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@AlternativeJapan · 5 days ago

New Year's Eve, 2005

New Year’s Eve, 2005 The cold Chicago buildings On New Year’s Eve. Climbing the cold metal rungs of the ladder, on the roof of the complex. Lake Michigan just in the distance. Sears Tower Spark...

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@AlternativeJapan · 1 week ago

New Studio Single Available Exclusively to BCH'rs for Now

In support of our recording process, and to share a little of what we are doing, my band Nite Owl Works is releasing our new single exclusively via private link (see player below) for two more days....

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 weeks ago

Shoegaze Summer in Review

Summer flew by. Big moments. Small moments. Struggles. Progress on the musical front. The rice is being harvested now and that blows my mind. I was gifted this legendary shoegaze album by Ride recent...

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@AlternativeJapan · 3 weeks ago

Nite Owl Works: Recording Is Under Way!

Just hit the studio this week for the first session to begin work on the upcoming album I've had in my sights for months now (actually decades). I decided to take resolute action toward this goal back...

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@AlternativeJapan · 4 weeks ago

l Live at Night (the lucky ones)

I live at night under the influence of stars, dreams and thoughts no one knows Her lips were blue on Mt. Fuji and she said this is close enough to the summit ready to fall asleep (and die if we...

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@AlternativeJapan · 1 month ago

3 Miles at 2 a.m. — Glittering Stars, Ambient Tunes

I've been binge drinking in moderation. If there is such a thing. Drinking almost every night for the past two weeks to be able to fall asleep, numb the sting, relax some sore muscles, ease health i...

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@AlternativeJapan · 1 month ago

Orion Over the Echigo Plain

Pariah Carey That’s a band I wanna start Also the Kansas City Faggots Blazing Saddles one-liner rock Hot and humid and disgusting Even in the wee hours tonight Life isn’t easy If you actually b...

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@AlternativeJapan · 1 month ago

End of Summer

Typhoon clouds, no rain It’s more lonely than lonely: Misunderstanding Old friends gone quiet Nothing but dreams in my chest Dust of passing years Like a lightning flash Summer ends be...

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@AlternativeJapan · 1 month ago

Once again I cannot post links. This is really becoming a drag. Have another post I'd like to share, but it is a video so I can't share it. My friend and I just did our original, DIY running event o...

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Sumida Sun

The mad heat of summer Sumida Sun The burning blue sky of a Tokyo summer I find a ramen shop with extra thin noodles The owner and I can't decide on English or Japanese but he's cordial and kind...

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Running Blog 08: Superchunk in the Rain / 雨でスーパーチャンク

Rainy season just won't end this year. But at least there's bands like Superchunk to help power through it. 1994's "Foolish" is a wonderful album. I recommend. 今年の梅雨まだ終わってない、海の日の...

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Heat, Swing, Bluegrass and Booze: Niigata Jazz Street 2023

Niigata, Japan's Duke Ellington Memorial jazz festival, known as Niigata Jazz Street, is two days of citywide jazz, folk, and bluegrass, and a day pass only costs ¥2,000, or about 15 bucks USD, and w...

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Summer Hills, Sonic Youth

Hot as a sauna, but still... Nobody out in the shiny-happening NOW summer streets??? What a fucking waste!

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Running Blog 07: Three Ambient Runs / アンビエント音楽でラン

If you enjoy the outdoors and running, doing so with a nice ambient soundtrack can really take you to another planet — a "something else" experience. ランニングや自然が好きなら、アンビエント音楽を聴...

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Haiku Contest — Win BitCats Heroes NFT #939!

Hello AlternativeJapan readers, I'm giving away one Bitcoin Cash BitCats Heroes NFT (one with a pretty good rarity score and who looks quite like a hipster) for the best haiku submission in the commen...

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Observations from Nagoya: Dirty, Sexy, Colorful, Punk Rock Flavor

Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a slice of "somewhere else" in the land of the rising sun, for someone coming from the vast rice plains, sprawling mountains and seaside, and often boring soci...

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@AlternativeJapan · 2 months ago

Running Blog 06: Musical Catharsis, Rainy Season Run / 音楽でカタルシス、梅雨

The past week has been challenging to say the least. 今週は苦しかったです。 I made an ill-advised financial deal, got sick, and was stressing pretty much 24/7 about mere survival and life in this r...

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