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Top 3 Indies Videos 10/1318! The Most, Crazy Squeeze, Living Roomers, Sesame (Jpn)!

2018年10月13日 / No Comments

It’s time once again for the Top 3 Indies Artist Video Countdown for Oct 13, 2018! Gang! Sorry, I missed the Top 3 last week. I was in London and the internet was crap where I was staying. So, sorry about that. But we’re back today with a killer lineup of fab new tunes.

First up today is a60s Beat, Mod, Rock band from Umeå, Sweden. and they call themselves The Most. Today we feature their latest video and it rocks! This song is from the album “The Most – Auto-Destructive Art.”

Here’s their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FaceTheMost/

3) THE MOST – PROBLEMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBI8dvw6eVY

Next up at #2 are a Hollywood rock band called the Crazy Squeeze who were introduced to us by Hollywood party girl-extraordinaire, Asia Muka. The Crazy Squeeze have gotten some rave reviews! Art Ettinger at Razorcake Mag writes, “I don’t know if it’s appropriate to call something this sleazy a “class act,” but that’s precisely what it is.”

Here’s their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecrazysqueeze/

2) The Crazy Squeeze – Let’s Go Down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMgNRFD8bfU

At #1 is a new band that was turned onto us by Kona Cindy! They are a trio from Los Angeles and they call themselves the Living Roomers and this is their second time on the countdown! Their bio states: “The Living Roomers started in the living room of the band’s home in the Mid City of LA in late 2017. Comprised of Tru, Lucky and Rico, the Roomers are influenced by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the White Stripes, Joy Division and Courtney Barnett among many others.”

Here’s their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelivingroomersband/

1) The Living Roomers – SCREW YOU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAOtdK2–g8

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  This week’s Spotlight Artist is my other new favorite band! I like this band so much that this makes their 4th week in a row on our countdown! That’s a new record! The band is called Sesame and they are from Tokyo Japan! (Thanks Stossy Reid!) They will be guests on my FM radio show on 21st October, 2018! So check it out!

They don’t have a Facebook. They do Twitter, though: https://twitter.com/sesameband

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST! SESAME – NATURAL BORN LOVE KILLERS TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5zQ15ZEo-Y

Of course, if you want to hear more of this stuff, check out InterFM’s, “The Mike Rogers Show” (Every Sunday morning from 5 am ~ 7 am on InterFM 897 in Tokyo, Radio Neo 79.5 in Nagoya, and nationwide simulcast on Radiko.jp! Check it out for tons of cool new music every week!)

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

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‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ will World Premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.

Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha

See “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” on Wed 3rd Oct 15:00 & Fri 5th Oct 17:30 at VUE Theater in Piccadilly London! Matsuchiyo folding Japanese fans will be given out by drawing to at least 50 lucky fans each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

Here is the teaser: “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr0OAB0Kmn0

At least 50 lucky fans will win a “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” folding Japanese fan each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

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“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018! 

Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM

Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan!

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

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About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers.  He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7  in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).  And he is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” will world premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct.

Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history.  

… Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person!

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PAST ISSUES OF THE TOP 3 VIDEOS:

LAST WEEK:

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/28/18! Caroline Rose, New York Junk, MISS WORLD, SESAME (Jpn)! http://robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-28-18-caroline-rose-new-york-junk-miss-world-sesame-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/15/18! MISS WORLD, Rochelle Vincente Von K, Daisy House, Velvet Starlings, SESAME (Jpn)! http://robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-15-18-miss-world-daisy-house-velvet-starlings-sesame-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/8/18! Sloks, Monsieur Blumenberg, Pink Slips, Down & Outs! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-8-18-sloks-monsieur-blumenberg-pink-slips-down-outs/

