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Remembering D'Angelo
From a bus in Florianopolis to an audience with the King from Indianola
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My Music Film Festival will have a one-week run in Osaka from November 24th. These are all really good films, which you probably won't get a chance to see other than here.
September 23, 2025 at 5:49 AM
My Music Film Festival will have a one-week run in Osaka from November 24th. These are all really good films, which you probably won't get a chance to see other than here.
An Osaka concert for Salif Keita has been announced for September 26th at Namba Hatch.
September 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
An Osaka concert for Salif Keita has been announced for September 26th at Namba Hatch.
Salif Keitaの東京公演が9/22に急に決まりました！
www.schoolivebar.com?schedule/&ex...
www.schoolivebar.com?schedule/&ex...
SCHOOL LIVE & BAR TOKYO
www.schoolivebar.com
September 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Salif Keitaの東京公演が9/22に急に決まりました！
www.schoolivebar.com?schedule/&ex...
www.schoolivebar.com?schedule/&ex...
Interesting piece on the plunging birthrate and associated topics.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis
The numbers are staggering when you dig into them. Parents in Japan covered half of higher education costs in 2024 — more than double the OECD average.
www.japantimes.co.jp
September 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Interesting piece on the plunging birthrate and associated topics.
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
‘Confugenics’ and East Asia's demographic crisis www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Some years ago at a DJ event at Saijōji, a temple near Odawara, I was given a present of this tea made in Hakone, which was delicious. Yesterday I was DJing at the Minyō Crusaders gig in Yokosuka, and a lady from the temple gig brought a whole box!! Many many thanks from all of us!
August 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Some years ago at a DJ event at Saijōji, a temple near Odawara, I was given a present of this tea made in Hakone, which was delicious. Yesterday I was DJing at the Minyō Crusaders gig in Yokosuka, and a lady from the temple gig brought a whole box!! Many many thanks from all of us!
The English version of the website for this year's Music Film Festival is up and running: pbmff.jp/english.html
Please disregard the visual which for some reason accompanies this post!
Please disregard the visual which for some reason accompanies this post!
『Peter Barakan’s Music Film Festival』Official site
『Peter Barakan’s Music Film Festival』Official site
pbmff.jp
August 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The English version of the website for this year's Music Film Festival is up and running: pbmff.jp/english.html
Please disregard the visual which for some reason accompanies this post!
Please disregard the visual which for some reason accompanies this post!
This is streaming now, unfortunately not here in Japan, but if you can see it please do!
August 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
This is streaming now, unfortunately not here in Japan, but if you can see it please do!
A good opinion piece from today's paper.
Why Jimmy Lai’s persecution should worry Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Why Jimmy Lai’s persecution should worry Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Why Jimmy Lai’s persecution should worry Japan
The trial of 77-year-old publisher is showing how Beijing uses Hong Kong as a laboratory for silencing critics worldwide, from students to exiles.
www.japantimes.co.jp
August 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A good opinion piece from today's paper.
Why Jimmy Lai’s persecution should worry Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Why Jimmy Lai’s persecution should worry Japan www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...
Next Friday (8/22) from 4pm at the Yokohama Bay Hotel, I'll be MCing a session at TICAD, featuring short performances of music from Zimbabwe (Japanese mbira player), Burkina Faso and Senegal. It's open to anyone, and free to get in, but you need to register in advance and bring photo ID.
August 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Next Friday (8/22) from 4pm at the Yokohama Bay Hotel, I'll be MCing a session at TICAD, featuring short performances of music from Zimbabwe (Japanese mbira player), Burkina Faso and Senegal. It's open to anyone, and free to get in, but you need to register in advance and bring photo ID.
I saw him in a pub in London during a business trip once, in the late '70s. Wow! That's a gig I'll never forget. RIP.
Flaco Jiménez, a Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and accordion virtuoso who was widely regarded as the king of Tex-Mex music, recording material with acts like Dwight Yoakam, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, has died. He was 86.
Flaco Jiménez, Grammy-Winning Master of the Tex-Mex Accordion, Dies at 86
Fusing traditional Tejano sounds with blues, rock and country, he recorded with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder.
nyti.ms
August 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I saw him in a pub in London during a business trip once, in the late '70s. Wow! That's a gig I'll never forget. RIP.
What more can you say?
August 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What more can you say?
