WFMU: The Mike Rogers Show: Playlist from August 12, 2023

Listener comments!
	2:27pm Mike Rogers: Good morning everyone!!!
	♥ 8:08pm Aitch: Still adjusting to new time. Hey Mike-san
	8:09pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:08 Me too Aitch san! Thanks for coming!
	♥ 8:15pm Aitch: I was just talking to my brother, he's 67 today. He had all the loud music I liked. His place 2,400km drive away, he's coming down next month and he doesn't like flying.
	8:16pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:15 Smart guy. I absolutely hate flying!!!!
	8:21pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:15 Tell him to give you all of his records!
	♥ 8:31pm Aitch: ↳ Mike Rogers @8:21 Not sure he still has any, I'll ask.
	8:35pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:31 If he says OK. Then tell him to give you his turntable too, because he won't be using it! ;)
	8:35pm Ted: Good Morning Mike san. Are you taking requests? I would please like to hear the Harriets. I don't know which city they are from in Japan.
	8:37pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:35 Oh. I have them. Wait a second. Oh up next!
	8:39pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @8:37 Sounds good-a little like Tetsuko
	8:42pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:39 Yeah. It7s good you request. I can't remember all these bands.
	8:42pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:39 Tetsuko is awesome!
	8:44pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:35 Oh, good Morning, night, whatever! Ted!
	8:50pm Ted: I was thinking this week that Japan is maybe the only country where musicians can their own record bar/small venue/restaurant. Do you know anywhere else where this is possible and supported?
	8:52pm Ted: ↳ Ted @8:50 make that can have....like Mr. Pan from the Neatbeats, Koga san and the guy from Firestarter.
	8:55pm Mike Rogers: Actually, I think you are right. I know musicians that own studios, record labels, restaurants. I know several people who have their own businesses.... Think I can get a job????
	8:56pm Mike Rogers: I'd like to be a Yakitori chef/food taster.
	9:02pm Ted: Did you ever go on one of those numerous Japanese food shows as a guest? Used to watch the Dotch Cooking Show when I lived in the L.A. area.
	9:04pm Chris Ianuzzi: Mike San! :)
	9:05pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:02 Oh, I have been many times. I used to go, no kidding, as a food critic!!!!! (I like cheap assed foods and don't know the difference beset a tart at an a something else that sounds like tart!)
	9:06pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Chris Ianuzzi @9:04 Hi Chris san! How are you!?
	9:07pm Chris Ianuzzi: All ok, waiting for fall How are you?
	9:07pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:05 Ha! Nice work if you can get it. Your schtick was for real.
	9:08pm Juli: Lol..I have to send this to my ex:::}
	9:08pm Juli: This show I mean:::}
	9:08pm Chris Ianuzzi: ↳ Ted @9:07 I’ve finally got this on iPhone. Is good
	9:08pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Chris Ianuzzi @9:07 Can't come soon enough for me.
	♥ 9:09pm Aitch: ↳ Mike Rogers @8:56 Iron Chef Mike-san!
	9:09pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Juli @9:08 Uh, thanks Juli san. I hope you and your ex still get along...
	9:09pm Chris Ianuzzi: ↳ Ted @9:07 Ohh, I meant that for Mike
	9:10pm Ted: ↳ Chris Ianuzzi @9:09 Ok, I was confused for a moment:)
	♥ 9:10pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Lovelever" by "Milkees" towel-rack
	♥ 9:12pm coelacanth∅: hey Mike Rogers and all
	9:12pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Juli @9:08 Hi Juli san! Thanks for coming by!
	9:13pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:12 Hi Colelacantho san! Thanks for coming by!
	♥ 9:14pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Blow Jobs" by "Flamenco a Go Go" glad i got here in time for this
	9:16pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:14 Oh, you cheeky devil!
	9:17pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:10 What was meant for me????
	9:20pm Ted: ↳ Song: "Look at Me" by "Big Mama Shocking 3" Forgot how good this Sendai is/was? Wonder if they are still active. wendy-city.blogspot.com...
	♥ 9:22pm coelacanth∅: i have a gambian hand drum called the bougaraboubou. the name is an onomatopoeia after the sound it makes.
	9:23pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:20 That's weird. I actually asked the label guy who is my friend and he says they are still playing
	9:24pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:23 Good news!
	9:24pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:22 Was my pronunciation wrong?
	9:24pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:24 Should I play another song?
