Field Notes: Tepemok Record Fair in Ushimado
Feb. 2, 2023 Ushimado, Okayama, Japan: as it goes, we learned about a record fair at a unique community creative […]
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Batches of Records – indie rock, much Canadiana + awsum musical women
In my Kura barn studio (wearing a zip up cardigan) some months after returning from a trip to former home
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Vinyl Time Capsule, 1991 (so much 1980s wave, punk, world & soundtracks)
Vinyl Time Capsule from 1991 (so much 1980s wave, punk, world & soundtracks) Flipping through a big box of vinyl
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Japan Life/Travel, Portraits of the Artiste
Me in my place, at peace
Amongst all the hospital visits and dental appts and other “stuff going on behind the scenes which not ready to
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Collections of Artifacts, Records
Items in kura, inventoried: (scrapbook poetry, letters, wallets, records, map)
Rare hang out out in the kura barn (while wife’s band rehearses inside so a bit too much commotion for me) So instead, I’m putting away books and *trying to* tidy up stacks of scrapbook materials, ephemera, maps, passports, other treats / so much goodness! But first need space on the Workbench
What follows are artifacts, mildly documented, in situ, with brief annotations:
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Records
Vinyl: eclectic assortment – punk, wave, folk-pop etc – from UK, by post
Yes, I love to buy records… I don’t get hung up on the “collectibility” or the rarity, but I am partial to quality, variety, but mostly… I’ll admit it, nostalgia & i buy em to play em. Sure, I’m always trying out new bands, but there’s a sweet spot from the 80s and 90s (hello Gen X) which has a tractor beam on me.
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Recently, in miscellanea (kitchen morning, messy studio with new gear and records +)
These things don’t necessarily connect yet I keep remembering the importance, yes important, I’ve documenting the beautiful mundane of a
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Rice Field Records: 3x video vinyl stories + 1 more to spark joy
Background: Rolling back to March 2023 when Michael (txtr @mschool) – who i noticed online doing video tours of records shops
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Records
7” treats for the BC trip
Some presents to take for the #BCInvasion trip. The Japanese artists 7 inches were purchased at a second floor “used
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Craft Sessions, Records
Tidying Up Vinyl Records in the Kura (find the right neighbourhood to spark joy
All these records bring me joy so i am tidying up in the wake of a super enjoyable visit from
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Courtney Barnett xx Uncle Weed #vinyl #poster
A couple very special treats now in the kura barn studio from @courtneymelba & @Milk_Records / kind of over the
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Records: things to say about these albums, but for now…
I have things to say about each of these albums. Very different things in each case but important things. Things
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Vinyl: cultural curated bonanza pack & bard poets
An incredible act of kindness showed up at our door – dense and heavy, and maybe a little bit weary
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Accordion-style Postcard Scrapbook hangout (with jazz and sage)
Hangout in the Kura barn while i light sage, spin Ornette Coleman and fill up an accordion-style scrapbook with postcards
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Typing Aerogrammes (ambient, in the kura barn studio)
Typing Aerogrammes in the kura barn studio – Really, that’s it, typing aerogrammes on an Olivetti Lettera 34 at a
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Music / Rock
Vinyl Records – Japanology Plus | NHK #video
Vinyl Records – Japanology Plus | NHK brings an enjoyable program (in its own quirky way) presented in English about
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