This, along with several other FULL PAGE MAGAZINE spreads was FedExed to me on Tuesday. Here are some of my favorite comments, made by “friends” :
“Who is that Japanese girl trying to look white?”
“You look at least 40.”
“Weird.”
And weird it is. I recorded an album in New York in September with Venus Records, an indie Japanese jazz label. Venus has extensively publicized the album in Japan and has been kind enough to send me some of the promotional material. I somehow thought it would be much more exciting to receive magazines with your picture liberally strewn about. I think Tim was more excited than I was, because it doesn’t really feel like I am looking at myself. Maybe if I could understand the writing, it would sink in a little more. I hope it’s as good as the translations that Google has provided of some of the reviews:
“‘I can not see it passed through beauty’ and they likely originated in an involuntary owner Laura Ann Miss Beauty. Bossa Nova vocalist working in Richmond as they seem, but this time the name of Venus from Laura’s first album as the launch of which has come to a happy pattern. Then somewhere and I felt that old familiar voice. After a while, ‘Hey, this must be Aki Yashiro?’ But I did not. I feel this reason, but through the whole book, music and slow vibrato in a moment when I felt a little and received the impression. With beautiful background music, Laura, who is also fluent in Portuguese, it’s a really rich singing to me. Bossa pros as well, ‘Standard Jazz Album I also like listening to’ someone, we also expect the singer’s appearance tied up!”
Another gem: “Laura slightly husky voice, a romantic and sentimental to me approaching, the start of summer, the perfect modern luxury.”
Well, there you have it. The critics are raving. Mad, that is. Hopefully we will do another album this year. When we were recording, the label owner, Mr. Tetsuo Hara was there in the studio. Tim and I had the chance to talk to him quite a bit. He bought us lunch and told us about $40-per-piece sushi in Japan. He kept talking about curry to make Tim comfortable, and Tim kept calling him “Mr. O’Hara” as if he were an Irish policeman. It was the perfect modern luxury.
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June 28, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Tim
O’Hara also offered to have me play the sitar on the next album.
June 28, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Nisha
O’Hara? As in Enter the Dragon’s O’Hara who killed Bruce Lee’s sister? Did he have a scar on his cheek, too?
June 29, 2008 at 6:45 pm
burgerphone
Laura Slightly Husky Voice!
July 1, 2008 at 12:41 am
christophile
I’m not quite sure that pukish green background is doing anything for your husky voice.
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