	♥ 9:25pm coelacanth∅: your pronunciation is japanese! sounded right to me! americans say "neddles" instead of "nettles", so don't ask me!
	9:26pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:24 Yes, maybe the ripple will inspire a wave that will be their second album.
	9:26pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:26 Ok. Give me a sec.
	♥ 9:29pm coelacanth∅: (i've known it as "on-uh-mah-ta-pé-uh" in american english and barazilian english. correct? i don't know)
	9:29pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:25 Yeah. Who knows?
	♥ 9:29pm coelacanth∅: (brazilian, that's supposed to be)
	9:30pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:26 Hey, I forgot the band's name!!! Tell me...
	9:31pm Charles: ↳ Song: "Happy End" by "Valentines" Loving this Mike-san
	9:31pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:29 I thought that was a purely English word. But they don't do that mimicking sounds in English, do they?
	9:32pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:30 Big Mama Shocking 3
	9:32pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Charles @9:31 Hi Charles san! Thanks. Just for you!
	9:34pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:32 Oh, yeah. I got it now!
	♥ 9:37pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:31 i think many words are onomatopoeias and people don't think about it. like "zip" or "boing" or "flip-flops" ... and animals sounds, which are interpreted differently -as i learned young when my aunt brought back bubble gum from china with a comic on the wrapper, with a dog saying "Bah Bah" (we always said "bow-wow" or "woof" or "ruff")
	9:38pm Mike Rogers: For the sound of a gun, Japanese kids says, "Fuck you! Fuck you!" Well that's what it sounds like to me.
	♥ 9:39pm coelacanth∅: hahaha
	9:40pm Ted: It was father's day in Taiwan on 8/8 because 8 is pronounced ba in Mandarin. So ba ba!
	9:40pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:32 It's next.
	♥ 9:41pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Ted @9:40 ba ba to all the fathers!
	9:41pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:40 My wife says the kids are saying, "Bakyu-in! Bakuyu-in!"
	9:42pm Runway Lights: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:40 glorious melodies-Japanese have such a knack with melodies!
	♥ 9:43pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:41 what's the meaning of this?
	9:43pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:41 Ba! Ba! Daddy! I Rabu you!
	9:44pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Runway Lights @9:42 Thanks Runaway Lights... Thanks fr stopping by. Like to think the Japanese do too!
	9:45pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:43 I think that all depends on what your definition of "is" is. Ha! Ha! Ha!
	9:45pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:43 Oh, you mean, Midnight Monster? Heck if I know.... I suspect it's about her boyfriend.
	9:45pm Ted: ↳ Song: "Yokubou" by "Stephanies" Luv her powerful voice and I'm not big on powerful voices.
	9:46pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:45 She plays the lead guitar and sings!!!!
	9:47pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:46 Yes, I watched your interview with her.
	9:47pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:47 It has always made me wonder why the Stephanies are not huge.
	♥ 9:48pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:45 haha, no...but now that you mention it...! no, "bakyu-in". just curious about the literal translation.
	9:49pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:47 I have been friends with this band for a long time. It has always puzzled me.
	♥ 9:50pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Let's a Go Go" by "Let's Go's" sweet guitar
	9:51pm Mike Rogers: I think "Bakyu-in" is the sound of a bullet richocetting (sp?) off something
	9:54pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:49 Hai, their sound seems big & bold enough to crossover to an international major label.
	9:55pm Mike Rogers: This is a song about "American Beef" Twist. Don't ask me what it means.
	9:57pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:54 Yeah. But I think they don't care... Many Japanese don't give a shit about major labels it seems (I could be wrong. I certainly don't!)
	♥ 10:00pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Mike!
	10:01pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:00 Thanks. man!
	10:01pm Ken Nishikawa: Great show, Mike!
	10:02pm Mike Rogers: Ken! Are you there??? Ken! Come in!
	♥ 10:02pm coelacanth: hey it says "Saturdays 8-11"! did i misunderstand something?
	10:02pm Mike Rogers: in 15, 14, 13.
	10:02pm Ken Nishikawa: I've been enjoying your show!
	10:03pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth @10:02 This is our secret show, Coelacath san! This is is totally groovy!
	♥ 10:04pm coelacanth∅: hahaha...okay!
	10:04pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:02 Today's show was pretty good, I think....
	10:09pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:04 It had a good flow!
	10:10pm Ken Nishikawa: Never mind if the show kicked off somewhat similar to last week's show.
