Thursday, June 29, 2006
I am leaving tomorrow for vacationland...
I'll be back on the 10th July...
Till next time...
'Mela
7:11 PM
Sunday, June 25, 2006
My gig at B-Flat, Akasaka went pretty well.
I wore a beautiful Cheongsam,
I ordered to be custom made,
from The Chinese Tailor.
Their store is located in Hong Kong,
and I can't say enough good things about their service,
the workmanship of their clothes, and the quality of their fabrics.
I have always dreamed of having such a dress...
 © 2006 Pamela MacCarthy
Pamela in Cheongsam
Musically, it was an experiment gone in a good direction.
Special thanks to all the guys,
especially Keisaku Takahashi; on piano,
who also did a fair bit of arranging on 4 new tunes-
Tomoya Hara,
on both electric & acoustic guitars-
Mark Tourian,
who played on some beautiful electric basses-
Mike Resnikoff, on drums,
and a special guest appearance by Colin Grafton, on harmonica/blues harp.
I played my resonator on Big Rock Candy Mountain,
which Colin joined me on.
Set list:
Shanghai Blues (original)
The Nearness of You
Brazil
How About You?
The "In " Crowd
Second show:
That's Life
Out of the Rain
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
Blue Skies
Route 66
Had it not been for the competition of the World Cup elimination match between Japan and Brazil scheduled for later that evening,
I think we might've had a better turn out.
Thanks to Rika at the Asahi Shinbum for her nice promotional write up.
Also The Japan Times, The Metropolis, The Daily Yomiuri,
and many other magazines and newspapers that listed me and wrote blurbs...
There were some old friends, and some new ones who came out to support us, and to them all, I say,
Thank you!
My son Michio was there helping me, I was so thankful for that.
He carried my guitar in a fab lightweight case
my sister Wendy sent me.
He brought his buddy Yama-chan, along, for company.
Later on, they both helped carry stuff home for me.
God Bless helpful young people!
Till next time...'Mela
9:35 PM
Monday, June 05, 2006
It's a day of three sixes...
Pretty, Pretty, Paper Parasol
© 2006 Pamela MacCarthy
My iPod stirs
the kaleidescope air
with a sprig of mint...
Moving along
on a blustery June day
in Tokyo-
Home of the natives
and the things that wouldn’t leave
Fuchsia-pink toes, fingers and lips
serve as landmarks
in the washout of the midday sun
French Accordian music gives my steps bounce
Koto music makes me float as if not having feet
American music pins the groove all down:
It takes names, but no prisoners;
occupations, physical descriptions, social security numbers,
and mood ring shades...
Just the facts, m’am.
Just the facts.
Pretty, pretty, paper parasol...
Till next time...'Mela
10:33 PM
Saturday, June 03, 2006
It’s that time of year, once again...
Starting around the end of May,
the rice fields are flooded.
Soon after, the irises,
called shoubu, or ayame here in Japan,
start to bloom...
Just yesterday, I said hello to the first
bloom of these beautiful purple irises.
This painting of mine from 1999 is of them.
© 2005 Pamela MacCarthy
All rights reserved
“Irises At Nakagawara”
(1999)
53 cm x 65 cm
Gouache on canvas
Recently, I took this photo, taken when the sun was about to set,
the rice seedlings have been planted.
These are shoubu irises, this one a wine color.
©2006 Pamela MacCarthy
Sunset on the rice field
Till next time...'Mela
9:30 PM
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Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
