# new wave (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 14 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover new wave. Page: Feed: --- ## [Washing strangers’ feet at Houghton Festival](https://www.huckmag.com/article/washing-strangers-feet-houghton-festival-henry-krokatsis) _2026-08-20 · Isaac Muk · Huck - Main_ Pedilavium — As part of artist Henry Krokatsis’s performance piece at the weekender, we sat down with over 30 others to clean the dusty digits of passersby, while reflecting on the power of collective ritual and human connection. ## [2000 Great Songs #1428: My Name Is Jack](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1428-my-name-is-jack.html) _2026-08-20 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Much like Fleetwood Mac, who similarly (and presciently) took their name from a member other than the frontman, Manfred Mann (named for its keyboardist) went through myriad iterations and huge stylistic changes over the decades as singers/songwriters came and went. After their early years as an R&B-flavored British Invasion act fronted by Paul Jones, new singer Mike d'Abo ushered in a few years of… ## [Teresa Noda -- Yellow Moon（イエロー ムーン）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/teresa-noda-yellow-moon.html) _2026-08-19 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ About a month ago, I brought aboard Teresa Noda（テレサ野田） and her third and final single from 1979, "Tropical Love" . She may not have had a long career under her stage name (her real name is Tamaki Saionji（西園寺環） ) but she did bring an interesting mix of reggae and disco into this particular single. The same folks behind "Tropical Love" : lyricist Kazumi Yasui（安井かずみ ）, composer Kazuhiko Kato（加藤和彦）… ## [Shinnosuke "Peter" Ikehata -- Yoru to Asa no Aida ni（夜と朝のあいだに）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/shinnosuke-peter-ikehata-yoru-to-asa-no.html) _2026-08-19 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ During my years in Japan , I got to know most of the comedians and TV personalities who became familiar presences on the tube. They can be those who have that year of fame due to some particular quirk or turn-of-phrase before largely disappearing from show business or they can be ones who seem to be part of a permanent televised tapestry. Shinnosuke "Peter" Ikehata （池畑慎之介） is one that belongs to… ## [Oh Hiroshima – And the Dead Tree Gives No Shelter](https://theprogmind.com/2026/08/19/oh-hiroshima-and-the-dead-tree-gives-no-shelter/) _2026-08-19 · The Prog Mind · The PROG Mind_ Oh Hiroshima releases a thought-provoking and beautiful album. ## [2000 Great Songs #1427: Temporary Beauty](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1427-temporary-beauty.html) _2026-08-19 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Graham Parker is one of those long-running artists with a massive, almost invariably reliable discography, where I have a million albums I can pull out and say, yep, this one's pretty good... but who don't necessarily create songs that I find revelatory. (Good lord--I'm just discovering this is his first mention in the seven years I've been doing this thing!) Which is fine; the world needs really… ## [Brink of War](https://xevio.us/2026/08/brink-of-war/) _2026-08-19 · Xevious · Xevious_ With a picturesque backdrop of Reykjavík, Angel Films brings us a one-room drama about a moment in Detent that paints both men in an optimistic light. Jeff Daniels’ Reagan portrayal stays away from parody with hints of classic phrases like “well…”. The film shows Shultz as sympathetic. Raisa is shown as very savvy. President Reagan \[…\] ## [Inside Yoshiwara, Japan’s oldest red light district](https://www.huckmag.com/article/inside-yoshiwara-japan-oldest-red-light-district-tokyo-asasuka) _2026-08-19 · Manami Okazaki · Huck - Main_ Asasuka soaplands — Despite numerous fires and harshening sex work laws, the centuries old area continues to persevere in East Tokyo. Manami Okazaki traces its history and meets people who shape its present. ## [Masamichi Sugi -- Terra](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/masamichi-sugi-terra.html) _2026-08-18 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ Not sure what's gotten singer-songwriter Masamichi Sugi（杉真理） so shocked on the cover of his May 1984 album "Mistone" . Maybe he just saw the latest trailer for "Avengers Doomsday". Anyways, I have here one of the tracks from "Mistone", "Terra" . Y'know...I don't think I had ever heard a New Wave pop tune from Sugi (usually he tended toward the old-fashioned pop of the 1950s or 1960s ) but here is… ## [m-flo loves RIP SLYME -- ARIGATTO](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/m-flo-loves-rip-slyme-arigatto.html) _2026-08-18 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ Hard to believe but "Reservoir Dogs" is over 34 years old now. That iconic power walk with the robbers has probably been emulated all over the place, especially during Halloween . I should know...since some