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Playing the best of Japanese Indies and underground (and other stuff). Music you will hear nowhere else! Mike has been fired from every Tokyo FM station at least once and some of them 4 times! I wear it as a stinky badge of honor because FM in Japan sucks so much. Tune in! Be there!

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    今週の木曜日の午前6時. Japanese Indies, Punk & Junk! Mike Rogers Show on world famous WFMU Sheena Jungle Room!!! 日本のインディーズ、パンク&ジャンク! 世界的に有名なWFMUでマイクロジャースショー! アメリカで最も有名なラジオ局! www.wfmu.org/sheena Local time: Wednesday EST 5 pm 日本時間:木曜日 6 - 8 am #mrskor 
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    This came to the Japan Indies Music Wards last night. Totally cool! 
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    Last Nights Japan Indies Music Awards! Thank you all for coming. I think we saw something really special last night. 
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Listener comments!

Avatar 4:38pm
Mike Rogers:

Ohayougozimasu!
Avatar 4:39pm
Mike Rogers:

Good Morning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
Aitch:

I was wondering if last week was the last show in this time slot?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:49pm
Aitch:

I tuned in a 6am, but that's the time for Color Red so today I'm extra goofy, need more tea
Avatar 4:55pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Aitch @4:48
Hi Aitch san! New Mike Rogers Show! Lots of new music!
How are you?
Avatar 4:56pm
Mike Rogers:

It's gonna be a GREAT Day!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:59pm
Aitch:

Been out of hospital for a week now and I'm feeling pretty good.
Avatar 4:59pm
Mr Fab:

let's visit Mr Roger's Neighborhood
Avatar 5:00pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Aitch @4:59
Great! Everything went OK?
  5:00pm
mochy:

マイクさん
おはようございます。
昨夜はありがとうございました。
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:01pm
Aitch:

Apart from the terror, yes OK.
Avatar 5:01pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @4:59
Hey Mr. Fab! Last night's show was a disaster!
Avatar 5:02pm
Mike Rogers:

Mochy san! Thanks for coming yesterday!
Avatar 5:02pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Aitch @5:01
Yeah, that part is pretty scary, I was ready to die when that happened to me.
  5:03pm
mochy:

On the way home, take the train firmly.

I missed only one station.

I walked back.
Avatar 5:03pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @5:03
I was depressed and exhausted.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:04pm
Aitch:

Just put cat out, only 8C, cold for here, nearly winter
Avatar 5:04pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Aitch @5:04
God! It was so hot yesterday, like mid summer! 31 degrees!!!!
Avatar 5:04pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Mike Rogers @5:01
the big show with Josie Cotton? What happened?
  5:05pm
mochy:

マイクさん、土曜日にぱぁっと飲んで
忘れて、次がんばりましよう!
Avatar 5:06pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @5:04
Only about 30 people showed up! That is the first time in more than 20 years I didn't get at least 200+ people. I don't know why.
Avatar 5:06pm
Mike Rogers:

Total disaster.
Avatar 5:07pm
Mike Rogers:

I was expecting 300+ crowd.
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Mr Fab:

Weird!
Did you promote it the same way you usually do?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:07pm
Aitch:

Finally hatched a scheme to come to Japan, but it will be about this time next year, sounds like you needed some party crashers
  5:07pm
mochy:

Were there a lot of people who watched the stream?
Avatar 5:07pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Aitch @5:07
Please Aitch san! Come! You will be VIP!
Avatar 5:08pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @5:07
10 people. I have decided NO TV next year!
Avatar 5:10pm
Mike Rogers:

All the bands that played were awesome!!!! They all were so tight!
  5:10pm
mochy:

土曜日作成会議しなきゃ!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @5:07
Much more promotion than usual!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @5:07
Half the people who bought advance tickets didn't show up! That was a real head scratcher.
  5:12pm
mochy:

jett settもfloppy pinkiesもテツコもよかった。
Avatar 5:13pm
Mike Rogers:

Several people who were supposed to come, did. I got emails from them that said, someone they know had died. No kidding.
  5:13pm
mochy:

My friend suddenly got sick.

