan) Community Festival
A small friendly group of taiko drummers have a good time at a community arts and culture festival in Setouchi,
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Setouchi Out n About / community arts festival with Mae Maes
I tagged along with Ryoko and her Mae Maes band for a gig in Setouchi at a community centre. There
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Japan Life/Travel, Personal Musings
Diary: Kurashiki / handmade market with Mae Maes + pet show
Ryoko’s band Mae Maes had a performance lined up at a handmade goods market fair at a convention centre type
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“Akiya” abandoned, cheap/free* houses in Japan / annotations, resources, riffs, musings, stories
An Akiya (abandoned) building (former post office?) with a splendid postbox – taken from one of many sites I’ve dug