heeeey. so, finally managed to wrestle my mac back from apple japan's insane bureaucracy... all brand spanking shiny and refurbished, too. feels a little weird; almost TOO new and clean, like it hasn't been worn in again. new jeans feeling.
on the completely awesome side; the SAM&ROCK live event on sunday went SMASHINGLY. coproduced by SAM&DAVE (the bar i manage) and CHOPSTICK TATTOO (osaka's best tattoo shop), it was a night of rock and metal mayhem, debauchery, and guest guitar from LOUDNESS' own AKIRA TAKASAKI, who is a osaka resident and longtime friend of CHOPSTICK's owner, YASUO. where do i fit in? i've known YASUO for years, and so when he was thinking of bringing the annual SAM&ROCK event back from a 2 year hiatus, he asked me if i wanted in. i used to front a hard rock/metal band in australia (called SEMYE, no less, hehe), and so i gladly said yes.
the night is essentially a big love-in of bar and tattoo staff from all over osaka, band luminaries and such, all jamming together in an all-star cover event... and so i get thrown in with YASUO on drums, WAKA from osaka hardcore band SLAPDOWN on rhythm guitar, SETCHIN from CLUB KARMA on bass and the aforementioned AKIRA TAKASAKI on lead guitar in a Rage Against the Machine tribute. haha.
we slammed through 'guerilla radio', 'wake up', 'take the power back', 'know your enemy' (where i got to do my maynard impression - SQUEE!!), and finished with 'bulls on parade'. seemed to go over well enough, but the big takeaway was that it got me excited to make music again. so, i got TAKASAKI-san's number and am going to jam with him later this week.
HAH!
hope everyone else is having as insane a christmas season as i am.
feliz navidad!
on the completely awesome side; the SAM&ROCK live event on sunday went SMASHINGLY. coproduced by SAM&DAVE (the bar i manage) and CHOPSTICK TATTOO (osaka's best tattoo shop), it was a night of rock and metal mayhem, debauchery, and guest guitar from LOUDNESS' own AKIRA TAKASAKI, who is a osaka resident and longtime friend of CHOPSTICK's owner, YASUO. where do i fit in? i've known YASUO for years, and so when he was thinking of bringing the annual SAM&ROCK event back from a 2 year hiatus, he asked me if i wanted in. i used to front a hard rock/metal band in australia (called SEMYE, no less, hehe), and so i gladly said yes.
the night is essentially a big love-in of bar and tattoo staff from all over osaka, band luminaries and such, all jamming together in an all-star cover event... and so i get thrown in with YASUO on drums, WAKA from osaka hardcore band SLAPDOWN on rhythm guitar, SETCHIN from CLUB KARMA on bass and the aforementioned AKIRA TAKASAKI on lead guitar in a Rage Against the Machine tribute. haha.
we slammed through 'guerilla radio', 'wake up', 'take the power back', 'know your enemy' (where i got to do my maynard impression - SQUEE!!), and finished with 'bulls on parade'. seemed to go over well enough, but the big takeaway was that it got me excited to make music again. so, i got TAKASAKI-san's number and am going to jam with him later this week.
HAH!
hope everyone else is having as insane a christmas season as i am.
feliz navidad!