	10:14pm Mr Fab: Hi all! Cool, tuned in just in time for Japanese bossa nova. Genre I didn’t know existed, and now can’t live without.
	10:17pm Ken Nishikawa: Thanks, Mr. Fab! It's a pretty groovy tune, methinks.
	10:18pm Mike Rogers: Those Japanese are sometimes pretty crazy, ya know!
	10:18pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @10:09 Thanks Ted san!
	10:21pm Mike Rogers: Sometimes, you can watch old movies (especially in Japan) and the westerners are sometimes not impressed by the Japanese, but I think they don't realize just how desperately poor this country was for thousands of years. Japan ran WWII on a shoestring too.
	10:21pm Mike Rogers: Hey I recognize that back ground music! From the movie Matsuchiyo!!!
	10:26pm Mike Rogers: Hi Mr. Fab!
	10:29pm Ken Nishikawa: Mike, that tune from Matsuchiyo with Shamisen makes the perfect bed track for this show!
	10:30pm Mr Fab: City pop = Japanese yacht rock?
	10:31pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:29 But don't forget, that I PLAYED IT FIRST! BWA! HA! HA!
	♥ 10:35pm coelacanth∅: off to work. Thanks Ken! Thanks Mike! tchau
	10:35pm Ken Nishikawa: Mr Fab, kinda, I guess. Both are expensive productions.
	10:36pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:35 Thanks Coelcantho san! Hope to see you next week.
	10:36pm Ken Nishikawa: coelacanth, thank you and see you next week!
	10:37pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:35 and now expensive records!
	10:40pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, indeed. The price of some of those records... There's a bit of that bubble thing going...
	10:40pm Mike Rogers: Hey! I bought this record way back when.
	♥ 10:41pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Tokyo Joe" by "Bryan Ferry" sounds kinda creepy now
	10:44pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:40 and the bubble helps Light in the Attic (the main source of City Pop) here in the states. A high tide raises all ships.
	10:45pm Mike Rogers: Hey, I remember this song.
	10:45pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, that's right! I do like some of their compilations and reissues.
	10:50pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:45 I bought their Sachiko Kanenobu release as I also enjoy some of the '70s Japanese folk and the campus/college folk era before that.
	10:51pm Mike Rogers: This song is giving me the willies!
	10:53pm Mike Rogers: Lots of weird bands from Japan.
	♥ 10:55pm Aitch: Thanks for show Mike-san.
	10:56pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @10:55 Thanks for joining, Aitch san!
	10:57pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, Early 70's Japanese folk scene is quite interesting. I'm thinking of playing some Japanese psychedelic rock from the 60's next week.
	11:00pm Ken Nishikawa: Japan is the second biggest music market in the world after the US, yet, it's extremely insular even to this day. That's probably one of the reasons it became such a breeding ground for weird music.
	11:00pm Mike Rogers: Ted san! Have you ever seen the movie, "Funeral of Roses Parade"? You should watch that. It will blow your mind. archive.org... It just blows my mind that that film was made in 1969. That would have never been made at that time in the USA.
	11:01pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:57 Looking forward to the folk-psych GS sounds. Thank you Mike and Ken for my favorite 3 hours of WFMU.
	11:02pm Mike Rogers: I think this current show is running for another 5 minutes (Because I screwed it up at the start). Sorry about that guys.
	11:02pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @11:00 I will have to check it out.
	11:05pm Mike Rogers: Hey! I used to drink like that long ago....
	11:06pm Mike Rogers: Not doing that anymore!
	11:08pm Ted: ↳ Song: "Domino Dance" by "Logic System" So was this made before YMCK?
	11:09pm Mike Rogers: Me only know indies rock. No comprehende, senior.
	11:10pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @11:09 en.wikipedia.org...
	11:11pm Ken Nishikawa: No. It was released after Solid State Survivor. When he was still working with YMO.
	11:11pm Mike Rogers: Oh. I don't know any AVEX traks artists excepting "Easy Do Dance" What was that band's name?
	11:12pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @11:09 I thought you knew space rock...good night!
	11:19pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, good night! Thought you were talking about YMO. Logic System has been around st least 2 decades before YMCK, I should think. You are into YMCK and the whole chip tune stuff? That's great.
	11:19pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @11:12 G Nitey!!!!
	11:20pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @11:12 I was into punk since 1977....
	11:20pm Mike Rogers: I thought YMCK was a typo! ;)
	11:22pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @11:19 I just know YMCK as their sound was simultaneously innovative and retro in 2005 when I first heard it.
