WFMU: Play Vertigo with Mayuko: Playlist from June 6, 2016

Listener comments!
	12:47pm Mayuko: 浅草 Asakusa is a town located in the north east part of central Tokyo. It was a place where jazz and opera from the west flourished and then got mixed with 18th century pop culture in the pre-WW2 period. Also I used to live there. I'm doing a little Asakusa audio sight-seeing tour this evening!
	3:40pm mzz: I'll miss your program this evening but when I think of Asakusa, 人力車 comes to mind. Did you know it calls "rickshaw" in west?
	4:12pm Mayuko: hello mzz! yah I've heard of people calling it rickshaw in the west, I wonder how that happened though.
	5:02pm Mayuko: Azenbow soeda is a singer who was active in the early 1900 who is known for his socialistic, political songs. There’s a stone memorial monument for him in Bentenyama park in Asakusa, it’s a very small park in the grounds of Sensoji temple, where it’s big bell is placed. www.nytimes.com...
	5:04pm Mayuko: Kagomari no kyoku is a track for ‘Edo Daikagura’, the balancing act & juggling performance / ritual from 400 years ago edo-daikagura.com... You can watch it live at, again, Asakusa Engei Hall, a venue for traditional comic shows and performances www.hellojapan.asia...
	5:05pm mzz: I guess same as 'tunami', 'miso', etc. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%B8%E3%81%AE%E5%80%9F%E7%94%A8 sorry I gotta go. miss your show!
	5:09pm Mayuko: have a good day, mzz!
	5:10pm listener james from westwood: Good afternoon, Mayuko and all! Puttering around the house cleaning with GTDR on for a bit but now back at the computer!
	5:12pm Mayuko: Now is the perfect season to get a beer taking outdoor seats on Hoppy street in Asakusa... www.odigo.travel...
	5:12pm Mayuko: Hi james! Thank you for tuning in!!
	5:16pm rbxbx: Ooo. I love Hoppy! I recently found out Azasu in the East Village serves it (as well as high balls), need to take more advantage of that.
	5:16pm rbxbx: Also: Hello Mayuko and fellow Play Vertigo listeners :)
	5:17pm melinda: Hi all!
	5:17pm Mayuko: I loved seeing the fake food samples in Kappa-bashi district, it’s like wax museum of food. Def worth checking out content.time.com... Apparently you can make your own too at some workshops… jonellepatrick.me...
	5:18pm Mayuko: Hi rbxbx! I became beer drinker after I moved to NYC, so my drink used to be plum liquor in those days, haha. Probably now I'd like Hoppy much better. & thank you for tuning in!
	5:19pm Mayuko: Hi melinda! Welcome on board!
	5:21pm Mayuko: Masuda Keyton, the member of Akireta Boys, lived in Asakusa and said to be often hanging out at アンヂェラス the cafe Angelus, the oldest coffee shop in Japan tabelog.com... My family would often hang out there too when I was little… After I grew up and started living in Asakusa by myself, I’d go to Cafe de Naniwaya for coffee every week though: www.pinterest.com... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/196047390007553013/ Coffee is great, the interior design is old and sophisticated, the owner is the coolest guy I’ve ever seen, and he NEVER fails to pick good music!!! (music selections in shops were often a huge problem for me when I lived in Japan.) www.tripadvisor.com...
	5:22pm rbxbx: Umeshu was always a bit too sweet for my tastes. I know some people that really like it though
	5:23pm rbxbx: I like Hoppy because it seems lighter than beer, don't feel so fat and bloated after drinking a few ;)
	5:26pm Mayuko: yah, umeshu is generally quite sweet, I happened to find one bar on Hoppy street then where they had a pretty good golden color umeshu that wasn't too sweet.
	5:28pm listener james from westwood: Who knew so many of those food samples came from one place? As a kid, I thought they dipped real food in Lucite or some other plastic and just let it dry. I could occasionally be really dense as a kid.
