LIVE REPORT: MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol. 11, Halloween Hangover!

Halloween this year was a very busy time between all the tours happening and the Back from the Grave Halloween Ball where the Rip-offs tore another one in Tokyo! As chance would have it, Halloween Day fell on a Monday so we could have a real Halloween party at Heavy Sick for Mystery Mondays... and luckily we had a skeleton crew of party-goers still in the mood for costumes and spooky fun!



MACH5 really helped keep the spirit alive with their classic Japanese manga outfits and hyper garage punk instros and great covers like The Rezillo's "Flying Saucer Attack!"



Then some kinda witchery appeared on stage in the form of Black&Blue, delving into the Japanese female psyche with a modern Showa-fusion inspired set.



Japanese rockers NETANOYOI provided tribal rock & reggae rhythms calling out spirits the spirits that haunt Heavy Sick to chill.



The last band of the evening, ANDROID BEACH PARTY burst out with some Street Fighter action and wild sci-fi-inspired instrumental tunes for a Halloween grand finale!



A Halloween party would not have been possible without the crazy people that came in costume and the DJs, namely SACHI B and BILLY TRASH of the infamous Ed Woods! I believe we've kept the ghouls at bay until next year at least!

DJ WAYNE MANOR at the SECRET PUBLIC Vol.1

Friends in the post-punk/garage band DAncer DAnger have invited The Stately DJ Wayne Manor to spin some new wave, punk and indie records at DOM STUDIO in Koenji this Saturday night. Well, I suppose it's mostly an electro party, but the Manor will be be there to punk things up a bit! Fellow guest DJs include FLASH & ROXI, MOUSE, YAZAGAIN of NO SIGNALS, and DAncer DAnger's own TOMMI TOKYO & TORU VOLUME! Oh, and yes, there will be live bands as well! Prepare yourself for the sounds of CODE, KORAKORA and, of course, DAncer DAnger!

DJ WAYNE MANOR spins for NEON HEARTS

The Stately DJ Wayne Manor teams up with DJ Lord Raglon (mastermind behind the Sex & Fury & Rock 'n' Roll DVDs) to spin some old school punk & powerpop at the first NEON HEARTS tribute show in Tokyo tomorrow nite at Club Heavy Sick! All bands appearing have cut tracks for the new NEON HEARTS tribute album and original members of the UK punk band that brought us classics like "Regulations" will be joined on stage to play with the Japanese kids that covered their songs! It's shaping up like a night to remember! Also check out the other shows they will be doing in the Tokyo area!

*LIVE*
EDDIE LEGEND STORY
THE C&C
BABY BLUE
with Special performance by NEON HEARTS members!

*DJ*
THE STATELY WAYNE MANOR
LORD RAGLAN

*OPEN/START*19:00/19:30
*ADV* 3,000yen+1D
*DOOR*3,500yen+1D
http://heavysick.co.jp

MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol.11, "Halloween Hangover!"

Very lucky Halloween nite falls on a Monday this year! It seems like most of the Heavy Sick crowd will be enjoying the Back from the Grave Halloween Ball with special guests the Rip Offs! If the ghouls don't get you on Gate Nite (that's the night before Halloween, for the uninitiated), then head over to Heavy Sick and nurse your Halloween Hangover with some garage, surf and other eerie Japanese sounds!

MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol.11
"Halloween Hangover!"
October 31
Hatagaya Heavy Sick

feat.
ANDROID BEACH PARTY
NETANOYOI
Black&Blue
MACH5

Guest DJs
BILLY TRASH (ED WOODS)
SACHI B (GO HONEY GO)

Host DJ
The Stately Wayne Manor

OPEN: 19:30
TICKET: 1500 +1D

MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol.10, "See You in September"

The Stately Wayne Manor is celebrating it's 10th edition with a special bill of jetset DJs with mind-blowing collections of rockin' 50's & 60's records. RYO the DYNAMITE has rockabilly covered, while RIE will dish out some tunes SWANK style! Expect teenage trash by Irish expat NOEL & some space-age exotica from DANDY, half of the lounge duo MAMA CHARI. Yours truly will be throwing down some kitschy rocka and novelty tunes.

Start time is 20:00!
Only 500 yen plus drink!

There will be a special raffle, each customer gets a ticket at the door and a chance to win cool prizes offered by the DJs themselves!

Sat. 9/24 UFO CLUB with THE LEGS, STAIRS, SUNSETT, ROCKBOTTOM & RANGSTEEN

This coming Saturday nite, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor will be appearing as a guest DJ at the UFO CLUB in Higashi Koenji. It's an affair being thrown by a '77 style punk outfit called The Legs who have played my MYSTERY MONDAYS party twice so far and who have been coming up with some hits in recent times. Also on the bill are the real punk sounding band Stairs as well as Rockbottom and Rangsteen, two bands that have been at the forefront of the Tokyo powerpop boom happening now. Sharing the turntables with me is DJ Toyozo of the garage punk band The Fadeaways and punk group Nervous Hearts. Expect some rarities and classic favorites from the era of punks with flashy suits and skinny ties.

LIVE REPORT! MYSTERY MONDAYS Vol.9, "Baritsu Attack!"

(PINCH OF SNUFF)

Two motley groups of Irish trad & folk lovin' ramblers converged on Club Heavy Sick last Monday, the 29th of August, in the year two thousand and eleven. The first mob to take the stage was Pinch of Snuff, a local group of Japanese buskers with a vast array of musical armaments including tin whistle, fiddle, accordion, cajon, bodhran, bass and featuring Tiger on acoustic guitars and brash vocals. His drawl lends itself nicely to traditional numbers like "Danny Boy" as well as their own rustic versions of modern songs like the Beatles "I've Just Seen A Face." And the band made instrumental sounds of Ireland come to life on an otherwise slow & muggy Monday night.


(MUTINY)

Next, the thrashy folk group Mutiny climbed the decks of the good ship Heavy Sick! These paddy rockin' buccaneers are know for playing some of the more notable Irish pubs of port Tokyo and this night they showed up with Paul on mandolin, Alex on acoustic guitar and Greg who plays bodhran while growling out some of the more traditional Irish tunes like "The Black Velvet Band," "I'll Tell Me Ma" and "Whiskey in the Jar." Fiddle, accordion and double bass rounded out their sound on this occasion.


(PINCH OF SNUFF with MUTINY)

For the last song, the Pinch of Snuff gang decided to storm the ship and join the "Mutiny," so to speak! Both crews crammed on the wee stage and jammed a farewell to summer like the devil! Special thanks to DJ THE JAPANESE BASTARD who played a think set between the gangs of buskers which included a heavy mix of bohemian rustic and Irish hodge podge like RAVFEN & FARLER'S FURY that can be found on his import label UNCLEOWEN music. Yours truly, The Stately DJ Wayne Manor selected some more rockin' tunes by the Clancy Brothers, Johnny Burnette (with The Shamrocks) as well as some paddy greaser tunes by CRAiC HAUS with their self-styled "shamrockabilly" sound!


(DJ THE JAPANESE BASTARD - UNCLEOWEN)

"Baritsu Attack" was a rescheduling of the MYSTERY MONDAYS "St. Patrick's Party" that was canceled due to the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011. I compiled a downloadable benefit comp entitled "HEAL THE COAST: A Homespun Tsunami Benefit" now available on Pacifiction Records. PINCH OF SNUFF, along with Royal SHAMROCK & MoDERN B BEARD, appears courtesy of UNCLEOWEN Music.


(THE STATELY DJ WAYNE MANOR)