	11:26pm Mike Rogers: Oh, that explains some things.... I was here and working at a Japanese FM station, so all we played was shit (I mean all the other shows played) I was playing UK & Japanese indies. (in those days, no one was playing Blur, or Rancid, or bands like that on Japanese radio excepting my show... Definiitely no punk.)
	11:27pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @11:22 I'll check it out. Thanks. I learned something today!!!!

The Mike Rogers Show: Playlist from August 12, 2023

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			Music for Bad Girls & Bad Boys! Saturday Nite 8 pm in New York! “The Mike Rogers Show” on WFMU! Followed by Ken Nishikawa’s “Post Whatever!” バッドガールズとバッドボーイズのための悪い音が！ニューヨークの土曜日の夜 8 時! WFMUのマイク・ロジャース・ショー！日本の放送時間は（日）朝９時！＃mrskor
			JIFF Top 10 in Asia! 10 Best Film Festivals in Asia \| Raindance Film School! アジアのJIFFトップ10！アジアのベスト映画祭 10 \| レインダンス映画学校！JIFF Top 10 in Asia!: https://www.raindance.org/the-best-film-festivals-in-asia/ #mrskor @JIFF @Raindance https://filmfreeway.com/JapanIndiesFilmfestival
			2024 Japan Indies Music Awards now open for submissions! Everyone, everywhere, welcomed! 2024年日本忍者インディーズミュージックアワードが募集中！ https://filmfreeway.com/NinjaIndiesMusicVideoAwards #mrskor
			BIG NEWS! あの世界で最も有名なDJです！ビッグニュース！ジャパンインディーズミュージックアワード2024 は、ロドニー・ビンゲンハイマーが審査員長を務めることを発表します。 Japan Indies Music Awards 2024 is proud to announce that the most famous DJ in the world! Rodney Bingenheimer is Head of Jury for 2024. https://filmfreeway.com/NinjaIndiesMusicVideoAwards #mrskor
Yee Loi	Dad's Money "Dad's Money" by "Yee Loi"			0:00:28 (Pop-up)
Yee Loi	Dad's Money "Dad's Money" by "Yee Loi"			0:00:29 (Pop-up)
Punchette	Hyporcrise "Hyporcrise" by "Punchette"			0:06:50 (Pop-up)
Velvet a Go! Go!	Farmer John "Farmer John" by "Velvet a Go! Go!"			0:10:16 (Pop-up)
Flamenco a Go Go	People Say "People Say" by "Flamenco a Go Go"			0:12:21 (Pop-up)
Milkees	Pop Worker "Pop Worker" by "Milkees"			0:15:30 (Pop-up)
Do Trash	Shocking Beat "Shocking Beat" by "Do Trash"			0:18:53 (Pop-up)
Captain13	Like a Raw "Like a Raw" by "Captain13"			0:22:52 (Pop-up)
Milkees	Hello Baby "Hello Baby" by "Milkees"			0:27:35 (Pop-up)
Go=Devils	Can't Tame Me "Can't Tame Me" by "Go=Devils"			0:32:54 (Pop-up)
Nikki Corvette	Great Big Kiss "Great Big Kiss" by "Nikki Corvette"			0:34:50 (Pop-up)
Harriets	Under The Moonlight "Under The Moonlight" by "Harriets"			0:39:17 (Pop-up)
Goggle-A	Night Stars "Night Stars" by "Goggle-A"			0:41:17 (Pop-up)
Kidder Friendly Club	Analogue "Analogue" by "Kidder Friendly Club"			0:43:42 (Pop-up)
Young Parisian	Sara Little baby "Sara Little baby" by "Young Parisian"			0:48:16 (Pop-up)
Velvet a Go! Go!	Drive a Go! Go! "Drive a Go! Go!" by "Velvet a Go! Go!"			0:50:33 (Pop-up)
Beat Girls	Tintarella di Luna "Tintarella di Luna" by "Beat Girls"			0:52:33 (Pop-up)
Two Hearts	That's Rock n Roll "That's Rock n Roll" by "Two Hearts"			0:54:33 (Pop-up)
Mophing People	Love is a Lie "Love is a Lie" by "Mophing People"			0:57:45 (Pop-up)
News	"News"			1:03:21 (Pop-up)
Chocoballs	"Chocoballs"			1:03:03 (Pop-up)
Let's Go's	Travelling Girl "Travelling Girl" by "Let's Go's"			1:03:08 (Pop-up)
Milkees	Lovelever "Lovelever" by "Milkees"			1:06:44 (Pop-up)