	5:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, folks. About the only cultural significance of my hometown is that it claims to have the longest continuously-running theater in the US (since 1911). www.scenictheater.com... The Elvis impersonator is my sister's husband.
	5:31pm Mayuko: 古今亭志ん生 was one of the legendary Rakugo storyteller, rakugo literally means “fallen words”, and it’s just one storyteller sitting on the stage without any set, nor prop, and he acts every person in a story. You can see Rakugo performances at Asakusa Engei Hall although it must be difficult to understand if you don’t know Japanese… www.hellojapan.asia...
	5:34pm Mayuko: wow james, it didn't even occur to me to imagine what the making process of those wax food is like when I was little. I was just so fascinated by them. Felt like time stopped in silence.
	5:37pm Mayuko: Hi Ken, welcome on board! that theater looks pretty great, I'll look into the link more after the show!
	5:38pm listener james from westwood: Digging the travelogue-via-comments-and-web-links!
	5:39pm Mayuko: If you’re looking to buy some Enka, Kayou-kyoku, Japanese traditional music and performance cds/records/cassette tapes, Miyata Records is the place to go! tokyobling.wordpress.com... And Yoro-dow asakusa.cc... 1 Chome-3-6 Asakusa
	5:40pm Mayuko: oh I'm glad, james! wanted to make this into a little Asakusa travel guide show.
	5:42pm rbxbx: I already told my Asakusa story, I have nothing new to offer for the Asakusa themed episode :(
	5:43pm rbxbx: Wish I knew about all of these things back when I visited! Will have to do it again some day :)
	6:03pm listener james from westwood: That's a very odd way for them to have redone the town, especially in a country with buildings that go back centuries. There's history all around!
	6:04pm listener james from westwood: Now in Brooklyn, I can totally see hipsters putting up, say, an artisanal beard bar with tin ceilings and leech jars and such for the faux-19th-century look.
	6:07pm northguineahills: Just looked up Asakusa on Google Earth, realized I've been there a few times as a kid.
	6:13pm listener james from westwood: Asha!
	6:15pm Mayuko: I hope you can travel back there someday, rbxbx! james, Brooklyn at least is not putting up some fake wax dolls of NYC celebrity from the 70's or something to decorate the streets, haha. Not yet. Welcome, northguineahills!!
	6:15pm Mayuko: Montee the Thai food place in 浅草地下街 (Asakusa Chikagai), the oldest underground shopping arcade in Japan, is so good. 浅草地下街 itself is worth checking out rocketnews24.com...
	6:20pm Sam Segal: Hi Mayuko! Honored to be following such a wonderful show this week.
	6:23pm Mayuko: ah! Hi Sam! i forgot to mention that it was Sam's special show tonight!! 5-hr edition of If You Lose Your Horse (Sam fills in for Global Grease 7-9pm) Playlist and comment for Sam here: wfmu.org...
	6:23pm Mayuko: A member of Asakusa Jinta manages a bar called Ginmaku Rock in Asakusa www.odigo.travel... I only had drinks and never went to see performances there, but could be fun!
	6:31pm listener james from westwood: LOL, the fake wax dolls are all at Tussaud's on 42nd St!
	6:34pm Doug Schulkind: Hello from Louis Armstrong International Airport, Mayuko. You are fly!
	6:35pm Mayuko: Asakusa Hana-yashiki is the oldest amusement park that was first built in 1853 and it has the oldest roller coaster in Japan… Possibly the most frighetning roller coaster ever because it’s so old you feel like it could collapse at any moment while you’re riding it. I would often go there when I was little… www.hanayashiki.net...
	6:36pm Mayuko: DOUG!!!!!!!!
	6:38pm Dean: OMG, this is the merry-go-round up the hill from where I work.
	6:39pm Mayuko: J-pop/band fans might wanna check out The Three Robbers, as they often have very small - almost secret - music shows there by fairly famous people sometimes, for many musicians are fans of the clothing they design. thethousands.com.au...
