JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :
English – How much is it?
Japanese – ikuradesuka (??????)
Hogen – chyassayaibiigaa?(??????????)

Wednesday August 31, 2005 [C (12/365) W (5/365) SH (10/365) ]

August 2005 Total:
S-sunny (10/365) C-cloudy (12/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy (2/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (14/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (18/365) SH-slightly humid (10/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (27/365) PC-partly cloudy (40/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (9/365)
W-windy (26/365) LW-light winds (49/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (40/365) SH-slightly humid (48/365)

Tuesday August 30, 2005 [C (11/365) W (4/365) SH (9/365) ]

August 2005 Total:
S-sunny (10/365) C-cloudy (11/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy (2/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (14/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (18/365) SH-slightly humid (9/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (26/365) PC-partly cloudy (40/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (9/365)
W-windy (25/365) LW-light winds (49/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (40/365) SH-slightly humid (47/365)

How can you believe in the brotherhood of mankind through music and not peace?

Simple, for those of us who were around in the ’60s, many of the followers of the cliche’s “peace” and “love” focused their energies in movements that culminated in what they were supposedly against, further conflict. However, those persons in the Okinawan rock scene, as with most musicians, chose to focus their energies in the creation of music as a means to express themselves, irregardless of their cultural and background differences.

Monday August 29, 2005 [C (10/365) H (19/365) ]

August 2005 Total:
S-sunny (10/365) C-cloudy (10/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy (2/365)
W-windy (3/365) LW-light winds (14/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (18/365) SH-slightly humid (8/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (25/365) PC-partly cloudy (40/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (9/365)
W-windy (24/365) LW-light winds (49/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (39/365) SH-slightly humid (47/365)

I just returned from Koza 2005, an enjoyable theatrical performance by a troupe visiting from Nagoya. The play was created by a mainland Japanese artist who was inspired by the history of rock ‘n’ roll music on Okinawa and the how it affected the lives of everyday people who were part of the scene. The story, loosely set in a Gate 2 Street-style backdrop, was of one fictitious family and the overwhelming role rock played in the lives of the grandfather and his family. Unfortunately the slide clips that followed the performance brought on an atmosphere of anti-war propaganda. The cliché themes of “love”, “peace”, and “make love not war” of the ‘60s demonstrated a failure to comprehend that the underlying force behind the rock music scene on Okinawa was the desire of individuals of varying cultures, thrown together due to tragedies of history beyond their control, to express their belief in the unity of the brotherhood of humankind through the universal language of music. The finale was a rallying performance by the troupe where the artists demonstrated their prowess in the acquired skills of the local art of Eisa drumming.

Sunday August 28, 2005 [S (10/365) H (18/365) ]

August 2005 Total:
S-sunny (10/365) C-cloudy (9/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy (2/365)
W-windy (3/365) LW-light winds (14/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (18/365) SH-slightly humid (8/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (24/365) PC-partly cloudy (40/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (9/365)
W-windy (24/365) LW-light winds (49/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (38/365) SH-slightly humid (47/365)

Why would heads of other artists’ productions companies insist on spending time at our club? I don’t know about you, but I find this odd. Why aren’t they at the club of the artists they represent? Live Music Bar JET has been open for over eleven years. Now that JET is in the production stage of the new CD and the Music Town project is on its way, all of these seldomly seen people start showing-up at the club regularly. Why?

Saturday August 27, 2005 [S (9/365) H (17/365) ]

August 2005 Total:
S-sunny (9/365) C-cloudy (9/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) R-rainy (2/365)
W-windy (3/365) LW-light winds (14/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (17/365) SH-slightly humid (8/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (22/365) C-cloudy (24/365) PC-partly cloudy (40/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (9/365)
W-windy (24/365) LW-light winds (49/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (37/365) SH-slightly humid (47/365)