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arcorhyme afternoon live at Grand Cru: report

Today was a very nice day, and arcorhyme were offering a free live show at restaurant Après-midi Grand Cru in Shibuya, owned by Surburbia/Free soul guru Hashimoto Tōru.

For some reason I always had the impression that it was a slightly expensive and chic restaurant, but turns out that they have a cheap weekend lunch course starting at ¥1050 (green salad+pasta+drink), and it has a cozy ambiance similar to Café Après-midi on the above floor. I chose the ¥1575 course which comes with an appetizer instead of the salad. I chose perch (suzuki) carpaccio, the salsiccia and asparagus spaghettini, and a café latté, plus I ended up adding a chocolate tart with ice cream for dessert. The staff was also very friendly (even after I almost forgot to pay on my way out, oops!).

As for the show, Takanami K-tarō and Nishimura Ikuyo sat in a corner of the restaurant, where they performed two quiet acoustic sets, just guitar and voice (and Ikuyo's flute on one song). They played two sets focusing on covers, including a few that they selected just for this day. They also played two of their original songs.

Once again the two were super nice to me and invited me to sit nearby them, as I got there a bit early. I had the best view!

Set #1 (from 13:00): John Sebastian's Do you believe in magic? / Arai Yumi (Yuming)'s kitto ieru / arcorhyme's amai hibi / Southern All Stars' Never fall in love again / The Kinks' You really got me / Nancy Sinatra's Sugar Town

The 2nd set was similar to the 1st but with 2 different songs.

Set #2 (from 14:00): arcorhyme's aoi neko / Never fall in love again / kitto ieru / You really got me / amai hibi / The Spiders' No No Boy

All new covers were great surprises! I really liked "kitto ieru", as also sung by Nomoto Karia (on "The Girl from R.E.A.D.Y.M.A.D.E e.p."), which I sure didn't mind hearing twice, and also The Spiders' "No No Boy" that I knew from Monsieur Kamayatsu's "Je m'appelle Monsieur" album. The performances of their original songs "amai hibi" and "aoi neko" were also great and stayed stuck in my head after I had left.

They announced that they will repeat this event at the same place next month, on April 20 (Sunday), also from 13:00 and 14:00. Check it out!

After a bit of shopping in Shibuya, I went back home early to catch a class of yoga offered at a community center. It's only ¥500, and the first time is even free!

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Bonus, some flower trees spotted in the neighborhood yesterday. I don't know whether this is a type of sakura, but it's official that the season is near!

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Posted on March 16, 2008 at 20:49 | Tweet |

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