Up a backstreet in Shibuya's Udagawacho neighborhood, tucked in behind the Milky Way, Chelsea Hotel and Star Lounge live-music venues — an area tight with record stores — I'm on my way to a party crammed with style-conscious young folk in sweaters and berets, DJing against the backdrop of Roman Polanski's 1965 film "Repulsion." That's when I see the billboard.
"F--- PC. Real DJs play vinyl."
I take a quick snap of it with my phone and leave it on Facebook for my friends to mock, while I go upstairs and mingle with the berets, drink beer from hand-crafted wooden mugs, and listen to rare '80s cuts from bands like The Au Pairs, Andreas Dorau and Girls At Our Best — all, naturally, on vinyl.