Music! and Movies! in the Month of August, 2016

Hadn’t put my musical and movie events from August together yet due to writing about Iceland and Singapore.  Here I go first with music!

Dope – a film

Shakatak @ Billboard Live Tokyo

Tegan & Sara @ Daikanyama Unit

Na Leo @ Billboard Live Tokyo

The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead? – a documentary

Akinori Nakagawa @ Suntory Hall

The Violin Teacher – film

Summer Sonic 2016

Summer Sonic 2016

Alexandra Stan @ O-East

Song of Lahore – a documentary

Maia Hirasawa @ Billboard Live Tokyo

And the films.

Dope

The Damned: Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead

Once in a Lifetime

Looking for Her

A Walk in the Woods

While We’re Young

The Violin Teacher

High-Rise

Song of Lahore

Standing Tall

11 Minutes

Paths of the Soul

Truth

And my favorite film of the month.

Shibuya Sardinian

This was my second visit to this great Sardinian restaurant right in the heart of Shibuya.  It’s very popular and busy but we were lucky to get a table for seven reserved only on the day before.  The place was packed.

My Romanian guests loved it.

Tharros

Music! in the Month of March, 2016

Mostly happy and fun musical events during March, 2016 with one sad event, a funeral, which was musical nonetheless.

Kurt Elling @ Blue Note Tokyo

Who the F**k is Arthur Fogel?, a documentary film about the head of Live Nation, the biggest booking agent in the world of music

Akinori Nakagawa @ Venus Fort

Adam at and Schroeder-Headz at Duo Music Exchange

Jill Decoy Association at HMV and Books

Alexandra Stan’s surprise performance at Bershka, Shibuya

Alexandra Stan visits Tsutaya Shibuya

Akinori Nakagawa in-store event at Yamano Music Store

Alexandra Stan @ Lalaport Tokyo Bay

Alexandra Stan visits Tower Records at Lalaport Tokyo Bay

Risa Junna at Cotton Club

Hiroko Kokubu at JZ Brat

Ricki and the Flash, a feature film starring Rick Springfield!! opposite Meryl Streep

Keith Emerson funeral @ St. James the Less, Lancing, England

Geoff Downes and Dave Kilminster @ reception for Keith Emerson

Festival Fringe, an a cappella event @ Club for Acts and Actors in Covent Garden

 

“Korean Barbecue”, a Japanese Adaptation

I had to take a big group of guests out for a casual dinner in a very specific neighborhood in Tokyo which I was not familiar with.  My solution – Korean barbecue though I was told there was one vegetarian (and he did OK eating grilled vegs and apparently he was OK with seafood as well).

As Korean BBQs in Japan go, there are many options from casual to very fancy but one thing that is true I believe is that our “Korean” BBQ is not the most common style of BBQ Koreans have in Korea or at least that’s what I figured when I visited Seoul years ago.

Anyway, I think I managed to please the guests which was my priority.

Seikoen

Music! in the Month of March, 2015 ♪

Surprised at the number of music films that were available and that I went to see during March.  That added to actual music events I was at, came to be quite a few.

The Pop Group @ Liquid Room

Kishi Bashi @ Billboard Live Tokyo

Hiroko Kokubu @ the Jam Spot @ Yamano Music Store Ginza

Annie, the film

Bob James @ Blue Note Tokyo

Films Les Miserables and The Producers, seen on different days.

Hiroko Kokubu @ JZ Brat

Fried Pride @ Billboard Live Tokyo

Victor Rock Festival @ Makuhari Messe

Alan from the Irish restaurant The Giant’s Stew House

Gyze @ Tower Records Akihabara

Begin Again, the film

Rudderless, the film

Rio Yanase @ the Norwegian Embassy

Song One, the film

Alexandra Stan @ Ebisu Garden Hall

Springroove 2015 @ Makuhari Messe

Found a totally different kind of Alexandra Stan here.  Silly but quite good.  Enjoy.