"Video by Ned Wenlock [oneedo]. It got the honourable mention at 2009's Handle The Jandal competition, i.e. best of the 100+ vids that didn't get shortlisted. The concept is the randomness of nature created electronically.

'Red' is from free EP, Biddy Bids."

http://www.mono211.com/content/releases/mtkmp198.html

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Jet Jaguar, Malty Media, oneedo4you (YouTube), Ned Wenlock / oneedo (blogpsot), oneedo's photostream (flickr), Wellington, New Zealand, music, video, animated, animation

New Watanabes video featuring a lot of familiar Tokyo scenery--Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Yoyogi Park...

Directed by Aaron Jenkin (www.aaronjenkin.com), the song is on their ablum "Independent Social Power," which is available on iTunes and in HMV and Tower Records various other music stores in Japan. The Watanabes belong to a collective called Favourite Tree Records: http://www.favouritetree.com

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, The Watanabes, Twenty Percent Chance, rain, Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Yoyogi Park, Docomo Tower, Explosion, Hachiko Crossing, JR Yamanote Line, Tokyo Underground Music, Aaron Jenkin, Pop, Indie, Japan, hacky sack, ワタナベズ

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I haven't posted anything lately, and I've kind of been out of ideas, so I thought I'd post an old classic by Nathan Miller who has a video blog at Bicycle-Sidewalk.com.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Bicycle Sidewalk, Nate, Nathan Miller, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Kurume City

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The Watanabes, a Tokyo-based band who came together from all ends of the Japanese countryside, performed at The Pink Cow last night for the Australia Day festivities. They have a MySpace page with a few of their songs on it as well as a dozen or so videos on YouTube:

myspace.com/thewatanabes
youtube.com/duncanwalsh20

Check them out!

Other performers included DJ El Gringo, Ami (a gal we met at an outdoor event in Shimokitazawa a few weeks back, David Mashiko (an actual Aussie!), DJ Craig (another Aussie!), Koichiro Suzuki (a wicked didgeridoo player). Last train time came far too early!

Posted by Rob.

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Tags: NFTOS, Talk Show, Alex, Rob a.k.a. El Gringo, Coffeebot3000, Stone River

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What has he been taking? I have come back to Japan to find out.

Posted by Rob.

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This was Makiko's first attempt at making a music video shot last summer (which runs until February or March here).

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Auckland, New Zealand, Aotearoa, cicadas, dance

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This is how I would make videos, if I knew what the hell to do with a computer!

Jet Jaguar & crew will be coming up to Auckland from Wellington on the 16th for a Malty Media event. Stay tuned to NFTOS, or just go check out nonwrestler.com for details.

Posted by Rob.

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Voici La Grande Danse de Robert et Makikomo et porquoi pas?



By Alex and Ben.

Posted by Alex.

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This from Patrick Widdess' YouTube channel, where you can find more videos of Moth Conspiracy and others live at the Boathouse in Cambridge, England, 11 May 2008. Also check out www.mothconspiracy.com.

Posted by Rob.

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We saw these guys play at one of the band member's birthday party last night.  The Inspectors (a.k.a. Sand) opened up, and they were followed by Calamity Jam.  I'd like to see all three bands live again sometime.

This afternoon we're going to catch Fat Freddy's Drop at Grey Lynn Park, for what I am told is the last official outdoor concert of the summer there.

Posted by Rob.

Better renditions have been performed for sure, but none have been filmed.

iTunes version coming as soon as we have enough storage. Since we are on holiday, we're going with the cheapest account for now. You can help upload podcasts more frequently by donating. Just click on the PayPal button in the upper right hand corner.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Rob, El Gringo, Jonny Heartbreaker, Hans, makikomo.com

The real reason I had to run away from Japan was that Alex Brooke, Jonny Heartbreaker and El Gringo (that's me) planned a comeback concert styled after the reunion tour success of THE POLICE. I was chased out of the country by the men in black vans...

