Okay, so I bought a ticket to Japan to visit a few friends of mine that have recently left from New York. Thing is I need some music connects out there. I will be in the Osaka/Kobe area in Kansai. I would LOVE some contacts relating to music/art in general. Anyone here Nihon aware? Lemme know.
Peace,
Liver
Peace,
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Re: Japan's Music Scene
Sun, November 25, 2007 - 10:23 PMHmm, I dunno where the spots are in Osaka. But you should get yourself a JR Rail pass and check out Tokyo. It's about 2 and a half hours on the bullet train. Shibuya has a lot of record shops--I found a few hip hop spots while I was just randomly walking around. Manhattan Records was one--the whole area around Manhattan Records in Shibuya is sort of the record digging area of town.
I'm sure there's more--Japan is insane. Whatever you're into, from hip hop to kitchen equipment to video games to tentacle porn there's an entire neighborhood filled with stores dedicated to it.
Osaka is a much more laid back town than Tokyo. Plus they've got fried octopus balls there! -
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Sun, November 25, 2007 - 11:57 PM"Plus they've got fried octopus balls there! "
testicles? -
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Wed, November 28, 2007 - 1:29 AMLast time I checked, Octopi weren't mammals. -
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Re: Japan's Music Scene
Thu, November 29, 2007 - 4:47 AMthat could present a problem
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Re: Japan's Music Scene
Wed, November 28, 2007 - 2:02 PM
Yo, you gotta check out this HUGE Reggae Party while you're out there.
www.life-dailywear.com/
These guys (Mighty Crown Sound System) are the rulers of the 2007 World Sound Clash!!!
I saw them in NYC two days ago at a bashment hosted by Deadly Dragon Sound System whose guests included Johnny Osbourne, Sadiki & Shabba Ranks . . . Pure Fyah!!!