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/01/18! Living Roomers, Pato Fu, The B-Girls, Sugar and Tiger! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-01-18-living-roomers-pato-fu-the-b-girls-sugar-and-tiger/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/25/18! Reptilians From Andromeda, Bad Nerves, Sugar & Tiger! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-25-18-reptilians-from-andromeda-bad-nerves-sugar-tiger/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/18/18! Sino Hearts, Lisa Mychols, Hayley and the Crushers & the B-Girls! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-18-18-sino-hearts-lisa-mychols-hayley-and-the-crushers-the-b-girls/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/11/18! Tony Dork, The Routes (Jpn), Tiger Bomb, Get Married. http://robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-11-18-tony-dork-the-routes-jpn-tiger-bomb-get-married/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/4/18! Pup, Starbenders, Criminal Kids, Su Ko D Koi (Jpn)! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-4-18-pup-starbenders-criminal-kids-su-ko-d-koi-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/28/18! Stiff Love, Daisy House, Titty Twister (Jpn), Duke of Surl! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-28-18-stiff-love-daisy-house-titty-twister-jpn-duke-of-surl/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/21/18! Taleen Kali, Fabulous Johnk Wray (Jpn), The Blankz, IDestroy! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-21-18-taleen-kali-fabulous-johnk-wray-jpn-the-blankz-idestroy/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/14/18! IDestroy, The Speedways, THE MOST, CCS (Japan)! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-14-18-idestroy-the-speedways-the-most-ccs-japan/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/7/18! Helen Love, Ill, Shonen Knife, Down & Outs, Pussy Cat & Dirty Johnsons! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-7-18-helen-love-ill-shonen-knife-pussy-cat-dirty-johnsons/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/23/18! Primetime, Asylums, The Blinders, The Stephanies! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-23-18-primetime-asylums-the-blinders-the-stephanies/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/16/18! The Scrags, La Luz, Down and Outs, Jett Sett (Jpn!) robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-16-18-the-scrags-la-luz-down-and-outs-jett-sett-jpn/

MORE TOP 3 VIDEOS SEARCH: http://robot55.jp/?s=Top+3+videos

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Top 3 Indies Videos 9/28/18! Caroline Rose, New York Junk, MISS WORLD, SESAME (Jpn)!

2018年9月28日 / No Comments

It’s time once again for the Top 3 Indies Artist Video Countdown for Sept. 28, 2018!

First up today is a New York band aptly named “New York Junk”! They list their influences as: “Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Etta James, New York Dolls, Iggy, Early Stones, the Sonics, Johnny Thunders, Dion, The Shangri-Las, The Blues!” Rumor has it that former B-Girl Cynthia Ross of the legendary Toronto girls punk band, The B-Girls, is the mastermind behind this chaos.

Here’s their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NEWYORKJUNK/

#3) New York Junk – 7 Train: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqF382flwoM

t #2 is Miss World. The VPME writes: “Miss World is the new musical project of London/Toronto based artist Natalie Chahal (half of Shit Girlfriend alongside Laura-Mary Carter) who combines sugar sweet vocals with biting wit and a brattish punk pop sensibility…Miss World is set to make its live debut at PNKSLM’s annual Slime Ball weekender at The Old Blue Last in London on September 29, playing alongside label mates HOLY, Holiday Ghosts, Beachtape and Lucern Raze (info here).”

Here’s the Facebook page of Miss World: https://www.facebook.com/missworldinc/

#2) MISS WORLD – BUY ME DINNER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIopiDVO3vk

And at #1 is the newest from Caroline Rose. Caroline Rose told Consequence of Sound about this latest work: “It’s my riot grrl feminist surf punk anthem. It’s about so many things, but mostly about being female-identifying in the entertainment industry and the standard we’re supposed to live up to. This one’s best listened to with middle fingers up.”

Here’s her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolinerosemusic/

#1) Caroline Rose – Bikini:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZYtOBkICDg

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  This week’s Spotlight Artist is my other new favorite band! The band is called Sesame and they are from Tokyo Japan! (Thanks Stossy Reid!) They will be guests on my FM radio show on 21st October, 2018! So check it out!

