There were two fundraisers I wanted to attend on Friday night; one at Tadg's and the other at Urbanguild. Unable to be in two places at once though, I paid a brief visit to Tadg's early in the evening, gobbled down one of his gorgeous vegan pizzas with a lovely Oatmeal Stout and made my donation to the worthy cause on my way out. I heard later that Tadg's event raised … [Read more...]
JunKroom Final Event April 22 @ UrBANGUILD!!!
Sean says... After producing and being involved in about 30 shows in the last 4 years or so... the JunKroom event in Kyoto finally comes to an end. I will be returning to England in the next few weeks after having lived in Kyoto for 5 years. Organizing and participating in these events has been an education for me and it’s helped me meet some of the most interesting … [Read more...]
Images from the JunKroom Special Event
My apologies to all for the tardy posting of these images. I was trying to retrieve some footage I took on my i-phone but for technical reasons beyond my ken it appears to be GONE. I do however have a lot of photos and some video clips I took with my regular camera. Sean Roe deserves congratulations for organizing yet another very successful and enjoyable event. A lot of people … [Read more...]
JunKroom Special Event on 17th February
Sean says... JunKroom will be holding a special event on Thursday 17th February at Urbanguild on Kiyamachi Dori in central Kyoto. We are very honoured to have Alexander Rishaug, Espen Sommer Eide (Phonophani) and Sigbjorn Apeland, 3 great artists from Norway participate in this event as part of their Japanese tour. This will be their only appearance in Kyoto. In addition we … [Read more...]
JunKroom! JunKroom!
That there is a picture from JunKroom #16 and you can see more pictures from that night and also videos of Lorenzo Senni and ieva at the end of this post. However, as JunKroom #17 is imminent ( Tonight! Friday October 1st from 7pm!) here are some details. Sean says... There's a great line up for this show! Praed (Paed Conca & Raed Yassin) Duo hailing from … [Read more...]
Miimo @ JunKroom Vol. 16
JunKroom Vol. 16 was a hell of a lot of fun. But undoubtedly the highlight of the night was the post dub three man band Miimo. Combining drums, bass, electronica and steel drums (yes! steel drums!) their sound is unique yet instantly likeable. "How could you not dance to this?" I asked myself and turned around to find my friends Gary Bloom and Bridget Scott had already answered … [Read more...]
For Gaza Vol. 3 in Pictures & Videos
For Gaza Vol 3 was held at Urbanguild on July 24th. People came to to see speeches, talks, slideshows and video presentations about the plight of the people in Gaza. The theme of this event was the BDS (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions for Palestine) campaign. You can find out more about that here. There were also some goods on sale. And then there was … [Read more...]
Gaza Protest in Kyoto – Sunday 6th June
Just a quickie today. Sean says... There is a protest against Israel's attack on the Freedom Flotilla in Kyoto on 6th June from 6pm at Sanjo Bridge ガザ自由船団」に対するイスラエルの虐殺行為に抗議する緊急行動＠京都 6月6日（日）18：00～約1時間ほど場所：三条大橋上（京 阪「三条」駅下車すぐ） 呼びかけ：さぼて ん企画、つばめクラブ連絡先：090-9981-6608（さぼてん企画） In the news MV Rachel Corrie still heading for Gaza and Israel insisting it will be … [Read more...]
Kanso
Sean Roe invited me out to this place ages ago. "￥380 a beer," he said. Very hard to resist. So I went. And here's what I found: Kanso is a bar, and an art installation combined. Its concept can be roughly summarized as drink x cans = fun The art here is nothing precious, consisting as it does of cans. Big cans that you sit at like tables and walls of cans to dazzle … [Read more...]
Images from I.L.C. V.5 + News from JunKroom V.14
Here are some pictures and a video from Sunday night's International Love Cabaret. Unfortunately, I had to leave early and only saw half of the acts. Here however, are some arresting images from Sanae Kuroko's dance. And here is a rather grainy video of Mitsu Salmon (who you can mostly see) and ryotaro (who you mostly can't see) - and not the whole performance mind you, but … [Read more...]
Outsiders Record Fair #1
I popped into the first Outsider's Record Fair at Urbanguild today and it looked to have been a tremendous success! I spoke to Sean Roe, the organizer, and he was pleased to tell me that Urbanguild has already invited him to host this kind of event again. Sean told me that he was thinking of holding it four times a year and of making it more like a conference where record … [Read more...]
Photos from JunKroom Vol 12
Here are some pictures from last night's journey into the strange. … [Read more...]
JunKroom Vol 12
Sean Roe's next JunKroom event will take place on Friday December 18th at Urbanguild. I dropped him a line via facebook. Deep Kyoto: Your last event (For Gaza 2) was jam-packed. Are you expecting similar crowds? Sean Roe: Usually we get a good crowd at the JunKroom events (about 80-90 people) The last For Gaza event had crowd of about 130! Thanks to everyone who came to … [Read more...]
For Gaza II – A Massive Success!
Last night looks to have been a massively succesful night for the For Gaza event at Urban Guild. I couldn't stay for all the acts unfortunately, but I did manage to catch the fantastic klezmer band Inouratomoe: ...and equally awesome folk-rockers The Pumpkins: You can see more pictures of the night up on flickr. Sean writes: ...a great show put on by the … [Read more...]
