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Author Archives: Eryk Salvaggio
Ongakuyōbi: NikaSaya
NikaSaya is a side project from the Tennis Coats’ singer, Saya, and songwriter Nikaido Kazumi. One Summerheim is a gorgeous rainy-day record.
On Lenin’s Feet and the Taxi-Driving Buddha
If you visit Kyoto, you may stumble into a small home next door to a shrine and, as you’re looking for the shrine entrance, a woman may ask you for 500 yen and assure you that there is English being … Continue reading
Posted in language, Shrines, Temples and Ruins, Thinking, Uncategorized, Zen
Tagged buddhism, japan, Kyoto, Lenin
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Ongakuyōbi: Broken Little Sister
I’ve dealt with a lot of bands from the 1990’s, so I wanted to shift gears into more recent Japanese bands. Broken Little Sister got started in Yokohama in 2005, mixing a kind of My Bloody Valentine wall-of-noise with shoegaze, … Continue reading
On Diving from a Malaysian Oil Rig
When I was a kid I dreamed about flying. It was always simple in dreams. I’d wake up with the euphoric feeling of having figured something out: The secret to flying was to jump, then repeat the jump while still … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged diving, malaysia, oil rig, scuba, seaventures, sipadan
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Notes From a Malaysian Road Trip
Malaysia terrifies my mother.
Ongakuyōbi: Nobukazu Takemura
I can’t lie, Nobukazu Takemura is pretty hit or miss with me. A lot of his career is basically straight acid jazz, which isn’t my thing, but his roots are in hip hop, and his first performances were as a … Continue reading
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