Daily Archives: November 14, 2010

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My Fixation On Japanese Techno Pop AKA Nippop Brings Me Happiness in Dark Times

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Well, as you all know I’ve been incredibly sick.  Haven’t had a flu/bug like this in a long time.  Add to the fact that my boss has been calling me everyday and every night even on weekends about work crap (and I cant bill for the time he harasses me), I needed to stumble over some music that made me feel good.

It’s times like this I need to find me some music I like.  So I was combing YouTube for videos.  Some of you may know, in the past year I have developed this taste for Japanese pop music courtesy of Yellow Magic Orchestra and Human Audio Sponge/Sketch Show.  There’s a spin off from these bands from the drummer/vocalist Yukihiro Takahashi that I’ve fallen in love with called Pupa.

Pupa-Floating Pupa
Debut album from Pupa called "Floating Pupa"

If any of you have been in the car with me this summer, you have inevitably heard some of this stuff.  Well, I have been overjoyed to find that they have put out a follow up album called “Dreaming”.  The title track (which I’ve instantly fallen in love with) has a video.  Here it is:

What I have found charming about this band is that there are so many instruments at play.  Further research on YouTube of their live concerts shows them up on stage with so much junk (horns, guitars, drums, keyboards, everything) that the musicians barely have room to be on stage.  It’s quite interesting.  This is a video of them live performing one of my favorite songs from their first album. Yukihiro Takahashi sings lead vocals on this one. He’s gotta be like a million years old by now. The lyrics saying, “is this the way how it’s supposed to be…” is a question I ask myself every freakin day!

No dance music, beautiful blond bitches with boob jobs, plastic surgery patients, fat black lady singers screaming over top, or great stage show here folks, just good music being played by talented people (something that is sorely lost on today’s music purchasing public). Imagine this in music! Real live harmonies and the thing I love the most … sustained droning electric guitars. This stuff sticks to my ear like glue, and somehow makes me happy with all the bullshit going on in my pathetic life.

Either way, be rest assured this is getting high rotation on WMOM.

Enjoy some Dreaming Pupa (and laugh at the name like I do!) It’s Burt Bacharach meets the Japanese!!

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Spam on the Road: The one where I drank Tequila.

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Hiya folks,

Haven’t posted since I saw most of you in Shippensburg  ’cause there hasn’t been much to write about. I did get to visit chad twice in one month. That was fun.

sigh….

Caught a train after the visit, and met the cast in Utica, NY; the town that closes at 4pm. The only gay bar in 30 miles was right across the street from the hotel. It usually happens like that. The bar was called ” That Place.” Very cool name and the bartendress was a lovely, bubbly Vagaterian named Marrissa.  Steve (The King) and I started with shots and I uttered the now famous phrase,     ” I don’t know what makes me think I can drink Tequila with you Steve McCoy.”

After many hours of back and forth, from my bed to my hands and knees in front of the toliet, and a Hangover that no one should have to live through, it looked as though I was going to survive.

We traveled all over the michigan-penn-ny-wisconsin area and ended up here… in Utica(again?) Michigan. Went to Dave and busters next door, (That place is expensive)  and spent a wonderful evening in this huge amazing Hyatt hotel room.( I’m lapping it up, Next up is a Comfort Inn.)

Below are some pictures that I think you’ll enjoy.

The Tech Director really wants to be in the show.

Charlie’s Smangels! Ya!

And an artsy one that I think is really cool.

Until next time….Call or Text Bitches !

Will