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@thevictoryoverhimself7298 Ай бұрын

I really feel for Tim Dodd, a popular space KZfaqr who was selected for the mission. He was gutted when he found out. Imagine thinking for 2 years you’re going to the moon and one day you get a call and it’s “eh, actually never mind”

@PeataPoeet Ай бұрын

He must have known in the back of his mind that the possibility of cancellation existed. Especially when Space X fell behind schedule, and the rich Japanese took a ride to the space station with a Russian rocket.

@lostpunkrock Ай бұрын

Ayyyy that was my comment about the punk show. The band's name was The Populace. They were pretty great. My friend's band Secondlady was opening for them and it was amazing.

@rainyday2315 Ай бұрын

Hmm... Chris, weren't you supposed to get Sharla a present? Portable tape player for Chris. Sharlas present???

@KuroSanArts Ай бұрын

There used to be a Tower Records in Piccadilly! Also, can somebody near to Chris raise a disapproving eyebrow at him for thinking rockets used petrol??

@marcuscannon6118 Ай бұрын

An amazing store, picked up tickets to see a Nirvana gig there many many years ago.

@ohboy6672 Ай бұрын

Came here to say this, it was massive! There were a couple smaller non-flagship Tower Records as well.

@kaleeyed Ай бұрын

Can confirm we did have Tower Records in the UK, it seems to have existed from the mid 80s until the early 2000s, when it got sold to Virgin. Apparently it's come back last year, but think there might only be one in London. I visited the one in Dublin last year.

@simon7718 Ай бұрын

There were two Tower Records in London - Piccadilly and High Street Kensington.

@AcornElectron Ай бұрын

There was one in Manchester too.

@JasSchMin Ай бұрын

There was a Tower Records in London, used to get my friend to being back for me music magazines ! I loved walking thru Nezu, Yanaka, the cemetary [soooooo many cats & the last Samurai is buried there ] when i visited 8-9 yrs ago ...no tourists then .

@mockles5588 Ай бұрын

tatsuro yamashita is one of a kind, the king of city pop

@charlesstorey8425 Ай бұрын

There was also a Tower Records at the bottom of Corporation Street in Birmingham many years ago.

@TheClintonio Ай бұрын

I hangout in metal bars and do have some similar experiences to the punk rock one. Small example; guy pulled out his twig and berries and set the bush on fire. No idea why but we all laughed.

@rbaxter286 Ай бұрын

Many decades ago, a relative bought a Breitling watch, which came with the promise of a box of Christmas/Holiday Season chocolate every year. When he observed to the place it bought it, and took it in for service every year, that his wife had not received her chocolates for a couple years, the salesman he worked with just deflated like a crashed hot air balloon and went through the whole sad tale of all the grief he and others were continually taking because the company just unilaterally decided that was a bridge too far for them, anymore. I think he was buried with the watch, in the end.

@DaDudeb Ай бұрын

If i would get the euopean lottery jackpot of 130m i would not even think about it, i would go to ISS. I would have 50m left for having a really nice life.

@ffwast Ай бұрын

In the US it would already be taxed down to 50m anyways 🙄

@DaDudeb Ай бұрын

@@ffwast Lottery Wins are tax free here, probably because they consider you rich now and as we all know, rich people don't pay taxes.

@Aeonshield Ай бұрын

FUCK YEZ! PUNK IS NOT DEAD BABY!

@lostpunkrock Ай бұрын

Yo punk is fully alive in osaka. Im the dude that wrote in. That gig was sick. Lolz i could o done without the dick and capt morgan pose though.

@NightmarePictures001 Ай бұрын

Nissei Business Hotel in Osaka, as well as APA Hotel in Tokyo have a radio installed in their beds too! I listened to Japanese radio one time when I was staying at the APA. It was pretty cool lol. I felt like I had gone back in time.

@ssrandomname6863 Ай бұрын

Nezu shrine is very pretty during the Azalea festival, I really reccommend it for next year's season ^^

@emeraldgreen1973 Ай бұрын

There are still two Tower Records operating in Ireland, both in Dublin

@TheSwamij98 Ай бұрын

Leave it up to pete to remember a chim chimery chim chimery chim chim chery

@matimus9533 Ай бұрын

Yurufuwa Gang !!

@Alex.H.B.1970something Ай бұрын

Yes we used to have Tower records in the UK. You two are too young to remember though.

@Stephen-up3sd Ай бұрын

Just on Oxford street in London there was a Tower Records, HMV and Virgin Megastore - I spent many happy teenage hours flipping through the vinyl in each store!

@andybeard3213 Ай бұрын

Virgin bought tower in 2003. They should both be old enough.

@LtColShingSides Ай бұрын

To be fair, butts are pretty funny lol

@LuminalSpoon Ай бұрын

23:00 By the way Pete, your Toyota Century, did it have leather seats and a CD player? 🤔😂

@justherb666 Ай бұрын

There were several Tower Records in the UK. I went to the one in Piccadilly Circus in the 80s.

