Did a marathon this weekend and finished Frog For Whom The Bell Tolls on my old GBA (via flashcart & translated rom). Fun stuff. Gonna write up a bit for @yokoikids.bsky.social

My collab with yamo aka Momose Yasunaga for @citiesandmemory.bsky.social yamo: "I created a collage of sounds-incorporating the exotic resonance of bells and the lyrical whisper of the wind as it drifts through narrow alleyways." music.youtube.com/watch?v=j-iF...

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2011) Fulci style rise outta shit, Raimi/Jackson gore homages. Tapeworms sticking outta buttholes…I have no clue about modern cinema. Yuki was in Mighty Lady as Yumi Agawa’s daughter. 7 yr run, eternal schoolgirl, Noboru Iguchi surely tried to recruit her for JAV.

A lot of great music in May. This is what's had our ears all month. Featuring iVy, Hovvdy, Regallily, a cameo from our friend Chris B., and even a couple of Beatles? Check it out! teppen.life/teppens-may-...

2016 was such an important year for me, in no small part thanks to frankie cosmos. so excited to relive those days, see familiar faces and celebrate 10 years of next thing tonight ❤️

Out now is Dubious Electrics, 9 of my electrics painstakingly sampled for your own use. 30 yrs of collecting weirdo gear from thrift stores & guitar shops. Harmony, Hagstroms, Eko, Wurlitzer, Galanti & my Winston electric banjo. shop.karoryfer.com/products/dub...

My phone randomly highlighted the former champ & her pig pants. 100% always found my camera when I covered AWG. 2024 at the Shinkiba station, while wheeling her suitcase, she broke away from the group to walk over to me & politely interrupted my convo to thank me for always writing about the crew.

Beat this the other day, found the majority of the game super easy except Captain Silver himself. Took multiple tries & culminated in my yelling “go to Hell you stupid fucking tree ghost!” I was so mad “no I can’t beat this fucking game. I beat Holy Diver! I no death run Wanpaku Graffiti for fun!”

This is pretty on brand considering the history of Tony George banging on about the league needing more American drivers & manufacturers. In the mid 90s he said “We wanted to replace the practice of foreign drivers buying rides with American riders earning them through ability.”

Kunoichi Hunters - Sentenced to Female Hell (2014) Sleaze that’ll alienate normal folk while frustrating the pervs. Asami a really good actress who debuted in a theatrical film but quickly went JAV & pink films. Later years found a home in straight to video scuzz. I kinda want to interview her.

It's @bandcamp.com friday. Are you an artist on Bandcamp? Reply with a link to your stuff here 👇🏾 and I'll repost as many as i can throughout the day. (I do got other stuff to do, tho, so it may be sporadic)

58 (59, actually?) tracks/albums/performances that had our attention in April teppen.life/teppens-apri...

Wrestling is art, and Labor of Love's 'The Exhibition' proved that in an art gallery in Philly this last weekend with a card that featured Best Bros, Emi Sakura, Lee Moriarty, Daisuke Sasaki and Tim Thatcher Rich rambles about it, and ponders the ethics behind cloning: teppen.life/wrestling-is...

Baby Assassins (2021) Been on my list since I went to Act’s Time Machine Girl screening. The theater had a screening of all 3 Baby Assassins films. A darkish comedy/action film about 2 young assassins coming of age. Somehow Chisato & the villain Himari are the same person, & that is Naho Yamada.

Red Blade (2018) Bullied girl enters fantasy world to become a kunoichi. Noteworthy is Ryoko Sakimura is the cool villain. Had a nice chat w/ her backstage at First Dream 2025, also have a one off portrait via my ring side photographer from her match. Maybe dig it out soon. I used to do stuff.

Tokyo Gore Police (2008) The sister film to The Machine Girl. A movie that is like STARDOM, it’s influential, has high-level work, a good intro to the genre, & is flashy, but for many Westerners, it's the only thing that they’ve seen (often via clips on SNS). Still great.

Sometimes he’s all about the buckets

The Machine Girl (2008) JAV director does massive blood-soaked revenge at the start of the 2010s Japanese gore wave. Never seen this one, really fun.

Our past contributor Alex made a peeped the various different region covers for Godzilla. @mendi-draw-bal.bsky.social

Hey, if you don't want to be unduly influenced by industry plants and marketing, you should try my weekly coverage of 100% independent music, provided for free to both the musicians and the reader. I've covered more than 500 releases; not a plant to be found! www.etherdiver.com/category/oth...

I mentioned both, but I really hoped people would try for this end screen, which you only get via the English version.

🏆 We’ve won an award! I was honoured to be presented with the Grand Prix from the Académie Charles Cros in Paris last night for “parole enregistrée, documents et créations sonores”.

