下手の横好き世界２

Consumerist Complaining

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:12:42 -0700

Hi, I just wanted to complain that: There's a new clammbon tour documentary DVD coming out in a few days, and I'm not supposed to be spending money on frivolous things right now. Shiina Ringo has a new CD and a new DVD coming out, and and I'm no...

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Treasure

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:28:12 -0700

So we went to Chicago for a week, and within that, we made a mini-trip to Wisconsin. The awesomeness of our friends and families is encapsulated in this stuff: A big party thrown by my family, in my sister’s back yard, complete with lots of food...

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3peace

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Thu, 24 May 2007 13:24:17 -0700

As good as clammbon’s studio albums are, their live performances seem to be on an entirely different level: the word that keeps coming to mind as I watch or listen to their concerts is chemistry. Each member of the band, the music itself, and the...

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LOVER ALBUM

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Tue, 22 May 2007 11:25:13 -0700

When I first heard that the next clammbon album was going to be comprised of covers, I was a little disappointed. I had been hoping for some new original material. But I faithfully ordered it and waited for it to arrive. When I started listening ...

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てん、

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Mon, 21 May 2007 13:47:10 -0700

When this album came out, I was living in Seattle, getting used to my new job. I checked with the folks at the local Kinokuniya about whether they’d have the album, and they said they would. Moving to Seattle meant having physical access to store...

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imagination

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Sat, 19 May 2007 23:06:03 -0700

When this album came out, I was back in the USA, living in a house in Green Bay with my coworkers Jon and Ben. I had a weird nocturnal lifestyle, getting up at 16:00, working 19:00 to 7:30, then coming home to eat breakfast before going to bed at...

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id

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Sat, 19 May 2007 00:52:41 -0700

At the end of August 2002, water started pouring from the ceiling of my apartment in Nakano, Tokyo. My roommate was gone, having just set off on his month-long butterfly-catching trip in Burma. I called his parents, who own the building, and they...

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Re-clammbon

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:09:56 -0700

When this album came out, they had a listening station set up at the store. I listened, but I guess I wasn’t comfortable enough with it, because I didn’t even buy it until about a year ago, four years after it came out. It has grown on me since t...

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ドラマチック

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Wed, 16 May 2007 23:43:03 -0700

The third time I came to Japan, it was to stay. In March of 2002, I moved in with my friend’s parents and started my exchange program at Sophia University in Tokyo. This album had been out for a while, and I went out to get it at my first opportu...

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まちわびまちさび

nobody@vox.com(fetjuel) — Tue, 15 May 2007 23:21:09 -0700

On my second trip to Japan, this album had already been out for a while. Back then, we didn’t have Yesasia and Play-Asia and all these fancy importy onliney shops. Traveling to Japan meant I could get things that I just couldn’t get at home. I ma...

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