Number 23: JapanAid

Music collector and More Lost Time host Ric Dube celebrates rock and roll artists of Japan in this installment of the program, including Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant and Number Girl.  Dube tells the short version of meeting Tomovsky at SXSW in Austin, Texas and plays "Sanpo no Tame no Sanpo," a pop suite that crams more music into four minutes than some artists are able to fit into entire albums. Also, in addition to playing a cut from the debut release by Cornelius that never saw release in the U.S., the "group sounds" or G.S. movement of the '60s is discussed -- and its inherent weaknesses -- as a way of introducing the comparative qualities of music by the Golden Cups and the Mops. Fans of the program are encouraged to contribute to various tsunami relief efforts.