TOKYO 7/8
There are so many things to love about Japan--pretty lights, wonderful audiences, incredible food, far out toys, vending machines...one thing that constantly tickles is the overwhelming presence in stores and restaurants of 80s music. When was the last time you heard 'Vacation' by the Go Gos? I heard it *twice* in restaurants here. It struck me that they were trying to play an REM guitar part in the verse, it's like a happy version of 'Wolves, Lower'. I kid you not.
Our show? Unbelieveably fun. I always say, we should take 3 months off more often. We were jovial, we played like a million and half yen. OK, a billion. Yen are kind of like pennies in value, so you gotta x 10. It gets confusing! I think I sold all my CDs last night too. There are just a few left for tonight's show in Osaka.
I have not been sleeping well tho. Jet lag, somewhat, and the beds are very hard here. Ow!
And Shonen Knife? Incredible, I mean, tonight we're playing their hometown, opening for them. It's like smoking dope with the pope in rome. Their new drummer is ze bomb, as they say! Speaking of which, we had Don from the Zoobombs at the show, he gave us their new EP. You MUST see this band live someday, they are unspeakably dynamically superb.
Someone gave us a bottle of very good tequila. Behave!
By the way, there are lots of new photos up in the photos section.
Love
KS
Tokyo, JAPAN
