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５／５／１０、水曜日、Wednesday
午前：大した事ないけど今日、東名高速度道路に日本一のサービスエリアを見つけたと思う。静岡のどこかにあって、おいしい食べ物がいっぱいあったし、富士山をはっきり見えたし、さらにサーフロック系バンドが演奏やってた。もう、最高やった。名古屋はそんなに印象がなかったけど 一目で、Huck Finnって言うライブハウスはめちゃくちゃかっこいい。すごく本格的なパンククラブでかなり小さいけどいい雰囲気があると思う。今夜はすごく楽しみだ。
夜：やっぱりね。今夜のライブはとても楽しかった。パンクの音楽じゃなかったけど何となくパンクの空気を感じた。見たバンドは両方とも温かくてとても美しかった。TMTSの前のバンド、シラオカはLowを思い浮かばせた。今まではデモだけ作ってるけど６月に記録する予定もあるから楽しみに待ってる。そして、TMTSがやり始めてまた精一杯やってくれてとても楽しかった。さすがパンククラブ！ファンの人々も人見知りしないで曲と曲の間少しバンドのメンバーと会話できた。結構面白かった。また、面白い事にライブの途中にスコット君がギターの弦を切っちゃって他のバンドの人がギターを貸してくれた。Huck Finnの雰囲気は本当に気に入って絶対いつかまた名古屋に遊びに行きたいと思う。
Morning: Probably not a big deal or nothing, but I’m pretty sure that we found the raddest rest stop in Japan today on the Meishin highway between Tokyo and Nagoya. I have no idea what it was called, but it’s somewhere in Shizuoka and it has a great view of Fuji. In addition they also had amazing food options as well as a live surf rock band to serenade the weary travelers. Seriously cool beans. Anyway… I can’t say the overall city of Nagoya left quite so good an impression, but the nights venue, Huck Finn, seems like a very cool joint. The place, while rather small, is just dripping with punk rock credibility. Very much looking forward to tonight’s show.
Night: Just as I thought. Tonight’s show was some good fun indeed. While it wasn’t really punk music in any way, you could still feel the punk-like attitude for sure. Both of the bands I saw before TMTS dealt in beautiful, lilting, precisely orchestrated tunes. In particular the band before TMTS called Shiraoka, reminded me of Low and had a captivating show. So far they’re only got some demos, but they said afterward that they’re going to be recording some things in June. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye out for that and you should too. After that TMTS got up there and kicked up the energy of the club a bit so that many of the folks were moving around and having a good time. Also, in true punk club fashion, the audience was not at all shy and even engaged the band in some strange banter between songs. Pretty funny stuff. At one point, there was a close call where Scott busted a string during a song and had to borrow a guitar from another band in order to keep going. The crisis was averted however and they finished in good form. I really loved the atmosphere of Huck Finn and I will definitely be trying to get back there sometime.
NAGOYA HUCK FINN