I couldn't come.

DM came.
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Mike Rogers:

A group of 10 people who had reservations didn't show up!!! I don't know why!
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Mr Fab:

↳ Mike Rogers @5:10
Well, that's good. Does Josie Cotton still sing "Johnny Are You Queer"? Classic, but I've been checking out all her other albums on bandcamp, and I'd be fine with her skipping it.
Avatar 5:14pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Mike Rogers @5:13
once I had a DJ night and the wrong phone number was listed. Maybe something like happened, the wrong date or sumthin...
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Mike Rogers:

But they missed an awesome show. All the bands were super tight. Especially Tetsuko. And their songs are all difficult (time changes, etc) all through their songs.
Avatar 5:16pm
Mike Rogers:

Several friends in the music business were so impressed.... My fiends in the music business were 1/4 the audience. Disaster
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Mike Rogers:

My friends didn't seem to care there was no one there. They were ecstatic! David Nathan Weiss came (he wrote Shrek II, Rugrats, All Dogs go to Heaven, Lee Popa came (Metallica, tons of huge 80s bands. He has sold 44 million records)... So many more.
  5:19pm
mochy:

Mike-san spent more than a year

Keep playing a band called Tetsuko with mrs.

I have continued to appeal my charm to listeners.

That's why I also went to Tetsuko's live performance.
Avatar 5:19pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @5:14
But at least 4 friends wrote to me and said their friends suddenly died! Weird. My regular listeners )who always show up) Didn't show up.
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Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @5:19
That's why I gave you the King's Lead Hat, Mochy san!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @5:19
Mochy san! You are my best fan! #1!
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Mike Rogers:

Oh and the kids who showed up had a blast!!!!!
  5:23pm
mochy:

いやいや‥
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Mike Rogers:

Tetsuko got two encore's! They were fantastic!
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Mike Rogers:

Is she saying "Hash & Marijuana?"
  5:28pm
mochy:

Tetsuko's director watanabe-san also produced

Of course, the ability is also amazing.
  5:29pm
mochy:

言ってないと思います。
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Mike Rogers:

Anyway, last night wa so fun, but so depressing. I felt so sorry for the bands. I wanted to quit doing this indies music thing... But I can't. Several people told me "You are the only one playing this music in the world!" That felt good....
Avatar 5:30pm
Mike Rogers:

I felt like crying.
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Mr Fab:

hey, if the bands rocked and the people there had a good time, that's the important thing.

Ah, i see your cap. Go Dodgers!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @5:28
Yeah. Watanabe san is cool. I asked them "Do you guys want to play again next year?" And they all said "Yes! Yes! Absolutely" I was happy but surprised.
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @5:31
It reminds me of an old Bowie story I read. "I guess Bowie has an amazing fantastic show. The crowd went crazy!" After the show, Bowie heard that no music critics showed up. He sat at the side of the stage and cried. That's what I felt like.
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Mike Rogers:

All the bands "Made it!" Last night.
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Mike Rogers:

Especially Tetsuko!
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Mr Fab:

Dig our new logo!
wfmu.org...

Designed by GeorgyGirl
Avatar 5:38pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @5:36
It's cool.
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Hunterian:

↳ Song: "Bathroom" by "Lighters"
This one is totally working for me.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Hunterian @5:50
Well, there are very few good songs about bathrooms.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:52pm
Hunterian:

↳ Mr Fab @5:51
Fair point, Mr. Fab!
Avatar 5:53pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @5:51
Golden Showers by Circle Jerks?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:54pm
Scott_Oz:

G'day Mike & Mates! These cold morning are a bastard getting out of bed.
🌏☀️☕😎🤙💨☕
  5:54pm
mochy:

mahさんのパフォーマンスかっこよかった!
Avatar 5:54pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Hunterian @5:52
Hey Hunterian san!
Gooooood Morning!
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Mike Rogers:

