Wreck The Tape Deck

Hello Everyone! We’re going to be sharing information on upcoming Japanese, Korean, and global pop happenings in Los Angeles, from time to time at Wreck the Tape Deck. We are promoters and DJs specializing in Asian pop club events–our monhtly show, Tune in Tokyo, is held in Little Tokyo at 2nd Street Jazz, located at 366 E 2nd Street, Los Angeles, California (corner of 2nd and Central in Little Tokyo). There is plenty parking available, but please make sure to check garage hours and street parking signs.

We’re shifting gears on Friday September 3rd with our K-Pop Meet-Up! We’re thrilled that the SM Town 2010 Tour is coming to Staples Center, and to celebrate, we’re throwing our own unofficial pre-party at I Love Boba the night before! DJs Tora, Leett, Del, and yours truly will be spinning Korean and Global Pop from 9 pm – 1 am. There is no cover, but be sure to patronize the shop with a drink purchase. You won’t be disappointed! I Love Boba has the best boba in Koreantown! It’s located at 534 S Western, Los Angeles, CA 90020. If you’re going to be in town for the show, feel free to stop by! We might even sneak in a little Jpop!

The next night, September 4th, we’ll all be going to see SM Town, featuring Super Junior, Girls Generation, f(x), SHINee, BoA, and more! It’s already been a great year for K-Pop in Los Angeles, with appearances by Wonder Girls, 2PM, and everyone at the Korea Times Festival last May, including Kara, B2ST, and Lessang. We can’t wait to see all the awesome SM Entertainment artists appearing at Staples Center this September. Hope to see you there!

The weekend comes to a close with another cool global pop event on Sunday, September 5th. Our friends at Tokyo Style present DJ Suzuki Ami, and DJ Mayumi, spinning at club Vanguard in Hollywood! Join these very special guests from Japan for a night of pumping electronic beats. There will also be a fashion show! Pre-Sale tickets are available online.

DJ Del and I will be spinning the next weekend, on Saturday September 11th, at the opening night reception for Sweet Streets 2 at Gallery Nucleus! We’ll be presenting the new Sweet Streets compilation, and will be dropping our own Tune in Tokyo set later in the evening. Art & Shopgirl fashion show by 6%dokidoki (who’ll also be joining us behind the decks!). Makeup by Sugarpill. This night of Japanese music and fashion is not to be missed! Nucleus is located at 210 East Main St, Alhambra, CA 91801.

Thanks for checking out our update. I’ll be back later in the week with more news on Tune in Tokyo events and the Japanese and global pop scene in Los Angeles!

Greg Hignight

DJ and Founder, Tune in Tokyo

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MUSIC/SHOWS/CLUBS

fokkin’ Die Antwoord @ El Rey with Destructo

Cinespia has DJ CUT CHEMIST spinning on four turntables for **SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER** @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery

prog rock is still progressive with Dead Meadow @ Spaceland

get your angry at your parents on with fetish-tastic Club Hell @ it’s new location, Circus (print the flyer here for a discount - and go here for plenty o’ nipple tape from a previous night @ the Ivar)

see some comics (both the printed kind and the people kind) @ Meltdown for Summah Fest (including Har Mar Superstar and Frank Conniff from Mystery Science Theater 3000/Rifftrax fame)

ART/DESIGN

it’s a group grope with about thirty artists for Picture Industry (Good Bye To All That) @ Regen Projects

those patrons of the arts Scion is doing a show for classic kids’ illustrator Ed Emberley @ Scion Space LA

Cannibal Flower (responsible in the last decade for most of L.A.’s modern art kings) is having a special Orange County show @ 1980 Placentia Ave, Costa Mesa, 92627