Flamenco a Go Go	Blow Jobs "Blow Jobs" by "Flamenco a Go Go"			1:11:13 (Pop-up)
Velvet a Go Go	Moeru Bunbun "Moeru Bunbun" by "Velvet a Go Go"			1:13:53 (Pop-up)
Big Mama Shocking 3	Look at Me "Look at Me" by "Big Mama Shocking 3"			1:16:46 (Pop-up)
Sister Paul	Romance "Romance" by "Sister Paul"			1:22:00 (Pop-up)
Valentines	Happy End "Happy End" by "Valentines"			1:24:50 (Pop-up)
Charades	Key Hunter "Key Hunter" by "Charades"			1:34:18 (Pop-up)
Flamenco a Go Go	Holly Supper "Holly Supper" by "Flamenco a Go Go"			1:37:47 (Pop-up)
Big Mama Shocking 3	Midnight Monster			1:40:52 (Pop-up)
Stephanies	Yokubou "Yokubou" by "Stephanies"			1:43:37 (Pop-up)
Clash Prom Girl	Everything in the Circle			1:47:11 (Pop-up)
Let's Go's	Let's a Go Go "Let's a Go Go" by "Let's Go's"			1:49:43 (Pop-up)
Neatbeats	Wah! Gyu! De Twist! "Wah! Gyu! De Twist!" by "Neatbeats"			1:53:20 (Pop-up)
Let it Beat	Gunslinger "Gunslinger" by "Let it Beat"			1:55:53 (Pop-up)
Tsushimamire	Anarchy Morning "Anarchy Morning" by "Tsushimamire"			2:01:07 (Pop-up)
			POST-WHATEVER with Ken Nishikawa kicking off on WFMU Sheen'a Jungle Room. Saturday night at 10 pm New York time! (Japan time: 11 am Sunday, UK time: 3am Sunday) wfmu.org/sheena POST-WHATEVER with Ken Nishikawa WFMU で明日からニューヨーク時間土曜夜10時！（日本時間：日曜日午前11時！） #kennishikawa	2:41:59 (Pop-up)
Crazy Ken Band	Bossa Mappilla "Bossa Mappilla" by "Crazy Ken Band"			2:14:44 (Pop-up)
The Crazy Cats	Hai Soremade Yo "Hai Soremade Yo" by "The Crazy Cats"			2:17:06 (Pop-up)
Taeko Ohnuki 大貫妙子	Tokai "Tokai" by "Taeko Ohnuki 大貫妙子"	Sunflower		2:23:01 (Pop-up)
Miki Matsubara	Stay with me "Stay with me" by "Miki Matsubara"			2:27:04 (Pop-up)
Maria Takeuchi	Plastic Love "Plastic Love" by "Maria Takeuchi"			2:32:51 (Pop-up)
Bryan Ferry	Tokyo Joe "Tokyo Joe" by "Bryan Ferry"			2:39:57 (Pop-up)
Satanicporncultshop	Comment te dire adieu?			2:44:22 (Pop-up)
Asa-chang & Junray	Hana "Hana" by "Asa-chang & Junray"			2:48:41 (Pop-up)
Hibari Misora	Omatsuri Mambo "Omatsuri Mambo" by "Hibari Misora"			2:55:25 (Pop-up)
Hibari Misora 美空ひばり	Kanashii Sake			2:58:46 (Pop-up)
Logic System	Domino Dance "Domino Dance" by "Logic System"			3:06:46 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	2:27pm Mike Rogers: Good morning everyone!!!
	♥ 8:08pm Aitch: Still adjusting to new time. Hey Mike-san
	8:09pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:08 Me too Aitch san! Thanks for coming!
	♥ 8:15pm Aitch: I was just talking to my brother, he's 67 today. He had all the loud music I liked. His place 2,400km drive away, he's coming down next month and he doesn't like flying.
	8:16pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:15 Smart guy. I absolutely hate flying!!!!
	8:21pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:15 Tell him to give you all of his records!
	♥ 8:31pm Aitch: ↳ Mike Rogers @8:21 Not sure he still has any, I'll ask.
	8:35pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @8:31 If he says OK. Then tell him to give you his turntable too, because he won't be using it! ;)
	8:35pm Ted: Good Morning Mike san. Are you taking requests? I would please like to hear the Harriets. I don't know which city they are from in Japan.
