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sasquatch

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  1. Been pulled over twice now with my int'l drivers license (a piece of advice if you get angry about paying 3000 yen one way on the aqua-line, wait until your well past the toll gate to get your car up to 200kpm) both times been a 30 second stop. Did the whole pretend youre a tourist and speak absolutely no japanese. Whatever you do, do not show your gaijin card unless absolutely demanded because thats how they figure out you shouldnt be driving here. If they ask for your Shaken or what-not youre probably done for, both times i was pinched they neglected to check the registration (first time the car was still not in my name) maybe they asked for it but anyway pretend like you courteously just cannot understand. Now I know someone who got their car taken away, and according to him, you dont need a Japanese license to get it back, only to have whoever picks it up have one. He had a mutual friend drag himself over to the police impound and get his car. Don't know if this trick works everywhere but might be worth a shot as keeping the int'l license is key (chances of getting a ticket if pulled over much lower...)

  2. Fav albums, here goes...

     

    Phish: Cant compare live and studio... for studio have to say Billy Breathes, Live any of the Halloween shows...

    Grateful Dead - Hundred Year Hall or pretty much any live show 1970-1979

    Ben Harper - Live from Mars

    Counting Crows - Live at 10-spot/storytellers double album

    Dave Matthews - Live at red rocks

    Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

    Eric Clapton - Cream of Clapton

     

    Have to agree with Danz tho commercial radio play generally sux and is getting so much worse. MTV and Clear Channell are killing music plain and simple. But best music to ride powder, clearly is Phish.

  3. DMB is a top band, no idea why they aren't really popular here, maybe cuz its not some cookie cutter j-pop crap, but hey cant really bag too much on the music scene here as have to say they get some great bands over and have some pretty good ones here. If you have interest would happily set up some kind of B+P trade some Phish, SCI, or Dead shows for some live Dave. I dont have any DMB live so dying to get my hands on some. Its tough as cant do trades in the USA anymore as dont want to do the overseas postage. Ill make that an open invite, anyone up for some live shows? Ill do a B&P to kick it off ill burn the SCI Fuji Rock shows (Sat and Sun) for either blanks and postage or a trade. Any takers?

  4. Danz,

    Second nite SCI was excellent 2 sets, but the one set on Saturday was even better I think. Think by Sunday the guys were a bit tired, or maybe it was me that was tired (the 3 hour drive back to Tokyo at 1 am after the show was a killer). Saturday the band stopped by the bar in the back after the show got to meet all of em, really nice guys actually, really cared about what we thot of the set. I have copys of both nites, let me know if you want em I can burn u a copy. I got denied tickets to NYE thru the lotto (30 freaking entries only got one set of Hamptons) but thankfully thru Ticketbastard I called an out of state number and got massive lucky with a pair of NYE's. Got some friends paying 500 USD a pop that would have been painful. Any other Phish Phans out there?

  5. #1 - Counting Crows Brandies Univ Gym - 1997 front row rite infront of Adam and they rocked the schoolhouse. Plus taking the commuter rail there and back met some really cool girls...

     

    #2 - String Cheese Incident 2002 - Fuji Rock Festival (First concert in Japan) again small crowd for one of my fav bands. First encounter with Japanese hippie scene, and 2 nights of String Cheese man did they jam.

     

    #3 - Dave Matthews Band - Greatwoods ? Date - On the lawn for DMB for 3 hour show rite when Crash came out and they still played reasonable sized venues.

     

    Probably soon to be #1... Phish New Years Eve 2003 - Madison Sq. Garden. Phish first show since hiatus 2 years ago... 3 sets, probably the toughest ticket to get all year in the USA. Cant wait to see Trey and the band for the first time. Got to Japan just after their Japan tour a few years back and wasnt really into Phish till after college.

  6. Well the safe part about Japan is that its relatively tough to get in, and seems to me that its a bit tougher going unnoticed here given all the registration and tracking they do. On the other hand the local authorities dont seem like they could catch a cold if they tried. There is a story in the Asahi Shimbun they solve less than 20pct of crimes here, lowest among major nations. If you ask me given the large number of US military, well, I wouldnt go to any of the big clubs in Roppongi (i.e. Gaspanic, not that I would go to that dump anyway). If they wanted to hit foreigners in Japan thats where they would do it I think.

  7. Well i tried to buy this GNU board last year on Ebay, was like 150 USD cheaper than otherwise. Paid the guy thru ebay payments credit card and he never sent the board. Didnt reply to my repeated messages either. Thankfully the card company sorted out the money as youre protected but was a major hassle. So if you buy gear on ebay...

     

    1) check the user feedback,

    2) use a credit card for sure

    3) buying from a guy who has an ebay store is usually safe and easy, id recommend that

     

    also realize lots of people wont ship to Japan (shipping a board not that cheap...) but that said you can get a pretty good deal on boards if you keep scanning the thing....

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