January 29th, 2017 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC | Comments Off on Spitz – Gerbera, Mikazuki Rock (2002)
| STAFF – In 2002, bricks and mortar music stores were not extinct. In what used to be the original Metrotown Mall there was a specialty shop called POLY that marketed Asian media exports. It was here that I learned about a prolific rock band from Japan called Spitz and a song called Gerbera (ガーベラ), […]
October 1st, 2016 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on MidiStar, Music, Humans and the Brain
| A while back, in a talk I had with a friend, I brought up how peculiar it is that humans derive energy from very specific, mathematically linked arrangements of sound and movement. How is it that we enjoy one sequence of sounds in a given song yet are unnerved by a different series […]
February 22nd, 2015 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC, FEATURE | Comments Off on Steven Tanaka Presents: Next Music from Tokyo
Image Credits – Next Music from Tokyo and Toronto Star | Occasionally I will run searches on things I like that I normally can`t find in Vancouver to see if anything has changed around town. About 2, maybe 3, years ago I searched something like “Japanese band Vancouver.“ What I found: For the past 6 […]
September 1st, 2014 | by weshareinterests | published in FASHION, FILM & MUSIC | Comments Off on SCANDAL
スキャンダル (SCANDAL) is an all-female pop-rock band from Osaka formed in 2006 when the girls were still in high-school. The quartet started out with street performances and weekend shows at Osaka Castle Park. Recognition followed and they were eventually playing clubs around the city. The group has since risen to stardom and their music has […]