Tuesday, October 11, 2005
lesson 6: taiko in the rain.
so, this weekend has passed and it was a goodun!
friday, i was glad to have finished work for the week, i was tired. it had been the first full week back so i was feeling the effects a little. friday night i was asleep by 10pm.
saturday i was off to the city with new teaching friend in tow ready to show her the delights of the big smoke...only its absolutly pissing down with rain!!! we trudge around for a while getting wet and then decide to abandon the tour and head straight to another teacher friends for beer and crisps.
we had arranged to head off to a free open air music festival to celebrate the full moon. so we do. we get more beer and use the bags to sit our bumbums on. now, a word of advice, plastic bags dont keep ure arse dry, not only do they not keep it dry, they dont add so much comfort to a cold slab of stone! if u have no other option then plastic bags r great, but if u do then use it. seriously.
so the first act is nepalese drummers, flutes and a mandalin. very nice. next, a japanese acoustic guitarist who detuned an awful lot, but it sounded great! then the taiko drummers... they pounded the shit out of these drums. they were amazin!! so powerful, but their timing and professionalism was incredible! i was blown away.
the rain had stopped so we went into the city and hit some bars until about 7am where i found myself behind a really natty mixer with loads of weird effects.
the train home was a snooze fest.
luckily i had yesterday off due to happy monday law. i love that happy monday law. just think japanese bank holiday monday.
sam out.
so, this weekend has passed and it was a goodun!
friday, i was glad to have finished work for the week, i was tired. it had been the first full week back so i was feeling the effects a little. friday night i was asleep by 10pm.
saturday i was off to the city with new teaching friend in tow ready to show her the delights of the big smoke...only its absolutly pissing down with rain!!! we trudge around for a while getting wet and then decide to abandon the tour and head straight to another teacher friends for beer and crisps.
we had arranged to head off to a free open air music festival to celebrate the full moon. so we do. we get more beer and use the bags to sit our bumbums on. now, a word of advice, plastic bags dont keep ure arse dry, not only do they not keep it dry, they dont add so much comfort to a cold slab of stone! if u have no other option then plastic bags r great, but if u do then use it. seriously.
so the first act is nepalese drummers, flutes and a mandalin. very nice. next, a japanese acoustic guitarist who detuned an awful lot, but it sounded great! then the taiko drummers... they pounded the shit out of these drums. they were amazin!! so powerful, but their timing and professionalism was incredible! i was blown away.
the rain had stopped so we went into the city and hit some bars until about 7am where i found myself behind a really natty mixer with loads of weird effects.
the train home was a snooze fest.
luckily i had yesterday off due to happy monday law. i love that happy monday law. just think japanese bank holiday monday.
sam out.
# posted by sonofsam @ 12:17 AM 
