Tom Gill

明治学院大学国際学部教授。専門は社会人類学。在日イギリス人。Professor of Social Anthropology, Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University. Brit.

[Tom Gill @Tomugiru]

A little song that came to me very early this morning. Based on the jazz classic of 1939 by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, “Two Sleepy People.” It’s election day in the USA, so I give you “Two Creepy People.”

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@gaijinthoughts You got it wrong Richard. I did too. It seemed so obvious that most of the Hayashi and Motegi votes would go to Koizumi, and the rank-and file votes, where Takaichi was leading, were bumped down from 295 to 47. And yet! Somehow she managed to beat Koizumi even among the dietmen.

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@Nihonpolitics About as appealing as day-old sushi.

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Ishiba’s resignation press conference coming right up at 6pm JST.

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NHK says Ishiba has finally decided to quit.

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@gaijinthoughts Very shocking, Richard, but is it true? It hasn’t been in any of the newspapers and there hasn’t been any police announcement.

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@konotaromp 芸術性満タン！

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@DavidMcNeill3 They’re not even posh cars. Not a stretch limo in sight. Manages to be ostentatious and crappy at the same time.

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@gaijinthoughts And I have a feeling that a somewhat similar class analysis might apply to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party over in the UK. And Trump. “I love the poorly educated.”

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@gaijinthoughts Makes perfect sense.

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今年の寿町夏祭は本日開始。目玉は最終日、水曜日(8/13)の第44回フリーコンサートです。お見逃しなく！Every year the famous Yokohama slum, Kotobukichō, holds a summer festival. This year’s festival starts today, with the 44th free rock concert on Wednesday, 2pm. A truly unique event.

[寿町フリーコンサート公式 @kotobukifree]

【2025年 寿町フリーコンサート】
日時／8月13日（水）14時～
会場／横浜 寿町健康福祉交流センター 広場
※小雨決行、料金無料（投げ銭制）、撮影禁止
◾️出演
寿[kotobuki]
テレビ大陸音頭
タブレット純
オルケスタ・ナッジ！ナッジ！
ソウル・フラワー・モノノケ・サミット
https://t.co/3zmV5NOTnM

[Tom Gill @Tomugiru]

@Wizenedb49119 @ImMeme0 But perhaps on a different part of the body.

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@gaijinthoughts What do you have against the Communist Party? They surely don’t deserve to be placed with Sanseito in the “sickening” bracket.

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Herbert and Momoko’s album “Clay” is at #88 for UK album downloads and #18 on the UK Indie Breakers Chart! ハーバートとモモコ(うちの娘💝)がチャート入り！アルバム「Clay」は、UKアルバムダウンロードチャートで第88��、UKインディーブレイカーズチャートで第18位にランクインしました。

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@gaijinthoughts But the LDP has been improving in recent polls. Any thoughts on why they’re nosediving in Tokyo?

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@GearoidReidy https://t.co/p4aHTP59vW

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@GearoidReidy Back in the 1980s, I used to go to the Bluegrass Inn in Jimbōchō. Every night there’d be a different Japanese bluegrass band. They had washboards, mandolins and singers who sounded like they came from Tennessee. Don’t know why it closed: it was well patronized by bluegrass otaku.

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@DavidMcNeill3 The Onion?

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@RueBurch @mrjeffu Thanks very much… sorry, link to the original wasn’t working for some reason.

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@gaijinthoughts There’s an air of desperation about this failed campaign……