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Orange Plankton Data Panik
Today I met up with friend Alan for a while, we had a walk through Harajuku and down to Shibuya. On our way, we passed by Yoyogi-kōen where many loud bands were performing. I didn't care for most of them, but, as we passed, one got my attention and we stopped to watch the rest of their show.
Orange Plankton looked familiar, as I had indeed seen them and read about them many times on the great Japan Live blog (such as this nice interview). It was my first encounter, and I was quite pleased with their music, happy piano pop. The band looked like they were enjoying themselves despite the loud entourage, and they did quite a fun show.
It seems like they perform there every Sunday from about 13:00 until 16:00.
Also, at Escalator Shop, I picked up the new and first Data Panik release, a numbered 7" single limited to 500 copies (I got 222!). Data Panik is all three of Bis, back this year as a brand new unit! And it sounds great!
Order the 7" while it lasts, or get the two songs as MP3s for £0.99 each.
Also check out Manda's Flickr account for great pictures including ones of a recent Japan trip.
Picture from Manda's Flickr.
Posted on May 8, 2005 at 23:08 | Tweet
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its weird, I was just listening to 'sweetshop avengers' and thinking about the good old days, and now this. its good that they're releasing stuff again, but whats the point of making it so hard to get?
Posted by jariten on May 9, 2005 at 00:21
I would guess they have more coming, hopefully! :)
Posted by Patrick on May 9, 2005 at 07:14
Were they playing in the park or on the street adjacent to the park? Remember they used to have street dancing and bands there in the '80s but ending it around the early '90s I wonder if they started that again?
By the way, I like the way you do the mouseover for the japanese words. Very simple and elegant!!
Posted by Roy on May 9, 2005 at 12:37
They were playing on the street that leads to the park. A dozen or more bands were performing.
About the Japanese word mouseovers, thanks!
I'm using a class="hastitle" to make the dotted line appear, but if a certain browser had decent CSS2 selector support I'd just do this:
a[title],span[title] { border-bottom: 1px dotted #000; }
Posted by Patrick on May 9, 2005 at 13:47
If anyone is interested in seeing Orange Plankton live in Tokyo, they are playing Thursday night, May 12, at a place called the Roppongi Morph.
Thanks for the kind words and link, Patrick.
Posted by Ken M on May 9, 2005 at 14:10
That is a simple solution to the dilemma of whether or not to explain each Japanese term we use daily while assuming everyone understands.
I would try to do the same thing but then I'd want to go back over all my old posts and fix every instance and I'm just too lazy for that...
Posted by Roy on May 9, 2005 at 22:45
Ken:
No problem! Keep up your good work! I learn a lot about indie bands on your blog.
Roy:
I'm not hoping to be so extensive, but I do that sometimes instead of using parentheses or risking of losing some.
Posted by Patrick on May 9, 2005 at 22:58
Hey Patrick! Thanks again for everything. Glad you got something out of me dragging you around to the record shops!
Posted by alan on May 10, 2005 at 19:01