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higemibo and ISO+NOP

Last Wednesday I went to Aoi Heya once again to see hige no mibōjin.

This time, the show's first part was assured by Hasebe Novko and Isoda Osamu, the funny couple formerly of Modern Choki Chokies. Bun-tarō and Koala-tarō were there too of course. I was sitting up front, so I could see all of NOP-san's cute dancing and ISO-san's skillful guitar playing. They gave a great show!
I've been listening to their radio show Kumazasa Jamboree every week where they play many new and unreleased songs.

It was also great to see higemibo again. I had been to the previous concert in December, and as expected most of the widow's tales were different, though some elements from last time were kept so that it felt continuous. This time she was being a bit more adventurous singing songs not quite memorized, so Kishino You-ichi had his PowerBook on the side of the stage to check lyrics once in a while, and as he looked like a laptop musician for a moment he said something like he wasn't going to play glitch.

The event has a point card that when filled with 15 stamps, and last night for the first time someone had filled-up a card (which requires going to the quasi-monthly show 15 times, meaning over a year of dedication). A full card gets you a doll such as the ones used on the album artwork, and the winning lady who was wearing a kimono for the occasion had to pick between a Kishino-san doll and a widow doll. She chose the widow.

Last night, best of all was that when I first entered the place, Kishino-san was waiting for me with an unexpected surprise... he lent me a video tape of "Keroyon no dai jidōsha Race"!!! I can't quite tell how much happy I am about this. This film is truly rare. Finally I'll be able to watch it completely!

Posted on February 6, 2005 at 21:16 | Tweet |

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