Per Roman’s IG story a big noise comp coming soon. I’m gonna be among some of the heaviest hitters & pioneers. I’m contemplating retiring again from the noise scene after this hits the streets. Being a part of Brainbusters will be hard to top.

Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) My go-to film after my mom died in 2008. I would zone out to the Warren Miller-style surf sequences used as padding. Jon McCallum score is one of the best of the 80s. Weirdly relaxing brutalist coastal architecture. King Crimson graffiti the cherry on top.

Nearly impossible to ever live up to Watching From A Distance but this is really good. I’ve spent 20yrs w/ that, so I was worried this would fall terribly short. youtu.be/x49aT-WREO0

Bionic Commando Socials Round Up Various things that were posted about Bionic Commando last month. yokoikids.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/b...

Warriors of Virtue (1997) This is VALKYRIE ACTRIUM with Kung Fu Kangaroos. The kid has a leg brace in our world but doesn’t need it in the land of Tao. Warren Moon has a cameo as the school football coach. I would suggest you watch VALKYRIE ACTRIUM first.

Joe D'Amato, you wonderful sleaze merchant, I’ll always love you.

The Exterminator (1980) - Glickenhaus made scuzzy as fuck movies before being known in the auto racing world. Part vigilante justice, part Namsploitation, all Robert Ginty. Mobsters, pimps & chickenhawks. Christopher George, Steve James & Stan Getz. Yes, the jazz musician Stan Getz.

If you can, please make sure to spread the website to whoever you can in the community. I'd like as many people to see it, use, and give feedback on it as possible so that it can be the most comprehensive and accurate resource for this period in history. #STARDOM oldstardomhistory.wordpress.com

Some good tunes from March, bunch of favs from all over. albums, singles, live vids. a bit of everything. our personal favs. teppen.life/teppens-marc...

After a decade-long sabbatical, DNT Records returns for our second act! (Act 1: 2005-2015) Today we've relaunched the mailorder distro website, and later this year we'll relaunch the label. Please help us spread the word! DIY/Experimental/Drone/Weird/Psychedelic/Etc dntrecords.com

RAWR

New month! New Game! Here's Ian and Jeffrey Brown to tell you about it. @jeffbrown82.bsky.social @ianferguson.bsky.social yokoikids.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/a...

Bionic Commando – The Sultan of Swing by Jeff Brown "Platformers that don’t allow jumping are fun because they force you out of your comfort zone..." @jeffbrown82.bsky.social Illustration by @joshnickerson83.bsky.social yokoikids.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/b...

I missed this but late last year AlleN released a single. Togi did the photography. “Arrange The World” is a neat song by a former Actwres member. Give it a listen ☂️🐍 youtu.be/DLHZgCW9Lak

I loved his work in The Lost Boys and Gilmore Girls

ACTRIUM's first chapter is available to watch! I recommend the evening show (I'll explain why in a reply) Check it out! akuact0808.zaiko.io/e/va0228rikk... It's only available through the 29th (JST) so there is a limited window to watch. #joshi #actwresgirlz #ACTRIUM #stardom

From dojo rehearsals to the flag-raising show, teppen was there. The definitive English piece about ACTRIUM & the genius of Act Yasukawa merging video games, trading card games, theater & pro wrestling in a way no other company has via a VRMMORPG based on Norse mythology.

The official debut of @chris2klee.bsky.social on Teppen! A recap and some thoughts on the Pre-Launch show of Rose Girl's Pro Wrestling. teppen.life/rose-girls-p...

I saw a lotta neat shows on my latest trip. Lotta cool bands. Some all-time favs. Some long overdue. But botching my original plans and ending up catching Itazura Store, Waltzmore, and Uchudan honestly topped everything. teppen.life/just-get-to-...

Prisonfood from Washington state has been doing it this way for years and, as always, is ahead of the curve. Abraham Moses keeps everyone at least one lap down.

People out here lamenting the upcoming demise of Cosmic Angels, & I have been coming to terms with the very real end of Manatsu no Shiokaze with a bit of quiet dignity. This year’s midsummer will be without its seabreeze. Nagisa is spiritually at “Sloop John B” heading into “God Only Knows”

This fills my blackened sad soul with joy.

watch da full cake noise here www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdp2...

Shock the Monkey – Jeff Brown "A monkey fighting food with balls is exactly why I love video games and a perfect example of the creativity that can be found in these little cartridges." @jeffbrown82.bsky.social @nolentabner.bsky.social yokoikids.wordpress.com/2026/03/10/s...

Fuck it. Now that it’s officially out that Shinjuku Face is closing might as well post it. Here is an unused photo I took as Syuri was getting in the zone as her entrance music played at Sareee-ISM Chapter VII

15yrs everyone gonna be looking like this (as foretold by Albert Band)

Days later Mao Tsukiumi of RAY made a cake during her debut noise set. It’s Joever for the US noise scene.