24 Hours Over Osaka
It's been quite a day. Just 24 hours ago I was in club Pure, watching a bondage show. I've seen that kinda stuff on the 'Net for years, but never watched a live performance. It was pretty interesting, although I did feel a bit lecherous. Then again, it was nothing worse than hitting up a strip club back home. And there were a lot more women at this "event" than I've ever seen in a stripper bar (excluding the dancers).
Anyway, they did some funny stuff. It started with some girl doing a strip tease from a kimono. That definitely takes skill; kimonos are really complex pieces of clothing and it can take hours to get properly dressed in one. So she probably had a custom stripper kimono, but it was still obviously a big undertaking on her part.
After the kimono girl was the bondage and S&M show. Three women came out on stage: the dominatrix, the candle girl, and the recipient. The dominatrix and the candle girl were in some loose robes, and the other girl was in a kinda straight jacket or something. They did some rope tying, wax dripping, and caning while dancing. The thing with Japanese bondage is that instead of whips and chains, they like to tie really complex knots all over the person. It ends up looking like a cargo net, but it forces the recipient into any position the tyer wants. There's really an art to it, and a they make tons of porn with people tied up in all sorts of crazy poses.
They ended the show with a little audience participation. First they pulled a bunch of people up on stage and half-ass tied them up so they could pose for pictures. Then they had some tattoo artists come up and draw on the bare chests of any women that felt like it. Nothing too crazy there, but some cool designs; one had a school girl uniform drawn on her.
I ended up home and in bed around 3am. A little later than I would have liked, as I had to work today. It's just a temporary job today and next Thursday, but it's pretty good money. Luckily, it turned out to be really easy. I had to be there by 10, so that meant getting up at 8 and riding the train for about 30 mins. They were a little shaky on the directions and I was almost late. They were also weak on lesson plans, so I was pretty much stumbling through all the lessons, asking the teacher's aid what to do. Despite this first-day syndrome, I had a really great time. The kids were amazing, much better than at NOVA. If I can always have kids like that, I never want to work with adults again. They were a blast.
The day ended with an hour train ride all the way across the city to Cosmosquare and Zepp Osaka. The Pixies were playing, and my student bought me a ticket. Rock! Now, I've only been a Pixies fan for maybe 3 or 4 years; I didn't listen to them on their first run. I got turned on to them with '80's nights back in university and can scream pretty much any of their songs out of tune while drinking. Since they broke up in the early '90's, I figured I'd never get to see them and would just have to settle with the bar scene. What I'm getting at is that I was totally psyched up about this show. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint. Seriously, this was one of the best shows I've ever been to. They burned through the set, practically non-stop. They played everything I wanted to hear, save Velouria. Great energy, pacing, stage set-up, presence, everything. It was a little obvious that Frank Black was in control, as the vendors had plenty of his solo efforts, but nothing from the Breeders. The crowd also seemed to respond to Gigantic a little more than Frank would have liked. Hopefully they won't let it break them up again, since the Pixies are without a doubt one of the best bands in existence.
Like all concerts in Japan, it started at 7 on the dot and concluded with one encore precisely at 8:30, at which point everyone was kicked out in an orderly fashion. That put me back home by 9:30, where I decided I was too tired to try going back out, even though it meant not possibly meeting the band. So I updated!
It's been quite a day. Just 24 hours ago I was in club Pure, watching a bondage show. I've seen that kinda stuff on the 'Net for years, but never watched a live performance. It was pretty interesting, although I did feel a bit lecherous. Then again, it was nothing worse than hitting up a strip club back home. And there were a lot more women at this "event" than I've ever seen in a stripper bar (excluding the dancers).
Anyway, they did some funny stuff. It started with some girl doing a strip tease from a kimono. That definitely takes skill; kimonos are really complex pieces of clothing and it can take hours to get properly dressed in one. So she probably had a custom stripper kimono, but it was still obviously a big undertaking on her part.
After the kimono girl was the bondage and S&M show. Three women came out on stage: the dominatrix, the candle girl, and the recipient. The dominatrix and the candle girl were in some loose robes, and the other girl was in a kinda straight jacket or something. They did some rope tying, wax dripping, and caning while dancing. The thing with Japanese bondage is that instead of whips and chains, they like to tie really complex knots all over the person. It ends up looking like a cargo net, but it forces the recipient into any position the tyer wants. There's really an art to it, and a they make tons of porn with people tied up in all sorts of crazy poses.
They ended the show with a little audience participation. First they pulled a bunch of people up on stage and half-ass tied them up so they could pose for pictures. Then they had some tattoo artists come up and draw on the bare chests of any women that felt like it. Nothing too crazy there, but some cool designs; one had a school girl uniform drawn on her.I ended up home and in bed around 3am. A little later than I would have liked, as I had to work today. It's just a temporary job today and next Thursday, but it's pretty good money. Luckily, it turned out to be really easy. I had to be there by 10, so that meant getting up at 8 and riding the train for about 30 mins. They were a little shaky on the directions and I was almost late. They were also weak on lesson plans, so I was pretty much stumbling through all the lessons, asking the teacher's aid what to do. Despite this first-day syndrome, I had a really great time. The kids were amazing, much better than at NOVA. If I can always have kids like that, I never want to work with adults again. They were a blast.
The day ended with an hour train ride all the way across the city to Cosmosquare and Zepp Osaka. The Pixies were playing, and my student bought me a ticket. Rock! Now, I've only been a Pixies fan for maybe 3 or 4 years; I didn't listen to them on their first run. I got turned on to them with '80's nights back in university and can scream pretty much any of their songs out of tune while drinking. Since they broke up in the early '90's, I figured I'd never get to see them and would just have to settle with the bar scene. What I'm getting at is that I was totally psyched up about this show. Let me tell you, they did not disappoint. Seriously, this was one of the best shows I've ever been to. They burned through the set, practically non-stop. They played everything I wanted to hear, save Velouria. Great energy, pacing, stage set-up, presence, everything. It was a little obvious that Frank Black was in control, as the vendors had plenty of his solo efforts, but nothing from the Breeders. The crowd also seemed to respond to Gigantic a little more than Frank would have liked. Hopefully they won't let it break them up again, since the Pixies are without a doubt one of the best bands in existence.
Like all concerts in Japan, it started at 7 on the dot and concluded with one encore precisely at 8:30, at which point everyone was kicked out in an orderly fashion. That put me back home by 9:30, where I decided I was too tired to try going back out, even though it meant not possibly meeting the band. So I updated!
posted by Nick at 8:46 AM
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Look like you plenty horny!
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