a new camera .....Tokyo day 1

so,
i've got a new camera.
i picked up a Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS2 while in tokyo for summersonic.
it takes amazing pictures and it feels good to have a camera on tour again.

we had one half day off in tokyo so i met up with most of the crew and headed out early.
unfortunatley, nothing really opens in tokyo until 11 a.m
i did manage to get the new camera in the electrical town part of tokyo which i cant spell off hand.
2 hours of electrical flea markets later 2 of us had new cameras and the others had a vast array of cables etc.
we then took the Ginza Line to Shibuya to do a bit of shopping.



we were all pretty hungry,so i took the guys to one of these curry spots that seem to have poped up all over japan in the last few years.it's a bit of a life saver for the veggie in japan. as usual with interpol we had no interpreter and no one from the label taking us out for dinner.hence curry in japan for ally!



the food hit the spot and made me laugh my legs off when i saw this add in the scottish eateree next door.



the other white Mc meat?

with full tummies and cash in our pockets we headed to a place that has been the downfall of us many times before.........




Ah, where else in the world can you find shopping bags styled in and acid flashback/teletubbies style like these?




or a travel alarm clock made to look like a bomb?



a place where you can see the locals perspective on different cultures.....



and again.........



a magical place where adults can freely buy models like this in one aisle......



and pick up naked baby toys in the next.



Tokyu Hands is expertly mental!



we had a lobby call at 4.pm to go out to the festival site for our production meeting.
every other band did this in the hotel the day they arrived.
the festival site was about an hour away from our hotel.
there was no transportaition to the site so we had to take 3 taxis costing well over a $100 each!
this is interpol, so we had to do things the hard way.....
here's some of the crew arriving at the venue



Oh Aye(eye)!



as per usual, everyone at the meeting was great and we had no problems.
i took this photo after we were done.
3 minutes after it started.
i kid you not.



we got to see that the stage was still being set up.
it was 23 hours before we were due to play





an amazing waste of time and money......well done

me and lucas then headed back into Shibuya after we got back from the meeting.
a good friend was in town for the festival with a great band.
they were doing a club show at quattero.

here is a token shot of Shibuya at night




seeing the Jr. in a tiny club was amazing.
i can't believe i almost didn't go because i was jet-lagged........
thanks Lucas.
this was the loudest show i'd seen in ages.
J had 3 full stacks behind him and a twin right in his ear.
i watched out front and my eyeballs were moving due to the volume.
here are some shots of the show.









here is a shot of my man D.S clearly visable onstage taking a photo of lew barlows balls.....



after the show i got a chance to hang with D.S
it's funny when you spend more time with a friend who lives in the same town as you, when you are in different countries than you do when you are at home.
in our deffence we are never really in town at the same time.



D.S is a champ.!

after chatting for a while it was time to get the train back to our hotel....amazingly near nothing.....and get some broken sleep

and so ended day 1 in tokyo