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Ep. 22

Part II: That’s So True Blake!

The continuation of the Fuji sojourn…

Music courtesy of Fleet Foxes; He Doesn’t Know Why, Your Protector, Quiet Houses, andHeard Them Stirring

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11:17 am  •  8 January 2012

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Ep. 21

Part I: The Minion Boys Of Yore

This is the first episode that catalogs The 2 day, 3 night stay in Yamanashi-ken, Kawakuchiko, at the base of Fuji.

Ben Folds: All U Can Eat, Coldplay: Trouble, Iron & Wine: He Lies in the Reins, The Smashing Pumpkins: To Forgive

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11:12 am  •  8 January 2012

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Ep. 20

Quake

This episode finishes out the Osaka, Kyoto, Nara trip and then goes on to record what happened here in Japan New Years day. The episode is concluded by a conversation with Alex as we walk home together from  a Japanese New Year’s dinner. During the walk the conversation is destinationless but it is the unknowing impetus that inspired what will be my next travel destination in Japan… Mt. Fuji.

Music contained herein is catalogued by the Library of Congress as; Zero 7: Polaris, Thom Yorke: Harrowdown Hill, Sufjan Stevens: Get Real Get Right.

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8:55 pm  •  2 January 2012

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Ep. 19

Nara

This episode continues the Kyoto story. The previous episode catalogued the hero’s impressions of all those who he traveled with but this episode tracks what happened day by day, all the goings on and the feelings about them.

The music in this episode is pulled from; Bjork: Joga, DJ Shadow: Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt, Talib Kweli: Put It In The Air.

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8:45 pm  •  2 January 2012

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Ep. 18

Kyoto

This episode is a sort of preface for the listener to introduce them all to the people who I traveled around Osaka and Kyoto with. The beginning clip is a bit of a non sequitur about if recording my thoughts like I have been lately may be practicing a skill that may help with whatever my future career may be this is followed after that with my impressions of all the people I’ve been around this past week.

All the music in this episode is per the generous contributions from the following artists; Gorillaz: All Alone, Nick Drake: One Of These Things First, Nas: The World Is Yours, Mos Def:Climb.

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8:48 am  •  1 January 2012

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Ep. 17

Osaka

It’s all about Kansai. This episode features clips taken before, after, and during my recent trip to the west coast, Kansai area of Japan. While in Kansai I traveled with a group of other students to three cities; Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara, I wasn’t able record much of the actual travel itself per se but I did what I could when I could. This episode is the first part of 3 about the trip. This episode is more about the trip during the trip and the other 2 to follow are more about the trip on reflecting.

This episode features music from Amp live: Video Tapez (thanks to Hide), Gorrilaz: El Mañana, Wilco: I Must Be High, andThe Weepies: Hard To Please.

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8:42 am  •  1 January 2012

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Ep 16

Christmas Coffee Logic

This episode features a conversation between Anh (from Vietnam), Quick (from Hong Kong), Maksym (from Ukraine) and our faithful hero. The conversation is held in a Starbucks on Christmas day and captures a good-hearted talk between friends who have come from all over the world with various cultures and languages but still preserve enough common, shared humanity to share a laugh and on Christmas too, nonetheless. The conversation is natural and disjointed with no destination or starting point but it was beautiful in its own merit.

Music features Anthony Hamilton, Nujabes, and ends with The Beatles.

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9:37 pm  •  25 December 2011

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Ep. 15

In Medias Res

This episode is a conglomerate. The first clip is a (bad quality) small interview with Alex and is followed by what took place early on Christmas day. Alex, Brett, Anh, Quick, Maksym and I biked to an Anime shrine in Hachioji and there met a few Asian English speakers from Australia (small world). After losing Alex and Brett at different times in transit to and from the Anime shrine Anh, Quick, Maksym and myself found ourselves at the top of the Tokyu Square building sharing a few words and beer. The episode ends with a clips of just me recorded the day before, on Christmas Eve and seemed fitting to be placed at the end of the episode to kind of tie everything together in a way… To bring the focus back to me and a singular track of thinking.

Music featuring Elliot Smith, Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine and Sufjan Stevens.

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9:06 pm  •  25 December 2011

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Ep. 14

Alexander On Want One

The Christmas Eve episode! Another long day on the river, this episode chronicles a 2-part walk taken as means to escape looming boredom in favor of getting out into the light of day and enjoying. The first walk is a simple grocery run but the second is a more exciting route to faithful ekimae via Asakawa. This episode was intended to contain one more clip but the episode was complete enough with just these segments so the conclusion will have to be saved for the next episode. Fuji looked beautiful today. I stood on a pedestrian overpass and just marveled at its size and beauty nearly oblivious to the bone-chilling cold. I stood there staring upon glory shorts and all.

Music by Wilco, William Shatner, and Zero 7.

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10:13 am  •  24 December 2011