This footage actually dates back to 2006 when I visited the Golden Fleece the most haunted inn/pub in York in Northern England. I've held onto it fearing what impact it may have on the world but I can no longer keep it secret so here is proof positive of the existence of ghosts. Not for the faint of heart! samuraidave.wordpress.com
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This is a mishmash of scenes from two Halloween parties from 2008 and 2009 known as Glitterball. Glitterball is a twice-a-year party hosted by Metropolis magazine, a free weekly english magazine. An extra feature is my avant-garde arthouse film entitled "Le Morte d'Clown" (The Death of a Clown) starring Pierre Du-Phew as Coco the Suicide Clown. Enjoy!
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For your surreal entertainment - two songs from the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show sung in Japanese with a bit of English by ROLLY Teranishi. Rolly Teranishi was a member of the Japanese rcok band Scanch before going solo. Here ROLLY performs "Science Fiction/Double Feature" and "I'm Going Home." He's a big fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and has played Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Japanese stage versions. This was at the 2009 Tokyo Decadance Halloween party. www.youtube.com...
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Another fun-filled Tokyo Decadance event with sexy sirens, wickedly wild witches, ghoulish goblins, devious devils, rollicking robots, newhalf ninja, vicious violinists, plundering pirates, alliterating *ssholes, and god knows what else for Halloween. Also in attendance was Rolly Teranishi who performed at last year's Halloween event. Here are snatches from his performance of the opening song from the Rocky Horror Picture Show which he sings in English and Japanese.
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Here are some scenes from an Oktoberfest celebration in Hibiya Park in the middle of Tokyo. Beer, saurkraut, big pretzels, sausages, and yakisoba. Plus enough cowbell to sastify even Christopher Walkens. Despite being Oktoberfest, this event is usually held in mid-September for 3 evenings from 6-10.
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The following is a photo montage of photos of Geibikei, a river gorge in southern Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan where you can take a flatbottom boat out on the river piloted by a singing boatsmen. . The photos are from my recent trip and a trip from a couple years earlier. The music is from the boat captain singing traditional songs as he poles along the river. You can hear the sound of the pole dipping into the water and striking the sifty soil below. Unfortunately, you can also hear a ...
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I was back up in Morioka again for yet another festival, this time for the 300 year old Hachimangu Matsuri. The Hachimangu Matsuri is a 3-day festival with floats, music, dances, and yabusame (mounted archery). The floats take 6 months to decorate and 200 people are attached to each one. The floats depicted characters from Japanese and Chinese history/legend and Kabuki characters.
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Geibikei is a scenic river gorge in the northern prefecture of Iwate where people can take flat-bottom boats piloted by singing boatmen. The boatmen guide the boats along with poles much with the gondaliers of Venice. I was back up in Iwate again for festivals (in case you can't tell I have a thing for festivals). One of them was rescheduled later on the weekend so I had to extend my trip. With my extra time, I decided to go to Geibikei, a place I visited on a whim 3 years ago with my folks ...
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This is a montage of the last Design Festa vol 29. Design Festa is one wild weird weeked of an eclectic gathering of artistic chaos of artists, musicians, craftsmen, performance artists. Check out my playlist for a taste of the madness: www.youtube.com The next Design Festa is Oct 24-25.
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samuraidave.wordpress.com In the small town of Nishimonai in the northern prefecture of Akita, the locals perform a Bon Odori - a special dance for Obon which is a time for honoring the ancestors. The Nishimonai Bon Odori is unique in that some of the dancers were a black hood to represents the spirits of the deceased. Other dancers wear a patchwork kimono of silk fabric known as hanui and a woven straw hat called a amigasa. You can't see the faces of the dancers which gives the whole dance ...
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