HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.13½ ED WOODS & LOS CHAMPIONS Pre-record Release Party with DAIKAIJU! "Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND (Part 2)!"

In an unprecedented turn of events, Tokyo & Yokohama get a double shot of HOUSE of MYSTERY this weekend! After monster surf band DAIKAIJU attacks Tokyo, they will be ripping things up at ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS in Tennocho, Yokohama! As it turns out, Swamp Fiction will be celebrating a pre-record release of the forthcoming ED WOODS meets LOS CHAMPIONS - TERROR IN ROOM 208 split 7" EP! Come to the show and pick up a CD-R copy of the record and be one of the very first to have it delivered to your door!

And if those two bands aren't enough, come out for THEE MIGHTY FEVERS rejoining DAIKAJU for some more co-wreckage and local two-man trashers d/i/s/c/o/s will be on hand to kick off the bash! Beach party on MONSTER ISLAND continues!!!!

Sat. 8/24
ORANGE COUNTY BROTHERS
TENNOCHO, YOKOHAMA
HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.13½
"Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND (Part 2)!"

Live:
DAIKAIJU (USA)
ED WOODS
LOS CHAMPIONS
THEE MIGHTY FEVERS (KOBE)
d/i/s/c/o/s

OPEN: 18:00
START: 18:30
DOOR: ¥1500 +1D

Come and get a CD-R copy of ED WOODS meets LOS CHAMPIONS - TERROR IN ROOM 208 and pre-order the 7" record!

HOUSE OF MYSTERY Vol.13 with DAIKAIJU! "Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND!"

Send of summer with a surf bash Godzilla-style at the HOUSE of MYSTERY! DAIKAIJU, a monster surf rock band from the US, attacks Hatagaya Heavy Sick in Tokyo on Friday, August 23rd! This special 2-part, 13th volume event is gonna be a "Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND" with the help of Tokyo surf, psyche & garage maniacs NETANAOYOI, THEEE BAT, MY FIRST BIKINI & RAT-HOLIC! Instro-mentals and hot-rod tunes will be blasting from the turntables from the vast collections of Garage Rockin' Crazes' own JIMMY MASHIKO, EDDIE UGATA from The El Caminos and yours truly, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor!

Everyone, come on out and welcome DAIKAIJU to Tokyo! They won't bite your heads off or anything!!

http://www.daikaiju.org/

Now, just to sweeten the summer fun, girls who come dressed in a bikini get 1 free drink! Monster FUN, summer FUN, bikini FUN!

Fri. 8/23
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK
HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.13 
”Beach Party on MONSTER ISLAND!"

〈LIVE〉
DAIKAIJU (USA)
RAT-HOLIC
MY FIRST BIKINI
NETANOYOI
THEEE BAT

〈DJ〉
JIMMY MASHIKO (Garage Rockin' Craze)
EDDIE UGATA (The El Caminos)
WAYNE MANOR (Swamp Fiction)

〈OPEN/START〉18:30/19:00
〈ADV〉2,000yen+1D
〈DOOR〉2,,300yen+1D

LIVE REPORT: Return of... MYSTERY MONDAYS! Vol. 13 - THE LEGS & ROCK-A-CHERRY

 
 (THE LEGS)

The summer of '13 saw the ominous return of MYSTERY MONDAYS for a one-night only reunion of a much lamented mini-live series that was the brainchild of Yours Truly several years ago. At that time, I had an easier work schedule and doing a monthly Monday Mystery party was a fun way to spin some records around carefully planned theme. I've had punk nights, Irish/rustic bashes, Halloween parties and even no wave chic get-togthers, all with the idea that I would invite a couple bands and a couple DJs to present themselves and their scenes in a matinee kinda setting. It also worked out to be a kinda networking session where I got to know labels as well as for also for bands who I thought should know each other to get a chance to meet. I'd like to think that more than a few people became friends during the year long run of the original Mystery Mondays.

 
 (ROCK-A-CHERRY)

So earlier this summer, I had some free time to do a bit of thinking and scheming and I decided to get my good friend Shotaro to spin some records with me for a reunion. I decided to take Mystery Mondays back to its roots and make it a punk rock/power pop event which I started out with when I had SEE HER TONITE join THE LEGS at Club Heavy Sick about 3 years ago. This July, THE LEGS agreed to come out again, and I also invited Ramones-style punk girls band ROCK-A-CHERRY, and the deal was done. ROCK-A-CHERRY front-girl Yoko and Reo from NEON GROUP have a monthly new wave dance party called NEO CITY. They joined Shotaro and Yours Truly to spin some wax rounding out the night ensuring plenty of garage tunes, 70's punk obscurities and 80's danceables pumped out of the sound system. They next mystery is if I will ever have a Monday free to do another Mystery Mondays.

~The Stately Wayne Manor

DJ WAYNE MANOR spins at WILLY NILLY Vol.3!

Taking time out my busy schedule, yours truly will be spinning girl garage & mod-ish beat music before MELViNS at WILLY NILLY Vol.3 at HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK! More sick tunes on stage will be performed by Lonesome Slim & d/i/s/c/o/s! Wait! There's more you say? Jump 'n' jive to turntable trashers Gorilla Snake, Lemon Whiskers, Daph, Wayne Manor, White Noise Disco & NICO!!! Not to mention weird-o film footage by Tim!