	6:40pm rbxbx: Gotta run – going to be late for dinner. Thanks for the show Mayuko! I'll have to catch the end in the archives.
	6:42pm Mayuko: Dean!! It's some recordings someone made himself and gave it to me. and I don't even remember who it was! This happened like decades ago.... WAS IT YOU?!?!! haha.
	6:42pm Mayuko: Have a good evening, rbxbx! Thank you for listening!
	6:44pm listener james from westwood: Hey there, Doug!
	6:45pm Dean: Wasn't me, no. That's hilarious. The merry-go-round was renovated recently to great fanfare.
	6:51pm geezerette: Glamorous and wacky!
	6:53pm geezerette: It's super evocative.(Blue Heaven)
	6:54pm listener james from westwood: Thanks muchly for the fine show, Mayuko! Glad for the tour, as my budget for overseas travel is a touch thin!
	7:01pm Mayuko: Thank you for tuning in, geezerette, and thanks everybody for listening! Have a beautiful week.
	5:15pm fred: What a great show! I'm late, but I couldn't miss Fred Frith last week. 3 days in a row? I plead guilty
	7:22pm Mayuko: I totally don't blame you if it's for Fred Frith!

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June 6, 2016: Tokyo Asakusa Audio Walk 東京浅草音響小旅行

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
Otojiro Kawakami Troupe 川上音二郎一座	Oppekepe-bushi オッペケペー節	Yomigaeru Oppekepe-bushi 甦るオッペケペー節	1995	1995	In times of recession like this You’re oblivious to the poor people suffering Wearing an expensive western hat, golden watch and golden ring Kissing ass of power and privileged Wasting money on girls and parties Building up your fortune only for yourself Are you going to take them with you after you die? Are you going to bribe the king of the hell to get to the heaven? You think you can do that? I don’t think so.
Toshiyuki Tsuchitori (Azenbow Soeda) 土取利行 (添田唖蝉坊)	Worker's song 労働問題の歌	添田唖蝉坊・知道を演歌する Vol.2	Original recording	2015		0:01:34 (Pop-up)
Tokijiro Maruichi, Kamezou and Komatsu 丸一時二郎, 亀蔵 & 小松	Kagomari no kyoku 籠鞠の曲	再発見・ニッポンの音/芸寄席芸名人会	Teichiku	1995	Edo Daikagura, balancing act & juggling performance from 400 years ago performed by Sen-oh Maruichi 丸一仙翁 on Youtube	0:04:27 (Pop-up)
Shizu-tayu Kiyomoto, Eijiro Kiyomoto, Eiji Kiyomoto 清元志寿太夫 / 清元栄次郎 / 清元栄治	Sanja-matsuri 三社祭	Japanese Traditional Music: Koto & Shamisen 1941 日本伝統音楽「箏・三味線1941年」	World Arbiter	2011	From the reissue of the Japan Foundation for Intercultural Exchange (国際文化振興会) collection recorded in 1941	0:07:39 (Pop-up)
Tatsuo Fuji 富士辰雄 (Piano), Misa Kineya 杵屋みさ (Shamisen)	Azuma Hakkei / Musume Dohjohji 吾妻八景・娘道成寺		Kokka Records 国歌レコード	1929		0:10:09 (Pop-up)
Roppa Furukawa 古川緑波	Harikiri Boy ハリキリ・ボーイ			1936		0:13:36 (Pop-up)
Dick Mine ディック・ミネ	Dinah ダイナ		Teichiku	1935		0:17:03 (Pop-up)
Akireta Boys あきれたぼういず	Kowairo tamatebako 聲色玉手箱	オリジナル盤による懐かしの針音喜劇の王様たち	Nippon Columbia	1984	Original 1946	0:20:11 (Pop-up)
Ichimaru 市丸	Nantoka naranai monokashira 何とかならないものかしら		Victor	1936		0:27:07 (Pop-up)