They don’t have a Facebook. They do Twitter, though: https://twitter.com/sesameband

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST! SESAME – NATURAL BORN LOVE KILLERS:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5LqebMaXWA

Of course, if you want to hear more of this stuff, check out InterFM’s, “The Mike Rogers Show” (Every Sunday morning from 5 am ~ 7 am on InterFM 897 in Tokyo, Radio Neo 79.5 in Nagoya, and nationwide simulcast on Radiko.jp! Check it out for tons of cool new music every week!)

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

———————————-

‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ will World Premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.

Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha

See “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” on Wed 3rd Oct 15:00 & Fri 5th Oct 17:30 at VUE Theater in Piccadilly London! Matsuchiyo folding Japanese fans will be given out by drawing to at least 50 lucky fans each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

Here is the teaser: “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr0OAB0Kmn0

At least 50 lucky fans will win a “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” folding Japanese fan each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

—————————————–

“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018! 

Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM

Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan!

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

—————————–

About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers.  He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7  in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).  And he is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” will world premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct.

Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history.  

… Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person!

—————————–

PAST ISSUES OF THE TOP 3 VIDEOS:

LAST WEEK:

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/15/18! MISS WORLD, Rochelle Vincente Von K, Daisy House, Velvet Starlings, SESAME (Jpn)! http://robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-15-18-miss-world-daisy-house-velvet-starlings-sesame-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/8/18! Sloks, Monsieur Blumenberg, Pink Slips, Down & Outs! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-8-18-sloks-monsieur-blumenberg-pink-slips-down-outs/

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/01/18! Living Roomers, Pato Fu, The B-Girls, Sugar and Tiger! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-01-18-living-roomers-pato-fu-the-b-girls-sugar-and-tiger/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/25/18! Reptilians From Andromeda, Bad Nerves, Sugar & Tiger! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-25-18-reptilians-from-andromeda-bad-nerves-sugar-tiger/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/18/18! Sino Hearts, Lisa Mychols, Hayley and the Crushers & the B-Girls! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-18-18-sino-hearts-lisa-mychols-hayley-and-the-crushers-the-b-girls/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/11/18! Tony Dork, The Routes (Jpn), Tiger Bomb, Get Married. http://robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-11-18-tony-dork-the-routes-jpn-tiger-bomb-get-married/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/4/18! Pup, Starbenders, Criminal Kids, Su Ko D Koi (Jpn)! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-4-18-pup-starbenders-criminal-kids-su-ko-d-koi-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/28/18! Stiff Love, Daisy House, Titty Twister (Jpn), Duke of Surl! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-28-18-stiff-love-daisy-house-titty-twister-jpn-duke-of-surl/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/21/18! Taleen Kali, Fabulous Johnk Wray (Jpn), The Blankz, IDestroy! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-21-18-taleen-kali-fabulous-johnk-wray-jpn-the-blankz-idestroy/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/14/18! IDestroy, The Speedways, THE MOST, CCS (Japan)! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-14-18-idestroy-the-speedways-the-most-ccs-japan/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/7/18! Helen Love, Ill, Shonen Knife, Down & Outs, Pussy Cat & Dirty Johnsons! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-7-18-helen-love-ill-shonen-knife-pussy-cat-dirty-johnsons/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/23/18! Primetime, Asylums, The Blinders, The Stephanies! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-23-18-primetime-asylums-the-blinders-the-stephanies/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/16/18! The Scrags, La Luz, Down and Outs, Jett Sett (Jpn!) robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-16-18-the-scrags-la-luz-down-and-outs-jett-sett-jpn/

MORE TOP 3 VIDEOS SEARCH: http://robot55.jp/?s=Top+3+videos

If you like this countdown every week, please come “Like” our Robot55 Facebook page (or friend us on Twitter or subscribe to our Youtube page). Thanks!

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Top 3 Indies Videos 9/22/18! Caroline Rose, MISS WORLD, Daisy House, SESAME (Jpn)!

