Sunday, March 1, 2009

The most Random Thing I Have Ever Done

Sorry, no pictures again. Hopefully I will get something to show everybody on Tuesday. I am planning to go to Nara for a festival of some kind. More in the next post.

For now I would like to tell everybody about the most extremely random thing I have ever done. Ever.

On Saturday night I met up with my friend David in Kyoto. Earlier, he and his friends had met an Australian Experiemental Music band and decided to go to a show of theirs and I tagged along. First, this show was in a Curry Udon shop that could barely hold ten people and looked like something right out of not Japan. The guy that runs the place calls himself "Master" and not only does he serve delicious indo-nese food but specializes in playing music for the cutomer's enjoyment.

The austrlian band was preceeded by two men, one of which was called Akira who played a seriously brand-newly created instrument. It sounds like steel drums and looks like a UFO but the music was like nothing I had ever heard so David and I bought his CD. I think I will try and get a download link to an mp3 on the blog next post (I don't have the CD yet).

The next guy played the sax and was indeed an "experimental" musician. The only thing I found remotely interesting or pleasent to listen to was when he made the sax sound like a base guitar. Other than that, my ears could not pick up on the music aspect of the thing.

The main feature, the Auzzies, were more easy to listen to. There was a drummer who played on various pots and pans and the other guy made some screeching noises with a machine and did some crazy voice things into a microphone that made me trip like I was in the seventies. Then I went home and went to bed.

That was about it. Music I had never heard before, in a Curry Udon shop on a little street in Kyoto. It was an experience to say the least.

1 comment:

  1. I HATE it when you don't have pictures. And get a link soon that stuff sounds sweeeet!

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