SOUNDTRACK DROWNED SPEECH

On My Playlist #34 “Run” - Snow Patrol (2003) How the video posted in my private account with only 30+ followers in April got 100 views by the end of July is the biggest mystery of the year. I still wonder, but this song popped up lately to remind me of something significant. I didn’t want my Creep cover, which I mentioned last week, to be the last time I sang for us. At least, it wasn’t meant for that. I wish we were still next to each other, but we were physically separate for long by then. We really had to go. I still remember walking down the streets of NYC sharing our memories of Chasing Cars. I still remember how attached we once were. Link to my playlist in bio... #snowpatrol #finalstraw #run #istillremember #biglife #biglifelabel #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds https://www.instagram.com/p/CJdCxwUH3pE/?igshid=10xk91k2du3mw

On My Playlist #33 “Flowers in December” - Mazzy Star (1996) Sometimes music comes first, sometimes words come first. Whatever is in my mind at the moment becomes the subject. I’ve been doing that for 16 weeks now. Rarely any plan is made till I start typing, but I’ve kept some ideas for December since the early days. This is one of them, yet my choice has never been so obvious besides #23 in the way the title speaks for itself. Lately it brought back the conversation I had with somebody a year ago at a cafe in Sunnyside. I had the feeling that it was planned for Christmas. And I was sure the night before. We wanted it much earlier, though, if that was inevitable. Link to my playlist in bio... #mazzystar #amongmyswan #flowersindecember #hopesandoval #davidroback #dreampop #dreampopmusic #sunnyside #sunnysideny # #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Sunnyside, Queens, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJXo3_xnjM4/?igshid=af0gf5270uti

On My Playlist #32 “Creep” - Radiohead (1992) Soon after I came back in early March, I spent the entire month getting used to my old guitars. A cover of Creep was recorded with my backup Jazzmaster along the way. It’s the only video on my personal YouTube channel that’s been getting constant views for over five months now. I don’t know how the statistics works, but I’ve noticed a majority of them occur during certain hours of the day, which corresponds to the typical working schedule here. It’s perhaps some sort of localization going on, yet I like the idea that some weirdo like me keeps watching it over and over for the pretty tone in the intro. After all... who knows. Link to my playlist in bio... #radiohead #pablohoney #creep #thomyorke #johnnygreenwood #coversong #creepcover #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJSdOvOHGTN/?igshid=1sivvg95zsqxs

On My Playlist #31 “Lounge Act” - Nirvana (1991) On my way back to Seattle before my last quarter in Shoreline, ANA made me take the neck off my guitar at the airport to reduce the size. It was the most embarrassing flight I’ve ever been on, but there’s another one that I felt, and still feel, was weirder. The longest trip I’ve ever made to Seattle, which is somehow remembered as the quickest, was on this day five years ago. Departing my hometown at 2pm, I landed at SeaTac for the first time at 2pm on the same day. I’ve had quite a few people asking what made me chose Seattle over NY. It was only obvious to those who knew me well, but is it clear now? Link to my playlist in bio... #nirvana #nirvanaband #nevermind #loungeact #seattle #seatac #onthisday #2015 #grunge #grungemusic #kurtcobain #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJGh36DnPhC/?igshid=1d9dhp15dlkx7

On My Playlist #30 “In Camera” - Yumi Zouma (2018) The earthquake and tsunami in 2011 didn’t hit my city hard, but a few weeks earlier, another huge one in the other hemisphere hit us harder. A group of college students from my hometown were on the exchange program in Christchurch, New Zealand when the earthquake smashed the building they were in. Only a few survived. Obviously, the song has nothing to do with it. I didn’t even know the band was from there until I googled. I got an order of a Boss PS-3 Pitch Shifter from Christchurch on Monday, which reminded me of what was caught on camera ten years ago. It’s been stuck in my head for the whole week. Link to my playlist in bio... #yumizouma #epiii #epthree #incamera #newzealand #newzealandmusic #nzmusic #christchurch #christchurchnz #earthquake #earthquakes #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Christchurch, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBugNoHXS-/?igshid=f7nle9822egg

On My Playlist #30 “In Camera” - Yumi Zouma (2018) The earthquake and tsunami in 2011 didn’t hit my city hard, but a few weeks earlier, another huge one in the other hemisphere hit us harder. A group of college students from my hometown were on the exchange program in Christchurch, New Zealand when the earthquake smashed the building they were in. Only a few survived. Obviously, the song has nothing to do with it. I didn’t even know the band was from there until I googled. I got an order of a Boss PS-3 Pitch Shifter from Christchurch on Monday, which reminded me of what was caught on camera ten years ago. It’s been stuck in my head for the whole week. Link to my playlist in bio... #yumizouma #epiii #epthree #incamera #newzealand #newzealandmusic #nzmusic #christchurch #christchurchnz #earthquake #earthquakes #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Christchurch, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJBugNoHXS-/?igshid=f7nle9822egg