2018年9月22日 / No Comments

It’s time once again for the Top 3 (4) Indies Artist Video Countdown for Sept. 22, 2018!

Starting us off today is the newest from Caroline Rose. This is Caroline Rose’s second time on the countdown and this track is from her second album. Caroline Rose cites her inspirations as: “Blondie, The Cramps, The Gun Club, Ace of Base, St. Vincent.”

Here’s her Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolinerosemusic/

#3) Caroline Rose – Soul No. 5:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzIfmtKSLTE

At #2 is Miss World. The VPME writes: “Miss World is the new musical project of London/Toronto based artist Natalie Chahal (half of Shit Girlfriend alongside Laura-Mary Carter) who combines sugar sweet vocals with biting wit and a brattish punk pop sensibility…Miss World is set to make its live debut at PNKSLM’s annual Slime Ball weekender at The Old Blue Last in London on September 29, playing alongside label mates HOLY, Holiday Ghosts, Beachtape and Lucern Raze (info here).”

Here’s the Facebook page of Miss World: https://www.facebook.com/missworldinc/

#2) MISS WORLD – CARB YR ENTHUSIASM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNrmb5T3tbY

At #3 is the Los Angeles duet that is getting rave reviews and TONS of airplay in Japan and their umpteenth time on the countdown! It’s Daisy House from Los Angeles, California. Today’s track is their latest music video. .. I think that’s two videos in two weeks! These guys are busy! Today’s track is self-described as, “the Social Sunshine Pop of ‘Open Your Eyes.’” Daisy House has become regular staple on my nationally broadcast FM radio show,  “The Mike Rogers Show” (Every Sunday morning from 5 am ~ 7 am on InterFM 897 in Tokyo, Radio Neo 79.5 in Nagoya, and nationwide simulcast on Radiko.jp!)

Here’s their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daisyhouseband/

#1) Daisy House – Open Your Eyes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdCxmUF-Bg

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  This week’s Spotlight Artist is my other new favorite band! The band is called Sesame and they are from Tokyo Japan! (Thanks Stossy Reid!) They will be guests on my FM radio show on 21st October, 2018! So check it out!

They don’t have a Facebook. They do Twitter, though: https://twitter.com/sesameband

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  SESAME – Vampire Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTljMlofROM

Of course, if you want to hear more of this stuff, check out InterFM’s, “The Mike Rogers Show” (Every Sunday morning from 5 am ~ 7 am on InterFM 897 in Tokyo, Radio Neo 79.5 in Nagoya, and nationwide simulcast on Radiko.jp! Check it out for tons of cool new music every week!)

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ will World Premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.

Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha

See “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” on Wed 3rd Oct 15:00 & Fri 5th Oct 17:30 at VUE Theater in Piccadilly London! Matsuchiyo folding Japanese fans will be given out by drawing to at least 50 lucky fans each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

Here is the teaser: “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr0OAB0Kmn0

At least 50 lucky fans will win a “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” folding Japanese fan each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

—————————————–

“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018! 

Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM

Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan!

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

—————————–

About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers.  He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7  in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).  And he is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” will world premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct.

Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history.  

… Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person!

—————————–

PAST ISSUES OF THE TOP 3 VIDEOS:

LAST WEEK:

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/15/18! MISS WORLD, Rochelle Vincente Von K, Daisy House, Velvet Starlings, SESAME (Jpn)! http://robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-15-18-miss-world-daisy-house-velvet-starlings-sesame-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/8/18! Sloks, Monsieur Blumenberg, Pink Slips, Down & Outs! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-8-18-sloks-monsieur-blumenberg-pink-slips-down-outs/

