tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:20:48 +0000HDjapanJam sucksso does ScottotakuDon't eat volcanic oranges3 video professionals spend 5 weeks traveling and working in Japan.http://japanjam.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Scott)Blogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-2730576778321461111Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:28:00 +00002008-09-03T22:29:21.992-07:00 Insolence Japan Tour 2008 DVD: Teaser from Scott Enberg on Vimeo.http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/09/footage-from-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-5410426439249761324Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:41:00 +00002008-04-08T01:29:37.710-07:00And then there was one...James and Dave have packed it in 2 weeks early and left me all alone in big scary Japan. I think maybe they weren't quite ready for a month long adventure. There is a big difference between 'vacation' and 'travel'. Japan falls into the category of 'travel': no sleeping, 1 meal a day (with Pocari Sweat and vitamin supplements to keep you alive), living out of suitcase and http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/04/scott-in-japan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-7735066718017559986Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:10:00 +00002008-04-01T08:52:48.029-07:00So the morning after that terrible aforementioned night at the bar. We all headed out to Yamanouchi, an hour outside Nagano. We arrive in this town made popular for it's abundance of onsen or hot springs. While spending a leisurely day soaking in a boiling natural spring sounded great after a long night leaning over the toilet. I found myself soon hiking up a muddy snowy mountain path, fully http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/04/monkey-onsen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-4850243846379328493Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:12:00 +00002008-04-01T08:04:12.372-07:00Gaijin = foreigner. Gaijin bar = place where foreigners hang out. They are usually pretty easy to spot. Bunch of international flags in the window. Some sort of non-Japanese beer advertisements like Budweiser or Guinness to attract a passing gaijin's attention. Let's not forget the ubiquitous, shitty wall of signed foreign currency. Bunch of American and Canadian bills stapled to the wall with http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/gaijin-bars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-7159849588012856649Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:57:00 +00002008-03-28T02:38:48.624-07:00Don't eat volcanic orangesI've been a little behind on the "blogosphere" - damn what a lame term - but here I am with all new material for all 4 of you reading this. (5 if you count Wookie) Our adventure so far has been grand, spectacular, amazing and stupendous. All words that Jam will need me to explain to him later. Get the coloring pencils Jam and I'll draw really big pictures and you can color them in after, Scott http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/night-of-no-reservations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-7982596276647715584Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:20:00 +00002008-03-26T18:24:59.438-07:00Today was a great day. We started somewhat early and headed down to the JR train on our way to Sakurajima. This happens to be an active volcano that you can only reach by ferry located just off of the Kagoshima coast. As we approached the ferry terminal, the view was astounding. This volcano is still active and from the shore you could still see small plumes of smoke rising from one of the three http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/sakurajima-volcano.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-7709449041816801132Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:38:00 +00002008-03-25T07:34:28.869-07:00After a day of doing nothing but train hopping, we have reached our final destination for the night named Kagoshima. Tomorrow we will be heading to a volcano via ferry. Pictures and blog will be much better, but as you can see from the pictures, we are all very tired and need sleep. Enjoy.EDITED BY SCOTT:Finally got around to uploading some still images. Being hired to shoot video, usually means http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/day-of-million-trains.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-6480062085593833174Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:35:00 +00002008-03-25T06:37:59.762-07:00Well I am going to keep this one short.Scott was sick so Dave and I decided to hit the Kumamoto Castle without him. Probably for the best anyway seeing in how I’m sure it’s not polite in any culture to spread disease. Castle was very fascinating, and it is hard to believe that it was build some 500 years ago. Brilliant. Well I’m out for now, enjoy the pictures.http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/kumamoto-castle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-5236579895270283550Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:28:00 +00002008-03-24T03:32:38.971-07:00The Zepp series of shows featured Insolence opening for the band 10-FEET. If I had to describe 10-FEET in lamens terms... they are the Japanese Green Day. Kinda pop punk, and just as popular. Those shows sold out in minutes and were between 3000 and 2500 capacity venues. Not only are they a hugely successful band... but super fun to hang out with. Takuma-san, lead vox/guitar was so cool with http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/tour-re-cap-zepp-osaka-315-zepp-nagoya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-3420391973034587272Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:54:00 +00002008-03-24T03:49:48.987-07:00So we all trained out to Saitama, which is a suburb of the massive Tokyo metropolitian area. There we met up with Maximum the Hormone. These guys are huge in Japan, and have a quite a following in the international otaku population for their work on the Deathnote soundtrack.Ichy, Insolence's DJ and fellow otaku was quick to have the entire band sign his Deathnote inspired note book. I really http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/tour-re-cap-heavens-rock-saitama-313.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-5594031695602263463Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:20:00 +00002008-03-23T20:53:54.224-07:00Wow... my last bloggins was from Tokyo. The tour is now over, so I guess I'll do a quick re-cap of what I can remember.This night had to be filled with the most unproffesional shenanigans I have ever seen. And I loved every minute of it! The first mistake was having 8 hours of downtime in between soundcheck and performance. That's a lot of time to drink. The 2nd mistake was putting Insolence, a http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/tour-re-cap-club-asia-shibuya-tokyo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-2509063884243050Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:54:00 +00002008-03-23T04:56:00.790-07:00Well hello everyone out there. Unfortunately this post is going to be a short one, we haven’t been out much today with the weather being somewhat rainy and gloomy. It seems too that Scott has been attacked in the worst way and there is nothing we can do about it. Scott has some kind of illness that prevents him from living so Dave and I have left him in his room to fight the tiny but determined http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/biohazard-enberg.