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| + | Driving across Tokyo is like taking the Westway | ||
| + | London to Brighton, | ||
| + | time | ||
| + | million pe | ||
| + | and Los | ||
| + | KidSi mod | ||
| + | endless, a | ||
| + | in every di | ||
| + | nafflc ab | ||
| + | Manic | ||
| + | MiuMius | ||
| + | Australia, | ||
| + | singerJ | ||
| + | time we | ||
| + | the s | ||
| + | "The | ||
| + | Weh-e | ||
| + | play tsvos | ||
| + | Japan has | ||
| + | that video | ||
| + | ago... He | ||
| + | fixed amo | ||
| + | soundtra | ||
| + | in avtato | ||
| + | smeared | ||
| + | shoulder-I | ||
| + | skin; all | ||
| + | gorgeous | ||
| + | the Mani | ||
| + | the fr | ||
| + | —taken th | ||
| + | plane to fi | ||
| + | Bradfi | ||
| + | halfalifet' | ||
| + | for lunch | ||
| + | e and | ||
| + | le in the To | ||
| + | les are non | ||
| + | . Bucolic | ||
| + | dred spagh | ||
| + | n: expre | ||
| + | you, below | ||
| + | eet Preache | ||
| + | des, tired | ||
| + | s musically | ||
| + | Dean B | ||
| + | in Y | ||
| + | . Joy Division | ||
| + | al," Bradfi | ||
| + | re for five | ||
| + | and do | ||
| + | 'queplace | ||
| + | r Motorcycle | ||
| + | the rain and | ||
| + | by their fi | ||
| + | 'thglass-cu | ||
| + | preening, | ||
| + | h hair; Ri | ||
| + | in To | ||
| + | 22 forever. | ||
| + | straight | ||
| + | a country | ||
| + | anicsto its | ||
| + | Beatlem | ||
| + | is walking | ||
| + | e later, shaki | ||
| + | the famous 1 | ||
| + | the whole | ||
| + | rises. There are | ||
| + | wban area; London | ||
| + | ties in comparison. | ||
| + | The cityscape is | ||
| + | junctions bleeding | ||
| + | , elevated flyovers, | ||
| + | beside you. | ||
| + | bassist Nicky Wire, | ||
| + | the red-eye in from | ||
| + | d says to guitarist/ | ||
| + | d, "Remember the first | ||
| + | and Richey hanging out | ||
| + | laring out the stereo?" | ||
| + | nods. | ||
| + | where the band will | ||
| + | days ofpress interviews. | ||
| + | Manics lore. Perhaps | ||
| + | mptiness all those years | ||
| + | men, forever celluloid- | ||
| + | stle ofShibuya, | ||
| + | real anthem, Bradfield | ||
| + | r cheekbones, Wire kohl- | ||
| + | er Sean | ||
| + | Edwards in leopard | ||
| + | neon loneliness, all | ||
| + | n that first Japanese trip | ||
| + | America, virtually on | ||
| + | did not — and has never | ||
| + | east: They got off the | ||
| + | tmg them. | ||
| + | stun e Streets again, | ||
| + | offthejet-lag,looking | ||
| + | rsection at Shibuya | ||
| + | Just people, neon, | ||
| + | as far as the eye can see, like three Oxford Streets | ||
| + | All Is Vanity on 2009's Journal For Plague Lovers: | ||
| + | "I would prefer no Choice, one bread, one milk, | ||
| + | one food that's all..." Appropriately, we find a tiny | ||
| + | noodle bar, the kind ofplace with only one dish on | ||
| + | the menu. Today's dish? "Stomach" ofsome kind. | ||
| + | Happilyhunched over a plate of beefintestine and | ||
| + | rice Bradfield talks Japanese fiction and cinema, | ||
| + | subjects aboutwhich he's both knowledgeable and | ||
| + | passionate. "It never fails to amaze me, Japan," he | ||
| + | says, "You know, we drop two fucking atom bombs | ||
| + | on you. We firebomb this place, We forceyour | ||
| + | Emperor to admit he's not immortal on fucking | ||
| + | TV, we just decimate you and theysay, Right, you | ||
| + | knowwhat, watch this, and become an economic | ||
| + | powerhouse- I mean, I know The MacArthur Pact | ||
| + | helped and all but still..." | ||
| + | The MacArthur Pact (a secret "treaty of | ||
| + | mutual security and co-operation" snuck in 1958 | ||
| + | benveen the then US ambns•adnr to Japan, Douglas | ||
| + | MacArthur and the Japanese government) is | ||
| + | not, needless to say, a regular topic of conversation | ||
| + | for mast touring rock bands- Then again, this is the | ||
| + | Manic Street Preachers, The following afternoon | ||
| + | Angus Jennets, the band's unflappable tour manger, | ||
| + | froums over an unusual request with the words: | ||
| + | "Hmrnrn- Four legs good, legs bad" (This is a | ||
| + | band whose crew quote George Onvell). | ||
| + | So what attracts Bradfield to Japanese | ||
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Driving across Tokyo is like taking the Westway London to Brighton, time million pe and Los KidSi mod endless, a in every di nafflc ab Manic MiuMius Australia, singerJ time we the s "The Weh-e play tsvos Japan has that video ago... He fixed amo soundtra in avtato smeared shoulder-I skin; all gorgeous the Mani the fr —taken th plane to fi Bradfi halfalifet' for lunch e and le in the To les are non . Bucolic dred spagh n: expre you, below eet Preache des, tired s musically Dean B in Y . Joy Division al," Bradfi re for five and do 'queplace r Motorcycle the rain and by their fi 'thglass-cu preening, h hair; Ri in To 22 forever. straight a country anicsto its Beatlem is walking e later, shaki the famous 1 the whole rises. There are wban area; London ties in comparison. The cityscape is junctions bleeding , elevated flyovers, beside you. bassist Nicky Wire, the red-eye in from d says to guitarist/ d, "Remember the first and Richey hanging out laring out the stereo?" nods. where the band will days ofpress interviews. Manics lore. Perhaps mptiness all those years men, forever celluloid- stle ofShibuya, real anthem, Bradfield r cheekbones, Wire kohl- er Sean Edwards in leopard neon loneliness, all n that first Japanese trip America, virtually on did not — and has never east: They got off the tmg them. stun e Streets again, offthejet-lag,looking rsection at Shibuya Just people, neon, as far as the eye can see, like three Oxford Streets All Is Vanity on 2009's Journal For Plague Lovers: "I would prefer no Choice, one bread, one milk, one food that's all..." Appropriately, we find a tiny noodle bar, the kind ofplace with only one dish on the menu. Today's dish? "Stomach" ofsome kind. Happilyhunched over a plate of beefintestine and rice Bradfield talks Japanese fiction and cinema, subjects aboutwhich he's both knowledgeable and passionate. "It never fails to amaze me, Japan," he says, "You know, we drop two fucking atom bombs on you. We firebomb this place, We forceyour Emperor to admit he's not immortal on fucking TV, we just decimate you and theysay, Right, you knowwhat, watch this, and become an economic powerhouse- I mean, I know The MacArthur Pact helped and all but still..." The MacArthur Pact (a secret "treaty of mutual security and co-operation" snuck in 1958 benveen the then US ambns•adnr to Japan, Douglas MacArthur and the Japanese government) is not, needless to say, a regular topic of conversation for mast touring rock bands- Then again, this is the Manic Street Preachers, The following afternoon Angus Jennets, the band's unflappable tour manger, froums over an unusual request with the words: "Hmrnrn- Four legs good, legs bad" (This is a band whose crew quote George Onvell). So what attracts Bradfield to Japanese
