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Post by tangerinesun on Jul 27, 2017 15:29:19 GMT -5
It's Australia's turn (previous visit: 2015)Suggested tags for keyword search: #australia
#australiantour
#readysetgo2017 〜〜〜〜〜 SK Official casually sprang the news on the afternoon of July 27. Haha! SURPRISE!!  Posted to Valve's Consume Management website
Co-sponsored by Scenestr, the hip new digital rebranding of old, tired Scene Magazine; and the Australian distributor Valve Records Pty. Ltd., where they think of their artist this way: the ever adventuring Naoko-powered wonderbeast of Japanese sugar coated rockin’ fun SHONEN KNIFE
adventuring Naoko-powered wonderbeast of Japanese sugar coated rockin’
Naoko-powered wonderbeast of Japanese sugar
wonderbeast of Japan |
Valve pre-announced a new compilation release available in September,
presumably at shows. No details.
Collectors around the world groan and salivate, at the same time. No side-trips to New Zealand. New Zealand just became the Canada of the antipodes.  It's a straight line through the center of the Earth from CN to NZ Well, in actuality... you'd have to start from A Coruña ES, to hit Christchurch. It's more of a spiritual straight line. 〜〜〜〜〜 Dates and venues: SEPT 21 • Brisbane – THE ZOO No support announced to date SEPT 23 • Ballarat – KAROVA LOUNGE SEPT 25 • Perth – BADLANDS SEPT 27 • Sydney – OXFORD ART FACTORY SEPT 28 • Canberra – THE BASEMENT SEPT 29 • Adelaide – OZASIA FESTIVAL SEPT 30 • Hobart – REPUBLIC BAR OCT 1 • Melbourne – THE CORNER 〜〜〜〜〜 ADVENTURE out now through Valve/MGM READY! SET!! GO!!! Adventure Tour compilation out SEPT!
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Post by tangerinesun on Aug 5, 2017 2:15:37 GMT -5
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Post by tangerinesun on Aug 5, 2017 2:37:49 GMT -5
UTR has a photo report on the Wellngton show from 2015 Live Photos: Shonen Knife - San Fran, Wellington2015 FEB 02 by Staff for UTR Music News www.undertheradar.co.nz/news/9279/Live-Photos-Shonen-Knife---San-Fran-Wellington.utr
Osaka pop-punk trio Shonen Knife took a short tour of New Zealand over
the last week, kicking off their Step Into Overdrive tour in Wellington
on Wednesday and winding up things in Christchurch on Saturday night… With a decent gallery of dark, pro-shot concert photos  Like this. Damian McDonnell photo.
#newzealandtour #overdrive2015 #stepintooverdrive |
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Post by tangerinesun on Aug 25, 2017 16:48:11 GMT -5
Shonen Knife Headed For Down Under Adventure2017 AUG 13 by Tim Byrnes for scenestr.com.au (online news site of Eyeball Media) scenestr.com.au/music/shonen-knife-headed-for-down-under-adventure
"…after I grew up and got some age [sic], I began to find that '70s classical
rock music is great because I like guitar riffs, and also melody lines are usually
very pop and very catchy and easy. Also, ['70s metal] bands were wearing
very cool stage costumes with long hair, so I like that.”Naoko, Naoko, Naoko. If you want to be Ritchie Blackmore, then… just go for it. Get a Strat. Get high-heeled boots. Go all the way. #interview
#australia
#australiantour
#readysetgo2017
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 8, 2017 15:43:54 GMT -5
Nancy's new name is Wonderbeast... hmm... I wonder what she thinks of that.
My younger brother lives in Ulla Dulla, probably a million kilometers from any SK shows. I'm going to send him the above tour announcement flyer.
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 8, 2017 16:51:41 GMT -5
Nancy's new name is Wonderbeast... hmm... I wonder what she thinks of that. My younger brother lives in Ulla Dulla, probably a million kilometers from any SK shows. I'm going to send him the above tour announcement flyer. Sydney or Canberra, unless it's somehow worth the trek west to Adelaide for the OzAsia Festival.  He's only got to go 125 miles or so. No excuses if tickets are available! |
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 11, 2017 12:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 16, 2017 18:11:18 GMT -5
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 16, 2017 21:03:19 GMT -5
It's not very clearly worded, but I think what Valve mean is that they're offering a never-before mini-compilation of existing studio tracks to which Valve already owns the right to reproduce and distribute. They've figured out that there's some money to be made selling specialities at gigs with few-to-no added supply chain costs. This is an indie label copying the DIY schemes of indie artists. It would be a pretty good production feat if they could sell a live recording of a tour, throughout the very same tour it's a live recording of. ——— Valve get to sell things they have already sold, again, to some of same people. Wonderbeast of Japan get a new selection of old work catering to collectors, but especially to first-time listeners. Maybe they'll become hardcore and maybe they won't. Either way we've tapped them for a souvenir record. |
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Post by Broccoli Man on Sept 17, 2017 11:31:24 GMT -5
Nancy has a new name, lol!