Scott_Oz san!
How are you?
Avatar 5:55pm
Mike Rogers:

Yeah Mah san and Jett Sett were awesome! Tight as hell!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Mike Rogers @5:54
Alive mate! Coffee taking effect.
☕😎🤙💨☕
Avatar 5:56pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Scott_Oz @5:55
I'm drinking gallons!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mike Rogers @5:53
Is that the name of the song?
  5:56pm
mochy:

マイクさん、眠くないですか?
Avatar 5:59pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @5:56
I'm sleepy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Song: "I'm a Muscle" by "Ed Woods"
Which muscle?
Avatar 6:00pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Scott_Oz @5:59
Maybe he means he's a "Cock!"
  6:00pm
mochy:

ひるねするようですね。
自分もランチしたら、少し寝ます。
Avatar 6:01pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @6:00
番組終わったら、I'm going to sleep after the show is over!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Feldy:

Hello, Mike san!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Feldy @6:02
Hi Feldy san!
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Mr Fab:

G'day, Scott! Got a wild n crazy "late night" show starting here tomorrow that will be in the middle of your Down Under day:

wfmu.org...
Avatar 6:06pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "News"
reminds me of the Monty Python bit about "senile delinquents."
Avatar 6:07pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @6:06
The news is the funniest part of the day here!
Avatar 6:08pm
Mike Rogers:

There is a photo of Last Night's crowd on the playlist! Check it!
  6:15pm
mochy:

昨夜のナオコさんのショートメッセージよかった!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:18pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Mr Fab @6:03
Fab, just checked it out, looks great! Right up my alley & at midday here (for now). Will see ya there mate! Coincidentally I came up with a perfect name for my "shw" yesterday, while drinking beer in the sunshine with my Dog & listening to Hysterica (my new fave) in archive. As it's 5am here when she's on.
🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @6:15
Shoen Knife won the "Best Lifetime Achievement Award" last night!
  6:19pm
mochy:

👏👏👏👏
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Mr Fab:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:18
Do you still want to do a show? (or u just like making up show names!)
Avatar 6:21pm
Mike Rogers:

SHONEN KNIFE won, I mean!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @6:19
Thanks Mochy san!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @6:20
How about "Techno Trashcan?"
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @6:20
I will try to make my new banner today. I have some good ideas!
  6:25pm
mochy:

そろそろ仕事入ります。
mike-san
土曜日のギョウザの会で‥
会いましょう!
ありがとうございました😊
Avatar 6:25pm
Mike Rogers:

"The Day the Earth stood Still" is an inspiration!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Mr Fab @6:20
The idea is always there mate, & when I'm feeling emboldened by beer & sunny bliss I entertain the thought. Then I get up to my reality next day.
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Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @6:25
Thanks Mochy san! Last nights show was really great, wasn't it? Thanks for coming and thanks for coming to today's show!
  6:28pm
mochy:

こちらこそ。
Avatar 6:28pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:26
Perfect! Start the show and then do 1 hours of total silence! Kind of like a long John Cale song!
Avatar 6:28pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ mochy @6:28
Thanks, man!
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Mr Fab:

↳ Mike Rogers @6:25
Right on!

i have a t-shirt with this:
www.superstock.com...
Avatar 6:30pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @6:29
Watch out, that guy may look like a head banger, but he's actually a cop!
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Mr Fab:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:26
Nooo, never let reality get in your way!