	8:37pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:35 Oh. I have them. Wait a second. Oh up next!
	8:39pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @8:37 Sounds good-a little like Tetsuko
	8:42pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:39 Yeah. It7s good you request. I can't remember all these bands.
	8:42pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:39 Tetsuko is awesome!
	8:44pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @8:35 Oh, good Morning, night, whatever! Ted!
	8:50pm Ted: I was thinking this week that Japan is maybe the only country where musicians can their own record bar/small venue/restaurant. Do you know anywhere else where this is possible and supported?
	8:52pm Ted: ↳ Ted @8:50 make that can have....like Mr. Pan from the Neatbeats, Koga san and the guy from Firestarter.
	8:55pm Mike Rogers: Actually, I think you are right. I know musicians that own studios, record labels, restaurants. I know several people who have their own businesses.... Think I can get a job????
	8:56pm Mike Rogers: I'd like to be a Yakitori chef/food taster.
	9:02pm Ted: Did you ever go on one of those numerous Japanese food shows as a guest? Used to watch the Dotch Cooking Show when I lived in the L.A. area.
	9:04pm Chris Ianuzzi: Mike San! :)
	9:05pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:02 Oh, I have been many times. I used to go, no kidding, as a food critic!!!!! (I like cheap assed foods and don't know the difference beset a tart at an a something else that sounds like tart!)
	9:06pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Chris Ianuzzi @9:04 Hi Chris san! How are you!?
	9:07pm Chris Ianuzzi: All ok, waiting for fall How are you?
	9:07pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:05 Ha! Nice work if you can get it. Your schtick was for real.
	9:08pm Juli: Lol..I have to send this to my ex:::}
	9:08pm Juli: This show I mean:::}
	9:08pm Chris Ianuzzi: ↳ Ted @9:07 I’ve finally got this on iPhone. Is good
	9:08pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Chris Ianuzzi @9:07 Can't come soon enough for me.
	♥ 9:09pm Aitch: ↳ Mike Rogers @8:56 Iron Chef Mike-san!
	9:09pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Juli @9:08 Uh, thanks Juli san. I hope you and your ex still get along...
	9:09pm Chris Ianuzzi: ↳ Ted @9:07 Ohh, I meant that for Mike
	9:10pm Ted: ↳ Chris Ianuzzi @9:09 Ok, I was confused for a moment:)
	♥ 9:10pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Lovelever" by "Milkees" towel-rack
	♥ 9:12pm coelacanth∅: hey Mike Rogers and all
	9:12pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Juli @9:08 Hi Juli san! Thanks for coming by!
	9:13pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:12 Hi Colelacantho san! Thanks for coming by!
	♥ 9:14pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Blow Jobs" by "Flamenco a Go Go" glad i got here in time for this
	9:16pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:14 Oh, you cheeky devil!
	9:17pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:10 What was meant for me????
	9:20pm Ted: ↳ Song: "Look at Me" by "Big Mama Shocking 3" Forgot how good this Sendai is/was? Wonder if they are still active. wendy-city.blogspot.com...
	♥ 9:22pm coelacanth∅: i have a gambian hand drum called the bougaraboubou. the name is an onomatopoeia after the sound it makes.
	9:23pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:20 That's weird. I actually asked the label guy who is my friend and he says they are still playing
	9:24pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:23 Good news!
	9:24pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:22 Was my pronunciation wrong?
	9:24pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:24 Should I play another song?
	♥ 9:25pm coelacanth∅: your pronunciation is japanese! sounded right to me! americans say "neddles" instead of "nettles", so don't ask me!
	9:26pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:24 Yes, maybe the ripple will inspire a wave that will be their second album.
	9:26pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:26 Ok. Give me a sec.
	♥ 9:29pm coelacanth∅: (i've known it as "on-uh-mah-ta-pé-uh" in american english and barazilian english. correct? i don't know)
	9:29pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:25 Yeah. Who knows?
	♥ 9:29pm coelacanth∅: (brazilian, that's supposed to be)
	9:30pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:26 Hey, I forgot the band's name!!! Tell me...
	9:31pm Charles: ↳ Song: "Happy End" by "Valentines" Loving this Mike-san
	9:31pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:29 I thought that was a purely English word. But they don't do that mimicking sounds in English, do they?