On My Playlist #29 “Marquee Moon” - Television (1977) Earlier this week, DIIV were discussing the album in their podcast, and Patti Smith was wishing Tom Verlaine a happy birthday. On a beautiful day of February 2018, my friend and I drove his father to Downtown Seattle. We stopped by a Vietnamese restaurant on our way back to get his favorite sandwich for lunch. While waiting for the sandwich, we were discussing Gibson’s bankruptcy, then got back to his car and put his favorite Jazzmaster record on for the rest of the way. I didn’t yet know that I would end up in NYC a few months later. I only knew my time in Seattle was ending. Link to my playlist in bio... #television #televisionband #marqueemoon #tomverlaine #1977 #2018 #jazzmaster #jazzmasters #fenderjazzmaster #elektra #elektrarecords #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Seattle, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-HmVLHmse/?igshid=batj2l9bdos0

On My Playlist #28 “Intro” - City of the Sun (Officially Unreleased) I was going to write about John Lennon. I was revisiting my memories of Central Park in search of connections between his music and my life. What came up first, instead, was the local band’s filmed street show in Central Park. I came across the video on YouTube the other day and went through all of their street performances available online. I felt so nostalgic as those were filmed at the locations that are most familiar to me in the city, and some things for me to remember were already there. I’m so curious why I didn’t get to see them even once. Of course, the performances were made long before I was there, though. Link to my playlist in bio... #cityofthesun #intro #thexx #coversong #streetperformer #streetperformers #streetperformance #centralpark #centralparknyc #nycartist #nycartists #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Central Park, Manhatan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CI8GF44HTgG/?igshid=10x58yfk1kkbt

On My Playlist #27 “Nagoya” - Ringo Deathstarr (2020) Seeing just one band seven times in four different time zones is almost unthinkable if you’re from a tiny country like mine. At least the night this song was written, I never thought I would be in so many places. I’ve had fun conversations with Elliot after each show I was at. In Seattle, we discussed the best string gauge on Jazzmasters and Jaguars till all the other audience went out. In Greenpoint, Brooklyn, he told me the song was written in the night I saw them for the first time. So tonight, it’s been exactly five years since I went to the last show in my country. The song is having the fifth birthday. So is my memory with them. Link to my playlist in bio... #ringodeathstarr #selftitled #nagoya #jazzmaster #jazzmasters #fenderjazzmaster #jaguar #jaguars #fenderjaguar #shoegaze #shoegazer #shoegazing #シューゲイザー #名古屋 #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #playlistspotify #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Nagoya, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CInzIdoHdKI/?igshid=hknmhh3kbbx

On My Playlist #26 “Rosegarden Funeral of Sores” - Bauhaus (1980) Back when I was still using a streaming platform daily. About halfway through my commute on a sunny day, the app put on the music I had never heard before. It was stuck in my head for the rest of the day, and I didn’t hate it. That’s pretty much the only positive aspect of streaming, but my app had this weird tendency to play a certain song at a certain location for a few days in a row. It’s been stuck somewhere deep in my brain and occasionally comes back to haunt me. But the night I saw Rosegarden Funeral Party was a bit different. It wasn’t the song that came back to haunt me, but this ancient memory itself. Link to my playlist in bio... #bauhaus #bauhausband #petermurphy #rosegardenfuneralofsores #johncale #musicstreaming #musicstream #streamingmusic #gothicrock #gothrock #goth #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds https://www.instagram.com/p/CIdetAFH76x/?igshid=1aexx7agfcnen

On My Playlist #25 “Once in a While” - Rosegarden Funeral Party (2019) Certain things are frequently tied to each other in my memories. I had a transfer in Houston on my way out of Seattle. It eventually led to NYC. Austin was the only city I travelled to by myself while I was there, and I flew back to JFK via Dallas. Around this time last year, I was at the all-Texas squad gig in Greenpoint. It’s the latest live music I’ve had to this day. I didn’t expect to hear the music before Ringo Deathstarr, but the Russian Big Muff comparison with the bass player was fun. And a few months later, I spotted the name again in Bellingham on a flyer of a local music venue, which took me back to the night in Greenpoint. Link to my playlist in bio... #rosegardenfuneralparty #onceinawhile #gothicrock #gothrock #washington #texas #newyork #dallas #greenpoint #bellingham #2019 #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds https://www.instagram.com/p/CIdGm6VHdiA/?igshid=1i1t54fksz583

On My Playlist #24 “Mono” - Courtney Love (2004) Couldn’t speak English at all, hated it as a subject, had no clue what she was singing, but I loved the song when I was in high school. I do speak English now, and it feels weird if she really wrote the lyrics. Some might disagree, though. I heard it for the first time in a decade, and it took me straight back to this one specific evening in Seattle, only a few days after Chris Cornell passed. I was jamming at my friend’s house. His father came home with a huge sandwich for us to share. He put it on the dining table and said that he got a call from her. The moment I felt her closest. Link to my playlist in bio... #courtneylove #americassweetheart #mono #hole #holeband #2004 #2004年 #seattle #tookmeback #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGUGEDnZXb/?igshid=1y2h71apai9kg

