It’s Sunday Jazz with this 1994 Japanese repress of Lionel Hampton Quintet (1954) from the Clef record label featuring the signature hit “Flying Home” at 17 minutes long. 🤯

Included are Oscar Peterson, Buddy De Franco, Ray Brown, and Buddy Rich.

#jazz #jazzsky #nowplaying #records #vinylalangelico

Some things fall into place while others just fall.

落ち着くものもあれば、落ちるだけのものもある。

#autumn #photography #fallphotography #wabisabi #japan #kyoto #yellow #秋 #写真 #秋紅葉 #京都 #緑

This account reflects many scattered interests, from music, as I sideline as a DJ, to photography, which I also do on the side, but I work as a professor in Japan (English/Spanish/linguistics/culture studies). Other musings stem from a crazy scope of intriguing topics and issues. Engage.

#writing #writingtips #writingsociety #writingcommunity #goodwriting

Good writers deftly move up and down a ladder of language.

Page 107.

Clark, R. P. (2016). Writing tools: 55 essential strategies for every writer (10th Anniversary Edition). Little, Brown Spark.

¿Quién hubiera imaginado la locura de hoy?

En 1983, visitó por primera vez la ciudad de NY la Orquesta La Gran Banda de Venezuela, y dejó muy en alto su calidad en la interpretación de la salsa al estilo venezelano.

#salsa #salsarecords #vinilosdesalsa #vinylalangelico #musicsky #records #musicsky

Clear sky hides the truth
Songs echo from cliff to sea
Shepherd crossed rivers

#reggae #jamaica #haiku #tribute #vinylalangelico #records #nowplaying #jimmycliff

A visit to Katori Jingü Shrine (Chiba, Japan) was a delight. A few things caught my eye, such as this thatched roof junction.

#photography #japan #shrine #chiba #minimalist #minimalistphotography #architecture #iphonephotography

More at MildlyMinimal on the Foto app:
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Back to selecting work for my page at @fotoapp.co (‘MildlyMinimal’) after a long hiatus.

Architectural, urban, minimalist, street, and conceptual photography are the main themes under exploration.

Let’s hook up there and share~

📸

#photography #fotografía #minimalist #architecture #urban #photo

Four pulls from my #Criterion shelf that deeply touched me. Perhaps predictable or typical, but I stand with Ozu's sublime storytelling, Godard's pivotal milestone, Wan Kar Wai's visual masterpiece, and Richard Burton's superb acting in a great film adaptation with much nuance. Reply with your four.

Black swan:
‘an unforeseen event with extreme consequences’

So as we white-knuckled over an AI bubble tanking markets, the Japan carry trade status rocks up, pushed by concerns over a financial stimulus plan making Japan debt more untenable with worldwide repercussions. Correct me?

#finance #Japan

Yellowman’s “Strong me Strong” (1984) is about his claim to be the first to shake Queen E’s hand when she landed in Jamaica in ’83. Pure swagger by the albino dancehall king who made audacious confidence his superpower. 🇯🇲 👑 Anthem! 💯🎶

#jamaica #vinylsky #alangelicovinyl #records #vinyl #dancehall

Well, what to do? ¥160 in sight. How much can I try it not to be so concerning by distracting myself with that soundtrack in progress? I was considering Yellowman’s “Strong Me Strong”…

Good reading here ⬇️ but brace yourself.
substack.com/@stockmktnew...

#japanfinance #stockmarket #yen

The E5 Hayabusa colours involve Tokiwa green on the upper body and Hiun white underneath. A stripe in Hayate pink bisects them.

This palette iconic for speed in Japan perhaps evokes Tohoku’s forests and flying clouds, with pink as energy? Fitting for a sleek train hitting 320kmh.

#minimal #japan

As everything on both sides of the pond is diving more south than thought possible a month ago—and all completely beyond our control—I suppose I could start the soundtrack. Let’s go with Assemblage by Rhauder & Paul St. Hilaire (2020): “No News”.

youtu.be/EDtDnCuOF0w

#vinylalangelico #dubtechno

Newb here with 1st post:

Bud Powell suffered brain damage from a 1945 police beating yet kept playing brilliant piano despite his struggles. “Buster Rides Again” on Time Waits (1958) features Latin-infused interplay w/ the Joneses (dm, db)—just fire.

#BudPowell #vinylalangelico #jazzsky #vinylsky