Monday, February 28, 2011

Japan Setlist Recap


we knew Japan would be fun, the crowds are always engaged and excited and this trip was no different though i think in a couple instances the kids let loose a little bit more even than in the past, especially when it got to encore time. Tokyo was off the hook from the first song. we had our first ever trip to Fukuoka which seemed like a city i'd like to spend more time in, great food there like everywhere else and some architecture we didn't have time to check out. it's only been about 14 months since we were last in Japan and we compared old setlists to make sure we weren't repeating ourselves too much this time for those coming back for more...here's setlists...

OSAKA - Fandango

Throwing Things
My Gap Feels Weird
Crossed Wires
Baxter
Detroit
I Guess I Remembered It Wrong
Kicked In
So Convinced
Iron On
Rosemarie
Learned to Surf
Hello Hawk
Digging for Something
Driveway
Everything At Once
//
Slack
Hyper
Children In Heat
Fishing
BlendingIn
//
Cursed Mirror
Precision

NAGOYA - Club Upset

Untied
Digging for Something
My Gap Feels Weird
Skip Steps 1&3
Cursed Mirror
Rosemarie
Tie A Rope
Song for Marion Brown
Watery Hands
Learned to Surf
Rope Light
For Tension
Driveway
First Part
Everything at Once
//
Crossed Wires
Hyper
Slack
Blitzkrieg Bop
//
LikeAFool
100KFireflies

FUKUOKA - Drum Club

So Convinced
Water Wings
My Gap
Digging
Seed Toss
Rosemnarie
Detroit
Like A Fool
Learned to Surf
Crossed Wires
Hello Hawk
Punch Me
Driveway
1st Part
Everything at Once
//
Mower/CastIron/Precision
//
Slack/Fishing
//
HyperEnough

TOKYO - O-West

slack
crossed wires
my gap feels weird
detroit
cursed mirror
rosemarie
kicked in
so convinced
learned to surf
digging for something
punch me harder
from the curve
first part
everything at once
//
martinis on the roof
skip steps 1 & 3
hyper
where eagles dare
//
throwing things
precision
//
100K fireflies

pushing our old-ass bodies to their limit is a good thing!
thanks to Hideki, Tak, and Contrarede for being perfect hosts as usual, and to Andy and Kei at P-Vine who puts out our records over there.
next up: Cats Cradle!

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Radio Time!

me and Wilbur hitting WXDU this afternoon at 4 PM, tune in!

been lax on Japan recapping, but it will happen!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Ghibli Time


in Japan for the Superchunk tour, but doing some family vacationing in advance. as fans of movies like My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo and the Iron Giant, we made reservations in advance to not risk missing a visit to the Ghibli Museum dedicated to the films of Miyazaki and other Studio Ghibli animators.
no photography allowed inside the museum, which is pretty cool actually. makes you just pay attention to what's happening, what you're learning, and the incredible work that's been done by the famed animation house since it's founding in 1985. we took a train out to the Tokyo suburb of Mitaka, our friend Hideki guided us through a park and to the museum. the whole thing is made for kids, but not in a condescending way...more in a "kids understand more than the rest of us" kind of way. it's also a tribute to the science and art of hand-done animation. oh and there's a giant Cat-bus.
walking through the park back to the subway, got text from Hideki's wife Yuki who was watching the Grammys at their house in Tokyo, and found out about Arcade Fire's Grammy win. Pretty great day!