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LIve at UFO, Koenji, Tokyo

Posted on 01.19.14 under Blythe, Dustin Wong, Momus, Takako Minekawa


Takako Minekawa played her first solo live in 13 years at UFO.

Buddy & the Mechanics were also on the bill.

While they played, we hung out in the green room with Momus who came up from Osaka to do this show.

Hippopota Momus was the first CD Isaac got (from his brother, Dustin), so it was kind of thrilling for him to meet him.

Dustin and Junko take a seat…


A British(?) author, Justin Isis, was also in green room trying to rustle up some promotion shots for a novel he wrote with Quentin S. Crisp, and Brendan Connell, “The Cutest Girl in Class.” Set in New Jersey, the cover featured a model holding Blythe. An unauthorized usage, by the way. He spent the rest of the evening in a state of nerves probably hoping that he wouldn’t have to pay royalties…

A fun night, with the added bonus of being close to home.

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.”

Dustin Wong & Takako Minekawa @ Fuji Rock 2013

Posted on 08.12.13 under Dustin Wong, Dustin Wong, Fuji Rock 2013, Takako Minekawa

Fuji Rock is held annually in Naeba which is on the eastern slope of Mount Takenoko (筍山) in Yuzawa (湯沢町), Niigata Prefecture.

On Sunday July 28, 2013 Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa played the Avalon Stage which was powered by solar panels and recycled tempura oil — No Nukes!

Headliners on the Green Stage were: Nine Inch Nails (Fri), Bjork (Sat), and The Cure (Sun).

PW to watch this is: dustinfujirock

Fuji Rock Update

Posted on 07.31.13 under Dustin Wong, Fuji Rock 2013, Takako Minekawa

From the Japan Times:

Headliners at the Green Stage were Nine Inch Nails on Friday, Bjork on Saturday, and The Cure on Sunday, but this year the attendance was 110,000 — the lowest it’s been since 2004…

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