Japan WUT? 32 "Plastic Jungle"

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Matt and Mike discuss the atmospheric river blasting across Asia and ravaging the island of Kyushu, 5 reasons why Matt knows he's 40, and our new Plastic Jungles.

Henry Morse from 2020production.com calls in to talk the Dos and Donts for recording Zoom Podcasts and Meetings. He is a professional sound engineer who has been editing Zoom podcasts and we have the Good, the Bad, and Ugly for you here today. Learn how not to be “THAT GUY” in your next Zoom. Henry is available for your next audio business needs.

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Japan WUT? Podcast 31 "Film Festival Champion" feat. Elliot Grove

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Elliot Grove is the founder of the Raindance Film Festival (www.raindance.org/festival), one of the top Film Festivals in the world. In this podcast he talks about spirit, drive, entrepreneurs, art, and how to shift and manage a festival in an era of unprecedented change both digitally, and pandemically. There’s also some juicy behind the scenes gossip.

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FOUNDER: BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

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Japan WUT? Podcast 30 "Insta-Swass"

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In this episode we discuss media tribes and changes in human behavior, as the Mike Rogers Show hit #1 on Twitter!

Uta Bataillard of GourmetPro.co calls in to discuss his new digital product that aims to connect Japanese delicacies to localized international markets.

On the back-end: FujiFilm Drugs, Kurt Cobain Guitar Sells, and Kimono Face Masks for ladies of the COVID night.

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Japan WUT? 29 "Color Me Red" feat. Lee Popa /// Mike Rogers

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Lee Popa is a legend in the music business, with over 20 million albums sold under his belt! From working with Shure Microphones to Queen, Tool, John Prine and Engelbert Humperdinck (the list goes on). Lee has moved to Japan help out younger musicians launch their careers in the internet age with Color Red Studios. It's a fantastic product. Check out his studios and study what is going on at Color Red. (www.colorred.co)

Lee discusses his road warrior tales from working with the industry's top artists with high praise for some while throwing other major acts under the bus!

Solid advice for musicians looking to make it big in the internet age is also added in today’s secret sauce podcast.

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Japan WUT? 28 "Mostly Peaceful Podcast" feat. Alan Demsky, Mike Rogers

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We welcome world famous DJ Mike Rogers (Mike Rogers Show) as co-host of the show. We discuss the Black Lives Matter protest in Tokyo, Social Media Weddings gone awry, and Japan opening up to Hong Kong refugees.

Alan Demsky is our featured guest this week. He discusses the ins and outs of English Consulting in Japan as well as being an ambient musician. His song, "Community" is featured on today's show.

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Japan WUT? 27 "Weapons of Mass Instruction" with Mike Marrington

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This week we speak to elite drummer Mike Marrington (https://mikemarrington.weebly.com/) on his experiences supporting Japanese super-groups SMAP and SEKAI NO OWARI playing the biggest arenas in Japan, supporting the victims of the 3/11 Tsunami, and how his life has changed in the COVID Pandemic.

We have started to get Covid19 under control, but the effects will last years, if not longer. @japanwut discusses smartphone tracking measures, the (potential) Olympics cancellation, and people who try to skip on Shinkansen tickets to collect government payouts. All this plus Japanese Black Lives Matter demonstrations and more! w/music by @shamanzsounds.

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Japan WUT? 26 "No Secret Code" with Le Wagon Code Boot Camp

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5G is coming! How will Japanese life change in this new age of technology? In episode #26 of @Japanwut we talk about possible new developments when the towers go up. What can we do to keep up? We speak to Sylvain Pierre of @LeWagontokyo on bringing your coding skills up to a professional level in 9 weeks with their Japan-based courses in English. We also get into recent fundraising for our favorite music venues and how they’re progressing. All this plus Japanese twitter, Battle of the Bands, and more!
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Japan WUT? 25 "Isolation Fatigues"

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On episode 25 We speak to professional whistler Tracy Echeverry the Insane Whistler (YouTube, INSTA and Actor on INTERLOCKED) on building a profile in a niche entertainment industry. We then speculate on life in Japan once the COVID19 shutdown is lifted and what to do when the big music labels don’t knock down your door.
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Japan WUT? 24 "The New Bormal"

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@Japanwut has made it to episode #24! We speak to Russell Reilander and Siwoo Park of Banana Moon from South Korea about establishing themselves as a band on the small island of Jeju. We discuss how social media tries to dismiss conspiracy theories by trashing their sources. In addition, we talk about promotional strategies on twitter, lateral information flows, and gourd speakers

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Japan WUT? 23 "So Now WUT?" feat. Fuad from Kyoto Protocol

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With the newest episode, #23, of the @Japanwut we bring you an extended interview with the lead singer and guitarist Fuad Alhabshi from @kyotoband. He shares the secrets of taking an indie band from the local bar scene to the main stage at international music festivals, then switches gears to talk about the role Malaysia plays in the Asian economy and how Covid19 has changed it. We all learned quite a bit and you will too! Check it out!
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Japan WUT? 22 "The Insiders Yoke"

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In the latest episode of Japan WUT? Podcast with Matt Bigelow & Tom Melesky #22 Tom and Matt have had just about enough of this pandemic. Food deliveries are up. Travel is down. Is a second wave coming? If so, how can we save our favorite music dive bars (and other venues like Rosso 198). We discuss how to galvanize a musical community with Mickey Acorn as well as his fundraising project for LIVE HOUSE ANGA (千葉アンガ) with Sen City Records

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Japan WUT? 21 "FM Ruh Ruh Radio"

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Episode #21 of Japan Wut? has just dropped so check it out now! After listening to some tracks By the Syamisenist and the Molice, we discuss our show’s first major shout-out. Then we speak to Mike Rogers about what goes on behind the scenes with his immensely successful Mike Rogers show and new Color Red Radio. Plus, new COVID19 acronyms, opinions on celebrity prank shows, guilty pleasure snacking, and sexist mayors.

