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FUZZY LOGIC

CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Mar 6, 2001
High voltage rock 'n' roll
"I need oxygen," gasps singer Yuda, and there's little of that in Shimokitazawa's Yaneura live house tonight. One of the smallest venues in Tokyo is packed to the rafters to see Electric Summer, a band reaching for the stars and demonstrating they have the rocket fuel and never-say-die adventurous spirit to take themselves, and their fans, to another planet.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Feb 20, 2001
Tap in to Rammstein
There are Germans everywhere. You can spot them a mile off. The guys are tall with crap haircuts and the girls are blonde with long necks, and both sexes have finely chiseled features like they've just been cut out of marble. And I suddenly think of Hitler, who for all his love of Aryan perfection was small and ugly, with a dodgy mustache.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Feb 6, 2001
The boys are smokin', the girls are on fire
All-girl trio Thug Murder have been making pals quicker than most in the underground with their upbeat brand of melodic punk rock. So it was no surprise that they were able to pull together one of the best lineups I've seen for ages for the release party of debut album "13th Round" last week at Shimokitazawa's Shelter. The venue was more packed than I'd ever seen it.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jan 30, 2001
Getting off on the art of noise
I got a beer in my hand and a slim bottle of Zubrovka vodka stuffed in my back pocket for back-up, but all this rock 'n' roll partying business seems rather inappropriate right now.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jan 16, 2001
The buy-or-die albums of 2000
In 2000 America rocked with Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and At The Drive In, while Britain got all soppy and introverted with Richard Ashcroft, Coldplay and Belle & Sebastian. As for Japan, I have mixed feelings. It was great that Melt-Banana, Audio Active and 54 Nude Honeys (my favorite Japanese bands) all delivered brilliant albums. Apart from that, there was little cool plastic around. But the live houses were as exciting as ever, and the bands more eclectic as there was no dominant scene.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jan 1, 2001
America gets a bang out of Melt-Banana
It's rare that a Japanese band is more successful in America than in Japan, but Melt-Banana are an exception to many rules.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Dec 19, 2000
Rumbling with the jungle girls on tour in the U.K.
I'm a failed rock star and that's probably why I ended up writing about music.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Dec 5, 2000
Audio Active beams down the space dub
Masa of Audio Active has gone AWOL. I'm at the new offices of his management company, Beatink, in Shibuya. Tae, who arranged the interview, is refilling my coffee cup and apologizing, telling me that the main man is not answering his keitai and nobody knows where the hell he is.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Nov 7, 2000
A fine fuzzy day out at Rocktober
The inaugural Rocktober festival on Sunday, Oct. 15, at Shiokaze Park in Odaiba, confounded my expectations: I had a great time.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Oct 17, 2000
We gotta get outta this place: tales of extraordinary madness
Dusk, or dawn, and when the doorbell sounds my brain vibrates painfully. It's John and Queenie, on vacation from Hong Kong. And once you've been a good host once, it's impossible to live down the reputation. Here we go again.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Oct 3, 2000
We've got a personality crisis
If you go to a live event you don't just want to listen to music, you want to witness a show, right? You want the people on stage to be rock stars for the night. And you want to be swept away on a flood of shared adrenalin.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Sep 19, 2000
Rockin' without fear or favor
I'm often asked what kind of misfits bother writing to Fuzzy Logic and what they say and as I'm busy lying on a beach in Thailand -- having my toes sucked by a bunch of cherry-lipped ladyboys while sipping a sexy cocktail and sucking on a big fat exotic stoogie -- I've decided to give you a few examples . . .
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Sep 5, 2000
Guilty of goodness in the first degree but always in control
Pop star Bonnie Pink is sick of being a "goodie-goodie" girl. She wants to be a bad girl. But does she know how?
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Aug 15, 2000
Knife-wielding nutters, karate chop cocktails and ueberbabes
"There's nothing for kids to do in Nagoya except sit around all day drinking and taking drugs," says pal Hiroshi, who spent three years there at college.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Aug 1, 2000
Hard training is its own reward as big event looms
Note: By the time you read this you're still probably suffering a hangover with the force of two stars colliding in a distant galaxy (courtesy of Fuji Rock Festival): far out and painful, in other words. Well, this article concerns the Fuji Rock warmup weekend, an annual ritual where Fuji Rockers imbibe huge quantities of various strange substances to make sure the internal organs are in working order and to prepare them for the festival the following weekend.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jul 18, 2000
Feed your head
Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jul 4, 2000
Festival fun for the young and those who just wish they were
The main excuses I've heard for not attending one of this summer's two international rock festivals in Japan are: "None of my favorite bands are coming" and "there's hardly any big names."
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jun 20, 2000
This next one's for Mom: getting their Crispy Nuts off
"What you doing tonight?" asks Paul. "I'm going to see Crispy Nuts at Antiknock," I answer.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
Jun 6, 2000
Super Furries, Eels, Bentley signed up for summer of fun
Super Furry Animals -- "Mwng" (Placid Casual) Their warped imaginations proffer a bent reality, a Dali-like melting pot of madness; they adorn their album covers with exotic monstrosities that are both cute and menacing. They are totally fuzzy. They are the Super Furry Animals, they don't play by the rules and we love them all the more for it.
CULTURE / Music / FUZZY LOGIC
May 16, 2000
Blood and gore all over the floor
"Everyone thought I'd fallen on some broken glass by accident. But . . . I just couldn't stand myself anymore, so I went behind the amps with this piece of broken glass, having decided to cut my jugular vein. I just didn't have the guts, though . . . I was aiming for the vein, but I just couldn't make it. I cut up my chest instead."
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
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Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Japan's labor crunch persists despite slight improvement
Over 300 companies went out of business in fiscal 2023 due to labor shortages, according to Teikoku Databank.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.
Pentagon reveals drone types for Replicator program to counter China
A U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operator fires a Switchblade 300 loitering munition during training exercises in Fallon, Nevada, last July. The U.S. Defense Department plans to use small drones — known in the Pentagon as “all-domain attritable autonomous systems” — to help counter Chinese military systems and tactics.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
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Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.

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