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.25 Weekly revue: 2018 weeks #10-12 (March 3 to 23)
.06 Weekly revue: 2018 week #9 (February 24 to March 2)
March 25, 2018
Weekly revue: 2018 weeks #10-12 (March 3 to 23)
Travel: A very nice trip to Chennai, India, and also Pondicherry (a bit south)! Enjoyed a lot of great food, delightful colors and meeting a lot of kind people.
Photos are up on Flickr. Here are a few.
1. Rajakeeyam Ayurvedic lunch meals at Sanjeevanam Vegitarian Restaurant. Drinks and food is to be eaten in a specific order (details).
2. Saw lots of beautifully decorated trucks. Sound Horn!!
3. Crowd at Rayar's Mess. Had the best idli here!
4. The best ice cream in Chennai? at Amélie's Cafe & Creamery (Went thrice!)
5. A special gastronomic experience at contemporary South Indian restaurant Avartana.
6. Pondicherry: "No Horn" sign in a quiet neighborhood
7. Elephant named Lakshmi at the Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple
8. Pondicherry: Snacks & coffee at Coolcat
9 & 10. Pondicherry: Had fried fish & fish bonda at Fish in Fish
11. Tara Books in Thiruvanmiyur, just south of Chennai
12. Nice cat outside Tara Books. "I like cats!"
13. Walked to the Great Indian Flea 2018 nearby
14. Back in Chennai. Went to Lakshman Sruthi Musicals to buy an electronic tabla-tanpura! (See demonstration video below.)
15. Had a nice dinner course at Annalakshmi Restaurant. So full!
16. Rabbit 65! at Ponnusamy Hotel
17. Horse riders near George Town
18. Had coffee at Sri Balaji Coffee
19. Baby corn masala at Okadey's
Music event: I went to a pre-event of the "Moshi Moshi Nippon Festival 2018" held at Kawaii Monster Cafe to see Manon sing on the merry-go-round cake! I also got to see Poppy (aka That Poppy from USA), and electro-pop mannequin duo Femm. All were great! :)
Manon set list: xxFANCYPOOLxx / Wavy Pineapple Days / Somewhere / Beat the Bad Luck / Popcorn Crisis
MANON
FEMM, Poppy
Music release news: SOLEIL, Perfume
This week's videos:
Electronic tabla-tanpura demonstration
SOLEIL "koi suru Guitar"
SOLEIL "Marine I Love You"
Posted on March 25, 2018 at 11:57
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March 6, 2018
Weekly revue: 2018 week #9 (February 24 to March 2)
Food: - Oyatsuya Sun pop-up shop at room103, Kunitachi
- Dinner at Dhaba★Kunitachi
- Lunch at Tapir, Shin-Ōkubo
Outing: After having been curious about it for a long time, I finally had the chance to go to Sanrio Puroland! The indoor theme park has many attractions featuring Sanrio's world famous characters (Hello Kitty, My Melody & Kuromi, Little Twin Stars, Gudetama, etc.). Best of all was the wonderful "Miracle Gift Parade" that features many of the characters in a special show that was art directed by Masuda Sebastian (of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Kawaii Monster Cafe fame). Other fun attractions included the "Sanrio Character Boat Ride", in which you ride a boat on the way to a party at Hello Kitty's house meeting all of Sanrio's other characters along the way, "Gudetama The Movie" in which lazy director Gudetama involves the audience into making his new movie, and also "Kiki & Lala's Twinkling Tour", etc. That was a very fun day!
Music event: I went to an event held by chorus group Smooth Ace at Mame Romantic in Daikanyama, art of a monthly series titled "Open The Doors" which features different guest artists. This month their guests were Hoshino Michiru and Count Joke (aka jōdan hakushaku), and the event was to feature collaborations between all of them.
The first part of the show was by two of Count Joke (Maezono Naoki and Arai Toshiya) and Michiru. Count Joke started the show with three of their original songs. Highlights included Michiru's "With on a Starry Night" which she played on piano accompanied by Smooth Ace's chorus, and then Count Joke's "Pink Shadow" (Bread & Butter cover) also with Smooth Ace. That was followed by a brand new song by Michiru with Count Joke, "ai no Special". It was great! I hope that will be released sometime soon.
The next part of the show featured mainly Smooth Ace. By the way Smooth Ace consists of two main members, and on stage they're accompanied by Lemon and another singer. Smooth Ace explained how they got to know Lemon and Maezono Naoki thanks to Konishi Yasuharu's compilation "uta to Guitar, Piano, kotoba." (2008). Both Lemon and Smooth Ace sang their songs from this compilation, respectively "utahime" and "dōshite konna ni anata ga suki nano darō". It was so great to hear these live again (the last time was at a Maezono Naoki show in 2009)! They also did a brand new song featuring Michiru, "sayonara Blue Bird"! The encore was Count Joke's "itsuka dokokade" with everyone on stage.
Smooth Ace's next event on March 27 will feature guest Kaji Hideki!
Hoshino Michiru & Count Joke set list: Bird man (Count Joke) / 2kyū tenshi no Theme (Count Joke) / LED (Count Joke) / Unstable Girl (Michiru) / Wish on a Starry Night (Michiru w/ Smooth Ace) / Pink Shadow (Count Joke w/ Smooth Ace) / ai no Special (Michiru & Count Joke) / yurei no Ballad (Count Joke w/ Michiru)
Smooth Ace set list: suteki na Music / Two days, one night / kimi o shitteiru / wasureteita asa (w/ Maezono Naoki) / utahime (Lemon w/ Smooth Ace) / dōshite konnani anata ga suki nandarō. (w/ Michiru) / sayonara Blue Bird (Smooth Ace & Michiru) / dandan / riyū naki Harmony
Encore: itsuka dokokade (Count Joke w/ Smooth Ace & Michiru)
Music release news: Clémentine
This week's video: SOLEIL "Do You Believe In Magic?"
Posted on March 6, 2018 at 23:28
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