Shinsho Kokontei the 5th 古今亭志ん生（五代目）	Usuzumi 薄墨	Tounasu-ya Seidan 唐茄子屋政談				0:30:37 (Pop-up)
Ichiro Fujiyama 藤山一郎	Funanori no uta 舟乗りの歌 (Sailor’s song)	決定盤国民的歌手藤山一郎全集(下) ～貴重な遺産～	Nippon Columbia	2011	Original 1953	0:32:00 (Pop-up)
Yoshio Kawada 川田義雄	Akagiyama Blues 赤城山ブルース	Tanoshiki Nan-yoh 楽しき南洋	Offnote	2010	Original 1940	0:35:11 (Pop-up)
Bunta Sugawara 菅原文太	Kanto tekiya Blues 関東テキヤブルース	関東テキヤブルース (film)		1969		0:38:40 (Pop-up)

Umekichi うめ吉	Kirigirisu "Kirigirisu" by "Umekichi うめ吉"	The Voice of Geisha Doll	Benten Tokyo	2006		1:07:48 (Pop-up)
Asha Bhosle	Jab Chali Thandi Hawa	Do Badan (film)		1966		1:11:00 (Pop-up)
Suthep Daoduangmai Band	Lam Phaen Ma Chang Dai Pai Chang San	Come My Brother, Let’s Go To The City!	EM Records	2015		1:14:46 (Pop-up)
Phuong Dung	Do Ai "Do Ai" by "Phuong Dung"	Larger Than Life (but Less Than Colossal)	WFMU	2015	Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie 2015 marathon premium!	1:18:27 (Pop-up)
Asakusa Jinta 浅草ジンタ	Edo yo muso 江戸夜夢想	Asakusa Rock 浅草ロック	Globule Music Publishers, Inc.	2005		1:22:29 (Pop-up)
Kenichi Enomoto 榎本健一	Buki-woogie Muchabou Benkei 武器ウギ・無茶坊弁慶	エノケンの大全集~完結篇	EMI	1994	Original 1949	1:25:36 (Pop-up)
Rikizo Taya 田谷力三	恋はやさし野辺の花よ					1:28:43 (Pop-up)
Mama!milk	Gala de Caras "Gala de Caras" by "Mama!milk"	Gala de Caras	Raft Music	2003		1:31:13 (Pop-up)
Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round	#3 "#3" by "Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round"					1:35:32 (Pop-up)
Fishmans	Daydream "Daydream" by "Fishmans"	Uchu Nihon Setagaya 宇宙日本世田谷	Polydor	1997		1:38:23 (Pop-up)
Sumako Matsui 松井須磨子	Katyusha no uta (Katyusha’s song) カチューシャの唄復活唱歌		Orient Records	1914		1:46:33 (Pop-up)
Utako Matsushima 松島詩子	Watashi no aozora 私の青空				1930’s	1:49:11 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	12:47pm Mayuko: 浅草 Asakusa is a town located in the north east part of central Tokyo. It was a place where jazz and opera from the west flourished and then got mixed with 18th century pop culture in the pre-WW2 period. Also I used to live there. I'm doing a little Asakusa audio sight-seeing tour this evening!
	3:40pm mzz: I'll miss your program this evening but when I think of Asakusa, 人力車 comes to mind. Did you know it calls "rickshaw" in west?
	4:12pm Mayuko: hello mzz! yah I've heard of people calling it rickshaw in the west, I wonder how that happened though.
	5:02pm Mayuko: Azenbow soeda is a singer who was active in the early 1900 who is known for his socialistic, political songs. There’s a stone memorial monument for him in Bentenyama park in Asakusa, it’s a very small park in the grounds of Sensoji temple, where it’s big bell is placed. www.nytimes.com...
	5:04pm Mayuko: Kagomari no kyoku is a track for ‘Edo Daikagura’, the balancing act & juggling performance / ritual from 400 years ago edo-daikagura.com... You can watch it live at, again, Asakusa Engei Hall, a venue for traditional comic shows and performances www.hellojapan.asia...