Snippets of "Take the Skinheads Bowling" and "The ALT Rap" (rock version) are the crime scene exhibits "A" and "B" you see here.

I believe the original file may have been left behind on Okha's computer, so it is not available on iTunes or for direct download at the moment.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Alex Brooke, Jonny Heartbreaker, Rob a.k.a. El Gringo, Flying Koala, flyingokha

They say that 21 January is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. Well, I don't know about that, but I sure hate moving, so I've made a playlist to keep me company while I'm packing today. So far, there are only 6 songs, but the list is growing quickly. As I start, the mood is acoustic, folky, Latin and/or French. Check back in a few hours to see how the playlist evolves.

Posted by Rob a.k.a. El Gringo.

Tags: NFTOS, YouTube, music, video

He's been on at least one of our music shows. Maybe two. I need to go check. But you can probably figure it out yourself with minimal snooping. More links and stuff coming. Pardon any typos. It's late.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Kantha, Damien Wardell, Maria Ruocco, Luis, unsigned, electronic, scapism, light at the end of tunnel, safer, child, trip hop

The rhythm is gonna get ya! To get this, you kind of need to check out his previous Oshiri Kagjiri Mushi and maybe look for other related anime / music videos on YouTube.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Charles-Eric Billard, Charlou, Osaka, Japan, Quebec, Canada, beetles, rhinoceros, bug, music, video, カブト虫メロディ, 大阪, 日本, カナダ, ケベック

The Universal Culture, random writing cut-up read from Rob's journal meets Dream music and video by Alex Brooke.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Alex Brooke, Rob a.k.a. El Gringo, poetry, poem, stream of consciousness, cut-ups, random, dream, William S. Burroughs, Terence McKenna, Osaka, Tokyo, Japan, Cafe Absinthe, Santa, 大阪, �京, 日本

I found this video while doing a search for my college buddy Norville Parchment who has appeared under many guises on News From The Other Side. Cyber-stalking, I believe the act is called these days.

The credits read: "Marisa singing Ave Maria (accompaniment written by Norville Parchment, melody composed by Marisa) at the Supper Club."

I don't know much else about it at this point, except that it was uploaded by Phreddiva back in June of this year. Don't worry, I'm on it already!

Posted by Rob.

Tags: Marisa Lenhardt, Norville Parchment, chicks in corsets, opera, techno, techno-opera, technopera, Supper Club

This video is from the recent Mundo Popular 5 and it features Beakers Folklórico Japón performing a Japanese oldie. Below you'll find a detailed explanation about Hanko Kagurazaka's 1952 debut song 「�ん���ゃ������ (Konna Watashi Jya Nakattani). Check back in a few days after I've had a chance to sit down with Ryousuke, and I'll have the text edited.

「�ん���ゃ���������曲��。1952年 "神楽��ん�" ���歌手�debut song。

"Singer, Hanko Kagurazaka was "real" geisha in Kagurazaka, typical hana-machi (geisha town), center of Tokyo. Yaso Saijou (poet, lived in Kagurazaka) & Masao Koga (Biggest composer) found her talent of Hanko Kagurazaka as Singer.

At first, They wrote the song "KONNA WATASHI JYA NAKATTANI" for her debut at 1952, from Columbia Record. The song lyrics talking about painful, patience of geisha girl minds. Geisha girl fall in love with the man, one of her customers. but It is possible to meet only occasionally. Geisha girl love for man's sleeping face very well, and cry with hiding. (sob) Then she think about the day could meet with the man, and dreaming about the man, counting how many times she could meet with the man. She think "I am not like this" (like falling love with the man and cry with hiding).

Geisha Girl could not marry freely, The song sing about these geisha girls mind that they could not fall in love freely. And "Konna Watashi Jya Nakattani" use traditional carnival rhythm like samba, this rhythm called Ondo.

This 7-inch analogue records sometimes re-issued, in 60's & 70's. It were very well known one of "Geisha Songs" in Japan."