	9:32pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:30 Big Mama Shocking 3
	9:32pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Charles @9:31 Hi Charles san! Thanks. Just for you!
	9:34pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:32 Oh, yeah. I got it now!
	♥ 9:37pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:31 i think many words are onomatopoeias and people don't think about it. like "zip" or "boing" or "flip-flops" ... and animals sounds, which are interpreted differently -as i learned young when my aunt brought back bubble gum from china with a comic on the wrapper, with a dog saying "Bah Bah" (we always said "bow-wow" or "woof" or "ruff")
	9:38pm Mike Rogers: For the sound of a gun, Japanese kids says, "Fuck you! Fuck you!" Well that's what it sounds like to me.
	♥ 9:39pm coelacanth∅: hahaha
	9:40pm Ted: It was father's day in Taiwan on 8/8 because 8 is pronounced ba in Mandarin. So ba ba!
	9:40pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:32 It's next.
	♥ 9:41pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Ted @9:40 ba ba to all the fathers!
	9:41pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:40 My wife says the kids are saying, "Bakyu-in! Bakuyu-in!"
	9:42pm Runway Lights: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:40 glorious melodies-Japanese have such a knack with melodies!
	♥ 9:43pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:41 what's the meaning of this?
	9:43pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:41 Ba! Ba! Daddy! I Rabu you!
	9:44pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Runway Lights @9:42 Thanks Runaway Lights... Thanks fr stopping by. Like to think the Japanese do too!
	9:45pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:43 I think that all depends on what your definition of "is" is. Ha! Ha! Ha!
	9:45pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @9:43 Oh, you mean, Midnight Monster? Heck if I know.... I suspect it's about her boyfriend.
	9:45pm Ted: ↳ Song: "Yokubou" by "Stephanies" Luv her powerful voice and I'm not big on powerful voices.
	9:46pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:45 She plays the lead guitar and sings!!!!
	9:47pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:46 Yes, I watched your interview with her.
	9:47pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:47 It has always made me wonder why the Stephanies are not huge.
	♥ 9:48pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:45 haha, no...but now that you mention it...! no, "bakyu-in". just curious about the literal translation.
	9:49pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:47 I have been friends with this band for a long time. It has always puzzled me.
	♥ 9:50pm coelacanth∅: ↳ Song: "Let's a Go Go" by "Let's Go's" sweet guitar
	9:51pm Mike Rogers: I think "Bakyu-in" is the sound of a bullet richocetting (sp?) off something
	9:54pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @9:49 Hai, their sound seems big & bold enough to crossover to an international major label.
	9:55pm Mike Rogers: This is a song about "American Beef" Twist. Don't ask me what it means.
	9:57pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @9:54 Yeah. But I think they don't care... Many Japanese don't give a shit about major labels it seems (I could be wrong. I certainly don't!)
	♥ 10:00pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Mike!
	10:01pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:00 Thanks. man!
	10:01pm Ken Nishikawa: Great show, Mike!
	10:02pm Mike Rogers: Ken! Are you there??? Ken! Come in!
	♥ 10:02pm coelacanth: hey it says "Saturdays 8-11"! did i misunderstand something?
	10:02pm Mike Rogers: in 15, 14, 13.
	10:02pm Ken Nishikawa: I've been enjoying your show!
	10:03pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth @10:02 This is our secret show, Coelacath san! This is is totally groovy!
	♥ 10:04pm coelacanth∅: hahaha...okay!
	10:04pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:02 Today's show was pretty good, I think....
	10:09pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @10:04 It had a good flow!
	10:10pm Ken Nishikawa: Never mind if the show kicked off somewhat similar to last week's show.
	10:14pm Mr Fab: Hi all! Cool, tuned in just in time for Japanese bossa nova. Genre I didn’t know existed, and now can’t live without.
	10:17pm Ken Nishikawa: Thanks, Mr. Fab! It's a pretty groovy tune, methinks.
	10:18pm Mike Rogers: Those Japanese are sometimes pretty crazy, ya know!
	10:18pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @10:09 Thanks Ted san!
	10:21pm Mike Rogers: Sometimes, you can watch old movies (especially in Japan) and the westerners are sometimes not impressed by the Japanese, but I think they don't realize just how desperately poor this country was for thousands of years. Japan ran WWII on a shoestring too.
	10:21pm Mike Rogers: Hey I recognize that back ground music! From the movie Matsuchiyo!!!
	10:26pm Mike Rogers: Hi Mr. Fab!
