As the captain of the H.M.S. News From The Other Side languishes in the land of no internet, I shall be taking the helm this week with Prapatang Living.  I'll be posting links up here soon...

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P.S. Alex's solo podcast, Prapatang Living, has moved here: http://alexbrooke.com/prapatang-living-08/

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What didn't I talk about on the show? You'll just have to listen.

Here are links to some of the things I mentioned

Curumin
Lila Downs
Reggie Watts
Headstand Radio

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Prapatang living is back as Alex takes the wheel while El Gringo and Makikomo go wwoofing in New Zealand.

Also in the program I mentioned Mundo Popular,  a music event that promotes world music to a wider audience in Japan.

Sunday April 6th, 6pm-10pm
MUNDO POPULAR 6 featuring florencia ruiz TOKYO
@ L'institute Franco-Japonaise, La Brassarie
(http://www.institut.jp/apropos/acces.php）
¥2500 on the door, ¥2000 yen pre booked
Station: Iidabashi

Live Performance :
Florencia Ruiz
Luminous Orange Solo Set
Beakers folklorico japon

DJs :
DJ Syril (medvacances)
Richard Counord (Kind of Blue)
Ryosuke Itoh (Taiyo Record)


Shops :
Tarot readings
Ponto [ Brasilian college T-shirts ]
Chunanbei magazine

Mundo Popular

Also check out this link to Tokyo Cooney's hanami party in Yoyogi

Hanami in Yoyogi

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This is alex who the hell is he?
Looking at bird stuck in a tree
I once met a man who went to tibet
Has the next Japanese PM been chosen yet
6 billion people floating on a rock
Beam me up scotty I'm styling like Spock
The Old Brooke clan have all gone home
My chilly bins are choice give a dog a bone
Look at the pidgeons they know something
Break dancing rapping my panda's calle dling ling
Chairman mao, and Manu chao
Skateboarding in Namba with a holy hindu cow
Oh my buddha now they just had a crash
Here comes jonny heartbreaker pockets full of cash
I know this iddy bitty ditty  just aint funny
But baby, you know you're just so money...

"Keep Left" photo by Rob.

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Dr. Alex Brooke MD, PhD, etc, shows you the proper way to brush (as only an Englishman can). Posted by his sexy nurse in drag (don't tell him I'm a man) Rob, because he was to lazy to do it. No, actually, he's probably got something better to do right now, like fixing some tea, or editing the next Loop Line video (#6) or Yamanote Line video (#3) or Talk Show (#42) or something like that...

Tags: NFTOS, Alex Brooke, dental, hygiene, brush, teeth, dents, toothbrush, mouth, oral, care, dientes, dentes, Life in Japan, health, 歯, 日本

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Here's Alex's latest report from Mexico. Listen to him culture shocking. We didn't have room for the file on NFTOS, so we posted it over on LearnJapanese. Click here to listen.

Waiting for a photo from Alex. In the meantime, a sombrero by Rob.

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Here is a quick video of Oaxaca for you loely people recorded on 10th June 2007 by me Alex.

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Alex learns Spanish at breakfast in Mexico City. Would someone like to spellcheck Alex's writing? The photo is of his teacher, the ever-patient Andres (I think that's his name). Technichally, we're still over our storage quota, but I keep being able to squeeze another podcast in every other day.

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Follow Alex's travels in Mexico from his Flickr account.

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Here it is, Prapatang living, my answer to Rob's Panic Living. A creative urge took me tonight and I had to surrendar to it and record something. This is a reading from my new blog about the various thoughts knocking around the insides of my skull as my life in Osaka comes to an end and new adventures in Mexico hide in the bushes to ready ambush me.

The music is the apt "days to come" by Bonobo.

Enjoy.

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