Category Archives: Interviews
Strange Boutique (March 2012)
I’ve been away from this blog for a bit over a month now because I was in Europe for three weeks only to come back and find my computer had died in my absence. As a result, there’s a bit … Continue reading
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Bo Ningen and Dempa Gumi inc: The love affair between experimental and idol music
Continuing with the theme wrote about in my last post and Japan Times column about the intersection between experimental and idol music, and what it is that attracts freaky hippy longhairs, dirty punks and art-school pretenseniks to idol music, here … Continue reading
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Strange Boutique (February 2012)
A bit late in posting this because I actually have a lot more material related to this topic that I wanted to gather and post on successive days, but here’s last month’s Japan Times column. This topic came out of … Continue reading
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Feature: Nagoya music scene
A couple of pieces from the Japan Times about the music scene in Nagoya and the general Aichi area here. The first one is an overview of the Nagoya music scene, focussing in particular on the role of the city’s independent … Continue reading
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Interview: The Human League
Not strictly Japanese music, but a couple of months back I did an interview with Susan Ann Sulley from synthpop demigods The Human League in advance of their first Japan shows since the mid-80s. We talk a little bit about … Continue reading
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Strange Boutique (September 2011)
My September column was an extended version and more of an interview than just me ranting about something. I’d interviewed Yasutaka Nakata of capsule and Perfume fame earlier in the year and his latest project, producing Harajuku model-turned-idol Kyary Pamyu … Continue reading
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