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Oh, randomness, randomness….

We’ve been playing pretty often in this year, and I enjoy playing with him a lot. Working in one on one setting, “to play together often” is the simplest, but the most reliable way to understand each other musically. I personally like this time-consuming process a lot and it really works for me. For the case with Nobuki, it is working – I think. Now, the curiosity is on how far we will grow. This journey isn’t just my joy, but you, the audience’s joy as well 🙂

Monday, December 13

Mamiko Taira

Nobuki Takamen

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111 E56th St (bet Park and Lex)
New York, NY 10022

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#1
I was on the taxi in the last Wednesday morning. When the car was driving down south of CPW, the driver turned back and spoke to me with the south-eastern Asian accent (assumed). “Around here is crowded today. Do you know why?,” the driver says. “Ah… I don’t know. Why?” “A famous guy died in that corner.” Ah… today must be John Lennon’s memorial day.
“He was killed and that’s why famous. Right?” No, no, no! That’s not why he is famous! I mean the way he died isn’t anything ordinary and it’s almost the “risk actualized” situation because he was simply super famous. Don’t you know any of the Beatles song? He was one of them. Maybe I should have, but I didn’t. “Yeah. He was famous….”
… and is still famous for being an artist who believed in peace. I swallowed the words.

#2
The Good Wife. I love Julianna Margulies. I can’t quite catch each episode of the show (being honest I am not sure which day the show is on.) However, when my eyes catch the show, I definitely stop clicking the remote and watch it. On the last Thursday, The Good Wife was shooting some scene right in front of my apartment across the street. The house is one of my favorite house on the block. I never look at the inside nor saw the people who own, but the house has a certain charm that makes you want to look at. When I was living in Upper East, there was a shoot of Law and Order Criminal Intent across the street from where I live (my room was on the ground floor facing the street, so it added little more excitement). Again in here, the house was one of my favorite house on the block that I want to just look at it.
In Japanese old saying, we say “Nido Aru Koto Wa Sando Aru (If something happens twice, you can bet it’ll happen again).” I wonder if it’ll happen again in the future. Somehow I think it will.