Met
up with Atushi in Shinjuku -- he's the guy from Disk Union who digs
Yngwie and stuff. He lives ten minutes' walk from me, near the next
station! We met up outside Disk Union, popped into a guitar store
to talk guitars (he showed me some cool attachments that prevent your
strap from falling off, too, that I snatched up immediately for $3
a piece), wound up at McDonald's for some grub, and saw Beck (that
"I'm A Loser Baybeeee, so why don't ya kill me / Two turntables
a a microphone" guy).
I
said, "Ah, Beck desu!" and pointed. He was walking alone,
either eating or drinking something, and kinda angled his head in
my direction at hearing his name, like a dog might (we were five feet
away, on an unbusy sidewalk). But Atushi didn't seem to know who he
was, and explaining "Oh, he's famous!" in front of the guy
wouldn't've been polite -- and already he went from being five feet
to ten feet away, and he's not worth that far of a walk! So that was
my celebrity siting for the week.
After,
me and Atsushi rode to Shimo Kitazawa together, and I got off to there
to meet up with Pork Beans; I was a little early (aren't I always)
so I did the follow-a-pretty-girl-to-the-nearest-CD-store trick and
ended up finding a rental place that seemed like it might've been
having a going-out-of-business sale. Nabbed a Missalina Rei single
for Y180, and it's not too bad but I'll bet Sungwon wants it for than
I do!
Then
I doubled back to meet up with the band at the station, and we met
up and headed to a cool studio called Tri-Tone. No double-bass pedal
again! But it was cool -- I had a really good time with Makoto (b),
Masa, (g) and Takaba (v). Just plain fun!
They
have some -really- catchy, memorable songs, that I found myself humming
on the way home, which is a really good sign.
Afterwards, we went to... McDonalds!
Had
a very cool time, and I think I did pretty well on the drums, with
most errors attributable to the fact that I was still new to the material.
We did Satisfaction and REM's Losing My Religion (which
I never thought I'd do!) before hitting their stuff. I'm looking forward
to seeing 'em live to see how they do and what the crowd is like.
Also,
the guitarist plays drums! So we switched off for a little of Smashing
Pumpkins' Bullet with Butterfly Wings and then tried Smells
Like Teen Spirit. I've ALWAYS wanted to be in a band where everyone
could rotate instruments for one song, just for the coolness of being
able to do so. So that was pretty killer. :)
Ah
-- the studio was Y1250 each, so $25/hr... was the Bishop studio the
same price? I forget!
Then
I got home and Jun called, and I'm meeting him and Kaza (the L'arc-y
band) Sunday for a couple hours, then heading off to Roppongi with
Cameron to catch the Mad Family tour, which is a gob of visual kei
bands.
And
lastly, I check my email and pinkuspida (from California) is here
in Tokyo as of an hour ago and wants to hit Pierrot and the Hide Museum,
which should be cool as hell.
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