So it went well.  We rocked out for 2 straight hours.  Went through the first 3 songs, took a 5 minute break. Rocked some nirvana, then went through the songs once again.  I'm quite fortunate to have found these guys.  Quite possibly the best practice at the studio all day.  Cost wise, it's 4800 for two hours, (but free for newcomers :), only in japan  ) 

And I wish I took picture, but the entire studio might as well have been Q-Zar with orange painted mega-doors. 

Afterwards We chatted in the basement for about an hour.  The 26 year old Yuya, the lead guitarist, (damn good at soloing and making insane faces forcing me to laugh), is also the kind of Japanese guy I like, in that he describes himself as not Japanese. 

I'm not actually angry, or interested in singing into an oversized microphone

Afterwards I headed to Shibuya for a live show of a bunch of bands I've never heard of.  Notably was a chick duo from Osaka, afrirunpo and as far as duos go, their pretty talented. Of course there was an occasional jokingly Japanese humor thrown in between sets, but it didn't subtract from their rockin, often psychedelic form of up-tempo rock, quite thrashy, my style. And far better than Gito Gito Hustler, although the show itself included dead silence between songs, I guess that's pretty common in Japan. 

They'd go between a type of acting into a pretty kick ass rock that would put the white stripes to shame. here's a good a example. 

At the show I met Edoard from France.  Afterwards we saw each other outside, and together with his Japanese friend who studied a bit in Paris, made it to perhaps my all-time favorite record store.  It's basically Dublab in CD and Vinyl format.  They organized the CDs by record company which I thought was really cool.  For the most part, all the CDs would fall under the category of electronic, but anything Dub, which pretty much includes everything, is included.  I couldn't recall all the American labels, but I'd say there were probably around 30, with about 5-10 records from each label.  The Southeast Engine record stood out for it's obscurity.  They must have a wide range of sources to dig out these jems (Jem would be too popular for this place). But, I felt that I could purchase any CD and feel satisfied.  They did have Milk Man (which had a Japanese Artist for the cover art), and Holypaws (weird) by Deerhoof, thought that was interesting.