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Bob Log III is a mystery. With his body covered in leather and spandex, his face masked by a motorcycle helmet and his vocals warped through electronics and alcohol, rumors of the true identity of this one-man blues band abound. Some say he's Tom Waits. Some say he's a member of the Strokes. Others insist that his picking hand is actually a grafted-on monkey paw. That's right. A monkey paw. I arrived at Shinjuku Loft with a thousand questions. Little did I know that a few of them would be answered before the evening came to a close... |
The Japanese opening band, Dixied the Emons, came to life at 7, to the screams from their fans. They kicked the air in their flared jeans, doing the best Stooges impression they could muster. I must have been near the fan club section, because every girl within spitting distance squealed with delight at the first riff of each song.
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 Although somewhat derivative, the set became enjoyable through audience involvement and the band's sheer sense of purpose. They flailed around the stage. They contorted their faces. The vocalist even climbed the equipment, imploring the crowd to scream, which they were more than willing to do. Their closer - a punked-up cover of Hall & Oates' "Say No Go" - proved to be their most enjoyable number of the evening. |
| But they were about to get an ass-full of Rock'n' Roll, and Bob Log III was their proctologist. "HOT GODDAMMED DAWG!" he hollers, his voice, bellowing through the rotary phone receiver hanging from his helmet, "MY NAME IS BOB LOG THE THIRD, AND I THINK I LUV YOU TOKYO!" He raises his fist to the sky, the leather tassels of his porno-pioneer outfit swaying in the smoke. Before the crowd can holler back their approval, Log is off on the first of many slide guitar tangents. His fingers are like pistons on a runaway train, furiously picking out riffs while his legs pump out a galloping rhythm on a bass drum and trap kit. -->part 2 |
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report by jinki and photo by nachi |
 mag files : Dip it Right Here, Darlin' : review by jinki, photo by nachi (5th Feb @ Shinjuku Loft)
photo report : photo by nachi (04/02/05 @ Shinjuku Loft)Dip it Right Here, Darlin' : review by shuma, photo by q_ta (3rd Feb @ Sapporo Bessie Hall) |
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The official site of Bob Log III http://www.boblog111.com/ The latest album :  "Log Bomb" (US import / UK import/ domestic press) |
previous works
『Trike』 : UK import / domestic press 『School Bus』 : US import / UK import / domestic press |
previous works by jinki  2004Soft, Sleek and Sinister : Bell & Sebastian (29th Jan @ Shibuya Kokaido)2003Disc Review : "Last Heaven's Bootleg" : Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (12th Dec)Kaplan and Crew Squeeze Blood From a Sugarcube : Yo La Tengo (3rd and 4th Dec @ Shibuya Club Quattro)Right On White - Jack and Meg earn their Stripes : The White Stripes (22nd Nov @ Shibuya AX)Silk Ties and Sledgehammers... : Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (14th Jun @ ZEPP Tokyo)Doves Twitter Over Tokyo : DOVES (27th Jan @ Shibuya Club Quattro)2002The Fat of the Land : Fatboy Slim & Boom Boom Satelites (1st June @ Makuhari Messe)Tokyo is ready : Diskaholiks anonymous Trio (23rd Mar @ Aoyama CAY)Still "Perfect"... : Eddi Reader (20th Mar @ Roppongi La Foret Musium)Eardrums were blown! : MO'SOME TONEBENDER (17th Mar @ Shibuya Club Quattro)Multi-ethnic Music-monsters : OZOMATLI (14th Mar @ Shinjuku Liquid Room)Something Wicked This Way Came : Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra (13th Feb @ Kichijoji Star Pines Cafe)Ahh, Natalie, Natalie... : Natalie Merchant (6th Feb @ Harajuku La Foret)Come on up, hipstars! : Katteni Shiyagare (3rd Feb @ Shimokitazawa Basement Club)no title : Money Mark (28th Jan @ Shibuya On Air East) |