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まともなメキシカン食いたい
しかし太ったなぁ。痩せないといけない気はしているのだが、この天気だと................
煙草をやめてからマラソンを趣味とするようになったエリックが９月後半に来るみたいだしなぁ、見習わないと。
服のサイズとかは変わらないけど、明らかに身体が重い。特に身体が悪いと感じることも無いので、今のうちに基礎体力をつけないとなぁ。あ、でも前よりすぐ便秘になるようになった。特にストレス時。あと、食べ物との相性が明確になりつつ。
メキシカン好きとか言いつつも、トウモロコシが便秘とガスの原因によくなるんだよなぁ...........................
こうやって「ぁぁぁぁ」とか言ってるうちに時が過ぎるのであって。危機感とかそういうことではなく、充実した生き方を過ごせるように意識を持っていくようにしたい。
最近は人助けもやりようだなぁ、と思うように。なんか身の振り方もちゃんと考えよう。
i would be behind the guitar player, stage left. thinking "2 more shows, 2 more shows, you can't faint now, not till i'm back in the hotel, what's for dinner, what time do i have to be up at tomorrow? i need a splxxx".......... you won't see me on the footage, if you did, that would be BIG trouble. friday night, national tv, live broadcast, full live performance. what made the whole ride more rollercoaster was that there was a mechanical fuck up, about 2 minutes before on air. i was verbally abused by the assistant director (since i was the closest english speaking guy near the band at that time), and they had to insert a commercial break....... the thought of blowing such a tv show still crosses my mind, i'd like to do it one day................
once again, i had worked the summersonic festival. this time, it was with dp, a guy that has a hit song going. really nice people, fucked up schedules. what did i get myself into, 4 shows and 2 soundchecks in 4 days, one was a live performance on national live tv.
now, 4 shows in 4 days is fine. the problem was;
day 0, production meeting that lasted 5 hours? i shouted at the absurdity of the situation.
day 1, show 1: solo show in shibuya, fine
day 2, show 2: live tv show, 7 am load in, 6pm run through, 8pm on air. in between all this, festival soundcheck, 90 minutes away. gear trouble 1 minute before showtime!!!
day 3: festival show, tokyo
day 4: festival show, osaka
i worked sooooo hard this time, i had been sleeping pretty much since it finished, last monday. i don't even have an opinion on what the shows were like, all i cared was getting it done, and getting it done so that the quality was objectively there. i find out that i am not superman and cannot do 2 things at the same time in two languages. no matter how wired up i was.
i had hardly any time to watch the other bands, but managed to catch a bit of metallica and flaming lips. the lips were nice, lots of balloons. metallica sounded pretty good. also saw some other bands on the same stage, the feeling seemed alright, also saw green gartside in the dressing room area, gawd, would of wanted to see scritti politti live. also wanted to see the daft punk lighting, but no time.
i write like a retard, since i feel like a retard. touring does this.
i was able to hang out with dennis, techno extraordinaire from sweden, he looks after bands like the hives and the cardigans. collector of various gadgets. we geeked and had a nice yakosoba and drinks with the cardigans (thanks for the drink!). talk of publishing a geeeeeeeeek book.
made friends with the band and crew, they're apparently back here in november.
the new air travel regulations are quite confusing. i usually have more hardware with carryon, this fucks up my packing procedure, entirely.
to show how much lack of fun i was having, here's some proof.
i didn't even think that i was carrying around a camera till the last day!!!
er, so anyway, i was going to type on my earlier post that i finally managed to get drunk for the first time in my life.
i am not sure if i like it, it was very exhausting. i ended up crying due to various reasons. i tried it again once after, that was a little more pleasurable, but i have found that alcohol makes me go all soft. i don't think many people are used to seeing me go all soft, so the gap maybe shocking to some, hilarious to some.
my problem i have found is that it only takes about 2 ml of a strong-ish spirit, highly diluted in soda water to make me drunk. i am either sober or drunk, no in betweenies.
anyway, that's that. i am no longer virgin drunk. will i continue to drink? maybe, on a very casual basis.
I am still alive. Read on for the details.
Let me see......went to see the American cult female band ESG for 2 days straight. I've always been a fan of sounds that have come out of New York over the years and ESG, along with Liquid Liquid set the tone for the defunkt 99 Records. ESG/LL/99 have a cult following in a big way with name dropping so heavy that you won't be able to rise again. Anyway, the shows were, really nice to see old mates Buffalo Daughter at it as usual. Also saw faces expected and unexpected in the audience, a small reunion of sorts.
Had my birthday on 20th July, which I had not announced to the public except to those that happened to of have asked. I am now 38 years old, I probably don't look it, I don't act it, and I don't feel it. However, if you would like to remind me of it, please send gifts and donations to me (atta) minoru-yokoo.com.
Anyway, brithday was spent with the fine whackos from the art group Namaiki, thank you. Then a week or two of usual Minoru-like behaviour, I went out to the Fuji Rock Festival. They actually don't do it near Mt. Fuji anymore, but what the heck.
I had not been since, 1999? Back then, it was straight after my friend and musician Shinji Satoh had died and was in a right state. In 99, I went to work, handling the audio for the internet broadcast. I remember I was very edgy, hurt, and overall, not interested. This time, I went as semi civillian, ie, I didn't pay to get in, since there were some people I know playing, including the Japanese band the Fishmans, which featured the aforementioned Satoh on vox. The band have started to play again on a very loose basis, featuring guest singers, known and unknown.
Actually, this is going to be a very long, emotional post, so I am going to do it later. Life moves on.
m