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Boys’ Night out

Posted on 12.20.13 under Dustin Wong, Dustin Wong

Heading up Dogenzaka from the Hachiko side of Shibuya Station.

The understated entrance to Le Baron for the Syn City Christmas Ball.

Line-up: TETSUYA KOMURO、キノコホテル (Kinoco Hotel)、Cherry Brown、Quarta 330、aus + TAKCOM、Shaula Vogue、Dustin Wong、Wata Igarashi、Cuushe (DJ Set)、djshorge、JR Chaparro (DJ Set)

Dustin and Isaac haven’t seen each other for over a year…

Dustin played a great set. You can check him out at Thrill Jockey and Plancha/Art Union.

Shaula Vogue, model and dj from Honolulu. Not a flattering photo, but…

She really looks like this —

For the purient-minded, a few more shots here.
Not a real crazy scene, Dustin told me that it was illegal to dance, which struck me as strange. But nobody did dance…

Oshi (Plancha/Art Union) and JR Chapparo, creative planner for Syn (thanks for booking Dustin!)

Sound Check for the “Mediation of Ecstatic Energy” Drop party

Posted on 10.30.13 under Dustin Wong, Dustin Wong

The view from O-Nest Shibuya where Dustin Wong played his drop “party.” Dogenzaka is comprised mainly of love hotels, medium capacity live music venues, pretty but shady-looking girls, musicians and techs, and various underworld types.

back in 2001…

Posted on 10.09.13 under Blythe, Dustin Wong, Dustin Wong, Takako Minekawa

For some reason, I picked up an old issue of “Spoon,” a culture magazine with a young girl holding an Aibo on the cover. How old was this magazine? Why was it in the meeting room? I flipped though it and saw an announcement for a “Blythe Returns,” an exhibition. Wow, pretty old — this was just 6 months after CWC started designing and producing Blythe in Japan. I flipped through it some more and lo and behold found a photo of Takako Minekawa, Dustin Wong’s current music partner!

And it’s his birthday…

Very interesting…

Paradise Rock Club on 27 September 2013

Posted on 09.30.13 under Dodos, Dustin Wong, Dustin Wong, Takako Minekawa

Dustin Wong played the Paradise Rock Club in Boston on 27 September 2013 with the Dodos. Dustin is in the midst of a US tour with over 30 dates. It started in Chicago, went West for a bit then to the East Coast. He’s swinging south through Nashiville, Texas, to the West Coast where he will play a few dates with Takako Minekawa and circle back to Chicago to return to Tokyo.

With Grandma Gloria and Auntie Jan.

Auntie Jan reported: “Rob, Mom and I went into Boston and saw Dustin play last night. He seems to have a nice following. When we walked in, Mom noticed that there were no chairs and said ‘What? We have to stand?’. So, (Uncle) Rob asked for a chair for Mom. The Staff ended up bringing us up to the balcony section and got stools for Mom and I to sit on.”