	5:05pm mzz: I guess same as 'tunami', 'miso', etc. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E8%8B%B1%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%B8%E3%81%AE%E5%80%9F%E7%94%A8 sorry I gotta go. miss your show!
	5:09pm Mayuko: have a good day, mzz!
	5:10pm listener james from westwood: Good afternoon, Mayuko and all! Puttering around the house cleaning with GTDR on for a bit but now back at the computer!
	5:12pm Mayuko: Now is the perfect season to get a beer taking outdoor seats on Hoppy street in Asakusa... www.odigo.travel...
	5:12pm Mayuko: Hi james! Thank you for tuning in!!
	5:16pm rbxbx: Ooo. I love Hoppy! I recently found out Azasu in the East Village serves it (as well as high balls), need to take more advantage of that.
	5:16pm rbxbx: Also: Hello Mayuko and fellow Play Vertigo listeners :)
	5:17pm melinda: Hi all!
	5:17pm Mayuko: I loved seeing the fake food samples in Kappa-bashi district, it’s like wax museum of food. Def worth checking out content.time.com... Apparently you can make your own too at some workshops… jonellepatrick.me...
	5:18pm Mayuko: Hi rbxbx! I became beer drinker after I moved to NYC, so my drink used to be plum liquor in those days, haha. Probably now I'd like Hoppy much better. & thank you for tuning in!
	5:19pm Mayuko: Hi melinda! Welcome on board!
	5:21pm Mayuko: Masuda Keyton, the member of Akireta Boys, lived in Asakusa and said to be often hanging out at アンヂェラス the cafe Angelus, the oldest coffee shop in Japan tabelog.com... My family would often hang out there too when I was little… After I grew up and started living in Asakusa by myself, I’d go to Cafe de Naniwaya for coffee every week though: www.pinterest.com... https://www.pinterest.com/pin/196047390007553013/ Coffee is great, the interior design is old and sophisticated, the owner is the coolest guy I’ve ever seen, and he NEVER fails to pick good music!!! (music selections in shops were often a huge problem for me when I lived in Japan.) www.tripadvisor.com...
	5:22pm rbxbx: Umeshu was always a bit too sweet for my tastes. I know some people that really like it though
	5:23pm rbxbx: I like Hoppy because it seems lighter than beer, don't feel so fat and bloated after drinking a few ;)
	5:26pm Mayuko: yah, umeshu is generally quite sweet, I happened to find one bar on Hoppy street then where they had a pretty good golden color umeshu that wasn't too sweet.
	5:28pm listener james from westwood: Who knew so many of those food samples came from one place? As a kid, I thought they dipped real food in Lucite or some other plastic and just let it dry. I could occasionally be really dense as a kid.
	5:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, folks. About the only cultural significance of my hometown is that it claims to have the longest continuously-running theater in the US (since 1911). www.scenictheater.com... The Elvis impersonator is my sister's husband.
	5:31pm Mayuko: 古今亭志ん生 was one of the legendary Rakugo storyteller, rakugo literally means “fallen words”, and it’s just one storyteller sitting on the stage without any set, nor prop, and he acts every person in a story. You can see Rakugo performances at Asakusa Engei Hall although it must be difficult to understand if you don’t know Japanese… www.hellojapan.asia...
	5:34pm Mayuko: wow james, it didn't even occur to me to imagine what the making process of those wax food is like when I was little. I was just so fascinated by them. Felt like time stopped in silence.
	5:37pm Mayuko: Hi Ken, welcome on board! that theater looks pretty great, I'll look into the link more after the show!
	5:38pm listener james from westwood: Digging the travelogue-via-comments-and-web-links!
	5:39pm Mayuko: If you’re looking to buy some Enka, Kayou-kyoku, Japanese traditional music and performance cds/records/cassette tapes, Miyata Records is the place to go! tokyobling.wordpress.com... And Yoro-dow asakusa.cc... 1 Chome-3-6 Asakusa
	5:40pm Mayuko: oh I'm glad, james! wanted to make this into a little Asakusa travel guide show.