of my friends and I actually dressed up in black suits and strutted down one of the main streets of Toronto one October 31st . I should've exercised more. Anyways, it wasn't just me and my… ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rlDxbKCxyzHL) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [2000 Great Songs #1426: Against Pollution](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1426-against-pollution.html) _2026-08-18 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ When it comes to John Darnielle and his Mountain Goats , I assume there are a handful of tunes which are generally-acknowledged classics by fans, and then certain songs that may become idiosyncratic personal favorites just because of the way they happen to hit you. I assume "Against Pollution," off 2004's We Shall All Be Healed , probably falls into the latter camp. It's not his most immediate… ## [The "Wine Crisis" is a Crisis of Discovery: A White Paper](https://everydaydrinking.substack.com/p/the-wine-crisis-is-a-crisis-of-discovery) _2026-08-18 · Jason Wilson · EVERYDAY DRINKING_ Our new series on the way forward for the wine industry. ## [Tens of thousands gather to remember Jason Arday at London vigil](https://www.huckmag.com/article/thousands-remember-jason-arday-london-vigil-stand-up-to-racism) _2026-08-18 · Ella Glossop · Huck - Main_ Stand Up to Racism — It took place in Trafalgar Square, with speakers paying tribute to the former Cambridge professor’s life and achievements, while calling for accountability over the reporting he faced from the mainstream press. ## [The Wines of Discovery Index](https://everydaydrinking.substack.com/p/wines-of-discovery-index) _2026-08-18 · Jason Wilson · EVERYDAY DRINKING_ A companion piece to our white paper on wine's crisis of discovery, with 50 wines that offer a solution. ## [Katsuko Kanai -- Noche de Tokyo（ノーチェ デ・東京）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/katsuko-kanai-noche-de-tokyo.html) _2026-08-17 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ I was scrolling through the J-Wiki article showing the music of 1965 , the year of my birth, and I encountered a familiar name: Katsuko Kanai（金井克子） . I've known her mostly for her 31st single and a 1973 hit titled "Tanin no Kankei" （他人の関係） , a snazzy Mood Kayo with some distinct choreography. However, getting back to 1965, Kanai released her 10th single back in May of that year. "Noche de Tokyo"… ## [Gamu -- Kanashikute/Yume de Aitai kara（悲しくて・夢で逢いたいから）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/gamu-kanashikuteyume-de-aitai-kara.html) _2026-08-17 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ When it comes to the folk duo Gamu（雅夢） , most listeners of Japanese pop music of the past will quickly recollect their debut single and biggest hit , the wistful "Ai wa Kagero" （愛はかげろう） from September 1980. Well, vocalist and songwriter Kazuto Miura（三浦和人） went really dramatic with his group's 2nd single "Kanashikute" (I'm Sad/I Miss You) from February 1981 . Man, starting with that epic pipe… ## [2000 Great Songs #1425: You Can Call Me Al](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1425-you-can-call-me-al.html) _2026-08-17 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ It's been 40 years since the release of Paul Simon 's landmark 1986 LP Graceland , and, as detailed in my book , I haven't been able to enjoy it since listening to it in an altered state of mind in college and coming to the realization that the whole album is just two songs played over and over with different lyrics. (I don't know if that's actually the case, but once you have one of these stoner… ## [Lost photos from the heyday of punk and new wave](https://www.huckmag.com/article/db-burkeman-lost-photos-heyday-punk-new-wave) _2026-08-17 · Miss Rosen · Huck - Main_ Crash Bang — DB Burkeman’s latest photobook unearths photographs from his younger years as an aspiring music photographer, which sat undeveloped in his family home for decades. ## [Andy Warhol: l’arte come brand, superficie e replica](https://mrpianpiano.substack.com/p/andy-warhol-larte-come-brand-superficie) _2026-08-16 · Enrico Marani = Mr Pian Piano · (((RADIO PIAN PIANO)))_ “Io vedo tutto così, la superficie delle cose, una specie di Braille mentale, mi limito a passare le mani sulla superficie delle cose.” ## [Those Sad and Lonely Tunes](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/those-sad-and-lonely-tunes.html) _2026-08-16 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ It was just this morning when I saw commenter Brian Mitchell noticing that there were indeed a lot of songs in Japan with the word kanashii （悲しい）or kanashimi （悲しみ） or some variant. They refer to sadness or loneliness and it would fit in with the kayo kyoku tendency to bring up a lot of sad stories within the lyrics albeit the music supporting them has often been quite cheerful. Well, I've opted to… ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8R5Vd0mHYjvy) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Dirty