The one year mark has almost come for this blog, so to celebrate it's 1st birthday I am going to kill it. It seems like a good time to call it a day. So from now on there will be no new posts at this address.
A new blog will be started with a new look, and slightly different approach. Season 2 will be more of a journal-type blog more for the purpose of keeping a record of my travels so I can remember them when I am an old man. Judging by the low level of response I get from people about this blog it is not worth tailoring the content to an imaginary audience anymore.
So that's it for this one. Keep an eye on the new one for Dave updates.
Most of you will already be well-schooled in the ways of downloading music, but for the un-initiated or non proficient here is a quick lesson in how to get those beats you need.
The easiest way is to use a bitorrent program, such as utorrent (click here to download). Then all you need to do is find the torrent using a portal such as www.torrentz.com. Once you have found the torrent link, open the file in your torrent program and it will start downloading.
If you can't find the album or movie you want I recommend other peer-to-peer programs such as emule which are also good, but are often slower and less reliable.
Just because I am such a nice guy, I have added the torrent links to all of the available albums that I recommend on my dave tunes site. All you need to do is click on them and open them in utorrent and you're good to go.
To the artists whose music we are getting I apologize, but the way I see it the more fans they have the better. I support music artists by going to their live shows and by spreading the word to other people. Most of the groups on the page are already pretty established and i think true artists would be pleased that more people are making their music part of the soundtrack of their lives. Spread the love!
Get on the bandwagon! Check out some great music blogs. Not only do they keep you updated on great new music, but they give links to download the mp3s, saving you all the effort. Here are a few of my favourites and links to some awesome songs. Also if you don't subscribe to podcasts yet, your not living in the future.
Geeked it up good this weeked!!! On Saturday I went to the geek capital of Tokyo: Akihabara to get a new camera which I did. But while we were there, me & Eri took part in the great 'otaku' (geek) tradition of going to a maid cafe. Where girls dress as scandalous French maids and cater to all your needs.
They do services like, hand-feeding you and wiping your face, take your order on their knees, and are generally very submissive and accomodating. Too funny seeing all the geeks and pubescent high school boys fantasizing about them. If you pay extra they do all kinds of things, from playing board games with you, to taking sticker photos, to clipping your fingernails. Now there are maid hairdressers, massage places and I heard a home service where they come and clean your house. Nice!
On Sunday I went to the annual Tokyo Game Show with Eri & Ishmael (my Texan buddy/roomate) which was pretty crazy. It's the biggest conference for the video game industry with showcases for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PSP, Nintendo Wii and for game makers like Sega and Capcom.
You can play the games and there are various kinds of entertainment. But the real highlight is the game promo girls at each stand who wear cute outfits and let you take photos of them. So inevitably there are hordes of serious geeks with serious cameras going gangbusters. Me & Ishmael went on a kind of TV game show where girls would throw nerf balls at us which we had to dodge while wearing a stupid suit (see below). Was a pretty funny weekend. Good to get in touch with the inner geek once in a while.
Otherwise, the new place is more than excellent, absolutely loving it. Trying to save a room for Mr. James Pick, who I'm excited to say will be joining me here in a month or so. Good shit. Also Just started a 3 week break from the junior high and with my new favourite toy in hand expect a lot more posts & photos to come.
For anyone who wants to see how I look these days, here are some photos that my buddy Gen-san took when we went to Inokashira Park before work one day. He basically followed me and his lady friend around like a stalker while we walked around.
There are two albums (one and two) on his photo blog, which I highly reccomend you take a look at. He has lots of great photos from around Asia.
Unlike Europe, living in Japan doesn't pack on the pounds...
(And yes I do own other shirts, it's just I always seem to be wearing this one when there is a camera around.)
Lived in Tokyo for a year teaching English.
Travelling through Europe, a little of North America, Mexico and then South America before heading home (via Japan & South East Asia).
