Getting My Life Back

Starting early July and ending in August, for seven weeks straight without even a single day off, I had people staying (crashing) at my place. Sadly, during that time, in a moment of abject stupidity, I managed to lose my digital camera, memory card and all the precious pictures that were on it. So, I won't be able to share with you evidence of the mayhem.

I've spent most of September recovering, cleaning up the apartment, and generally trying to escape Tokyo. Between music-festing, beaching, and lazing around doing nothing, I've been pretty tied up. For silver week, I took a 6-day trip to Korea (same as last year, my loyal fans would quickly point out). Thank you Anni and Mie for pushing me to impulse purchase that flight.

I also bought a shiny new Canon S95 while I was in Seoul, so mayhem will no longer go undocumented. (I'll save the Korea pictures for another post, sometime soon, when I get around to it)

I returned from Seoul just in time to catch the tail end of the Namaste India 2010 festival in Tokyo. The Japanese all-female Indian classical music trio (see picture below) was pretty amazing. But as far as I was concerned, this uncle was the clear winner.

Happy October!

Art car outside the gates of Fuji Rock.

Trombone Shorty, killing it in the Field of Heaven.

I want a T-shirt that says "Coin Rocker".

A view of Seoul on my way back from a week in Korea.

It's rare enough to see an all-female Indian trio, but these women were Japanese to boot. They were really good, too. Super impressed.

This is me, exhausted after a tough day at the beach (photo is courtesy of Eri's iPhone).