22 June 2008

Skate Crash

This some footage that I shot at the East Coast Surfing Championships in Va. Beach a few years back.



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05 June 2008

Why not come here?

People are always asking me if they should come to live and work in Japan. The decision was easy for me. I always knew I wanted to come here and I did everything I could to get myself in a position to do so. It took me over twenty years to make it here after I first thought about it. There were many obstacles that almost prevented me from achieving my dream, but I never gave up.

I really like this speech by Steve Jobs and just found it (guzen) with Japanese subtitles. It's very inspirational and it speaks to a lot of things that I have felt and believe in. I can also see how the things I did and tried in my past have helped me greatly in the things I do now. In his speech he calls it connecting the dots.

You are the only one who knows if you should come to live and work here. Instead of asking why come here ask yourself-

Why not come here?

Part 1


Part 2


Read the speech here

01 May 2008

Jaymay Live in Europe and the US

Here is your chance to see Jaymay live. Check out her site for updates and sample her songs.

I really dig her music and at the moment I've been playing Blue Skies over and over. I could so hear it in an Edward Burns film.

You can get her latest CD Autumn Fallin on iTunes.


May 5 Maidstone
Zebra Bar - supporting Tift Merritt

May 7 Swansea
Monkey - supporting Tift Merritt

May 8 Bristol
St Bonaventure - supporting Tift Merritt

May 10 Buckingham
The Radcliffe Centre - supporting Tift Merritt

May 11 Edinburgh
The Pleasance - supporting Tift Merritt

May 12 Nottingham
Rescue Rooms - supporting Jens Leksman

May 13 Newcastle
The Cluny - supporting Jens Lekman

May 14 Leeds
Woodhouse Club - supporting Jens Lekman

May 15 Glasgow
Oran Mor - supporting Jens Lekman

May 19 Manchester
Academy 3 - supporting Jens Lekman

May 21 Birmingham
Glee Club - supporting Jens Lekman

May 23 Belfast
The Black Box - supporting Jens Lekman

May 24 Galway
Roisin Dubh - supporting Jens Lekman

May 25 Dublin
The Village - supporting Jens Lekman

June 10 New York
Bowery Ballroom

June 11 Philadelphia
Tin Angel - with Fink

June 12 Arlington
Iota - with Fink

June 13 Cleveland
B-Side - with Fink

June 14 Pittsburgh
Club Café - with Fink

June 16 Chicago
Schuba’s - with Fink

June 18 Los Angeles
Troubadour - with Fink

June 19 San Francisco
Café du Nord - with Fink

June 20 Portland
Doug Fir - with Fink

June 21 Seattle
Tractor Tavern - with Fink

29 April 2008

Japanese Rocking and Rolling



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19 April 2008

Guzen Media Japan 61-Exchange Student Alex

In this episode Alex, the new exchange student, joins me and talks about how she became interested in Japan, the process she went through to become an exchange student, and some of her first impressions about school.

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