I know what I am and I’m glad I’m a man

Latest from yours truly, DJ ST!
I feel like a man because I've been losing my voice. =) That, and because I work at IBM. And because I don't like chocolate that much. That, and I am bitter about how women are treated in this country.

BUT... this is not a blog for social commentary! None of that! We'll keep it to the music for now.

Only 1 month left here! It blows my mind.

I've been buying too many records. They have lots of stuff I can't find in the U.S. I'm not sure how I can transport everything home in the same suitcases I brought with me... I guess I need to dump like 1/2 of my clothes here or something.

Music for you! Clicky click!

Playlist:
Glissandro 70- Bolan Muppets- Cosmo Galactic Prism Mixed By Prins Thomas
The Go-Betweens- Love Goes On!- 16 Lovers Lane
The Clean- Billy Two- Anthology
Sunset Rubdown- The Courtesan Has Sung- Random Spirit Lover
New Order- Temptation- Substance
Mum- Moon Pulls- Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
Bodies of Water- I Guess I'll Forget the Sound, I Guess, I Guess- Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink
Schooner- Pray For You to Die- Hold on Too Tight
The Raincoats- No Looking- The Raincoats
The Clean- On Again/Off Again- Anthology
This Heat- Horizontal Hold- This Heat
Afrirampo- I Did Are- Kore Ga Mayaku Da

xo,
shani

one billion tastes and tunes

My fourth podcast from Tokyo, fools. Miss you all. Well almost all.
I'm too tired to write anything entertaining today. That, and I really need to keep working on reading Harry Potter before the ending leaks to me somehow. I automatically disown anyone who tells me ANYTHING about the book before I'm done.

Also, warning: during my mic break my voice is really loud (and really annoying). You might want to tune it down. Can't wait for real technology come fall... =)

Here you are!

















Playlist:
Graves- Will Now- Yes Yes Okay Okay
Mum- They Made Frogs Smoke 'Til They
Exploded- Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy
kaitO- Trailous- Cat Nap
Silver Apples- Lovefingers- Silver Apples
Crescent- Come Into the Shade- Little Waves
Thee More Shallows- Dutch Fist- Book of Bad Breaks
Suburban Kids with Biblical Names- Little Boys in the Ghetto- #3
Leyode- Irene- Fascinating Tininess
Crystal Castles- Crimewave (Vs. Health Remix)
Blitzen Trapper- Sci Fi Kid (Principal Participant 'Kingswood' Remix)
White Noise- Love Without Sound- An Electric Storm
Thieves Like Us- Drugs in My Body- Kitsune Udon Comp.
Spoon- The Ghost of You Lingers- Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
J Dilla- Workinonit- Colette No. 8 Comp.
Junior Senior- Move Your Feet- D-D-Don't Stop the Beat
Buzzcocks- Harmony in My Head- Singles Going Steady

Brought to You By The Faithful Dog, Hachikō

There's a statue of this dog, Hachiko, in front of large Shibuya train station (where i live. not the train station, but the town). It's where all the kidz meet up, since you can't really say "hey let's meet up by the train station/mcdonalds/music store/exit" since there are a million of each of those. it's nice and easy.
of course then a million people meet up at the dog statue. but i digress.

It's a heartwarming story, really. In 1924, Hachikō was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesamuro Ueno. During his owner's life, Hachikō saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya station. Even after Ueno's death in May 1925, Hachikō returned every day to the station to wait for him, and did so for the next 11 years until his death.

So that's your bit of Japanese culture for the day.
Just finished my 3rd podcast, hai dozo (here you go)!

Le playliste:
Panda, No Panda- Yancha Na Neko
Mission of Burma- Red
YACHT- I Believe in You
Wicked Hemlocks- The Way Down
Blonde Redhead- Loved Despite of Great Faults
Numata Sohhei- Rocking Chair
Of Montreal- I Was Never Young
Teeth and Hair- Don't Touch It
Sonic Youth- Pattern Recognition
Tap Tap- 100,000 Thoughts
Boredoms- (Star)
Ellen Allien- Wish
The Raincoats- No Side to Fall In
Deerhunter- After Class (new track, on Rare Book Room Records upcoming comp)
Jonathan Richman- That Summer Feeling

Woof.

I Don't Wanna Go To Your Party

It's my second podcast from Shibuya, yo!

Playlist:
Hauschka- Paddington- Room to Expand
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti- Artifact- Worn Copy
Fourtet- Melody Day (Caribou Remix)
Zach Condon (of Beirut)- Venice- Believer Magazine Comp.
British Sea Power- Tugboat- Spirit of St. Louis
The Big Disappointments- Like to Know- The Big Disappointments
A Certain Ratio- Do the Du- Early
Joakim- I Wish You Were Gone- Go Commando with JDH & Dave P
Black Moth Super Rainbow- Lollipopsichord- Dandelion Gum
Boris Policeband- Tow Away- New York Noise, Vol. III
The Birthday Party- Cry- Prayers on Fire
Atlas Sound (Deerhunter's Bradford Cox) - Unicorn Rainbow Odyssey (Mark Sultan Cover)
Grand Archives- Southern Glass Home- Demos
Valet- My Volcano- Blood is Clean

Click here to ENJOY!



What are YOU listening to these days that I should check out? Lemme know!

My First Musical Offering From Shibuya!

Enkô ga tsuki wo toran to suru ga gotoshi.
Like monkeys trying to snatch the moon's reflection on water.

Allusion to a parable, said to have been related by the Buddha himself, about some monkeys who found a well under a tree, and mistook for reality the image of the moon in the water. They resolved to seize the bright apparition. One monkey suspended himself by the tail from a branch overhanging the well, a second monkey clung to the first, a third to the second, a fourth to the third, and so on,--till the long chain of bodies had almost reached the water. Suddenly the branch broke under the unaccustomed weight; and all the monkeys were drowned.

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