HMV Shibuya posted a sign notifying customers that the shop will close in August.
In the past few months HMV already gave up the top floor for a guitar shop, but the end came faster than expected.
Gibson Dark Fire for $40
I wish!
Gibson website had a temporary bug (which I can’t seem to reproduce).
Luckily, I took a screen capture showing that the Dark Fire MSRP is 3600 Yen, about $40.
Summer Sonic Festival offical Youtube channel
Twitter is out, which forces me to write actual blog posts rather than 140 character tweets.
Summer Sonic Festival started a dedicated channel on youtube, which includes playlists of the lineup and messages from artists.
Surprisingly, the channel has only 112(!) subscribers.
And here are Gogol Bordello, performing on the 9th:
Gibson Dark Fire Guitar
First caught these news at Akihabaranews website.
Gibson will release the Dark Fire Guitar, A Robot Guitar combined with a Digital guitar towards Christmas. Personally, I am more interested in a conventional Les Paul Analogue Guitar.
Why am I writing about this? Because of the Gibson Dark Fire contest :
The rules are simple, write a song about the new guitar, post it in youtube, and the song with most views wins the contest. I LOVE the idea (though it disqualifies me from entering and winning).
Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admoni performance
Tami Kanazawa and Yuval Admoni will perform this month in Einav Center Tel Aviv. They will perform Liszt pieces on two pianos.
Concert is on the 25th of November, at 20:30.
Poster below:
J-wave Tokyo Radio Logo
Bumped into the new J-wave Tokyo Radio webstation, and I like their Logo. Well, I like the Tokyo part, “Radio” is not that exciting.
J-wave website (For streaming Japanese Radio)
And the Logo:
Japanese girl playing metal
I was browsing through Japanese youtube, and found out the #9 most subscribed channel all time is:
A Japanese girl wearing a dress playing metal. Her face is not visible, only her legs (thing), dress and guitar.
Interesting!
Channel and a sample:
Sonic Youth perform in a fashion show
Can’t really believe it, but it did happen.
Sonic Youth performed live music during a Marc Jacobs Fashion Show.
Video is available through Sonic Youth Homepage
Electric Guitar + Amp
Just bought a Yamaha RGX A2 + A Marshall Amplifier – the AVT20X.
Can’t really play, but at least I have the equipment to pretend I do.
Will try to post actual photos of my gear later this week.
Twiggy Twiggy
Pizzicato Five released “This Year’s Girl” album in 1991. I remember listening to the “Twiggy Twiggy” single and loving it.
Matador records distributed their albums in the US, and also included “Twiggy” in “What’s up Matador CD”.
Last night, just before going to sleep I have listened to the CD, and realized… I understand what she sings. Very silly revelation, but I really enjoyed it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FGm6wGYxYM
and live:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7ESBXgn7_I