XHM #727 - "Memories from a gaijin" (2025 January 27)

gak remains on the road and he lacks the future vision to anticipate what, let alone when, the Oscar nominations will be, so you're getting an outsider Japan experience via John Williams' score to 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha amidst some older gems that never it to air despite years in waiting. For those unfamiliar with geisha, these are Japanese women trained in performing arts to entertain people with music, conversation & other skills. There's a misinterpretation that they also tackle less classy forms of entertainment due to mistranslations into English. 01. N.i.c.o.l.e: Geisha (2014) self-released 02. Phonogenic: Mizumono (Hobo Dots 12", 2015) Turquoise Blue 03. Forest Swords: Exalter (Compassion, 2017) Ninja Tune 04. Maria Minerva: The Sound (Will Happiness Find Me?, 2012) Not Not Fun 05. Blank Banshee: Enso (Gaia, 2020) Hologram Bay 06. Lucy Gooch: Stalagmites & Helictites (Rushing EP, 2020) Past Inside the Present 07. Tigerwing: Weight of Want [2.0] (I Want to Rip Your Heart Out, 2014) self-released 08. Teen Daze: Shibuya Again (Themes for a New Earth, 2017) Flora 09. Gloin: Winter Abroad (We Found This, 2022) Mothland 10. Monashee: Snow (2023) self-released 11. Dave Grusin: Hokkaido (Out of the Shadows, 1982) JVA/Arista 12. Joni Void & Maya Kuroki: Vis-age (Age EP, 2023) self-released 13. Satin Jackets: Lost in Japan [w.Niya Wells] (2018) self-released 14. Toyohirakumin: We Arrived in Sapporo (Music in the Air, 2024) Dream Catalogue/Tiger Blood Tapes 15. Visible Cloaks, Yoshio Ojima & Satsuki Shibano: Anata (Freakwys: Volume 15 - Serenitatem, 2019) Rvng Intl. 16. Aiko Tomi: Mute Me (2022) self-released 17. Von Spar, Eiko Ishibashi, Joe Talia, Tatsuhisa Yamamoto: II (Bureau B 2024, 2024) Bureau B 18. Mitski: Stay Soft (Laurel Hell, 2022) Dead Oceans 19. Takara Araki: Harder (2020) self-released 20. Masaaki Ohmura: A Touch of Temptation (You Gotta Chance OST, 1985) SMS 21. Masahiro Takahashi: East Chinatown Stroller (Humid Sun, 2023) Telephone Explosion 22. H Takahashi: Construction (Calliope, 2022) Hotham Sound 23. Shiho Yabuki: Energy Flow [Ki No Nagare] (Love Lies Bleeding OST, 2024) A24 24. Mieko Shimizu: Think like a Swarm (My Tentacles, 2024) Street Furniture 25. Masaaki Hirao: Original Main Title (Lady Snowblood OST, 1973) Teichiku 26. Akira Ifukube: Main Title from The Big Boss (100th Anniversary: Toho Film Music File, 1959) Toho 27. Toshiki Kadomatsu: Snow Lady Fantasy (Hatsu Koi 12", 1985) Air 28. Shoko Igarashi: Snow Land (Onsen Music, 2024) Tigersushi/62 29. The Lords of Percussion: Geisha Girl (Music from Patch Cord Productions, 2020) Sacred Bones 30. Night's Disgrace: Little Geisha (Night's Disgrace, 1983) World 31. Joe Hahn & Alec Puro: Onnabugeisha (Blade of the 47 Ronin OST, 2022) Back Lot Music 32. John Williams: Finding Satsu (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 33. John Williams: Sayuri's Theme (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 34. John Williams: Going to School (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 35. John Williams: The Garden Meeting (Memoirs of a Geisha OST, 2005) Sony Classical 36. Yusef Lateef: The Plum Blossom (Eastern Sounds, 1962) Moodsville 37. Neil Swainson: Kyushu (Fire in the West, 2022) Cellar Fundrive 2025 is live! https://www.donatetocitr.ca/ Consider Exploding Head Movies as an inspiration if you do donate. [e-mail] www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire