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.

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Japan WUT? 75 "Cricket Croquette"

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… Matt discusses self-driving cars in Japan, Stupid Gaijins of the Week, Marijuana Legalization in Japan, and cricket croquettes in a Japanese school.

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Show Links

  1. Cricket Croquettes in Japan School

  2. Legal Japanese Weed

  3. Japan’s Population Collapse

  4. Self Driving Cars

  5. Ex-PM speaks out on Ukraine War

Below: CSIS YouTube Video and PDF on Taiwan wargaming

seems like older LIDAR equipment sucking in data for who knows what. . .

Below: Fried Meat (yakiniku) hair clips, with optional veggies

Credit: PR TIMES

CREDIT: PR TIMES

Japan WUT? 74 "AI In Our Hands"

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… Matt and DJO discuss Japanese Ramen Sneakers (photos here), more nonsense from the World Economic Forum and Japan’s limited presence there, being unmasked in a masked-up world, Japanese and US hypocrisy when it comes to China, and some COVID rants.

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Jeff aka DJO: https://gab.com/TokyoWatch

Show Links::

  1. Dead Whale

  2. Demise of the Dolllar? (Nikkei)

  3. Agritech / AI

Dead whale being hauled off in Osaka before potentially being refined into sushi

Converse Ramen Sneakers 1

Converse Ramen Sneakers 2

Converse Ramen Sneakers 3

Japan WUT? 73 "You're Right!"

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… Matt talks about the new normal drinking culture in Japan, ramen popcorn, Japan’s ongoing COVID issues, and does a look-see at the Japanese attendees for this year’s World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book “Covid-19: The Great Reset.”


Links:

Ramen Popcorn

Free Money to Go Away from Tokyo

Foreign Crime Updates (SGOTW)

Japan WUT? 72 "Who the WEF are you?"

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… Matt and DJO discuss insane nuclear predictions for Japan in 2023, the myth about ivermectin in Japan, and the many Japanese politicians, corporations and institutions deeply involved in the World Economic Forum, whose founder, Klaus Schwab, wrote the book “Covid-19: The Great Reset”.

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Jeff aka DJO: https://gab.com/TokyoWatch

SHOW LINKS

  1. WEF and Japan

  2. Nikkei article on how Ukraine war shook Asia

The following image is a list of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf

List of Japanese entities engaging with the WEF, from https://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GFCJ_Discussion_2020_2022.pdf

JAPAN WUT 71 "CBDCs and Stupidity"

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… Matt and DJO discuss Japan’s plans to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency, and how it’s generally a bad idea. To better understand how everyone went nuts over the COVID, DJO brings up Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German elite who wrote about the philosophy of stupidity. Get your boosters!

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Jeff aka DJO: https://gab.com/TokyoWatch

Show links:
1. Japan CBDC
2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer “On Stupdity” (YouTube)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer “On Stupidity”

YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY

THE WEF LOVES YOU!


Japan WUT? 70 "Saddle Up" w/ Jeff aka DJO


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… Matt and DJO talk about the post-Covid-era, DJO’s experiences working at daily newspapers in Japan for decades, and the Trilateral Commission opening its doors to the Nikkei News — a rare move allowing the super-non rich to spread the wishes of the world’s most powerful elites.

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Jeff aka DJO: https://gab.com/TokyoWatch

“May you live in interesting times.”

— Everyone’s crazy Uncle

Nikkei Article: Trilateral Commission

69 "From Taiwan with Love"

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… Matt and OneTwenty talk about music for the studio vs music for the live performance, weird seasonal Japanese products, and take a call from a Taiwanese guy who customizes gaming consoles.

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OneTwenty: Instagram

67 "Armpit of Asia"


Two men stand in Shinjuku, Tokyo

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… Matt and OneTwenty talk about Japan party life inching back, tourism making a comeback, corporate mentorship making a mark, prices making an impact, and the government trying to make a mark of us all with their sudden involvement in the NFT mystery economy.

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OneTwenty: Instagram

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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Kyoto Protocol: Instagram



Stream Kyoto Protocol on this site!

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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Max’s books are available on Amazon

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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OneTwenty: Instagram

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.

Get the book on Amazon

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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.

We thank PRODUCDER ADRIAN, for coming in with 3,333 YEN to support the show. The Value for Value system is real. Donate at the link above.

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OneTwenty: Instagram

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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OneTwenty: Instagram

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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OneTwenty: Instagram

OneTwenty Spotify:

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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OneTwenty —> Instagram
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



Japan WUT 56 - Demsky.JPG


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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