Top 3 Indies Videos 9/01/18! Living Roomers, Pato Fu, The B-Girls, Sugar and Tiger! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-9-01-18-living-roomers-pato-fu-the-b-girls-sugar-and-tiger/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/25/18! Reptilians From Andromeda, Bad Nerves, Sugar & Tiger! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-25-18-reptilians-from-andromeda-bad-nerves-sugar-tiger/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/18/18! Sino Hearts, Lisa Mychols, Hayley and the Crushers & the B-Girls! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-18-18-sino-hearts-lisa-mychols-hayley-and-the-crushers-the-b-girls/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/11/18! Tony Dork, The Routes (Jpn), Tiger Bomb, Get Married. http://robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-11-18-tony-dork-the-routes-jpn-tiger-bomb-get-married/

Top 3 Indies Videos 8/4/18! Pup, Starbenders, Criminal Kids, Su Ko D Koi (Jpn)! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-4-18-pup-starbenders-criminal-kids-su-ko-d-koi-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/28/18! Stiff Love, Daisy House, Titty Twister (Jpn), Duke of Surl! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-28-18-stiff-love-daisy-house-titty-twister-jpn-duke-of-surl/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/21/18! Taleen Kali, Fabulous Johnk Wray (Jpn), The Blankz, IDestroy! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-21-18-taleen-kali-fabulous-johnk-wray-jpn-the-blankz-idestroy/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/14/18! IDestroy, The Speedways, THE MOST, CCS (Japan)! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-14-18-idestroy-the-speedways-the-most-ccs-japan/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/7/18! Helen Love, Ill, Shonen Knife, Down & Outs, Pussy Cat & Dirty Johnsons! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-7-18-helen-love-ill-shonen-knife-pussy-cat-dirty-johnsons/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/23/18! Primetime, Asylums, The Blinders, The Stephanies! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-23-18-primetime-asylums-the-blinders-the-stephanies/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/16/18! The Scrags, La Luz, Down and Outs, Jett Sett (Jpn!) robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-16-18-the-scrags-la-luz-down-and-outs-jett-sett-jpn/

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Top 3 Indies Videos 9/15/18! MISS WORLD, Rochelle Vincente Von K, Daisy House, Velvet Starlings, SESAME (Jpn)!

2018年9月14日 / No Comments

It’s time once again for the Top 3 (4) Indies Artist Video Countdown for Sept. 15, 2018!

Starting us off today is a hot new artist named “Miss World” . This is awesome! I LOVE THIS!!!!! Miss World was turned onto us by music critic and cool guy, Stossy Reid! Miss World seems to be from London, England and her second album is about to drop on Sept. 28, 2018. What little information I could find on this hot recording says: “Keeping Up With Miss World” is a raw, 13 track power-pop, garage-party movie scene that plays out like a thumb-numbing Instagram scroll fest. A teen-dream magazine collage, a multi-colored sonic mood board featuring torn up images of Ariel Pink, Kim Gordon, Clueless OOTDs, Madonna and Kim Kardashian smeared with gluestick goo.”

Expect Miss World to be on my FM radio show constantly for the next several months (“The Mike Rogers Show” (Every Sunday morning from 5 am ~ 7 am on InterFM 897 in Tokyo, Radio Neo 79.5 in Nagoya, and nationwide simulcast on Radiko.jp!)

Here’s Miss World’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/missworldinc/

#4) MISS WORLD – Put Me In A Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrvh5Vo21x8

At #3 is the Los Angeles duet that is getting rave reviews and TONS of airplay in Japan and their umpteenth time on the countdown! It’s Daisy House from Los Angeles, California. Today’s track is their latest music video. Guitarist Doug explains: “Persephone is more than a twisted Southern Gothic fairy tale. It has its roots in the Threepenny Opera (perfect for the current amerikan Weimar Republic /Globalist dystopia), also in Ray Davies’ wry observations and Lee Hazlewood’s lysergic cowboy laments. In the myth, Persephone was dragged to hell by Hades, who fancied her, but his doing so created Winter in the world above. She was the original ‘kept woman’ and with that picture below as the initial inspiration, I imagined the corruption that would gradually creep in to her spirit in his company. amerika, now captured by its own demons has grown ever more dully corrupt in all the years I’ve been alive…to the point where I wonder if the words to this song even register as cautionary tale: “Don’t cut deals with the Devil”

