I was bugging Hiroshi years and years ago to release Velocity in the US and there was just no way he was gonna do it it.
Maybe now if someone who had an actual label and offered actual money asked he'd do it...
Instead he gave me some "Complete Sessions" CDs to distribute. I still have a few if anyone is interested.
http://www.themodernist.com/terminal2/orderregistrators.htmlI have a 2nd copy of Velocity as well I suppose I don't really need...
Still one of my all time favorite bands.
Is it sacrilege to suggest it's necessary to skip the 2 long songs on Velocity to make it one of the best EPs ever?
"Back when I lived in Japan" story of the day: "Ren Night" at Poor Cow.
Fifi mentioned they were doing an event -- "Ren Night"
I was like what's that and he was basically like I don't really know, so I got super excited and for sure was going.
It was Ren with a mic and very rare records talking about them and playing them to a polite audience which eventually passed the mic around and got more interactive; then Ren got drunker and played his bass along to a Jackson 5 record!
HOME RUN EVENT.