Archive for April, 2012
Posters & Fliers and how you can play an active role in the tour!
I can’t stress enough the fact that this tour is: 1. non-profit 2. a collaborative effort among fans of Japanese indie music not just in Canada but around the world This tour isn’t about making money. I can absolutely guarantee that since I’ve lost well over $100,000 funding the past three tours. Even if I [...]
some shows I went to in Japan
In March, my friends from Toronto and I went to watch Merpeoples at Sangenjaya Heaven’s Door. It was a reunion of sorts since Larry and Keleng (along with Lana, Jesse, and Hiro) were the friends I entrusted to look after Merpeoples when they came to Toronto last year. Here’s a clip of a new song [...]
Rob Perry for prez!
Watching this video brings back so many great memories from the last 3 tours. Last year my friend Dan Chow flew all the way from California to help out with NMFT3. He even rented hotel rooms and mini-vans to help cut down my costs. Dude was a life-saver since last year involved 5 bands with [...]
Live Review: 赤い公園 w/ NATSUMEN @ Shibuya WWW (2012.04.06)
Pure. Bliss. Since NMFT4 is in May I couldn’t take too much time off work so I had to choose between going to EMI Rocks @ Super Saitama Arena where 赤い公園 stole the show or their record release tour final with NATSUMEN. Playing at Super Saitama was probably a bigger deal and I would have [...]
Akai Koen vs Natsumen
I am back in Tokyo, Japan!! Just 2 weeks after my last trip. But this time I’m only here for four days and the focus will be on music. Last night I watched a great show at Shimokita Basement Bar. The band I wanted to see was o’valencia but all the bands were pretty good. [...]
Trip Recap Pt 2
March 7 The weather continued to be overcast with light or full-on rain so we’d been pretty limited in our ability to walk around and sightsee. Today my friends went to Akihabara while I had lunch with Akai Koen/MOTFD’s manager (Kubota) and his fiance (Midori). After lunch Midori and I joined up with Larry, K, [...]