Here’s their Bandcamp: https://daisyhouse.bandcamp.com

#3) Daisy House – Persephone 2018:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO5_qa0qozo

At #2 this week is a band that is all the rave, it seems, The Velvet Starlings! I think they’re from Los Angeles and I think the lead vocalist is, are you sitting down? 15-years-old! What???? Their FB bio says: “Velvet Starlings blends indie blues-based rock with British Invasion era influences and focuses on tight harmonies and catchy arrangements.”

Here’s their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VelvetStarlings/

#2) Velvet Starlings – If Life Ain’t Getting You High: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSHMgIwt7oQ

At #1 this week is Rochelle Vincente Von K and her newest directed by world famous Hollywood director, Stephen David Brooks (of Flytrap fame). This is their second video work together as their previous, “Deal Me In,” was a massive hit. “Deal Me In” made the Official Grammy Final Selection for Song Of The Year, Best Pop Performance, Record Of The Year & Music Video Of The Year. Wow! Rochelle used to sing backup for some very awesome artists such as Dubstar and Ian Broudie (of Lightning Seeds fame). Stephen makes kick-ass videos and movies!

#1) Rochelle Vincente Von K: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsQf_KMbIGU

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  This week’s Spotlight Artist is my other new favorite thing: The band is called Sesame and they are from Tokyo Japan! (Thanks Stossy Reid!) But wait! Are they called “Sesame” or are they actually, “The Rouges“? Who the f*ck cares? This is awesome! I LOVE this!

Go Like their Facebook: But you can’t. They don’t have a Facebook. They do Twitter, though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idPfEuNNlWghttps://twitter.com/sesameband

SPOTLIGHT ARTIST!  SESAME –  NA NA LAND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idPfEuNNlWg

Of course, if you want to hear more of this stuff, check out InterFM’s, “The Mike Rogers Show” (Every Sunday morning from 5 am ~ 7 am on InterFM 897 in Tokyo, Radio Neo 79.5 in Nagoya, and nationwide simulcast on Radiko.jp! Check it out for tons of cool new music every week!)

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ will World Premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.

Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha

See “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” on Wed 3rd Oct 15:00 & Fri 5th Oct 17:30 at VUE Theater in Piccadilly London! Matsuchiyo folding Japanese fans will be given out by drawing to at least 50 lucky fans each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

Here is the teaser: “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr0OAB0Kmn0

At least 50 lucky fans will win a “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” folding Japanese fan each night! BUY TICKETS B4 IT SELLS OUT: https://bit.ly/2LkiMxI

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“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018! 

Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM

Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan!

Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!

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About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers.  He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7  in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).  And he is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018.  The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” will world premiere at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct.

Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history.  

… Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person!

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Top 3 Indies Videos 8/4/18! Pup, Starbenders, Criminal Kids, Su Ko D Koi (Jpn)! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-8-4-18-pup-starbenders-criminal-kids-su-ko-d-koi-jpn/

Top 3 Indies Videos 7/28/18! Stiff Love, Daisy House, Titty Twister (Jpn), Duke of Surl! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-28-18-stiff-love-daisy-house-titty-twister-jpn-duke-of-surl/

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Top 3 Indies Videos 7/7/18! Helen Love, Ill, Shonen Knife, Down & Outs, Pussy Cat & Dirty Johnsons! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-7-7-18-helen-love-ill-shonen-knife-pussy-cat-dirty-johnsons/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/23/18! Primetime, Asylums, The Blinders, The Stephanies! robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-23-18-primetime-asylums-the-blinders-the-stephanies/

Top 3 Indies Videos 6/16/18! The Scrags, La Luz, Down and Outs, Jett Sett (Jpn!) robot55.jp/blog/top-3-indies-videos-6-16-18-the-scrags-la-luz-down-and-outs-jett-sett-jpn/

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