July 29, 2005

Brain Dump

Brain Dump focuses on the indie Japanese Music scene, covering a range of genres.

play Brain Dump (13.9 MB MP3)

Program Overview: The first program is an overview of the indie music scene in Japan, featuring songs from N.S.D. and marshmallow spike.

Band links:

N.S.D. – http://fhp.jp/nsd/
marshmallow spike – http://www.marshmallowspike.net

Links to Japanese music sites:

With 9 – http://www.with9.com
J-POPS – http://www.j-pops.com
Band-Age – http://www.band-age.com

Filed under: Brain Dump, MJ Daniels-Sueyasu — Administrator @ 9:33 am
July 15, 2005

Graveside Chats: Edoardo Chiossone

Edoardo Chiossone\'s tomb
Edoardo Chiossone’s tomb in Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo

Hello, thanks for stopping by. The first podcast in the Graveside Chats series was recorded in late May 2005 in Aoyama Cemetery’s foreign section where some of the famous and many of the not so famous graves are under threat of removal by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. In an interview with Donatella Failla, Director of Museo d’Arte Orientale E. Chiossone, we learn a bit about the man and his tomb.

play Graveside Chats: Edoardo Chissonne (11.5 MB MP3)

Donatella Failla
Donatella Failla, Director of Museo d’Arte Orientale E. Chiossone

Music–Aki no Koto no Ha – by Nishiyama Tokumoto, late 19th century Meiji era, as transcribed by Bonnie Wade in her Tegotomono (Greenwood Press, 1976). For two kotos and shakuhachi on the vocal part. (1996)http://members.accessbee.com/jkwasnik/midi/akino.html

Production– Many thanks to Kristen McQuillin and MJ Daniels-Sueyasu for their assistance with recording and post production.

Filed under: Graveside Chats, Jonathan Wilder — Administrator @ 6:58 am
July 5, 2005

Where to Find Us

If you lose track of this page, Hanashi Station is now listed at several podcasting indexes, including

iTunes Podcast Directory
Podcast.net
Digital Podcast
Podcast Directory
iPodderX

A search for ‘Japan’ turn us up at all of those directories.

Thanks to everyone who has subscribed to our feed. The first show has downloaded 417 times since it was released on July 1.

Filed under: News — Administrator @ 7:40 am
July 1, 2005

Departing from Track 1

play Youkoso Hanashi Station (14 MB MP3)

Hanashi Station’s premiere highlights segments of future shows.

  • Graveside Chats: Jonathan Wilder is working to save Aoyama Cemetery one grave at a time.
  • Considering This: Jim O’Connell describes a childhood denim tragedy.
  • Brain Dump: Marshmallow Spike rock out with Stolen Umbrella
  • Japanese Kitchen: Kristen McQuillin makes Japanese brine-cured pickles.