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Thursday, May 9, 2019
The Top 3 Video Countdown for May 9, 2019! The Starbenders, Bat!, Lone Chains, Gyasi!
Welcome back to the Top 3 video countdown for the week of May 9, 2019!
First up today is a band called, The Lone Chains! What do I know about the Lone Chains? Absolutely nothing. Zero. I can't find a Facebook page, no Twitter page. No record reviews. It's not on iTunes. This video has 172 total views as of this writing. Well, 30 of those are me! This band is hot!
Next up at #2 are a band named, "Bat!" Their bio asks: "Who are those masked men? Introducing BAT! The vigilante psycho supergroup featuring members of Nekromantix, The Brains, Rezurex and Stellar Corpses!"
At #1 this week is a hot new artist from Nashville, Tennessee! His name is Gyasi and he is HOT! His bio says, "The screaming peacock of Glam. New single and video for “Tongue Tied” out now!"
LISTENER SPECIAL PRESENT!!!!! The Starbenders Japan tour Last Live!
FREE ENTRY TO 100+ PEOPLE!
How to enter? Copy and paste this poster into your Facebook or Twitter or Instagram page:
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Then show up at the venue with a photo of your post on Social Media and the first 100 (120?) people to do so will get in FREE! (Drink charge is not included). Do it now!
Starbenders Japan Tour Final!
Date: May 12, 2019
Start Time: 14:30 (Get there early so you can enter free!)
Place: Harajuku Strobe Cafe
Address: 渋谷区神宮前１－２０－１３ディアテックビル1F
TEL 03-6447-4495
URL: www.strobe-cafe.com/harajuku/
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Well, that’s it for today. Have a great weekend!
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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