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Hotei Video Clip Diary - 8
Eighth in a series of entries devoted to Japanese rock superstar Tomoyasu Hotei's youtube clips. He tweeted the link to this video clip from his official Twitter account @_Hotei.
Video Clip Title: 布袋寅泰 - 「BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY」Making Movie ( Read more... ) -
Hotei Video Clip Diary - 7
Seventh in a series of entries devoted to Japanese superstar Tomoyasu Hotei's youtube video clips. I have been listening to his discography for the last two months (including his earlier work with the seminal J-rock band, Boøwy), and am still finding new things to love about his music. In my last video clip diary, I mentioned that a few video clips ( Read more... ) -
Hotei Video Clip Diary- 6
Sixth in a series of entries devoted to Japanese superstar Tomoyasu Hotei's youtube clips. As of this writing, a number of Hotei-related video clips have been removed because of copyright claims - I am no longer able to access some of the tv appearance clips. ideal-insomnia was right - officials are quite strict when it comes to uploading of content from ( Read more... ) -
Hotei Video Clip Diary - 5
Fifth in a series of entries devoted to Japanese superstar Tomoyasu Hotei's youtube clips. Though extensive, the collection still doesn't come close to the actual catalogue of footage that exists offline. I am trying to get through them one by one, and posting the clips that have captured my imagination.
Video clip title: HOTEI vs RIP SLYME ( Read more... ) -
Hotei Video Clip Diary - 4
Fourth in a series of entries dedicated to Japanese superstar Tomoyasu Hotei's catalogue of youtube clips. There's nobody here but the fangirl.
Video clip title: Hotei vs Char - Stereocaster ( Read more... ) -
Hotei Video Clip Diary - 3
Third in a series of entries dedicated to Japanese superstar Hotei's many many youtube clips. The good, the bad, and the weird often occur in a single clip.
Video clip title: HOTEI YOU GUTARHYTHM RIPRISE 1991 MOONSALT SCRAMBLE ( Read more... ) -
Hotei Video Clip Diary - 2
Second in a series of entries dedicated to Japanese superstar Tomoyasu Hotei's numerous youtube video clips. Part commentary, part critique, part fan rambling, part love letter.
Video clip title: Hotei Tomoyasu - Pv Surrender ( Read more... ) -
Hotei Video Clip Diary - 1
This series of entries is dedicated to Japanese superstar Tomayasu Hotei's numerous youtube video clips. Apart from the music, I really don't know what's going on in them, and there's quite a lot going on. I've favorited quite a few already, and while I do admire this artist, a lot of bizarre shit somehow finds its way into several frames. It's ( Read more... ) -
Were You Standing At The Crossroads In the Gunma Prefecture...?
...plus eleven other questions for Tomoyasu Hotei.
1. There is a blurb somewhere on the internet describing you as "one of the most intimidating figures in Japanese music". Would you think that this has to do with your prolific body of work and longevity as an artist or the fact that you are very tall and scary-looking?
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Thoughts on Recent Quakes
This weekend, Mama and I discussed putting together an emergency pack for The Worst Case Scenario - earthquake, tsunami, nuclear fallout, volcanic eruption, fire, flood, zombie apocalypse. But mostly earthquake. We talked about which bags to use for this pack - a sturdy but lightweight traveling bag for each of us. We will stuff them with ( Read more... )
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