More gig blog abstracts2017-04-28 Beacon NY > 2017 05-08 Travel Day
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Naoko
April 28, Quinn’s, Beacon NYwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23137Returning to Quinn's after 6 months. Magnolias, Wal-Mart, drumhead coloring, ramen.
Atsuko
April 28th Beacon, NY @quinn’swww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23155Late to rise, Wal-Mart, ramen, former high school dressing room as before,
sellout show, thank you Beacon Rock City!
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE April 27th Drive Day, 28th Beacon!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23166Froot Loops, driving, sleeping. Pre-autographing posters, drumheads, crew,
staff and ice cream.
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Naoko
April 29, Sunnyvale, Brooklyn NYwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23236Drive, bridge, tunnel, ICHIRAN Fresh Ramen, Pikachu x Simpsons mural,
Sunnyvale
with Yucky Duster and
the Prits. Hapless crowd surfer took out
Naoko's mic and bent the stand. Back over the bridge to the hotel.
Atsuko
April 29th Brooklyn, NY @sunnyvalewww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23263Scary driving: cliff, 6 lanes w/ no stripes. Kyuushu-style tonkatsu ramen rocks!
Street photography, derelict dressing room better than none, Kenny is a good
engineer and de facto tour manager, the house was rocked.
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE April 29 Brooklyn!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23267A goose is a duck, tonkatsu ramen at ICHIRAN, unique street drownings,
bilingual Kenny, gotta catch 'em all!
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Naoko
April 30, Black Cat, Washington DCwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/233424 hours from Jersey, Showa-styled HAIKAN Ramen has an Osaka EXPO '70
poster in the toilet. Restaurant interview for NPR's The Salt. Risa outdoes herself
on a drumhead. They are all getting better at this. They couldn't stop, they drew
all over the DRG tour bass. Then they sold it off. Nice audience, thanks Izakaya Seki.
Atsuko
April 30th Washington, D.C. @black Catwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23375Stale pastry breakfast. Salt ramen in scallop stock with noodles imported from Hokkaido.
Coloring jobs, nekomimi headband paw pose. It was a long set, because there was no
undercard. Lucky audience. Thanks D.C. Rock City!
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE 30th April Washington D.C. !!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23348Risa's first time in D.C. Salty ramen, shoyu deviled eggs with jalapeno, spicy-hot
pork belly with pickled watermelon and vegetables. Cute toilets, uplifting feeling,
great show, thanks Black Cat! Nyan.
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Naoko
May 1, Local 506, Chapel Hill NCwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23443Banana and cold cereal for breakfast, but preferred to eat cut up fruit and jelly donut
minus the jelly (fear of food coloring). Queen Naoko in a random Burger King paper
crown. Please note, the photo is
not Jun Miura. Rice balls and walnut bread in the car.
Second time playing Local 506 (first was 2015 with CJ Ramone). Naoko's drumhead is
"chaotically unplanned." Indian for dinner. Good crowd for a Monday. 7% dark beer is
tasty! Microwave rice cooker gets a workout.
Atsuko
May 1st Chapel Hill, NC @local 506www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23458Miyoko looks good in a BK crown. Atsuko remembers the venue from 2015. Curried chicken
and prawns, Atsuko praises Naoko's drumhead, possibly because she knows the ane-san is
making comparisons. Smiling audience, and the bartender is another beautiful nee-san.
Rocked!
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Naoko
May 2, Drive Day from Chapel Hill, NC to Savannah, GAwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23504Traveling on packaged food from Trader Joe's with a mall stop, laundry, bed.
Atsuko
May 2nd, Travel Day to Savannah, GAwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23528TJ's has banana chips. Well, plantain. Are boiled peanuts worth risking a try?
Philly cheese steak is a known winner.
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE May 1st Chapel Hill ~ May 2nd Drive Day!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23547Local 506 is a cool venue. Rain. GURU indian restaurant and a great show with drumheads.
Froot Loops again for breakfast, Atusko cat ears in the van. What is this RW&B water tower?
Ah! capsule-toy vending machine for the win.
