LAST YEAR'S MODEL

Radtown massacre!  Check out those sweet glasses.  FLOPPY is an electronic rock duo that formed in Japan in 2004 consisting of Sharaku Kobayashi (vox, guitar) and Hiromu Toda (synthesizer).  They released their first album in 2005, Protoscience is their fourth (almost, cuz it’s only seven tracks and one remix) full length record.  I would call this music “Post Polysics”, but Sharaku’s other band, Metronome, has been around since the late 90’s, making them contemporaries of my favorite hyper rock band, though Metronome’s style is a bit more visual-kei.  FLOPPY’s music has a lot to do with Polysics and other “Tokyo New Wave of New Wave” bands (Hi-Posi definitely!).  Their music flies by at breakneck speeds and each song is filled with as many different sounds, textures and rhythms as can possibly fit, but what sets FLOPPY apart is their commitment to a more austere feel that is less pogo punk Devo and more cyberpunk anime while still managing not to take itself too seriously (see above intro video). Read more

Hello again!!  I have been in front of this computer for too long, but I wanted to share with you a couple pics from yesterdays block party!!  Model-002 organized the whole thing, which was a lot of work, so everyone should thank her.  For my party, I helped out a bit on the day of, but really I just showed up and played.  But it was such a great show!!  It started off with our good friends Bill Grady and Evan Neel both doing acoustic sets…Now normally I would never support acoustic sets, but then, Bill Grady and Evan Neel are both so radical!!!  Next came J’aime & I!!!  If you haven’ seen them, you really gotta.  kawaaaaiiii!!!  <3 <3 <3  j’aime & i totes stole my artificial heart!!!  Anyway, here’s a couple pics.  These pics are by Matt Occhuizzo not Evan Cairo (like everything else is)

SO THERE’S A COUPLE FOR YOU.  I HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY IT.  GOOD NIGHT.