Androids -- City Never Sleeps](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/dirty-androids-city-never-sleeps.html) _2026-08-16 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ Despite all the bright lights and big city that you see in Basile Morin's captivating photo of Kabukicho at night, there was a time early in my Japan residency when Tokyo , one of the largest cities on Earth , was a city that actually did sleep. It had a curfew...much to the surprise and dissatisfaction of many a lively night owl there. Public transportation tended to go to bed at just a few… ## [2000 Great Songs #1424: Bertha Butt Boogie](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1424-bertha-butt-boogie.html) _2026-08-16 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ Jimmy Castor (both with and without The Jimmy Castor Bunch) released records throughout the 70s filled primarily with fairly straight soul and R&B (and some smooth jazz), but he also recorded some hugely entertaining funk music--albeit often novelty tracks with goofy lyrics. "Bertha Butt Boogie," off the Bunch's 1974 colorfully-titled Butt Of Course , obviously falls into that latter camp, but for… ## [Rioja: My Favorites of the New Wave](https://everydaydrinking.substack.com/p/rioja-my-favorites-of-the-new-wave) _2026-08-16 · EVERYDAY DRINKING_ For those who want to experience what's really happening in modern Rioja, here are 50 top bottles. ## [Kaiju Go](https://xevio.us/2026/08/kaiju-go/) _2026-08-16 · Xevious · Xevious_ I attended Kaiju Go yesterday. I was impressed by how much better and bigger it was this year. This is the fourth year of what started out as just a screening of a couple of classic Godzilla movies. this year featured the US premiere of Seafood Monster Wars. The featured movies were Ebirah and Hedorah. \[…\] ## [Kye Eunsook -- Yoidorete（酔いどれて）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/kye-eunsook-yoidorete.html) _2026-08-15 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ For all of the scenes I've seen on shows such as "Enka no Hanamichi" （演歌の花道） and all of those karaoke videos, I'm not sure whether there are actually a fair number of people who hit the fancy bars and izakaya to drown their sorrows in drink. It just seems rather depressing to see and it may not be all that good for business according to the bartender/owner. But the trope happily exists in… ## [Keisuke Kuwata -- Kanashii Kimochi （悲しい気持ち）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/keisuke-kuwata-kanashii-kimochi.html) _2026-08-15 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ Commenter Fireminer thankfully and recently reminded me of a song that I hadn't heard in a few decades...basically since I used to watch rental videotapes of "The Best 10" （ザ・ベストテン） . The chorus is what got the memory engrams going. I'm talking about Keisuke Kuwata's（桑田佳祐） "Kanashii Kimochi" (Sad Feelings) or the official English title of "Just a Man in Love" . Released in October 1987 as Kuwata's… ## [2000 Great Songs #1423: It's Too Bad](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1423-its-too-bad.html) _2026-08-15 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ With so many great albums from The Jam , it feels like overkill to be paying our third visit to 1978's All Mod Cons . But, damn, what a record! "It's Too Bad" finds Paul Weller in full-on Beatles mode. And, sure, his borrowing of the "She Loves You" riff chords the bridge has a lot to do with it (far from the only instance where Weller found himself cutting-and-pasting a Beatles hook into one of… ## [End of Oak Street](https://xevio.us/2026/08/oakstreet/) _2026-08-15 · Xevious · Xevious_ I was expecting a Cloverfield movie but got a Jurassic Park movie. ## [Atsuko Nina -- Apple Tea to Peanuts（アップルティーとピーナッツ）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/atsuko-nina-apple-tea-to-peanuts.html) _2026-08-15 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ I have to admit that I've not come across the combination of apple tea and peanuts before although I've enjoyed both of them separately. Maybe they make a good remedy toward improved blood circulation. Hard to say. But that combination is indeed the title of singer-songwriter Atsuko Nina's（二名敦子） track from her 1987 album "Teibou" （堤防） . I wrote on the title track back in 2018 and compared to the… ## [Lucky Kilimanjaro -- Burning Friday Night](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/lucky-kilimanjaro-burning-friday-night.html) _2026-08-15 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ It's indeed a Friday night as I type this so I'm sure younger and more energetic folks than I are enjoying their time dining, dancing and drinking somewhere out there. Temperatures are more reasonable and seasonable in the evenings now. A few years ago, I posted an article regarding the band Lucky Kilimanjaro and their 2021 "Ame ga Furu nara Odoreba Ii ja nai" （雨が降るなら踊ればいいじゃない） , noting that… ## [Try Before You Buy, Risk-Free (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XXWnfZVhuAwD) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Free trial hosting plus refunds processed in 12-24 hours, guaranteed. ## [Satoko Shibata -- Pool](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/satoko-shibata-pool.html) _2026-08-14 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ Swimming\_Pool\_Grundarfjordur\_Kirkjufell Ahhh...the community swimming pool, an environment of chlorinated intrigue, romance and strategy. (Young) People are conglomerating in different cliques within or without the water admiring from afar or, if they are brave enough, communicating up close and personal. And once in a while, there may be some actual swimming taking place. But always beware of the… ## [Anna Banana -- Himitsu（秘密）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/anna-banana-himitsu.html) _2026-08-14 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ A little over four years ago, I introduced singer Anna Banana（アンナ・バナナ） to the pages of KKP , a lovely lady with some golden vocals. Just from what I've heard thus far, it seems like she inhabited some of the more urbane genres such as City Pop and jazz . My first article on her "Smile" from her 1993 album "High Dive" revealed a breezy pop sense somewhat akin to some of the works of actress-singer… ## [Kaze/Ichizo Seo -- Hoozue wo Tsuku Onna（ほおづえをつく女）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/kazeichizo-seo-hoozue-wo-tsuku-onna.html) _2026-08-14 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ J. Robinson and Sons from Wikimedia Commons Y'know...try as I might, I always confuse the heck out of myself with the singer-songwriters Ichizo Seo（瀬尾一三）and Shozo Ise（伊勢正三） . It sure doesn't help that they are contemporaries and that they not only worked basically within the same sphere of music from the 1970s but they have collaborated together. Plus, there's something about the pronunciation of… ## [Ok Goodnight – stop/go](https://theprogmind.com/2026/08/14/ok-goodnight-stop-go/) _2026-08-14 · The Prog Mind · The PROG Mind_ Ok Goodnight releases a grower of an album. ## [Analogue Appreciation: Xmunashe](https://www.huckmag.com/article/analogue-appreciation-xmunashe-make-yourself-at-home) _2026-08-14 · xmunashe, Isaac Muk · Huck - Main_ Make Yourself At Home — In an ever more digital, online world, we ask our favourite artists about their most cherished pieces of physical culture. Today, it’s elusive freeform explorer Xmunashe. ## [2000 Great Songs #1422: The Kirwan Song](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1422-kirwan-song.html) _2026-08-14 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ I really enjoy the music of Swedish indie act The Amazing , who have about a half-dozen albums blending mellow psychedelia, dream pop, and freak folk. Of course, such music is better suited to quiet backdrops for a lazy weekend morning or settling evening dusk than to active listening, so it's hard for me to pick out specific songs for attention. But I do love "The Kirwan Song," the opening track… ## [Count Binface: “Nigel, who said he didn’t want to be humiliated, maybe has been”](https://www.huckmag.com/article/count-binface-nigel-farage-clacton) _2026-08-14 · Ella Glossop · Huck - Main_ “I’m just getting started” — The novelty political candidate, created by Jonathan David Harvey, came second in the Clacton by-election after winning 9,455 votes and more than a quarter of the votes. ## [Ego-Wrappin' -- Riviera](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/ego-wrappin-riviera.html) _2026-08-13 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ By Olivier Cleynen via Wikimedia Commons It's been a while since I've posted anything by the bohemian jazz outfit Ego-Wrappin' . Can't quite believe that a quarter-century has passed since I first heard their stomping "Psychoanalysis" （サイコアナラシス） led by the booming voice of Yoshie Nakano（中納良恵）. To be frank, I'm not sure what Nakano and her songwriting/musician partner Masaki Mori（森雅樹） have been up… ## [Devo -- Whip It](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/devo-whip-it.html) _2026-08-13 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ There have been a few times in the past when a bunch of us have gone out to dinner. Certain couples were with us and one time, at one restaurant where some hit music was playing over the speakers, the male half of the happy duo stated that the next song to play will be their song. Well, much to everyone's hilarity, it turned out to be Depeche Mode's "Master and Servant" . I'm sure that their… ## [Naohirock & Suzukismooth - Keep Rock On](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/naohirock-suzukismooth-keep-rock-on.html) _2026-08-13 · Unknown · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ It took me a while to warm up to the idea of Japanese rap. I had seen bits of Samurai Champloo and was aware of artists like Nujabes . I’d also played games like Sonic Rush and Jet Set Radio , whose soundtracks were composed by Hideki Naganuma (長沼英樹) . So I already knew there was some great hip-hop and hip-hop-inspired music coming out of Japan. But actual Japanese rappers breaking it down on the… ## [Mai Yamane -- Doyou no Yoru to Nichiyou no Asa（土曜の夜と日曜の朝）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/mai-yamane-doyou-no-yoru-to-nichiyou-no.html) _2026-08-13 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ It was about a couple of months ago that I posted Mai Yamane's（山根麻衣） "Kibun wa Fairness" （気分はフェアネス）, her August 1982 5th single and a most congenial pop/rock song that was used as a commercial jingle for a Shiseido brand. As I said in that article, the song seemed to be a transitional one between her early City Pop material and her later jangly blues-rock stuff. Well, today, I have the B-side from… ## [Gold-tinged togetherness as Londoners flock to Primrose Hill for the solar eclipse](https://www.huckmag.com/article/gold-tinged-togetherness-primrose-hill-solar-eclipse-london) _2026-08-13 · Ella Glossop · Huck - Main_ Celestial gathering — Ella Glossop photographs the once in decades event from one the city’s most popular gathering spots, and the community spirit that encapsulated the moment. ## [2000 Great Songs #1421: Nights On Broadway](https://www.jitterywhiteguymusic.com/2026/08/2000-great-songs-1421-nights-on-broadway.html) _2026-08-13 · Jittery White Guy · Jittery White Guy Music_ As noted previously , I was never a Bee Gees fan once they got past their late 60s pop-psych era. Still, I've got a soft spot for "Nights On Broadway," from 1975's Main Course , the album which saw them start to pivot from AOR pop into soul & disco. Obviously that pivot would become complete with 1977's Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, an album which seized control of the universe (or at least… ## [Can Bars With Soul and Wines With Soul Exist in the Same Room?](https://everydaydrinking.substack.com/p/can-bars-with-soul-and-wines-with) _2026-08-13 · Sarah Sioli · EVERYDAY DRINKING_ The tough choice between the kind of place that feels like home, and the actual wine I want in my glass. ## [Danny León pulls huge aerial in line with the solar eclipse](https://www.huckmag.com/article/danny-león-aerial-trick-line-solar-eclipse) _2026-08-13 · Isaac Muk · Huck - Main_ Totality — Combined with a board grab, the Spanish skateboarder performed the trick just as the moon’s path had completely covered the sun. ## [Eclipse](https://xevio.us/2026/08/tse/) _2026-08-12 · Xevious · Xevious_ Truly beautiful pictures coming out of Spain today of the Total Solar Eclipse. I'm definitely sorry that I had to cancel my plans this year. I'm glad that there's going to be another chance next August. ## [King Gnu -- Go Ghost](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/king-gnu-go-ghost.html) _2026-08-12 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ I barely remember watching the 1995 anime feature "Ghost in the Shell" ; there was the iconic scene of Major Kusanagi flying off the roof and going into stealth mode and the scene where a row of techs had their fingers disjoint to show a whole bunch of metal rods typing at warp speed. But that was it for my memories. I guess the movie was so mesmerizing in how everything and everyone moved that it… ## [Chivalry isn’t dead: Inside the world of modern jousting](https://www.huckmag.com/article/chivalry-isnt-dead-modern-jousting-arundel-the-obsessives) _2026-08-12 · Ginnia Cheng · Huck - Main_ The Obsessives — The extreme sport, which sees competitors charge full speed on a horse towards an opponent while armed with a lance, stretches back centuries. Ginnia Cheng takes a trip to Arundel, the ‘Wimbledon of Jousting’, to find out why people travel across the world in search of crashing hits. ## [Yukihide Takekawa -- Doki Doki Summer Girl（ドキ・ドキ・サマーガール）](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/yukihide-takekawa-doki-doki-summer-girl.html) _2026-08-12 · J-Canuck · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ When I was writing up the Author's Picks article for the works of lyricist Fumiko Okada（岡田富美子） a few years ago, I was able to find some more of her songs for other artists that I decided to save up for future entries. This is one of them. Outside of the band Godiego（ゴダイゴ） , vocalist Yukihide Takekawa（タケカワユキヒデ） had his solo career which I've so far represented on KKP with his 1979 "Happiness"… ## [Wait And See (Love Theme From Abunai Deka)](http://kayokyokuplus.blogspot.com/2026/08/wait-and-see-love-theme-from-abunai-deka.html) _2026-08-12 · Unknown · Kayo Kyoku Plus_ I was a kid raised on action movies, particularly of the cop variety. Rush Hour 2, Bad Boys, The Naked Gun, Beverly Hills Cop —all of these movies delivered great action and even better laughs. They really don’t make ’em like they used to. So color me surprised when I discovered that Japan had its own answer to the buddy-cop formula in the form of Abunai Deka (あぶない刑事; “Dangerous Detectives”).…