@Weare138. Ай бұрын

Star Wars stencil LOL! I remember that episode of Johnny Briggs, as I am that old haha!

@rossco3603 Ай бұрын

Of course we used to have Tower Records in the UK and you are both old enough to remember it. Bon Jovi literally played a gig hanging out of the windows of the Glasgow store.

@hortehighwind8651 Ай бұрын

So abroad in japan podcasts i feel spoiled

@Crossingt Ай бұрын

We visited Nezu shrine and really enjoyed it. From there we walked to Yanaka and then onto Ueno. Also recommend Toyokawa Inari shrine. Like Nezu it is very peaceful and pleasant.

@lushfruit Ай бұрын

Episode 5 of asking Chris to Speedrun nearly every main temple in Tokyo

@16BitMovies Ай бұрын

I bought the ‘Black Rain’ Hans Zimmer soundtrack from Tower Records in about 1992 (London). So weird to see it still exists in Japan.😊

@Aeonshield Ай бұрын

Shite dancing would be a part of his heel valet wrestling persona.

@a1oh Ай бұрын

SpaceX rockets are way more reliable than you guys make it seem like. If you actually follow the launches, SpaceX is extremely successful and consistent. They do launches for starlink pretty much every single week. Starship blowing up is expected for the first early test flights. They literally just had the fourth starship test flight last week and had was able to re-enter the atmosphere and do a soft landing in the ocean. Compared to any of the other private space programs, none of them are as developed as SpaceX.

@janwilson9485 Ай бұрын

Really Mr Musk???

@bitfreakazoid Ай бұрын

@@janwilson9485Show me where he's wrong.

@AcornElectron Ай бұрын

They DO seem to be slightly behind schedule though. As do some other of the ‘Elon Musk’ ventures. That roadster should have been out a while back, the roof tiles don’t seem to be in production and the hyperloop is… ? Still, I’m sure we’ll have regular electric loop journeys and cheap solar powered space travel by 20XX.

@blaaaaaaaaaaaaargh Ай бұрын

Went to a punk rock show in Shinjuku and had a blast! The moshpit there was pretty wack, japanese doing cartwheels and flips all over the place.

@crunchyfrog555 Ай бұрын

Yes we absolutely had Tower Records in the UK. I don't know what time they appeared as I don't recall ever seeing one in the 1980s (I used to shop in Peterborough and London predominantly). But when I later DJed by about the early 1990s, there was a massive one in Oxford Street that I used to visit. It was still there in 1995 when I saw Oasis at Earl's Court. Although Tower Records in Tokyo is bloody awesome. I spent hours in there the first time I visited.

@saltycross Ай бұрын

💜💜💜

@dianelipson5420 Ай бұрын

That punk show really just sounds like a typical Saturday night in Hollywood?

@rainyday2315 Ай бұрын

I could've swore you read that naked punk rocker story in an earlier episode. 🤔

@lostpunkrock Ай бұрын

Lolz im the guy who wrote in. It was insane.

@OmnipotentCEO Ай бұрын

FEAR!

@zachsouth314 Ай бұрын

Ayo pete you heard about liv and dom... 😂

@rockytheramone5604 Ай бұрын

I am a solo artist that plays punk and experimental music. I am returning to Japan in October and already have gigs booked in Tokyo and Fukui. I want a gig in Osaka and would appreciate anyone's advice or referral. I am also a street busker, so any busking tips in Osaka would help.

@lostpunkrock Ай бұрын

Check out music bar hokage in namba. They always hold events. The naked dude punk thing was in a place called namba mele.

@rockytheramone5604 Ай бұрын

@@lostpunkrock Thank you for the indo!

@colinmathie2710 Ай бұрын

That would be Danshoku Dieno from ddt Pete, he goes about showing his arse + snoggin guys 😂

@petedonaldson2698 Ай бұрын

THE GOAT

@colinmathie2710 Ай бұрын

@@petedonaldson2698 If that's what your into i suppose 😆

@hermdude Ай бұрын

Said, most likely you’ll have to cook your own to save on food, otherwise you’ll be eating kebabs for the most part if you’re scrimping for food, or some of the onigiris or shioyaki fish in the konbinis. Check the ingredients though, some onigiri would have gelatin (Lawson’s tuna mayo) or wine spirits (Newdays). I assume you’re having a halal-restricted diet, so hope that helps.

@natefunk1 Ай бұрын

Terrence stamp should have made George Lucas kneel before hime for the crappy special gift.

@dropview7013 Ай бұрын

Kenko?? , don’t you mean Kenwood ?

@BillyTheKidsGhost Ай бұрын

There were multiple moon landings in the '60s and '70s, but somehow our best effort is a space station in low orbit. To this day, Stanly Kubrick is the only man to have successfully landed the LEM on the moon, In my opinion.