-Ryosuke Itoh

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Mundo Popular, Beakers Folklórico Japón, L'Institut Franco-Japonais, La Brasserie de l'Institut, Geisha songs, Ondo, Ichigaya, Kagurazaka, Hana-machi

KTa☆brasil plays pandeiro, a Brazilian tambourine, at Samba-Nova, a monthly DJ event at Roots in Shibuya...

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, KTa☆brasil, Samba-Nova, Roots, Shibuya, Tokyo, pandeiro, tambourine, Brazil, percussion, DJ, event, live, Japan, パンデイロ, 音楽, 渋谷, �京, 日本

Here's a Jet Jaguar music video now available on Last.fm. We've posted another song by him before, News, which is our 7th ranked in all time downloads on NFTOS. You can find a 17.3mb QuickTime version on his website nonwrestler.com

Video details:  Directed by Glen Atkins, this video got 3rd place in the "Handle the Jandle" video competition in 2001. Glen also won the prize for best editing. The song appears on 'Jet Jaguar is Love'.

When we get around to it, there'll be a Jet Jag track in the next music from the other side program. Um, when we get around to it. In the meantime, go check out the tracks available for download over on nonwrestler.com and stop back here often! We've been trying to post something two or three times a week.

Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Jet Jaguar, Glen Atkins, New Zealand, music video, Last.fm

Anyone reading this has probably completely forgotten we even mentioned this video by now. This is the first of what should be a series of Semtazone videos, starting with this interview conducted in French at Lush in Shibuya. The question posed (in my crap French) was this: "What were your first impressions of Japan?" The band were touring Japan for the first time (except for their translator, who had spent some time over here as a child). I'll post the band members' names soon, but you can probably figure them out, if you can understand their gestures and check out their MySpace page. For the links, please look at the previous Talk Show and Panic Living posts where we were refering to this gig. I'll get links up soon, I promise. Pardon my crap French. Filmed and edited by Alex. Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Semtazone, Japan, Rob a.k.a. El Gringo, Shibuya, Tokyo, Taiyo Record, Lush, Roots, band, interview, センタゾン, �京, 渋谷

Charles, do you have an MP3 of this? Oops. I realized this isn't the music I put at the end of Panic Living #40 now... and that it was E.T. Transe Techno instead. Do you have mp3s of all this stuff available on your blog? If not, you should put a few up on last.fm or on the podsafe music network.



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The ALT Rap on the Juso Bridge over the Yodo River in Nakatsu, Osaka. And here's an up-to-the-minute discography...

Videos:
ALT Rap video
ALT Rap improv with live drums at Osaka jyo koen Station
(outtake from the Loop Line Series)

Song versions:
ALT Rap vocal track only
ALT Rap Alex Brooke version
ALT Re-Rap by Quest
ALT Rap remix by DJ Kung-fu Grip
Anarchy Larynx Tatoo by Jerry Gordon
ALT Rap Answers the Questions by Charles Billard
ALT Rap other classics improv with Jonny Heartbreaker and friends...

Credits:
Original lyrics by John Sanders and Rob (a.k.a. El Gringo).

The ALT Rap is available in 4 versions on MySpace as well as on YouTube, Revver, Google video and others. Now go tell your friends!! Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Alex Brooke, Rob a.k.a. el gringo, Japan, Osaka, Nakatsu, Juso bridge, ALT, JET Program, rap, music video, acapella, Yodogawa, Yodo River

Patrick reads "The Sound of One Leg Walking" while Jonny Heartbreaker strums on his guitar. Waiting for a photo from one of the lads. Posted by Rob.

Tags: NFTOS, Patrick Widdess, Jonny Heartbreaker, a.k.a. Greg Morrissey, Alex Brooke, Rob, El Gringo, Osaka, Japan, poetry, accoustic guitar.

I love this band! In this YouTube video I think they're in New Zealand, but they're talking about their upcoming trip to Japan. Good stuff. Check out all the other CCS videos too! I recommend Alala, Off the Hook, Alcohol and Paris Hilton... Speaking of Paris Hilton, here's a game link for ya! Posted by Rob.

