Monday, June 14, 2010

cyclone




どんなに人で溢れて賑やかでも、
コニーアイランドには独特の寂しさがある。
3、40年前と同じさびれた遊園地のアトラクションや、
色あせた売り物のタオルがぶらさがって揺れていたり、
安いお酒の空き瓶が割れてころがっていたりする。

海はいつもでもそうかもしれない。
夕暮れ時に海がきらきらして、
人が帰り支度をはじめてシートをたたんだりしているとき、
ただの一日の終わりが世界の終わりのようで、昨日も明日もなかったような気持ちになる。
世界もきっとこんなふうに、普通の一日のように終わるのかもしれない。
それでも肩にはまだ太陽の熱が残っていて、それはなぜかとても甘く寂しい。

Coney Islands has always sadness in the air even it's packed with happy people and laughter. 
Can't really explain why is this.
 It's maybe because faded towels fly in the wind of the storefront, 
or same old classics like cyclone and wonder wheel,
 or just crashed cheap liquor bottle on the ground.

To me, beach is always like that. 
It makes me sad especially in sunset when people get ready for going home. 
It's just an another end of the day, but feels like an end of the world and nothing left behind. 
There is no yesterday and tomorrow at that moment, 
but you still fell the burn of sun-kissed shoulder. 
It's so sweet and heart breaking at the same time. Don't know why. 


hanako (shakers)


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In October 2008, Shakers was born in the small apartment in Bushwick. Three music enthusiasts got together, listening to the beautiful music. This ritualistic gathering was simply called Listening Party, and it usually went down until six in the morning. Each one of us were baptized by pure pleasure of every elements of the sound, and formed organically the group called Shakers.