KAREN HSIAO: “RUBBER DUCK” Book Release (Hey Everyone – This Saturday, July 17, 8:00-11:00 PM CoproGallery is hosting a special one night event!! Karen Hsiao : Rubber Duck book release and launch party featuring many of the models from the book who will be present to take photos with you and sign your books. This is an adult event and there will be some nudity so 18 and over only!! There will be food and drink and it will be a lot of fun so if your local be sure to attend. Karen will have framed C-Print photographs signed and numbered and hand painted rubber Ducks available for purchase at the show as well as on exhibition.)

have a ‘Fantastical Voyages’ featuring new works from Michael Pukac 7-11PM, Cush Salon, 171 S. Robertson Blvd. in Beverly Hills

‘Botanica’ featuring new works from Melissa Haslam + ‘Savage Justice’ featuring new works from Morgan Slade + ‘Life Form’ featuring new sculptural work from J. Shea (7-10PM) @ LeBasse Projects, 6023 Washington Blvd in Culver City

from 6pm to 12am, ‘Peel Here: Brace Yourself’ – a celebration of adhesive art, group show with The London Police, Chaz Bojorquez, Shark Toof, Flying Fortress, Robbie Conal, Germs, Nomade, Man One and many more – bring your stickers to trade and slap on the massive ‘Peel Here’ wall at the event + live DJ action, live music, performance art and live screen printing from the Hit & Run Crew, five bucks, though @ Self Help Graphics, 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue in Los Angeles

‘Peel Here: Brace Yourself’ – a celebration of adhesive art featuring a huge group show featuring the likes of The London Police, Chaz Bojorquez, Shark Toof, Flying Fortress, Robbie Conal, Germs, Nomade, Man One and many more – bring your stickers to trade and slap on the massive ‘Peel Here’ wall at the event + live DJ action, live music, performance art and live screen printing from the Hit & Run Crew

‘Live Art by Derek Albeck’ – free gift to the first 50 people that show up – come celebrate the opening of the newest VANS store with this special event3PM @ VANS ‘Off The Wall’ Store Westfield Fashion Square (upper level) at 14006 Riverside Drive in Sherman Oaks / 818.990.1098

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Antibalas at Echoplex with the Sway Machinery opening (three thumbs up show from j.s.)

La Roux has really nice hair @ Club Nokia with Ana Calderon

Threadless West Coast Social @ The Echo Greg Dulli (DJ set)

(fukkin’ love love love this movie, and it has one of the best death scenes of all time in it.) Dogs In Space and We’re Livin’ on Dog Food @ Cinefamily “Unscreened in Los Angeles for ages, Richard Lowenstein’s seminal Australian post-punk masterpiece Dogs In Spacecomes to the Cinefamily in a brand-new HD restoration! Based on Lowenstein’s own whirlwind experiences as a young man in the heart of the late ’70s Melbourne scene, the film is a dense, chaotic stew of vignettes charting the endless 24/7 partying that takes place in a trashy communal house — a magical realm in which its wild, impoverished inhabitants do dope, go to shows, play shows, smash TVs, occasionally go to school, and generally live out a gloriously hedonistic life path. In the center of this storm is Sam (played by INXS frontman Michael Hutchence), the charismatic heroin addict whose Zen-like calm fares him well amongst a kingdom’s worth of other jokers, junkies and misfits. Part Time Punks main man DJ Michael Stock will be spinning records before and after the films!”

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Devo goes horse racing at Hollywood Park with their first show in L.A. for quite some time (three thumbs up show from j.s. – tix at the door front lawn only as far as i know)

the Dum Dum Girls are suckers for suckers with the awesome Crocodiles, Dunes and Soft Healer at the Echo in Echo Park (might be sold out, can’t tell)

The Adicts have the shakes at Key Club in Hollywood (three thumbs up show from j.s. -these guys may be old, but god damn they bring the PUNK RAWK when they play live. tix here.)

Dum Dum Girls – Jail La La from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

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i use to watch these all the time. now my name is jesus satan. just sayin’…

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if you know who Discharge is, then you also know this is the fucking cutest picture ever.

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