音楽映画祭のクラウドファンディングに参加してくれた皆さんのお陰で、ラスト・スパートで300万円を超えることができました。ありがとうございます！
数日中にプログラムを決めて、できるだけ早く発表します。
数日中にプログラムを決めて、できるだけ早く発表します。
August 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
音楽映画祭のクラウドファンディングに参加してくれた皆さんのお陰で、ラスト・スパートで300万円を超えることができました。ありがとうございます！
数日中にプログラムを決めて、できるだけ早く発表します。
数日中にプログラムを決めて、できるだけ早く発表します。
音楽映画祭のクラウドファンディングは、気がついたら今日が最終日、後9時間あまりで終了します。
お陰さまで、後一歩で300万円....よろしくお願いいたします！
camp-fire.jp/projects/860...
お陰さまで、後一歩で300万円....よろしくお願いいたします！
camp-fire.jp/projects/860...
ピーター・バラカンさんの音楽映画祭を継続、成功させたい。
ピーター・バラカンさんが企画・作品選定をおこなっている音楽映画祭〈Peter Barakan’s Music Film Festival〉。しかし、続く円安や物価高の影響が重くのしかかり、作品上映を続ける経費・運営費に限界がきています。今後も充実した内容で継続開催していきたい。
camp-fire.jp
July 31, 2025 at 5:27 AM
音楽映画祭のクラウドファンディングは、気がついたら今日が最終日、後9時間あまりで終了します。
お陰さまで、後一歩で300万円....よろしくお願いいたします！
camp-fire.jp/projects/860...
お陰さまで、後一歩で300万円....よろしくお願いいたします！
camp-fire.jp/projects/860...
It was touch and go after the tsunami warning yesterday, but I'll be DJing as planned at Oasis in Hayama this evening. There will also be a nyabinghi drummer!
葉山・森戸海岸の海の家オアシスは今日、通常営業。
今晩予定通りDJします。
葉山・森戸海岸の海の家オアシスは今日、通常営業。
今晩予定通りDJします。
July 31, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It was touch and go after the tsunami warning yesterday, but I'll be DJing as planned at Oasis in Hayama this evening. There will also be a nyabinghi drummer!
葉山・森戸海岸の海の家オアシスは今日、通常営業。
今晩予定通りDJします。
葉山・森戸海岸の海の家オアシスは今日、通常営業。
今晩予定通りDJします。
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"a system built on torture, murder, and repression"
The Burmese military are some of the nastiest people on the face of the earth.
The Burmese military are some of the nastiest people on the face of the earth.
Really sad news from #Myanmar. We've lost another bright, young leader, someone we should have empowered and elevated, not ignored and allowed an oppressive regime to murder.
The world was a better place when she was still in it.
www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...
The world was a better place when she was still in it.
www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...
Guest Column | The Golden Parasol Shall Rise: In Memory of Ma Wutt Yee Aung
The fearless young Generation Z leader died in junta custody earlier this week of injuries inflicted under torture by the regime’s henchmen.
www.irrawaddy.com
July 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"a system built on torture, murder, and repression"
The Burmese military are some of the nastiest people on the face of the earth.
The Burmese military are some of the nastiest people on the face of the earth.
今日配信されたこれは素晴らしい！最初のデモや大学仲間に記録された初期ヴァージョンから完成したアルバムまでがよく分かります。
open.spotify.com/album/6Ltprt...
open.spotify.com/album/6Ltprt...
The Making Of Five Leaves Left
Nick Drake · Album · 2025 · 42 songs
open.spotify.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
今日配信されたこれは素晴らしい！最初のデモや大学仲間に記録された初期ヴァージョンから完成したアルバムまでがよく分かります。
open.spotify.com/album/6Ltprt...
open.spotify.com/album/6Ltprt...
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Writen by a Jewish socialist about Zionists in 1886
July 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Writen by a Jewish socialist about Zionists in 1886
Nice description!
The sun cast incredible crespuscular rays during last night's saffron hued sunset.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
July 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Nice description!
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後8日しかないので大きな挑戦ではありますが、音楽映画祭のクラウドファンディングの目標を伸ばして500万円を目指します。新たなリターンもあります。https://camp-fire.jp/projects/860290/view
July 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
後8日しかないので大きな挑戦ではありますが、音楽映画祭のクラウドファンディングの目標を伸ばして500万円を目指します。新たなリターンもあります。https://camp-fire.jp/projects/860290/view
Classic!
July 20, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Classic!
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EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’
Maurene Comey warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’
“If a career prosecutor can be fired without reason, fear may seep into the decisions of those who remain. Do not let that happen,” she wrote.
www.politico.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Fired DOJ prosecutor Maurene Comey sends message to former colleagues, warning that ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant.’
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Watch the seismic waves from today's magnitude 7.3 Alaska earthquake ripple across seismic stations in North America.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Watch the seismic waves from today's magnitude 7.3 Alaska earthquake ripple across seismic stations in North America.
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