On My Playlist #23 “23” - Blonde Redhead (2007) Another post was ready to be published. I was about to take a break from my stories of NYC when I realized this would be the 23rd post of the series. I get obsessed with numbers on occasions, and 23 to me is no longer just a number it used to be. I’ll never have enough room in to fit what the music has brought in a single post. Each of the three gigs I witnessed was equally unforgettable, but beyond that, the band, and the song especially, played the most essential role in shaping my memories of recent years. I’d rather stay obsessed with it as long as I wish. Link to my playlist in bio... #blonderedhead #kazumakino #amedeopace #simonepace #23 #twentythree #2007 #2007年 #japaneseartist #4ad #4adrecords #obsession #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGRK5dnJlj/?igshid=1repbad2swu8n

On My Playlist #22 “Declare Independence” - Bjork (2007) My former employer occasionally took me to the Japanese restaurant across the street for a business meeting, which often turned into an opportunity to socialize. Once we discussed the places for tourists from Japan to visit in NYC. I was being sarcastic in some ways by bringing up Bjork having a series of shows in the city. He was surprisingly interested in the shows, but it was clearly what I was hoping for. Sadly, it never realized. And now we’re all unsure of when we can have live music back. She’s always been on my list of artists to watch as nobody else has had greater influence without holding a guitar. Link to my playlist in bio... *This is a rework of what I’ve been doing on my private account for the past few months #bjork #björk #volta #declareindependence #2007 #2007年 #iceland #icelandicmusic #icelandicartist #icelandicart #icelandic #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at NYC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGOEpenJGq/?igshid=nopihl5dyvdw

On My Playlist #21 “My Generation” - Patti Smith (1975) In five years, the publishers will be celebrating its 50th anniversary. A half of my brain was telling me not to pick this song. I’m well aware that I’ve written a lot about NYC, but I can’t dissociate Patti Smith from one particular location there. Someone had to learn who she is because I mentioned her every time we were at Strand Bookstore. It was our go-to place for books, gifts, and heat on a cold day. One evening, we secretly bought tiny things for our leaving co-worker to remember NYC from home. A college radio DJ unintentionally reminded us that we didn’t do so for ourselves a year later. We already had plenty. Link to my playlist in bio... *This is a rework of what I’ve been doing on my private account for the past few months #pattismith #johncale #horses #mygeneration #coversong #strandbookstore #strandbooks #unionsquare #unionsquarepark #unionsquarenyc #newyorkcity #nyc #1975 #45yearsold #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #playlistspotify #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ @tnthrdsrcrds (at Strand Book Store) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGNXGfHSb3/?igshid=8efubdhktg65

On My Playlist #20 “Fried My Little Brains” - The Kills (2003) Been noticing many strange things happening around me for the past 10 weeks. Something has been incontrollable. Even what’s less likely than winning a lottery has occurred. I often think it’s me being weird while everything else is actually normal. Tiny things in daily life that nobody else cares stay in my brain for ages, but I can’t find my copy of the Kills’ first album. Never took it anywhere nor gave away. I noticed its absence soon after I returned from NYC, and the mystery remains unsolved. It wasn’t just for the last 10 weeks that weird things were happening. Link to my playlist in bio... *This is a rework of what I’ve been doing on my private account for the past few months #thekills #kills #keeponyourmeanside #friedmylittlebrains #alisonmosshart #jamiehince #debutalbum #2003 #2003年 #mystery #10weeks #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGMcNyn04Q/?igshid=5m5q8rtfzej0

On My Playlist #19 “Back Against the Wall” - Cage the Elephant (2008) In a cold cold night, I went into a 7-Eleven near Union Square. The last of the only three occasions in my four years in the US. I heard a song I had previously never heard, yet the singer sounded very familiar. It turned out to be a single off the band’s latest album. I already forgot what it was called (I did look it up though). I no longer follow them. But whenever I hear the voice, it reminds me of something bittersweet in my pre-US years. Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesn’t. One thing I’m certain was that I didn’t want the feeling at that moment. Link to my playlist in bio... *This is a rework of what I’ve been doing on my private account for the past few months #cagetheelephant #backagainstthewall #7eleven #bittersweet #2008 #2008年 #soundtrackdrownedspeech #music #blog #musicblog #onmyplaylist #playlist #musicplaylist #spotifyplaylist #youtubeplaylist #playlistspotify #playlistyoutube #音楽 #洋楽 #ブログ #音楽ブログ #プレイリスト #スポティファイ #ユーチューブ @tnthrdsrcrds (at 7-Eleven) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIGLtPJHFUF/?igshid=5btevjloca7e