one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
“Monday I go to watch Sumo wrestling/It’s an easy day to get a good ticket” (One Week from Brand New Knife, 1996) Their songs bounce from jangling, smiling pop all the way through bashing, smashing punk. They are Shonen Knife, three Japanese grrrls who mix topics of buying Barbie dolls, drinking beer and watching Sumo … Continue reading “interview | Shonen Knife, Interview with Naoko Yamano”
Shonen Knife have grabbed power chords, cutesy Japanese culture and manic girlie yelps to be the most renown Japanese band in the world. Adam gets a slice of Shonen Knife from founder and ‘shouter’ Naoko Yamano (November 20 1996; 14 mins)
HONG KONG–After finally working out a reliable way to get analogue cassette archives of radio interviews onto my machine, here they are streaming online, under the title Broadcast: The Eels’ E; The Posies‘ Ken Stringfellow; Weezer‘s Brian Bell; The 3Ds‘ Dave Saunders; Shonen Knife‘s Naoko Yamano; Butthole Surfers‘ King Coffey; Lush‘s Phillip King; Tripping Daisy‘s … Continue reading “Mental Notes: May 2003”
Peso Playlist, Friday December 20, 2002
Let me explain about these playlists: as I select music on da fly I have a little bit of breathing space to type in what I am playing. These are NOT prepared beforehand. They are inflicted as per the occasion and people in the room, or lack of people, and via my own ignoble persuasion … Continue reading “Mental Notes: November 2002”
Peso playlist Friday October 18, 2002
TAIPEI–Three new-spankin’-new playlists from Peso. Note new Humbug single, For the Birds, available MP3-only from www.humbugmusic.com. New song each week ’til album launch. Peso playlist Friday August 16, 2002 Mogwai – New Paths to Helicon Pt 1 Mogwai and David Pejo – Take Me Somewhere Nice Shino Lin – Track 7 [Req. Bad song on … Continue reading “Mental Notes: August 2002”
Peso playlist Friday July 12, 2002 Grandaddy – So You’ll Aim Toward the Sky Morcheeba – Dead Calm St Germain – Sure Thing (Todd Edwards mix) Red Snapper – Crusoe Takes a Trip Gorillaz – Re-Hash Blur – Bad Day Yo La Tengo – Cherry Chapstick Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup That Dog – Minneapolis … Continue reading “Mental Notes: July 2002”
Peso playlist Friday May 24, 2002
A compilation of reviews for a bigger coverage assembled from several writers. For several thousand music fans, ravers and simple masochists, the first belly laughs of this final Big Day Out were to be had before reaching the ground. Note the frantic screams of the woman station guard as hundreds of kids tried to pile … Continue reading “Big Day Out 1997, Bassendean Oval, February 2, 1997”
