i was going on about organ-za quite a bit in my last post. this will continue...
on sunday (7 june) i went there to attend the 'Eccentric Salon', which featured four main acts, as well as the screening of a locally-produced short film. the first act - one man and his electric guitar - was, unfortunately, not as amazing as the venue. the second, a dance act from Tamura du (?) Hisashi, was wonderful. Izumi got her accordian out as the third act.
and then...
mr Okumura Yuusuke took the stage. and he was nothing short of phenomenal. he played five songs (four in the main set and an encore), each lasting about 9-10 minutes. and he certainly brought more than enough eccentricity to fit the name of the event. the highlight was part of the fourth song he played, in which he acted out a conversation (in English) between himelf and george lucas. i managed to catch it on camera:
seeing him perform got me both excited and nervous about playing there. there's certainly no way i'm going to even come close to matching that man's performance. yikes!
in semi-related bad news, due to technical/technological difficulties, Prickly Pear will NOT be making its debut at the show...
alas, the show itself will indeed go on!
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