I think Confucius said that. If not, he should have.
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @6:31
Reality always gets in my way... Sigh...
Avatar 6:38pm
Mike Rogers:

Before I die, Mr. Fab, I'd love to make a show like Orwell's "War of the World's".... Totally mindf*ck people... Use radio, Youtube, everything and blast people's minds.
Avatar 6:43pm
Mike Rogers:

A long time ago, I had a big part on an NHK drama (that means like everyone watched that TV show). In the show I was a pilot in WWII that got shot down in Japan. The villagers chased me through the forest and were trying to kill me. A family took me in and saved my life (because their son was fighting in the war too and they'd want someone to do the same for their song if that happened to him)....(Momoi Kaori was the mom - she is super famous in Japan)
After that show aired, my wife told me one of the mom's at my son's school asked her, "Is your husband alright now?"
She had watched that TV show and totally gotten into it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
Feldy:

Were you in TV long?
Avatar 6:49pm
Mike Rogers:

↳ Feldy @6:48
I did TV before radio. So maybe 1985 ~ 1992 or 3.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Mr Fab @6:31
I'm a 56 year old bachelor with no kids. So pretty good at ignoring reality mate.
🍻😎🤙👣🛋️
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Feldy @6:48
Actually, Feldy san, I had my own show on CNN Japan. It was called, "News Wave" (Get it? News wave?)Really, so I was a CNN Japan news host. I did that for about two and a half years. I quit when I realized that 1) I didn't like the people I worked with (they were all happy when, say, a plane would crash and a ton of people would die (good ratings, right?) So, I decided that I didn't want to do that with my life, so I left. CNN was shitty even back in those days. Not all people I worked with were so cold and callous, but a VAST majority of them.... I decided rock music was better for my mental health.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Aitch:

Toe tapping through a ton of work, thanks Mike-san!
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Mr Fab:

↳ Mike Rogers @6:38
yeah!

Reminds me of when Negativland sent out phony press releases claiming that their music inspired a mass murder. Media dopes fell for it (as chronicled on their side-long track "Helter Stupid.")
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
Scott_Oz:

G'day Feldy! 🍻😎🤙💨🍺
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:49
I hear being a bachelor is really good. But I have 4 kids.... Too late for me to return from hell.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Mike Rogers @6:53
It has it's moments mate. Lots & lots of moments!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Mr Fab @6:53
I love that!!!! Nowadays people would be afraid to "Scare people" But I wouldn't care. I love that kind of thinking.
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:54
But, maybe if I were a bachelor, I'd be shitfaced drunk all the time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Aitch:

My younger in Amsterdam right now travelling with her friend. Having her so far away makes me super nervous
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Mike Rogers:

Actually, I wanna get drunk now!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Hunterian:

↳ Song: "Kubo Koi Fuzoku to no Koi" by "Su凸ko D凹koi"
When I pimp, erm, promote this show to friends, this is usually the song I send them—you either love it or you just don't get it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Aitch:

↳ Mike Rogers @6:56
I stopped at New Year when I went to hospital, not missing it and have lost 15kgs
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Aitch @6:56
I totally get that. My daughter moved to Germany one day. Her mom told me to tell her, "You cannot go to Germany" but I just told her that "kids will not do what you say!" Just hope and pray for the best.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Scott_Oz:

↳ Mike Rogers @6:56
I don't drink all the time mate. I gotta sleep sometimes.
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Aitch:

Are you still changing times Mike-san?
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Scott_Oz:

↳ Mike Rogers @6:56
Thanks Mike! Hang in there Family fella!
🍻😎🤙💨☕🌻
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Scott_Oz @6:58
Ha! Ha! Ha! Yeah. I never thought about sleeping! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Mike Rogers:

↳ Aitch @6:59
Japan doesn't do time change. The problem for me, is the USA does, the UK does, and all these countries change times on different days!
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Aitch:

↳ Mike Rogers @6:59
I meant you moving to Saturday night?
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Mike Rogers:

Thanks Scott_Oz san!
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Mike Rogers:

Thanks Aitch san!
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Mike Rogers:

Thanks Hunterian san!
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Mike Rogers:

Thanks Mr. Fab san!
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Mike Rogers:

Feldy san! Thanks!
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Mike Rogers:

Mochy san! Thanks!
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Mike Rogers:

Thanks everyone!
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