The Basics: Soutaisei Riron
Hey, nerds! I can see the links you’re clicking on and I know that none of you have donated to the Japan Society yet. So now I am just going to have to guilt you into it. I am also…
The Basics: Blue Angel
In case you’ve missed it, this week is Japan Week on Adobe and Teardrops. It’s just my small way of honoring the anniversary of the March 11th earthquake. Please donate a few dollars to the survivors. You probably woke up…
The Basics: Sambomaster
This week I’m featuring Japanese bands in an effort to maintain awareness for the recovery efforts in Northern Honshu (the main island of Japan.) The earthquake happened on March 11, almost a year ago. Please donate a few dollars to…
The Basics: the pillows
A year ago today, an earthquake ripped through Northern Honshu, the main island in Japan. It was followed by a devastating tsunami that took out many of the impoverished fishing villages and rural towns in the North. While the rebuilding…
Jonathan Segel — All Attractions
Back in 1985, David Barbe of Mercyland sang, A three-man band is bound by natural limitations. How bound must we be? Is there a rule that says we bank on imitation And limit songs to only three Minutes and parts,…
FREE MUSIC: High Dive
High Dive is a queer punk band from Bloomington, Indiana. This shouldn’t be an especially shocking sentence in this day and age, and to most of you it probably isn’t. But here’s a question for you: how many openly queer…
The Basics: Roger Clyne
Hey, there, sportsfans. Now that I’ll no longer by taking classes (woot!) and having real person hours (awww) I’m going to change the update schedule starting NEXT week. Mondays will be added. But to tide you over through the weekend,…
Roxie Watson — Of Milestones and Moon Pie
Real talk: I started this blog because I knew this album would be coming out and I wanted everyone in the universe to know about it. (So, like, all 20-40 of you regular visitors.) I wondered how I could spread…