I know, I know…you’re asking “Tennant, why aren’t you writing about nudity?”
Well, okay, maybe you’re not asking that. I sure wouldn’t be. Still, I’ve been hinting that I’d like to write about my experiences as Malcolm in “The Full Monty” and really, all you have to do is say the words “public nudity” and peoples’ ears are going to, um, prick up.
The thing is, every time I sit down and write about public nudity, I find the topic immensely boring. If my thesis is “it was no big deal,” then there’s nothing to write about.
So procrastinating on that particular article once again, let me talk about something that is the opposite of immensely boring. In fact, I think it’s immensely awesome.
Thanks to my connex in the east, my storied history of rambling about rock’n’roll, and the fact that I am able to put nouns and verbs in their proper order (most of the time), I’ve been offered a new gig. I’ve been hired to blog my way through a weekend at Fuji Rock.
The Fuji Rock Festival (http://www.smash-uk.com/frf08/) runs the last weekend in July at Naeba, a ski resort outside of Tokyo. This year’s line-up is utterly insane, including acts that range from My Bloody Valentine to Bootsy Collins to Ben Folds to countless way-cool Japanese bands (including current power-pop faves Ellegarden and the legendary Flower Travellin’ Band).
Hopefully I’ll drop a few notes this way while I’m spending a weekend rocking in the woods…
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