	5:42pm rbxbx: I already told my Asakusa story, I have nothing new to offer for the Asakusa themed episode :(
	5:43pm rbxbx: Wish I knew about all of these things back when I visited! Will have to do it again some day :)
	6:03pm listener james from westwood: That's a very odd way for them to have redone the town, especially in a country with buildings that go back centuries. There's history all around!
	6:04pm listener james from westwood: Now in Brooklyn, I can totally see hipsters putting up, say, an artisanal beard bar with tin ceilings and leech jars and such for the faux-19th-century look.
	6:07pm northguineahills: Just looked up Asakusa on Google Earth, realized I've been there a few times as a kid.
	6:13pm listener james from westwood: Asha!
	6:15pm Mayuko: I hope you can travel back there someday, rbxbx! james, Brooklyn at least is not putting up some fake wax dolls of NYC celebrity from the 70's or something to decorate the streets, haha. Not yet. Welcome, northguineahills!!
	6:15pm Mayuko: Montee the Thai food place in 浅草地下街 (Asakusa Chikagai), the oldest underground shopping arcade in Japan, is so good. 浅草地下街 itself is worth checking out rocketnews24.com...
	6:20pm Sam Segal: Hi Mayuko! Honored to be following such a wonderful show this week.
	6:23pm Mayuko: ah! Hi Sam! i forgot to mention that it was Sam's special show tonight!! 5-hr edition of If You Lose Your Horse (Sam fills in for Global Grease 7-9pm) Playlist and comment for Sam here: wfmu.org...
	6:23pm Mayuko: A member of Asakusa Jinta manages a bar called Ginmaku Rock in Asakusa www.odigo.travel... I only had drinks and never went to see performances there, but could be fun!
	6:31pm listener james from westwood: LOL, the fake wax dolls are all at Tussaud's on 42nd St!
	6:34pm Doug Schulkind: Hello from Louis Armstrong International Airport, Mayuko. You are fly!
	6:35pm Mayuko: Asakusa Hana-yashiki is the oldest amusement park that was first built in 1853 and it has the oldest roller coaster in Japan… Possibly the most frighetning roller coaster ever because it’s so old you feel like it could collapse at any moment while you’re riding it. I would often go there when I was little… www.hanayashiki.net...
	6:36pm Mayuko: DOUG!!!!!!!!
	6:38pm Dean: OMG, this is the merry-go-round up the hill from where I work.
	6:39pm Mayuko: J-pop/band fans might wanna check out The Three Robbers, as they often have very small - almost secret - music shows there by fairly famous people sometimes, for many musicians are fans of the clothing they design. thethousands.com.au...
	6:40pm rbxbx: Gotta run – going to be late for dinner. Thanks for the show Mayuko! I'll have to catch the end in the archives.
	6:42pm Mayuko: Dean!! It's some recordings someone made himself and gave it to me. and I don't even remember who it was! This happened like decades ago.... WAS IT YOU?!?!! haha.
	6:42pm Mayuko: Have a good evening, rbxbx! Thank you for listening!
	6:44pm listener james from westwood: Hey there, Doug!
	6:45pm Dean: Wasn't me, no. That's hilarious. The merry-go-round was renovated recently to great fanfare.
	6:51pm geezerette: Glamorous and wacky!
	6:53pm geezerette: It's super evocative.(Blue Heaven)
	6:54pm listener james from westwood: Thanks muchly for the fine show, Mayuko! Glad for the tour, as my budget for overseas travel is a touch thin!
	7:01pm Mayuko: Thank you for tuning in, geezerette, and thanks everybody for listening! Have a beautiful week.
	5:15pm fred: What a great show! I'm late, but I couldn't miss Fred Frith last week. 3 days in a row? I plead guilty
	7:22pm Mayuko: I totally don't blame you if it's for Fred Frith!

Play Vertigo with Mayuko: Playlist from June 6, 2016

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