I just got to my apartment in Tokyo, after being trapped on the runway for 4 hours because my plane was broken. Yay.
Without any further ado, here are my photos from X Japan at Otakon. Please note that most of the press was requred to stay seated so I couldn’t move and change angles…
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If you planned to go to Otakon to see Yoshiki and Sugizo and need a hotel, good luck.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2010
Otakon is a very large event that draws over 20,000 people to Baltimore City every year. This year there is the adding incentive of a mini-X Japan performance by Yoshiki and Sugizo. Recently Otakon has gone out of its way to avoid scheduling the convention during Baltimore Ravens(NFL), or Baltimore Orioles (MLB) games because the [...]
Baltimore’s [geist] becomes the first foreign band on Hear Japan.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 19th, 2010
Hear Japan has long stuck to its “Japanese bands only” guns, there are plenty of Japanese musicians outside of Japan but the site has always promoted and sold music strictly from the islands of Japan. Breaking that trend is the Visual Kei band [geist]. It would come as no surprise to see a Japanese language [...]
Mariners vs. Orioles, May 13th
Posted in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2010
I snagged some sweet tickets to last week’s middle game of the Baltimore/Seattle series. I’m a huge Orioles fan but I wanted to see Ichiro, and I figure this is Ken Griffey Jr’s last season so I wanted to see him as well. The weather was pretty lousy all day but the sun came out [...]
h.Naoto’s Hirooka Naoto to appear at Otakon
Posted in America on Apr 21st, 2010
Tonight Otakon announced that the founder of Visual Kei/avante garde clothing label, h.Naoto, will be appearing at this year’s convention in Baltimore, Maryland. Hirooka Naoto debuted the original h.Naoto line in 2000, just one year after starting his first job out of college school(a position at S-Inc).
He will have a showcase booth in the [...]
I went down to Baltimore to see [geist] and Suaka play at my least favorite venue in the world to shoot at, The Sidebar Tavern. They have the worst lighting I’ve ever experienced, with red and blue lights and that’s it. None the less this was almost 2 years to the date that I first [...]
Yoshida Brothers announced as Otakon’s first guest.
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2010
When Otakon announced their contest to guess the first guest of this year’s convention, I instantly guessed Yoshida Brothers from the clues. They’ve been relatively known to the American market for some time now, but probably got their biggest exposure as the music for Nintendo’s initial wave of Wii commercials.
This year’s Otakon will be [...]
Photos From Baltimore’s Snow Storm
Posted in Uncategorized on Dec 21st, 2009
If you’ve checked out the news anytime in the last couple days you’ll know the east coast got whacked by a big snowfall. In fact, it was the most snow in December in Baltimore City history since they started keeping records of it in 1883. Here are some pictures from the snow, unedited. Hit the [...]
Starbucks is omnipresent, its hard to remember a time when there wasn’t a Starbuck on every other corner and in every large bookstore. There’s a Baltimore chain that might just potential to go after the Starbucks empire:Teavolve. Teavolve is the anti-Starbucks. They focus on tea, selling coffee yes, but tea is their thing. Whereas [...]
TOE Conversation with Kanon Wakeshima
Posted in America, Uncategorized, baltimore on Aug 9th, 2009
I got to sit down with Kanon Wakeshima after her performance at this year’s Otakon in Baltimore Maryland. We had limited time, but managed to touch on several topics.
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