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-5614012769189799656Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:42:00 +00002008-03-22T19:59:40.626-07:00So last night we arrived in Kumamoto to the house of Ichi, the DJ for Insolence. We were welcomed with open arms and we immediately felt at home. His cousins took us on an hour long car ride to the top of a mountain and we arrived at a restaurant like I have never been to before. We all sat around a fire pit with a little bbq rack on it and we grilled up some chicken and vegetables. Oh man it washttp://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/night-of-many-meals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-8148269179565175838Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:00:00 +00002008-03-21T03:59:10.584-07:00Ok ok, so I realize that it has been far too long since any of us has put something down on this blog. The reason being, well we are just out enjoying Japan. Since the last thoughts we have seen Insolence depart from Japan leaving us on our own. We have traveled to Hiroshima, which it was pissing rain the whole time so we were unable to actually go out and see any sights. And currently we are in http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/well-hello.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-7953847408116648079Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:36:00 +00002008-03-17T03:55:22.437-07:00Well I know that right now the post are a bit unclear of where we are and what we are doing. The reasoning behind that is simply that we are traveling so much with Insolence that the 3 of us haven't really had time to sit down and fill you in what has been going on or where we are. Two nights ago we were in Osaka, traveled yesterday to somewhere (again remember I’m retarded and just cannot even http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/back-in-osaka.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-8168118661343520194Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:14:00 +00002008-03-15T23:14:25.718-07:00This post, unfortunately, is one that is going to be written with anger. Not anger towards a specific person, because I realize that they are just doing their jobs. I guess it’s more so with the TSA and the government. I packed like any other individual going overseas. In my bags I have just about a week worth of cloths, my laptop and a few smaller electronic devices. This is not what had me http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/homeland-security_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-2212807589313590338Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:50:00 +00002008-03-16T16:26:24.737-07:00I believe that the title alone says it all. Dave and I (Jam) arrived in Narita Airport on Friday night at around 5pm. The rough part about it though, was that during the flight we lost almost a full day of time. We left Thursday at 1:30pm and arrived, like I said, Friday at 5pm. No rest for Dave and I.First task to rise above was just finding the JR Bullet train ticket transfer area. This would http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/oh-so-tired.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-304404230504995638Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:50:00 +00002008-03-11T18:43:59.498-07:00Wow. I can't hear, I have bruises all over, my clothes from last night are still drenched in sweat, and my head is killing me. All the signs of a good time in Japan. I'll keep this brief because reading this small text is only aggravating my hangover. Insolence and 10-FEET killed it, I have never seen a crowd of 3000 (this is the number band management gave me) go so crazy. Even when crowd http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/zepp-tokyo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-2877389461415648196Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:37:00 +00002008-03-10T18:41:22.717-07:00After an 11 hour flight over the international date line, plus daylight savings... My internal sleep clock is all screwed up.Yesterday was my first day of 5 weeks I'll be spending in Japan. After arriving in Narita, myself and the California based band I'm working for went head to head with the new Japanese customs and immigration. On one side, you had polite, yet stern government officials with http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/day-1-japan-ikebukuro-tokyo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-1747917455900732609Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:55:00 +00002008-03-23T18:29:04.919-07:00As some of you may know (and by some I mean the 4 people that read this blog, thank you Scott’s grandma) I have been in talks with a news station up in Seattle WA for a position doing mostly what I do now. I am sure that most of you are aware of my love for Vancouver, BC and even larger love for the northwest. So it came to no surprise that I was offered the position today as a Photo Journalist http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/life-after-japan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (JAM)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-5416838390944732016Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:29:00 +00002008-03-05T21:51:45.505-08:00I was looking to hire a few more camera operators for a job in Tokyo. So I tossed out a few ads on the interweb.Looking for videographers with Panasonic HVX, or Sony Z1Us in Tokyo area for a 1 night, multi camera shoot on March 11th. Please email me at [************] with location, equipment, and day rate (JPY). North American and Japanese crew already booked, so language is not a problem.Here ishttp://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-hate-los-angeles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-5936092690171876733Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:15:00 +00002008-03-02T14:03:51.269-08:00Just wrapped on shooting the Noise Pop 2008. Out of all the 19 bands I've worked with this week, only 2 of them were remotely enjoyable. Of them, only 1 one would I even consider buying their CD. Unfortunately for them, I haven't purchased a CD since the late 90's. It's hard to start paying for something that you used to get for free. I guess I shouldn't complain about the day rates bands hire mehttp://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/03/19-bands-in-5-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-769108972912309745Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:56:00 +00002008-02-27T13:17:20.517-08:00Last night was the opening party for Noise Pop 2008. Every year, Noise Pop takes over the best-loved venues in San Francisco for six nights to host unforgettable performances by nationally-known indie rock, electronic, punk and cutting edge musical artists teamed up with the best local bands, transforming the city into an almost week-long celebration of the finest http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/02/blog-post_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-2341340439528453491Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:00:00 +00002008-02-25T13:13:04.963-08:00So 4 days after professing my love for Stage6, and essentially creating this blog around the premise of posting high definition video from Japan. Apparently DivX has decided to pull the plug."I’m Tom (aka Spinner), a Stage6 user and an employee of DivX, Inc., the company behind the service. I’m writing this message today to inform you that we plan to shut down Stage6 on February 28, 2008. Uploadhttp://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/02/stage6-to-shut-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-172602126718728785.post-8514559928154679371Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:20:00 +00002008-02-26T16:17:48.055-08:00HDJam sucksso does ScottjapanHello interwebbers, thats right, I just made up a new word to describe you people. Praise me. I'm the "graphics" guy behind Jam In Japan. I did the pretty banner you see above. I slaved like a child...err...dog to make that for you, so don't give me your opinion unless its a positive one. The web is not a democracy.It's good to see how popular Jam and Japan has become. (Scott's telling me its http://japanjam.blogspot.com/2008/02/dave-introducing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dave)4