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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Solar Life Raft Medley
DJ /Rupture & Matt Shadetek – Solar Life Raft (via iTunes Store)
Ain’t Nuttin’ Like You, You’re Pure Heart
AN&S MV Picks
Vampire Weekend – Cousins
Purchase “Cousins” now on iTunes, Download their first single “Horchata” Here
Grizzly Bear – Ready, Able
Purchase Veckatimest (Album) now on iTunes
Zomby – Aquarium
Purchase One Foot Ahead Of The Other (Latest Album) now on iTunes
Crystal Fighters – I Love London
Purchase Kitsuné Maison Compilation 8 now on iTunes
Pink Skull – Ritualistic Bug Use
Purchase Endless Bummer (Album) now on iTunes
Subculture on Miyuki Street
The Miyuki-zoku: Japanese First Ivy Rebels
The first Japanese to adopt elements of the Ivy League Look were a youth tribe called the Miyuki-zoku, who suddenly appeared in the summer of 1964. The group’s name came from their storefront loitering on Miyuki Street in the upscale Ginza shopping neighborhood (the suffix “zoku” means subculture or social group). The Miyuki-zoku were mostly in their late teens, a mix of guys and girls, likely numbering around 700 at the trend’s peak. Since they were students, they would arrive in Ginza wearing school uniforms and have to change in to their trendy digs in cramped café bathrooms….. (more details via Ivy Style)
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