WILLY NILLY Vol.3
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK
FRI. JUNE 28th

~LIVE~
Lonesome Slim
d/i/s/c/o/s
MELViNS

~DJ~
Gorilla Snake
Lemon Whiskers
Daph
Wayne Manor
White Noise Disco
NICO

~FILM~
Tim

OPEN/START: 19:00
DOOR: 1,800yen(+1D)

Return of... MYSTERY MONDAYS! Vol.15! THE LEGS & ROCK-A-CHERRY!

So yours truly is back in town withe the mystery action! Been enjoying a bit too much free time and decided to do something about it, so why not throw a party!? Turns out that I just got busy, busier than I had foreseen but Mystery Mondays is back for a one-night stand with powerpop rockers THE LEGS and girly Ramones-style with ROCK-A-CHERRY! DJ WAYNE MANOR will be spinning some pur punk rock radio hits with trash junkie & Heavy Sick regular DJ SHOTARO! NEO CITY tag team, DJs REO & YOKO will be spinning some new wave danceables so come on out for some retro fun!

Return of...
MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol.15
HATAGAYA CLUB HEAVY SICK
Monday, July 8th

Live~
THE LEGS
ROCK-A-CHERRY

DJs~
WAYNE MANOR (Pacifiction Records)
SHOTARO
REO (NEON GROUP/NEO CITY)
YOKO (ROCK-A-CHERRY/NEO CITY)

Ticket: ¥1500 +1D
OPEN: 20:00

LIVE REPORT! HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol. 12, BORSTAL FORMAL ~Hard Mod Night~

Last Month's HOUSE of MYSTERY was full up with skins, birds and mod chicks galore! I had been planning a kinda Spirit of '69 meets Tokyo mods chic since I saw THE SHOCK TROOPS from Nagoya at a punk show last summer and got it all sorted with the help of some of the best two-tone ska and edgy mods groups in Tokyo.



THE PHANTASMS, stylish sixties girls with a penchant for 70's power pop, started the night out in the right groove. Guitarist and vocalist Aya had to run off later to spin records all night at her Ooh-Pah-Doo-Pah groovy party. Then THE DROPS, a nearly all-girl ska entourage with horns, sax and playfully insane vocals, gave the Hard Mod Night a head-butt and a kick in the pants to boot!



Vivid, tantalizing and furious, the trio known as SIX pack my favorite pieces of the 60's together, you know, surf, spy themes, pseudo-oriental rock, girl group sounds and then rip it up in a whirlwind of Twiggy-esque hair-styling and Brigitte Bardot-black leather embodied in front-woman Chelio.



By this time, Club Heavy Sick was really looking like borstal dance party with tons of skins milling about watching DOWNBEAT SELECTORS throw down reggae classics while doing their comedy routine before 69YOBSTERS hit the stage. Then the YOBSTERS got down to business and broke out into a set of fun skinhead-themed ska tunes led by burly beer-swigging crooners who got the audience skanking around and chanting to their anthems.



At this point, THE SHOCK TROOPS were ready to blast the hangers-on to pieces. Lead vocalist Bemu blaring harmonica out from under aviators only stopping to shout something profound and commanding to fit in with the chugging rhythm of the rest of the band. Taking their ques from British street punk which traces itself back to the blues of pub rock and the attitude of the original skinhead movement, THE SHOCK TROOPS are continuing this tradition a world away. And I was truly grateful for their presence at my attempt at a mods party at the HOUSE of MYSTERY.



Special thanks to the DJs who came out despite the time crunch. OKUDA from Original John deserves special praise for promoting the party on his blog. Thanks as well to HARRY the HEMPSTEAD HEATH who is always ready to hop on his Mod Star and head to the club with a case of 45s whenever I call.

What's to come is a Mystery!

PS. Thanks to Never Trust blog for reporting in Japanese and posting pics which I have used here.

HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.12, "Borstal Formal! ~Hard Mod Nite~"

Suit up & boot up! HOUSE of MYSTERY returns with a nite of hip-shakin', boot stompin', mod style. Sixties-esque girl groups THE PHANTASMS & SIX join roots ska entourage THE DROPS and rudies 69YOBSTERS; blues bootboys THE SHOCKTROOPS bring the pub/punk rock all the way from Nagoya. DJs will be spinning a mix of punk, mod, soul & reggae between bands to keep you skankin' til last train!

HOUSE of MYSTERY Vol.12
"Borstal Formal ~Hard Mod Night~"
HATAGAYA HEAVY SICK
SAT.4.27
*Live*
THE SHOCKTROOPS (NAGOYA)
69YOBSTERS
SIX
THE DROPS
THE PHANTASMS

*DJ*
OKADA (Original John)
HARRY the HEMPSTEAD HEATH (HHH-PRO)
The Stately WAYNE MANOR
DOWNBEAT SELECTERS

OPEN: 18:00
START: 18:30
TICKET:
ADV: 2000 +1D
DOOR: 2300 +1D