“This yearning became “Tank!” which was the opening theme. I wanted to make music which would light a fire in me when I played it. Also, when I was “convenient” during my university years, I transcribed a lot of black music. After I began to grasp and understand rhythm I thought, “How is it that they play the drums the same way, but the rhythm is so different between black people and white people?” So I took a trip to New Orleans to listen to jazz and funk.”

You went to America while attending university?

“Yes. I went coast to coast on a Greyhound bus. I didn’t have money to stay in hotels, so I usually slept on the bus. It was something that was possible because I was young at the time. [laughs] There was a person playing a banjo on the street in Los Angeles, which I thought was cool but I began to notice as I kept moving East the groove of street musicians would swing harder. There were kids the age of high school students playing fantastic funk grooves on just one snare drum. It was through this trip I learned that even within a genre there are differences in the style. This was really exciting for me. I learned that the beat is a form of language.”

Just watched that newest episode and i just

Franky is so, so large… and chopper is so… so tiny…

Hold them like this

🤲

heres my collection :)

Animatronic Donkey Kong treehouse used at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show. The treehouse would constantly shake in a rhythmic motion while Donkey Kong’s silhouette could be seen in the window.

[🪰] fly 1: Hey everybody should we all show up spontaneously in this guy's house

[🪰] fly 2: yes

[🪰] fly 3: yes

[🪰] fly 4: yes

[🪰] fly 5: yes

[🪰] fly 6: yes

[🪰] fly 7: yes