Japaniversary
A decade at SXSW and Japan's musical jack-in-the-box has lost none of its delight. China, Singapore, India, and Iran take their cue, in baby steps.
"...edge of transcendence. John Philip Sousa couldn't have fathomed Asakusa Jinta, a rockabilly- and polka-powered, Hawaiian-shirt-clad, hard-marching brass band..."