Matt Bigelow

music, podcasts, and recordings from tokyo

Podcasts and self-produced music from Tokyo. AI trends from Tokyo, Asia News Analysis, Odd Japanese Items, and documenting the rising conflict in the Indo-Pacific region.

Japan WUT? 65 - Fuad of Kyoto Protocol - Music n Money $$$

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Fuad Alhabshi, frontman of the band Kyoto Protocol, calls in from Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, to talk about making music in a post-COVID world.

He’s also an economist, and we talk about the ins and outs of Asian business culture — where it’s good, and what desperately needs to improve for future generations inheriting a very messy pickle.

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64 - Day Drinking War Talk w/ Max von Schuler-Kobayashi

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Military historian, ex-Marine, former double-agent and author Max von Schuler-Kobayashi day drinks with Matt in Asagaya. We talk about the Ukraine war and how its ripple effects will affect Japan. It also appears the Japanese conservative movement knows jack-shit about the reality of geo-politics post 1991. Max, a staunch Japanese conservative, explains why.

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63 - MR. CHEESE / CHORNO

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… Okinawa Craft Cheese maker John Davis of Okicheese.com calls in from the Island to talk about turning Japan’s Cheese Desert into a Cheese Paradise. You will want to click that link and look at his range of craft cheeses. English here.

Matt and OneTwenty talk about Japan going back to normal again, how COVID and Ukraine are never mentioned together, techno flash mobs, camera tip of the week and the Stupid Gaijin of the Week makes a surprising return.

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Japan WUT? 62 - Rory Wilmer "Social Media and the 7 Deadly Sins"

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Matt and Rory Wilmer (https://rorywilmer.com/) discuss his new book about how social media has taken a dark turn with some light-hearted rabbit holes.

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Japan WUT? 61 - Too Many 2s

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Matt and OneTwenty discuss the return of White Women, QR Code Restaurants, Camera Tip of the Week, and drop some music tracks, yo.

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Japan WUT? 60 "FROM SCRATCH"

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Matt and OneTwenty discuss making music from scratch, NFT values, a camera tip of the week, Ageha — the biggest club in Japan closing — and how all of the COVID signage is beginning to look like those aging SALE signs in shops that nobody goes into where everything has been 25% off for years.

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Japan WUT? 59 "OMICHRONIC"

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Matt and One Twenty discuss what the new Omichronic strain would be like, the crazy people we met in Japan, Insect Booze, and the Camera Tip of the Week.

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Just shoehorned into everything

Japan WUT? Podcast #58

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…Matt and OneTwenty talk about going to Japan's largest NFT auction, Flexing, Black people in facial recognition & Camera Tip of the Week.

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Japan WUT? 57




On Episode 57, OneTwenty and Matt talk about Tokyo bars and restaurants reopening (without qr codes and vax passes), election scheming and camera tips of the week. Tokyo is Back! and so are WE! Gaijins you can “Trust”!

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We interview Richard in Japan about going to all of the Book Offs in Tokyo, Kanagawa and Chiba prefectures.

Music guest N.E.V.R., an Okinawan-based hip-hop artist. Give him a buzz on Spotify, would ya?


56 - Can you trust gaijins? w/ Demsky



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The rona-emergency has taught OneTwenty and I at least one thing — some gaijins you can trust, others . . . maybe not so much. We also discuss noodle-flavor sodas. It’s a thing. The RONA is winding down and Tokyo is opening up, but we’ve seen this before. Remember: Paranoia does not exist.

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Ambient Trip-Hop Beatmaker Demsky calls in from Osaka. He’s on tour at the moment, living the life he wants to live, and mitigating the risks to do so.
We feature his song, “The Airport” in full. Check out Demsky at: https://soundcloud.com/demsky

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55 "The New Times" feat. Justin Sachs of More than Music


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Matt and OneTwenty talk about how things are never going back to normal, and that’s why it’s still important to make art. Plus Camera Tips, Stupid Gaijin of the Week, and the bio-pharma security state.

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Justin Sachs, the brains behind the live music platform More Than Music calls in to talk about how he’s moving forward with putting together live music projects in The New Times.

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54 "Son of a Bonk"



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Matt and One Twenty recap the Tokyo Games going on in full swing, 5 types of gaijins, Matt’s new song, the Camera Tip of the Week, and a bevy of Stupid Gaijin of the Week stories of super dumb foreigners committing super dumb crimes.
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Japan WUT? 50 "Welfare Media NOW!"



In Episode 50

OneTwenty (https://instagram.com/onetwenty360) and Matt talk about pandemic cherry blossoms, people going out after the state of emergency, chocolate ramen, songs, a restaurant chain suing the government over lockdown measures, and we begin with COVID-19 Vaccine skepticism.

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Japan WUT? 49 "The Big One"

Matt and Michael (https://instagram.com/onetwenty360?) discuss the 10 years marking the 3.11 Fukushima Disaster, cultural differences, anal swabs, and cafe drinking drunk girls in the state of emergency in Japan.

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48 "Banana Fingers"


The inside of Maru Building is seen in the Marunouchi District of Tokyo in Feb. 2021.

The inside of Maru Building is seen in the Marunouchi District of Tokyo in Feb. 2021.


Matt and Michael OneTwenty go on about: Cheap n Drunk Valentines Days, AI Music Creation, Pro-Photography Tips, Human Music, Radio Maps, Tokyo Olympics and Economy and Trade. Michael drops his new track, and Matt clips a funky jam. Tune in for Japan’s lifestyle podcast. We like it here!

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Japan WUT? 47 "Kabukicho Armpit"



Matt (@MRBigelow) and Micheal OneTwenty (https://instagram.com/onetwenty360?) discuss Race in Japan, Pro-Photography Tips, Clubhouse App booms in Japan, Co-Working Drinking Spaces, Gross Food, Intrigue and Indie Music. Tune in, like and subscribe. We like it here!

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Japan WUT? 46 "Anxiously Pacing" feat. Josiah Hawley



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After discussing in brief Trump's exit and how it might affect Japan, Matt reads files about Japan's initiatives into the paranormal and UFOs from a recent CIA document dump (links provided at www.matthewpmbigelow.com). Michael (Instagram) offers advice from the field about booze and photography, and recording artist and TV personality Josiah Hawley (Facebook) calls in to discuss moving forward in the pandemic, and what it's like to record pro music in LA and Tokyo.
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Below are the CIA Documents and Links to UFO/Paranormal Activity in Japan. Read it. And Realize: No One Knows Anything, and Opportunism is Everywhere!

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