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 18, 2017 15:57:36 GMT -5
Nancy has a new name, lol! Well, she's got her nickname all picked out since years ago. Valve's feature writer for Consume used it for the whole band, and I like it, so now to me Shonen Knife = Wonderbeast of Japan. I don't have an image for this, though. Maybe a fluffy rainbow capybara. User submissions are encouraged.  |
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 20, 2017 2:19:05 GMT -5
They decided to start without me, I see. Fine. Bon voyage! The Australia & New Zealand tour starts soon!
From Los Angeles to Brisbane.
Here we go! I'm looking forward to it!Naoko flew out from under another typhoon, which passed just in time. Hare-on'na is a kind of weather witch who brings sunshine along with her. Part of Naoko's legend is that this mojo is hers. As expected, a hare-on'na ☀️ Safe travels 🛫 🌈 Good flying! Nonstop flight, that's good. 😏 Eehh naaa… Naoko and Risa were in the air over 12 hours, Atsuko nearly 14. Just remember to walk around every couple of hours. The airport in Singapore sent the guitar the wrong way. They did it! The guitar finally arrived!I don't really understand the soft bag strategy, I guess it's a tacit plea not to throw the instrument clear across the baggage hold. No way can that be the holy pink FGN. Oh but it can. The airline misplaced the irreplaceable. 🐨 Shonen Knife 🐨 Australia · New Zealand tour 🎸 Success / safety prayers 🙏🏼 Itte (*'ᵕ'*)ノ" rasshai ♪ * ゚ #AratateShrine#MiraiBangi"Safe (*'ᵕ'*)ノ" travels" ♪ * ゚ They went out of their way, to a neighboring prefecture, to get some prayers in at Aratate. It's written up as a quiet, highly rustic little shrine with 7 wooden sounding boards situated around the grounds. The plate with the twin hearts is an extra board hanging directly out in back. From what I could gather, the actual Mirai Bangi or Future Board is not this. The kami of this shrine is a specialist in wedded bliss, but they say it's good for travel, too. The cedar woods surrounding it gets top reviews as a power spot. You strike seven times to have your prayer heard. Good job, it obviously worked. |
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 20, 2017 14:55:23 GMT -5
Wonderbeast the Arrivening
 Just imagine I loaded this up with sparkles, smilies, flowers and happy suns. And ramen.A quick look around shows Australia already has its own Wonderbeast. Wonderbeast progressive metal band based around the Macedon Ranges
in Victoria, Australia.
Wonderbeast combine folk, Celtic, orchestral, and metal musics.They didn't say "musicks", is that a typo? They live in memory, having pulled the plug in 2014. Still, the "of Japan" tag is going to be essential going forward. It'll be just the same as "X Japan", which doesn't hurt too much.
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 20, 2017 15:25:42 GMT -5
Risa tour-blogging like a championI updated my blog, Australia & New Zealand Tour September 20!!She sure did, while the oba-sans were shopping, snoozing or playing tennis I guess. So diligent, all alone she blogged like no tomorrow!! That's what comes of leaping time zones. From Risa Australia & New Zealand Tour September 20!! 2017/09/20 (Wed) www.shonenknife.net/blog/archives/26365Band rehearsal was at a music store that had but one tom tom and one crash cymbal. We're used to better but we don't complain. This would be to confirm that the main bits of gear are still working after the trip, while there's still time left to fix anything that broke. Australia's Hawaiian pizza is defined as pineapple and cheese with salami. I don't know if that's a mis-ID for ham or Spam. Too much pork gyoza and curried chicken, and Regurgitator covered the Velvet Underground, which Risa likes. Points. Tomorrow's the kickoff show. She seems to be writing all her own original English, much respect. Drawings are still drownings, though. How do I tell her that these are rarely the same thing. Naoko's not providing any editorial review.
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Post by tangerinesun on Sept 21, 2017 3:03:46 GMT -5
Sister kawaii koala duel
Roo biscuits. Those things kick, box, and bite viciously.
The males do, anyway.
The Provider
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