Today I jammed in the street with the members of Le Jardin de Luxembourg (a.k.a. Luxembourg Koen), a 5 piece accordian group. We played outside of Mirrianbis, a store in Minami Semba in Osaka. The highlight for me was playing with the musical saw. It was a great day, Jonny Heartbreaker turned up and we gorged ourselves on beer and Kebabs served by the great Guido. Makikomo and El Gringo were there to sing and film the proceedings.  Thanks to everyone for a fantastic day spent with friends, drinking, singing and generally making fools of ourselves in the streets of Osaka. This video is a snippet of more to come. Photo by Kaori? Posted by Alex.

My friend, former colleague and veteran of the Harlow punk rock band Urban Decay, Dean Tisbury belts out a rendition of this classic with his new Osaka bandmates "No Half Measures." I forget the name of this bar in Mino-o, Osaka. I'll add the name when it comes back to me. Posted by Rob.

Is this the same John Sanders who lived in Osaka with his lovely wife Dana, and who co-wrote the infamous ALT Rap?! Posted by Rob.

DJ Bobo mixes samples and beats to visual trickery by Noisivelvet. This video instantly reminded me of a book I read by Jeff Noon called Cobralingus and a word sequencing tool (which I couldn't find when I looked for it just now--hmm) recently reinterpreted by Stig Legrand. Posted by Rob.

Okay, we've had this video up on NFTOS since 22 February of this year, and it's sitting at #5 among our non-Alex or Rob contributions. Now you can subscribe to him directly on YouTube. "This piece shows my frustration towards Japanese commercial goods. The quantity just doesn't seem to be there..." -C.-E. Billard

I was eating a fig, or ichijiku, and someone thought it was funny. Someone thought I was funny! Ha ha. Posted by Rob.

"I took the liberty of editing a slice of the up coming loop line five. Here we see Rob perform the ALT rap al fresco next to Osaka Jo Koen station with a drummer we met on the tour de loop. Anyway, this is just a preview of what's to come in the next loop line installment. I'm sure Rob will be putting these up on Revver, Youtube etc...won't you Rob?" -Alex. Yeah, and on MySpace too! Don't forget, partial credit for the lyrics go to John Sanders. Posted by Rob.

Charles is from Quebec. He lives in Nakatsu in the northern part of downtown Osaka. People from Quebec have a unique perspective of everything. �ャルス�ケベック出身��。大阪�北区��る中津��ん���。ケベック人�ユーニック�考�方�人����。

This is a 24 hour timelapse movie of Alex trying to clean the uncleanable apartment. If you have any cool, weird or wacky video you want to get seen, send it along to us. アレックスã?®éƒ¨å±‹ã?®æŽƒé™¤ã?®videoã?§ã?™ã€‚ã?‹ã?ªã‚Šã??ã?Ÿã?ªã?„ã?ªï¼?ã‚‚ã?—ã?Šã‚‚ã?—ã‚?ã?„videoã?Œã?‚ã‚Œã?°æ˜¯é?žé€?ã?£ã?¦ã??ã? ã?•ã?„。ã?“ã?“ã?§ä¹—ã?›ã?¾ã?™ï¼?よã‚?ã?—ã??。Posted by Alex.

This is the already famous famous ALT rap with well over 5000 downloads on podcasts like Learn Japanese. æ—¢ã?«æœ‰å??ã?«ã?ªã?£ã?ŸALT rapを楽ã?—ã‚“ã?§ã??ã? ã?•ã?„。4ï¼?ï¼?ï¼?ヒットを超ã?ˆã?¦ã€?英語教師ã?®ç”Ÿæ´»ã?«ã?¤ã?„ã?¦ã?®çˆ†ç¬‘ã?•ã?›ã‚‹video。 Link to all versions of the ALT Rap on MySpace. Posted by Rob.