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Naoko
May 3, Wormhole, Savannah GAwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23612Locomotive horns kept Naoko up all night. Hanging in the hotel room. Getting carded for wine
at the grocery. Lotsa pinball machines at the venue. Parade of drumheads, competitive Naoko is
dissatisfied with hers again. Naoko's graphic arts skills must not lose to Risa and Atsuko! Silver suits,
warm audience, group photo with
opening band Pussy Launcher. Savannah is cheerful!
Atsuko
May 3rd, Savannah, GA @the Wormholewww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23594Naoko's rice cooker is best thing ever. Noticing Spanish moss for the first time. Pinball! Drumheads!
Chicken tacos! Friendly fans, meow for Pussy Launcher.
Risa
RAMENADVENTURE May 3 Savannah!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23618Risa's more into pool and video-games. Drumhead production, burrito, snapdragon and hollyhock
bouquet from a fan, leopard-ear SNOW pose with Naoko. Risa clicks with Pussy Launcher drummer
Nicole Edge, and another PL meow.
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Naoko
May 4, Will’s Pub, Orlando FLwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23646Dried alligator parts and water pipes at the gas station, Welcome to Florida. Naoko buys a seashell.
BBQ, resort atmosphere, the feel of the South. Weezer spoor. AC/DC pinball machine. Venue is
funky. Thai for dinner, shrimp dumplings get criticized. Hot show, a sellout, wine at the hotel
and running out of seasoning for rice balls.
Atsuko
May 4th Orlando,FL @will’s PUBwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23686Florida sky is huge. Wistful about lottery tickets. Venue full of art junk. Pad thai, chicken satay,
nobody didn't mention the doughnuts.
Wet Nurse opened,
The Ludes and
Tight Genes get
thumbs-up as well. First time in Orlando, hot night in every way, soaked in sweat from the
first song. Thanks Orlando Rock City!
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE May 4th Orlando!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23716Framed pinup girls, pinball and painted skate decks at Will's. "Soul Trip" means soul travel
in Japanese, lol. Venue, thai food, humid-looking night, fun sold-out show, winged heart
photo stickers.
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Naoko
May 5, Churchill’s, Miami FLwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23736Noses to the window waiting for J Food Mart to open. Pigging on tacos at Chipotle, is my stomach
getting bigger? Hello Disney World. Chipotle lunch unidentifiable under a heap of chopped romaine,
oh it's tacos. Traffic jam, fun red and white egg chairs in the hotel lobby, Churchills is faux Tudor
on the outside, real punk on the inside. Pizza, merch, Mondrian tops, and Miami is fantastic!!
Reunion with Ryan who crewed in 2012.
Atsuko
May 5th Miami, FL @churchill’swww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23764Much like Naoko. Elephant heads in the dressing room, and the largest suitcase stereo.
Salad, pizza, ready to rock. First time in Miami Rock City, thanks!
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE May 5th Miami !!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23839Panini, Oreo Klondike bar, Churchill's has a cigarette vending machine. Graffiti murals all over,
nice drownings. Pizza, great gig, SNOW kitties, and it's like they never saw the sky before.
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Naoko
May 6, The Orpheus, Tampa FLwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23805"Orpheum" she means. Early riser Risa scores free breakfast Krispy Kremes for late riser Naoko.
More flatland. There's a big gator hanging out in a pond by a gas station. Strange Japanese go to
peep it, wisely they do not approach. Vietnamese lunch, sun and sea, Ichikoro Ramen sign says
OTSUKARE (informal for "good work today"), employees came to the show. Novel mushroom
ramen, interview with Tampa Bay Times. Big hall. Risa's illustrations are getting more and more
like anime, a challenge.
Empire Cinema opened, Naoko wears their T.
Miami retiree George "Ojisan" Handlon came and brought his grandson.
St. George and the Gators. Nice vintage T!Atsuko
May 6th Tampa,FL @the Orpheumwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23832Atsuko's another one who can't get up in time for Krispy Kreme. Risa provides.
Do not feed or molest wild gators. Do you always have the choice? Vietnamese, sky,
water, sumo beer tap handle. Ichicoro for shoyu ramen with pork. George Ojisan.
