Music
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Garrard 301 in Khon Kaen
Last week, we stumbled upon an audiophile’s den at the Kosa hotel that seemed to have been transported straight out of the sixties.
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Finnish Polka Idoru – A Video Chronology of Loituma (from 17th Century Scandinavia to Modern Day Japan)
Disclaimer: The following is an approximate timeline; mistakes are inevitable. This is more of a way for me to record a collection of nodal points in case I want to revisit them in the future. Methodology: YouTube embeds with sparse linkage to other sites. Why YouTube only? I’m inclined to track views on the embedded videos as well, because I have a hunch that they tie into something larger than Japanese Anime-Finnish Polka synergy. 1. In the Beginning, there was Stiff Bread Finnish quartet Loituma releases “Ievan Polkka” (Eva’s Polka) in 1996. They seem to be as popular and relevant as you would expect a Finnish quartet to be at any…
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Mainstream Thai Funk Sample
Tracing a sample from Thai funk –> modern hip hop: I saw this particular song filter through Soundcloud and various Thai funk compendiums over the past five years; what a great riff! Original (Onuma Singsiri – Mae Kha Somtam): July 2017 Usage (Action Bronson – The Chairman’s Intent): On a related note, it’s great to see the resurgence of Ajarn Chawiwan in Thailand again – I’ve seen her a lot on TV recently. I have footage from when she performed at our wedding oh so long ago. I want to show it to her sometime soon.
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The Sound of My 30s and 40s
Played by a PA band from Chaiyaphum with ever-changing members, on plastic chairs (of course): Khun Narin Band. Look them up, they’ll blow your mind.
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Slap… guitar?
Nice sound!
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Legendary Guitar Otaku Video
I can just watch this again and again: — Can’t figure out which one I love more: — I love that OF COURSE someone knows which guitar he used (some kind of strat) to record my fav song of his, Once Upon a Time in the West: Gear on album Communiqué UPDATE: MY NEW FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO (note: you must change settings to play at 1.25x speed) — Now it would just be irresponsible if I didn’t link my favorite guitar documentary ever, but I recommend buying it in HD because this version is very low quality. Here it is, tho:
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Best Landslide Rendition (On the Blue Line)
Oh, mama. There’s a couple more vids of her on this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2zRZDJzutCqwbeF-R_W4cA UPDATE 6/4/2018: She has a Patreon account where she’s uploading more songs now: https://www.patreon.com/AshleyStevenson
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Daft Science: Daft Punk + Beastie Boys Mashup
Both of these bands remind me of Japan. Haven’t listened to either of them much since then, except for introducing the kids to them. Download here: https://coinsmakeyoudance.bandcamp.com/album/daft-science
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Back in Back
Amen.
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BoJack to the Night
Mina and I have independently determined that this is the greatest music video made since she was born.
