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Thursday, May 2, 2019
The Top 3 Video Countdown for May 2, 2019! The Starbenders, Kick Lips, Glam Skanks, the Cosmics!
Welcome back to the Top 3 video countdown for the week of May 2, 2019! First up today is a Garage Punk band from Birmingham called, "The Cosmics." Their bio states: "Since forming in 2015 they have been making waves across the Birmingham and UK music scene with their energetic performances and fuzzy punk tunes. The Cosmics played the prestigious Glastonbury Festival’s BBC Introducing Stage 2017, making their first TV appearance on the BBC. Other major festivals they played last year included Reading Festival, Isle of Wight Festival and Kendal Calling, as well as being tipped by renowned club night This Feeling. As of 2018 The Cosmics have finished recording an EP and have secured slots at Isle of Wight Festival, Truck Festival, Y Not Festival and Manchester Psych Festival, along with some great support slots with Goat Girl and Starcrawler. New music is on the way..." Here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thecosmicsband/
At #3 this week is a brand new band from Sheffield in the UK and they are called, "The Kick Lips." The Kick Lips describe their sound as: "Rock'n'roll, New Wave, Indie, Psych Rock." The band states their interests are: "Making groovy tunes with a bit of particle physics on the side x." The Kick Lips have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kicklips/
At this week's #2 is a band that hasn't been on the countdown in about two years! Welcome back! The Glam Skanks bio states: "If David Bowie, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan and Joe Perry hooked up with the Runaways, their love babies might be called GLAM SKANKS. Fresh, yet familiar, a sound that contains the best elements of classic guitar-driven rock, presented by four ferocious females that are brilliant musicians and explosive stage performers." Here's their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Glamskanx/ #2) Glam Skanks - Time Warp Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkELtuFTpak
At #1 this week is a band currently touring Japan. It's the Starbenders from the USA! In fact, they have a show tonite at Shimokitazawa Daisy Bar! Their bio states: "Hailing from the ATL, Starbenders are the half way home for misunderstood misfits, fringers and glam punks. Front-woman, Kimi Shelter and her gang have concocted a perfect alchemic blend of androgynous rock and roll power with "stuck in your brain" pop melodies. Imagine David Bowie playing 7 minutes in heaven with Debbie Harry." They have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/starbenders/
Check out these artists and more on my FM radio show this Sunday! Check it out! The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7 in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio).
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‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ World Premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London, England. ‘Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha‘ is a documentary about one of the last true geisha in Japan. From her wartime childhood to geisha apprenticeship to the glory days of a top geisha. This film illustrates the trials of the ultimate Japanese cultural enigma that is – The Life of a Geisha.
“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018!
Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story Here’s the movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxwJ4AfzOwM Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story DVD and Blu-Ray on sale all across Japan and available on rental everywhere in Japan! Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!
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About Mike in Tokyo Rogers: Mike has been a professional music/TV/radio/anime-related program producer in Japan since the eighties. He began in the music business in 1977 as lead vocalist with the legendary Los Angeles Punk Band, “The Rotters” (Sit on My Face Stevie Nix.). As a university student, he was assistant to the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer (Rodney on the ROQ – KROQ Los Angeles from 1980 ~ 1981.) Mike was the first and only foreigner in Japanese history to become the General Manager of a major Japanese broadcasting station (TV Tokyo owned InterFM). Has produced a few smash hit programs (some real losers, too!) and several of Tokyo’s highest rated and most famous radio programs. A recent hit Internet TV program was “The TV Show” (Set Program with “Ninja Slayer”) which, between April – Oct. 2015, garnered over 10 million viewers. He is currently producing and hosting “The Mike Rogers Show” every Sunday live on InterFM 89.7 in Tokyo and Radio Neo in Nagoya 79.5 and nationally broadcast on Radiko.jp (Internet radio). And he is the creator and founder of the Mt. Fuji – Atami Film & VR Festival. Also his life’s dream is his just completed full-length motion picture, “Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” which enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25,2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan from Sept. 2017 ~ Mar. 2018. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! His next project, “Matsuchiyo – Life of a Geisha” world premiered at the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in Oct. 2018. Mike is also an Official Jury member to the 2018 Raindance Film Festival in London making him the first person ever to serve as a Jury Member from Japan in Raindance Film Festival history. … Oh, and he likes to write about himself in the third person! —————————–
“Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock and Roll Ghost Story,” enjoyed its World-Premiere at the Raindance Film Festival in London on Sept. 25, 2017, and was released by a major Japanese motion picture company and in theaters all across Japan. The DVD and Blu-Ray went on sale all across Japan on June 13, 2018! It also enjoyed its Canadian theatrical release on August 31, 2018! 
Ghostroads – A Japanese Rock n Roll Ghost Story
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