Drumheads prove years of drawing cartoons not misspent. Empire Cinema,
we rocked it, thank you Tampa Rock City!
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE May 6th Tampa!!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23998Hotel pool undisturbed, sea, sky, wild alligator, Ichicoro.
Otsukare rendered as "you've got
to be tired" in English (Risa is "kind of happy to be told that", it's like a reflex). Green tea
with lemon, red miso ramen with everything. Fanclub captain George Ojisan is a first
meeting for baby Risa, how do you do? Drumheads and another great show, thanks TRC!!
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Naoko
May 7, High Dive, Gainesville FLwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23871Breakfast is pared apple slices. Lovely day. Panda Express. Cookie fortune: SOON YOU WILL BE
SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD. High Dive has a Cosmic Mother Mary everglades theme.
Brown anole lizard and Acid Mothers Temple handbill. Venue looks like a beachfront cocktail lounge.
Classic SEE ROCK CITY birdhouse wall art passes w/o comment. PAITAN ramen and fresh noodles
at fashionable Crane Ramen. Packed house with singalongs. They put on the Florida Gators ball caps
from George Ojisan, which the audience went nuts for. Is it like Hanshin Tigers caps in Osaka? (Yes.)
Atsuko
May 7th Gainesville, FL @high Divewww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23945Bagel, yogurt, PandaEx, Kenny at work, Crane for veggie ramen with white miso and sweet potato
broth, a surprise hit. First time in Gainesville Rock City — thank you to fans old and new!
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Naoko
May 8, Travel Day from Gainsville FL to Atlanta GAwww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/23961Right after breakfast they went "alligator hunting" to load up on Gators team branded merch.
Then driving north to Georgia. Pecan pralines and orange blossom honey. Appallingly colorful
doughnut frosting, what does kelly green taste like? Bird's nest in the "e" of Wendy's. Boiled
peanuts, cowboy hats, it must be the South. Pizza at Mellow Mushroom w/ acid-trip decor.
Crew spent the night at their homes in Atlanta, Risa skipped pizza to stay at the hotel.
Laundry! Bed.
Atsuko
May 8th Drive Daywww.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/24040Gainesville to Atlanta, but first a visit to the stuffed alligator. Road, Wendy's, Mellow Mushroom,
laundry, done. Atsuko's iPhone fell into an Apple-logo Boot Loop of Death, so none of her photos
made it onto the blog. That sucks when you can't dock it to your home PC. Probably what her
fortune cookie tried to warn her about, but she didn't pay heed.
Risa
RAMEN ADVENTURE May 7th Gainsville, 8th Drive Day!www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/24016Risa's PandaEx cookie fortune: get out the dictionary.
As written: | YOU ARE AN ADVENTURER ⦁ TRAVEL THE HIGHWAY OF LIFE |
As read: | You are an adventure-travel the highway of life |
Means what? | Anata wa bouken ryokou no inochi no kouzokudouro ?? |
In other words: | You are the highway of adventure-travel life |
Risa's reaction: | I have the English proficiency of a lost child _:( _ ́ω`):_ |
Anata wa boukenka desu ⦁ inochi no kouzokudouro de tabi shite would have
been closer. It's a pretty cool fortune to get on this tour. I'm sure Naoko explained.
She only overlooked an R on the end of an unfamiliar word, and took a middle dot
for a hyphen. Who the hell uses middle dots?!
More lizard, another Bahamian brown anole. Venue, stage, merch area, toilet,
cosmic mural is nice drowning. Yummy shoyu ramen at Crane, happy. Thanks
Gainsville, it was a great show. Split a drumstick almost in half lengthwise.
Drive day: the Gators goods store, Wendy's, honey from the mysterious P-nut Shop
(b/c it was cheap!). Hotel welcome basket, steamed rice alone in the room with a
condiment cup of something the color of a watermelon lollipop.
About all the drownings that seem to happen when Risa is around: don't call the cops.
It's what happens if you misspell
drawings as
drowings, look at what your spell checker
offers you, and think "Oh, drownings, I guess that must be it..."