Comments on: On Listening to The Strokes in Japan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/ A New England Expat in Japan. Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Burenan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-2689 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:03:22 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-2689 The few months I lived in Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures were largely spent catering to Japanese students in sessions of full-day English-summer-camp-styled activities..

Music – particularly the harshest rock and most vulgar rap – was never as freeing as through those 円100 Daiso earbuds.

]]> By: On Being a Teenage Punk in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-821 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:02:50 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-821 [...] Reading (From This Japanese Life): On Listening to The Strokes in Japan J-Cin Sundays: Linda Linda [...]

]]> By: On the “Psychic Abilities” of Japanese Salarymen | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-325 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 02:52:49 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-325 [...] Voices Interpreting subtle signals embedded into silence, gestures or rambling monologues can be mind-boggling to people from “low-context” cultures in [...]

]]> By: Ksenia http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-74 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:42:35 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-74 I found this post really interesting, because I think you’re right in one sense; when I was there, it did seem that people in Japan make a lot less noise than we do, at least in public places. But on the other hand, it always seemed to me that the lack of people-produced noise is very often replaced by gratuitous machine made noise, which can be downright obnoxious — like meat announcer guy in your supermarket (also see ビックカメラ, pachinko parlors, etc). But this kind of thing is about par for the course in Japan…a country where a zen rock gardens coexist with the Tokyo Tower as recognizable national symbols.

]]> By: Zach http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-68 Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:10:31 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-68 You’ve got some f–king awesome writing going on here, bro.

]]> By: Travis http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-51 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:11:31 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-51 Plus, if you ever find out that Ringo Shiina or her band (Tokyo Jihen) are playing near you, I would highly recommend you check ‘em out. For my vicarious excitement, at the very least.

]]> By: Travis http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-50 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 16:07:29 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-50 Julian Casablancas, says the know-it-all. They do have a guitarist named Nick Valensi in the band, though.

]]> By: owwls http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-47 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:17:32 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-47 Indeed! I have Polysics tickets, in fact. I’ll let you know how it goes.

]]> By: Kegan http://thisjapaneselife.org/2010/09/22/on-listening-to-the-strokes-in-japan-%e3%82%bf%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af/#comment-46 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:46:33 +0000 http://thisjapaneselife.org/?p=172#comment-46 Japan isn’t all quiet — Polysics! http://www.myspace.com/polysicsna

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