Tokyo Day 18 June 6, 2008

Day 18 was the opening day for Uplink Gallery's '!!NEXT!!" group show. I got ready for the show. I took my shower, I brushed my teeth and put on some clean clothes. I was at the gallery by 5 pm and the opening was from 6 pm until 10 pm. We had conflicting schedules from Uplink , as they had booked a going away suits party right next door to us at their adjacent restaurant Tabela. There were speeches, merry making and some confusion as to which party was which. We had an opening reception but also had an opening party at a closer venue in a place called 'ROOTS'. It is a reggae Bar and Live Spot. For the reception, we had Dedication Studio's DJ Mikey spinning and a live dub band, Trial Productions representing the "!!NEXT!!' Show. The Uplink art show filled up the gallery and our party ended up spilling out to the Tabela party. Fortunately, Uplink director, Mister Kuramochi, seperated the two events with a partition wall. We became an independent closed door secret room gallery. At 9 pm we asked everyone to join us at 'ROOTS' to attend the Trial Production Live set. It was a magnificent 10 piece live band and the place was in full attendance. Thank you goes to Roots for putting up with our show, Trial Productions for putting on the show, Studio Dedication for holding it down, Uplink Gallery for having our art show, all the artists for showing their art works, Yuri Shibuya, Jonas Kaku, Chris Mendoza, Aiko Nakagawa, Kenji Hirata and Mike Ming, Kumetani Satoshi for coordinating the event and for all in attendance. Thank YOU. After the opening, a gang of us filled with aomori, beers, mixed drinks and wine all made our way to Shibuya's Secco Bar. We were invited by Kleptomaniac and Aki who was having a silent art auction dance party. It was a night which my memory goes blank. Blank enough to end the story here and night and day becomes an utter blur.