Meet sweet Tian Tian from Hangzhou, near Shanghai visiting Tokyo for the first time, on a 15-day tour of Japan where she is making up her itinerary on a day-by-day basis. This is almost exactly how I started my...

Sending a giant thank you out to all who came to share an afternoon and early evening of music appreciation and record-loving at Top 5 Records - Volume 15 “On the Road Again”. After an 8-month hiatus we found...

Author recognizes Author! Not sure how much I am allowed to disclose on this one cuz I know my pal, Professor Christopher Bondy, pictured here, is a fairly private fellow. He always pulls a “Home Improvement's Wilson” on me...

Nice to meet you Kotaro, who I caught up with at Organic Music as our Tokyo Record Style Day Volume 9 event wound down and as the main affair (OM’s 5th Anniversary) began. Kotaro was among the line-up of...

Despite only brandishing a sticker from the event that Tokyo Record Style Day Vol. 9 piggy-backed on, Physical Store (Organic Music + Planet Baby)’s 5th Anniversary and neighbor Bar Otonari’s 1st Anniversary, it’s great to see long-time support friend...