Japan Nite 2012: Measuring the Impact of SXSW’s Annual Japanese Music Showcase
By quitting time on the last Friday of SXSW 2012, the influx of Austin’s employed barely registers a drop in the pulsating crowd already clogging her streets and bars. So as I double-time it over to Elysium, I hardly notice … Read More »
Yoshiki Composing Theme for 2012 Golden Globes
http://youtu.be/magM9DPE8w4 Read this story elsewhere and you’ll likely see a headline like “Yoshiki to Compose Theme for 2012 Golden Globes.” To compose? If he’s still composing, the X Japan band leader, multi-instrumentalist, Japanese cultural icon had better hurry up. The … Read More »
Yoshiki, Lady Gaga, Pink Martini and Other Musicians Aid Japan
Earthquakes, tsunamis, after shocks, and radiation; if you’ve looked at a TV in the last month, you’ve seen them all live from Japan. Last time I looked up, CNN was asking Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano if the Fukushima … Read More »
Playing Catch Up With X Japan’s Yoshiki
Months ago, after X Japan’s first U.S. performance, I asked if America was ready for its first, mainstream Japanese band. The answer, if one can be reached, is still a long way off. What I can say with certainty is … Read More »
Yoshiki Reveals Probable Date for X Japan’s 2011 World Tour
After learning last week that X Japan is mistakenly listed on the SXSW Music schedule (and the resultant emotional roller coaster that followed) I could use some good news from Japan’s biggest rock band. X Japan band leader Yoshiki Hayashi … Read More »
X Japan: How I met Yoshiki
It’s confession time. Some of you may have already read the about page and, as a result, know that in addition to updating Nihongaku, I work as a (sometimes) journalist for Phoenix New Times in Phoenix, AZ. Why bring this … Read More »
X Japan's Yoshiki as Interviewed by Lollapalooza Producer Perry Ferrell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jaYJQUqBg Perry Ferrell may not be the world’s best interviewer, but we can let him pass for continuing to produce Lollapalooza and, you know, that whole Jane’s Addiction thing. In the above video, Ferrell walks the American audience through questions … Read More »
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