	10:29pm Ken Nishikawa: Mike, that tune from Matsuchiyo with Shamisen makes the perfect bed track for this show!
	10:30pm Mr Fab: City pop = Japanese yacht rock?
	10:31pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:29 But don't forget, that I PLAYED IT FIRST! BWA! HA! HA!
	♥ 10:35pm coelacanth∅: off to work. Thanks Ken! Thanks Mike! tchau
	10:35pm Ken Nishikawa: Mr Fab, kinda, I guess. Both are expensive productions.
	10:36pm Mike Rogers: ↳ coelacanth∅ @10:35 Thanks Coelcantho san! Hope to see you next week.
	10:36pm Ken Nishikawa: coelacanth, thank you and see you next week!
	10:37pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:35 and now expensive records!
	10:40pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, indeed. The price of some of those records... There's a bit of that bubble thing going...
	10:40pm Mike Rogers: Hey! I bought this record way back when.
	♥ 10:41pm Aitch: ↳ Song: "Tokyo Joe" by "Bryan Ferry" sounds kinda creepy now
	10:44pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:40 and the bubble helps Light in the Attic (the main source of City Pop) here in the states. A high tide raises all ships.
	10:45pm Mike Rogers: Hey, I remember this song.
	10:45pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, that's right! I do like some of their compilations and reissues.
	10:50pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:45 I bought their Sachiko Kanenobu release as I also enjoy some of the '70s Japanese folk and the campus/college folk era before that.
	10:51pm Mike Rogers: This song is giving me the willies!
	10:53pm Mike Rogers: Lots of weird bands from Japan.
	♥ 10:55pm Aitch: Thanks for show Mike-san.
	10:56pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Aitch @10:55 Thanks for joining, Aitch san!
	10:57pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, Early 70's Japanese folk scene is quite interesting. I'm thinking of playing some Japanese psychedelic rock from the 60's next week.
	11:00pm Ken Nishikawa: Japan is the second biggest music market in the world after the US, yet, it's extremely insular even to this day. That's probably one of the reasons it became such a breeding ground for weird music.
	11:00pm Mike Rogers: Ted san! Have you ever seen the movie, "Funeral of Roses Parade"? You should watch that. It will blow your mind. archive.org... It just blows my mind that that film was made in 1969. That would have never been made at that time in the USA.
	11:01pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @10:57 Looking forward to the folk-psych GS sounds. Thank you Mike and Ken for my favorite 3 hours of WFMU.
	11:02pm Mike Rogers: I think this current show is running for another 5 minutes (Because I screwed it up at the start). Sorry about that guys.
	11:02pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @11:00 I will have to check it out.
	11:05pm Mike Rogers: Hey! I used to drink like that long ago....
	11:06pm Mike Rogers: Not doing that anymore!
	11:08pm Ted: ↳ Song: "Domino Dance" by "Logic System" So was this made before YMCK?
	11:09pm Mike Rogers: Me only know indies rock. No comprehende, senior.
	11:10pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @11:09 en.wikipedia.org...
	11:11pm Ken Nishikawa: No. It was released after Solid State Survivor. When he was still working with YMO.
	11:11pm Mike Rogers: Oh. I don't know any AVEX traks artists excepting "Easy Do Dance" What was that band's name?
	11:12pm Ted: ↳ Mike Rogers @11:09 I thought you knew space rock...good night!
	11:19pm Ken Nishikawa: Ted, good night! Thought you were talking about YMO. Logic System has been around st least 2 decades before YMCK, I should think. You are into YMCK and the whole chip tune stuff? That's great.
	11:19pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @11:12 G Nitey!!!!
	11:20pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @11:12 I was into punk since 1977....
	11:20pm Mike Rogers: I thought YMCK was a typo! ;)
	11:22pm Ted: ↳ Ken Nishikawa @11:19 I just know YMCK as their sound was simultaneously innovative and retro in 2005 when I first heard it.
	11:26pm Mike Rogers: Oh, that explains some things.... I was here and working at a Japanese FM station, so all we played was shit (I mean all the other shows played) I was playing UK & Japanese indies. (in those days, no one was playing Blur, or Rancid, or bands like that on Japanese radio excepting my show... Definiitely no punk.)
	11:27pm Mike Rogers: ↳ Ted @11:22 I'll check it out. Thanks. I learned something today!!!!

The Mike Rogers Show: Playlist from August 12, 2023

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