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.16 Weekly revue: 2019 week #37 (September 7 to 13)
.08 Weekly revue: 2019 week #36 (August 31 to September 6)
.01 Weekly revue: 2019 week #35 (August 24 to 30)

September 16, 2019

Weekly revue: 2019 week #37 (September 7 to 13)

Food: - Double burger at Vegetarian Beast, Mejiro
- Cauliflower gratin, quiche, curry, etc. at Bespoque, Higashi-Nakano
- South Indian breakfast at Kerala no kaze Morning, Ōmori

Music event: On Sunday September 8, I went to the release party of The Highmarts' 7" single "anata ga hoshii no (I Want You Bad)" which was produced by Sally Kubota (SOLEIL, The Phantom Gift). The event also featured bands Salome no kuchibiru (aka Salome Lips) and The Psyclones (from Kyoto), and also three special guests from legendary neo-GS band The Phantom Gift: bassist Sally Kubota, Napoleon Yamagishi and drummer Charlie Morita!

Salome no kuchibiru, The Psyclones and The Highmarts... all bands were excellent! The most awesome though was that towards the end of The Highmarts' set, they were joined by Sally and Napoleon for "Why Baby Why" (cover of 60's GS band The Beavers) followed by The Phantom Gift's "Heart ni OK!" (which was covered on The Highmarts' new single). With that the show ended once, but they announced there would be a special show afterward, and the three from The Phantom Gift appeared on stage and played "ii ko da ne" (cover of 60's band Jacks), after which they were joined by The Highmarts for "hanashitakunai" (The Phantom Gift original).

This show was also the last of The Highmarts' bassist Shiori aka Shira-chan, who was given a cake at the end. Oh, and the event's guest DJs Jimmy Mashiko and Ikumante no yoru were great too!

Salome Lips, DJ Ikumante no yoru

The Psyclones, DJ Jimmy Mashiko

The Highmarts with The Phantom Gift

Movie: Tamil (southeast Indian) movie "'96" at the "Indian Movie Week 2019" festival at Cineka Ōmori.

Music release news: Kaede, Tsujibayashi Miho, Perfume, Miho Keitaro & His Group

This week's video: The Highmarts "I Want You Bad"

September 8, 2019

Weekly revue: 2019 week #36 (August 31 to September 6)

Food: - Erick South Masala Diner, Harajuku
- Triangle Curry, Shibuya
- Tokyo Family Restaurant, Shibuya

Movie: - Went to see Indian movie "Secret Superstar", about a girl who dreams of becoming a singer and finds her way by posting videos anonymously on YouTube, though that gets messed up by her violent father. The movie is currently showing at Human Trust CInema in Shibuya.

Music release news: kataomoi, lyrical school, Tokyo Killer, hitomitoi

This week's video: Tokyo Killer "Hayabusa"

September 1, 2019

Weekly revue: 2019 week #35 (August 24 to 30)

Food: -Chocolate pie, coffee float and macchiato at Cartà, Nishi-Ōjima
- Grilled salmon belly (サーモンハラス) at Kitchen Ohnami, Kichijōji
- Totoro chou à la crème from Shiro-Hige's Cream Puff Factory
- Passion fruit parfait at Shozo Coffee Store (Kita-Aoyama)

Music event: I dropped by event "xxFANCYPOOLxx TIME" at Ebisu Batica, it was singer/model Manon's first self-organized party, and featured several other artists and DJs. I got to watch shows by electro singer/trackmaker Utae (Soundcloud) whose breakbeats and singing I enjoyed a lot, and also rapper dodo. I saw some DJ sets too, and I especially enjoyed Tomggg!

The event's last performer was host Manon, who did a very cool and generous set of 10 songs, backed by her producer Yuppa (HNC) who played some live keyboards and samples. The setlist consisted of the whole album "Teenage Diary" (!), plus latest track "Air Kissing" (watch the video below) which she sang live for the first time.

Set list: Swipe / xxFANCYPOOLxx / Wavy Pineapple Days / Beat the Bad Luck / Somewhere / Gomenne Girl / 2 Live In A Real World / Popcorn Crisis / Air Kissing / Coco Boi Romance

A word about Manon: Based in Fukuoka, she's a model and artist of the Asobisystem agency (which is famous for Kyary Pamyu Pamyu), and she has said in interviews that Kyary is her role model as an artist. Manon's music producer is Yuppa aka HNC, who I've been a big fan of since her early days as Hazel Nuts Chocolate. What adds a magic touch to the whole is that back around when Kyary debuted in 2011, she said that her favorite music was HNC! With Yuppa's always fresh tracks, Manon and Yuppa keep feeling to me like a dream team, and I'm always looking forward to what might come next.