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Another Cycle

Posted on 01.26.23 under Uncategorized

(Time)
I can’t party anymore
With the vegans or the carnivores
The world’s going up in flames
All those fingers pointing out the blame

Take another cycle ‘round the sun
You’re not the only one
Victim of information that’s been spun
Now’s the time you’ve got to run

I can’t listen anymore
To secrets I choose to ignore
Dirty laundry of your hidden lives
From the closets of desperate housewives

Take another cycle ‘round the sun
(Again)
You’re not the only one
(Yeah)
Victim of information that’s been spun
(Broken)
Now’s the time you’ve got to run

released January 26, 2023
Written, produced, recorded, arranged by Malcolm Wong
Sax stylings by Jason Gay
Female vocal stylings by Halle Washington
Track art by Malcolm Wong

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Christmas Eve in Osaka, Christmas in Kyoto

Posted on 12.28.22 under Uncategorized

Heading towards Junie Moon Osaka in Minami Horie

This is the third Junie Moon store. The other two are in Shinjuku and Daikanyama, Tokyo.

Neo Blythe Cinnamoroll and Neo Blythe Sweet Bubbly Bear

These two limited edition Blythes are highly sought after and re-sell for about twice the original retail price.

Wong Family with the Junie Moon Horie staff

View from the Zentis hotel. Ground level street, highway, and the floor levels of other hotels in the Osaka Kita Ward.

The next morning, Christmas Day, off to Kyoto.

Kyoto Station with the reflection of the tower

Lovely grounds of multiple buildings for any occasion! The street is lined with restaurants like this.

Junko’s mother is interred at Otani Mausoleum.

Shinran was a Japanese Buddhist monk in the early Kamakura period. He lived in this cave. In the winter, it is very dank, damp, and cold! Shinran founded Jodo Shinshu Buddhism which is unusual in that monks had no commandments and were allowed to eat meat and to get married — at the time a bit sacrilegious. Since it values rationality and has simple manners and teachings, it was widely accepted among the public in early modern ages, but on the other hand, it provoked antipathy from other sects and often got ridicule such as “Monto (Shinshu followers) know nothing”.

We have only seen this tree wrapped up for the winter as we only come at the end of December.

*Ryoanji Temple* (龍安寺, *Ryōanji*) is the site of Japan’s most famous *rock garden*.

Not crowded, we were able to sit and contemplate. And try to find the 15 stones…

From the outside, you don’t realize the depths that this restaurant and ryokan offers.

This tempura restaurant and ryokan is deceptively rustic. It’s expensive! We had the full course and as a bonus, a geisha (on the left) and a maiko (a geisha in training) were entertaining in an adjacent room. We heard them playing a game which was accompanied by a shamisen and the verbal prompts: “One, two!”

When they came out, the Yoshikawa staff asked if we would like to take photos with them. Of course!

An hour from Tokyo, we speed by and get a brief glimpse of Fuji-san.

FEAR CITY – THUMPER

Posted on 12.10.22 under Uncategorized

Written by Malcolm Wong; story by Malcolm Wong & Stephen Bliss

Watch the animation of Watching the news…

Koganecho, Yokohama

Posted on 10.28.22 under Uncategorized

Note the Chinese characters:　黄金町. Gold Town, but also the old names for Osaka and Osaka Bay. And the first character is the Chinese for my last name, Wong.

At Jack and Betty theater, we went to see “Okagesamade,” a documentary about the lives of 2nd generation Japanese women in Hawaii. Hard lives and sacrifice for their children!

Jack and Betty used to be a porn theater. The “Jack” side maintains that tradition while the “Betty” side shows documentaries and independent films.

Napualikolokelani danced before the showing! Every screening features a dance performance by a Japanese hula halau.

“Koganecho and Hinodecho stations, and you’ll find around 80 bijou artists’ studios interspersed with a handful of hip galleries, bars and eateries. The shops lining these streets were, for decades, part of an illicit red light district, which gave the area a bad name. After the last of the brothels was shut down by police in 2005, art-loving citizens formed a not-for-profit group called Koganecho Area Management Center and proposed to fill the now-deserted buildings with studios and galleries.” (Darren Gore)

We made a day of it in Yokohama and went to Chinatown to eat dinner. Not sure of the occasion but, there was loads of Cosplay in Chinatown. they were posing and shooting in the streets for hours.

Thumper, the Origin Story

Posted on 10.13.22 under Uncategorized

A Fear City nft project by the former senior artist of Rockstar Games/Grand Theft Auto, Stephen Bliss.

Debuted at New York Comic-Con 2022

Cover art: Stephen Bliss
Comic art: Alessia De Sio
Written by: Malcolm Wong and Stephen Bliss