It's free entry to this Dub Reggae/Craft Beer Party at Tadg's Irish Bar & Restaurant on Sunday August 28th. Tadg says, Isekadoya Great Beer Event! Lunch starts 1 pm. Event starts 2 pm. 6 special kegs from one of Japans top Micro Brewers. All 1/2 pints ¥600! Lunch course menu ¥1,200. Chilled summer vegetable soup with organic bread, tossed green salad, roast pork … [Read more...]
Club World
OK. Let me be completely honest about this. I'm an old git and I don't go to clubs anymore. The only other club I've reviewed up here is Club Metro and that's only because they have an '80s night (that's how old I am). So when John Gatewood II wrote to me saying he was "a bit sad" I hadn't reviewed World on Deep Kyoto and then invited me along, I have to admit I was a little … [Read more...]
In Search of… Vinyl
I have previously written about the record shop Prototype, managed by my good friend Yoshida-kun but I've been thinking it's time I added a few more Kyoto record shops to the list. I asked friend and collector Nana H. (that's her on the left spinning discs at Joao) to give me some pointers and she recommended the following stores. Bootsy's A pure, minimalist store without … [Read more...]