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The 20th episode of Japan WUT? “AbeNoMaskeraid” is now available for listening and/or download.
We’re both a bit talked out on COVID19 so, after some great music by Icon Girl Pistols and RedBedRock, we instead turn to the local music scene and focus on the efforts to save some music establishments (Livehouse Anga) while lamenting the closure of others (Gamuso)

We then speak to New Jersey music producer, Joey Popa, and get his insights into how musicians in general are coping in the US. We discuss using online platforms as a way to put on shows and raise money.

All this, plus a new segment, google accents, and free hospital masks!

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Japan WUT? 19 "Telecasters!"

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Just because we are podcasting remotely does not mean we are merely "phoning it in"! Far from it -- we revamped the studio and made it Corona Compatible, friends! Jingles? Check. Music? Check. Call-in Guest Taylor Mignon from Tokyo Poetry Journal (https://www.topojo.com/)? Big Check! We talk about how Tokyo is faring with the Corona Lockdowns, Spies on Social Media, play music by Badger Line, Taylor Mignon, and Matt Bigelow releases his new song "Patio". We also cover how people react to Corona Vocabulary indicates which newspapers they read. And try to understand how the virus is affecting our global supply chain.

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Japan WUT? 18 "Corona Why-Us?"

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We begin by playing songs by "Slow Wolves Club" and "LifeGarden", then discuss alternative terminology to "Social Distancing". We then review contaminated Corona testing kits in the supply chain. Justin Sachs from More than Music (http://morethanmusic.jp/) calls in to discuss pivoting his business plan during a lockdown on fun. We then play music by Tokyo Sapiens, and discuss an AI to predict Corona's Wet Lung, Giant Pigs, and a very lucky Foolish Foreigner.

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Japan WUT? 17 "Hanami SHNANAMI!"

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Cherry Blossoms Canceled! Is the CoronaVirus Part of the Flat Earth Movement with the Big Discus Corporations Acting as Rogue Agents of the IOC to Cancel the Olympics?!?!?!

Guest Jon Heese calls in to discuss the inside baseball of his Political Career as a Foreigner in Japanese Government and how the Government is Dealing with COVID-19/Wuhan Flu. Read More About Jon here: “If you ever wanted to know how you too can become a politician”

We end the show by discussing what musicians can do to spice up their online concerts, and some of the real numbers behind the CoronaVirus Deaths -- it's not as scary as you think, but take the appropriate precautions.

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Japan WUT? 16 "Boomer Lamps"

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Boomers and their boomer lamps. Is the Wuhan Flu a Psy-Op? Japanese Olympics Representatives Get COVID-19 in Amsterdam (wink wink). Cherry Blossoms CANCELLED AFTER being DECLARED. A new song by Ryan Boiselle(https://www.facebook.com/ryan.boisselle.7). Using Coronavirus Downtime to study new music promotion on social platforms. Doing Commercials on the fly. PLUS A HOT AIR BALLOON!

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Japan WUT? 15 "Cyborg Donator"

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Intro: Self-Quarantining and Day Drinking by yourself are the same thing, right? Making Fake News and Believing Fake News is OK, right?

Guest: Sean Anderson, part of the Crystal Hunters Manga team (https://crystalhuntersmanga.com), calls in to discuss disrupting English Education with Kick-Ass Manga.
Tech etc: We also talk about AI Computer Vision in the Ocean, and a Woman Who Stuffed Her Bra With Drugs. Featured Musical Guests are Matt Hogan and Takashi Umemiya and the Comrades. Plus a song by yours truly, Matt Bigelow.

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Japan WUT? 14 "Toilet Paper Pandemania 2020"

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Foreigner Perspective on Japan with Zero Insight. Guaranteed. Keeping Corona Free, Indeed! Like, Subscribe, and Leave a Comment お願いします。 Matt talks about making money while not working, Tom plays a Molice song with a big hangover. Andrew Holtby of "Off Beat Photography" (Link) calls in to talk about hosting music sessions in Tokyo. So what is made in Wuhan, China, the center of the CoronaVirus rocking the world? We did the research and the amount is shocking. To end the show we play "Criminal or Not Criminal" with a bicycle man.

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Japan WUT? 13 "Just Bangin"

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Foreigner Perspective on Japan with Zero Insight. Guaranteed. We discuss how the Corona Virus is impacting the music scene and logistics. Professional Pianist Evan Wish ( https://twitter.com/EvanWishPianist) calls in from Los Angelas to talk about going from Canadian dirtbiker to being an LA pro musician, as well as how the Corona Virus is affecting his Japan Tour. Other topics included drinking, toys, and a Laudromat that has its own app for the IoT Japan Society 5.0.

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