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Jack from THE SYAMISENIST and Justin from More than Music join the podcast to talk about spiking traditional music with change, and how far the limits can be pushed until you go too far. In the introduction: Quest for Meat.   Find THE SYAMISENIST Twitter: @thesyamisenist Website:https://www.transist.site/the-syamisenist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesyamisenist/   Find More Than Music: http://www.morethanmusic.jpLINE: @pzt2077hhttp://www.Instagram.com/morethanmusic.jphttp://www.facebook.com/morethanmusic.jphttp://www.twitter.com/morethanmusicjp

I am joining YETI on drums for their 2019 Tokyo Tour. In this pre-amble tour podcast, we talk about rock, social marketing, and a maple syrup diet for your poop shoot.   Featured Song Credit: YETI For tour dates: yetirocks.com (or) https://ja-jp.facebook.com/yetijams/ MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow  

AI reporters are the worst. In this episode, the horrific aspects of AI are very interesting, while the standard aspects of AI are everyday. How does this affect the reporting of AI for you and me? Well, buckle up fellow citizens, because I happen to have some inside baseball.  Links Super Surveillance Camera AI Organ Harvesting Self-Driving Bus On-Demand Bus AI Cucumber AI Nuclear Transcripts Online Gaming AI for Taxis in Real Life AI Writer FAIL: THE END OF HUMANS!

Abusin' the AI Newsin'!  In this episode, I discuss the following topics: Corporates shifting to Digital Influencers because most real influencers suck at influencing. How Police Robots may be a good thing, in the right light. A layman's explanation of quantum computing, and what it might mean to encryption.  Autonomous driving getting a YEE-HAW from the gov.  FAIL AI REPORTING.  And why your vacuum cleaner may be the biggest rat in the house.  Like and Subsribe!  Links: Virtual Influencer China Cop-Bot Quantum Computing 1 / Quantum Computing 2 Japanese Gov Oks Rules for Auto Drive Link to AI Fail Reporting Vacuum Rat MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow  

There is a major shift in automation and AI happening at the moment, and I happen to have some inside baseball as well as urinal jokes. Like and subscribe!1. Why is there such hype around Deep Fakes and what does it really mean?  2. Why are we entrusting social media companies with so much of our data, when they leak it all the time?3. Can traditional values be used to prevent an abusive society steeped in surveillance capitalism?4. If AI is so horrible, why does everyone want to use it?5. The Huawei and US trade war goes waaay deeper than economic reasonings -- consider them existential!   MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow  

Author Max von Schuler Kobayashi joins the podcast to discuss the cultural issues between South Korea and Japan. Topics include: intelligence sharing, trade, historical revisionism, and a move towards China.    Max's Blog: http://tokyomaxtalks.blogspot.com Max on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxvschuler?lang=en MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow  

  In the intro I talk about the Tokyo Immigration Office and European Travel.  Koji, of D.O.G.S. joins the podcast to talk about how he lost his voice... and found it again! He couldn't talk! Was it a ruse to get likes on Social Media? Or Was it based on artisinal psychological passageways? How much did European STDs have to do with this, and where was cure? ... All of this and more is discussed in detail on the pod. D.O.G.S. is releasing a new album and are playing at the Ruby Room in Shibuya to Celebrate not only their music, but also an STD-free victory of a man who lost his voice, and managed to find it again!  Check out D.O.G.S. on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dogsfromjapan/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/dogs_official?lang=en MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow

Max von Schuler and Matt Bigelow discuss the ongoing Korean-Japan trade war, with tensions mounting mostly on one side. We also discuss the elderly as the emerging criminal class in Japan, and the reasons behind it. In the middle Matt plays a Bamboo Star song, to stand in solidarity with Hong Kongers in their protest against the implementation of potential draconian laws.  Click the links, and save humanity.   Bamboo Star YouTube video (it's hilarious): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5S_w-wEBA4 Max's Blog: http://tokyomaxtalks.blogspot.com Max on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxvschuler?lang=en MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow  

  More than Music is a Music Event Platform that connects audiences with music and art.  Mamoru Satoh is a rambling blues musician.  They join the Matty B Files to talk about music, swass, and internet business platforms.  Like, subscribe, leave a comment pureezu.  Guest Contact Info More Than Music: http://www.morethanmusic.jpLINE: @pzt2077hhttp://www.Instagram.com/morethanmusic.jphttp://www.facebook.com/morethanmusic.jphttp://www.twitter.com/morethanmusicjphttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ6tgaWklfSNpHmh-yd8OQg   Mamoru Satoh: https://ms8music.com/en/ 26th July (Fri) Mamoru the last gig in TokyoVenue：Roppongi Birdland 六本木バードランド　http://www.bird-land.co.jp/19:00 Open 19:30 StartMusic Charge: 3000円 ＋２orders

Mamoru spent a couple of years travelling around the world playing music wherever he could. He talks about music, travel, and growth on this episode of the Matty B Files.  Learn more about Mamoru: https://ms8music.com/en/

Folk-Celtic-Rock at its finest! Angry McFinn and the Old Yank join the podcast to talk about style, weddings, and Hip-Hop Country. Angry McFinn and the Old Yanks available here: https://store.cdbaby.com/artist/AngryMcFinntheOldYank   MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow    

Max von Schuler-Kobayashi joins the podcast to discuss weird Korean activism, artificial intelligence fails, and creepy liberal gaijins. Question authority. Kill Your TV. The revolution will be podcasted.  Max's Blog: http://tokyomaxtalks.blogspot.com Max on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maxvschuler?lang=en MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow  

The episode begins with a rant at the adults who make life boring, the curse of paper, soft people, and how to make a better future for mankind.  The second half features a live recording of LifeGarden, an acoustic jewel by any standard. This recording is from the "Live From Koenji" Acoustic Special put on by Charlie's Place, Off Beat Photography, and this podcast. Links: LifeGarden | Charlie's Place | Off Beat Photography  

Petteri and Ume join the podcast to discuss Music Trends for 2019. Blockchain, AI, music scene, hype... where is this all going?  Tune and Find OUT! Takashi Umemiya: https://www.takashiumemiya.net MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow #Korea #Radar #LockOn #SurveillanceTechnology #TokyoPodcast  

Author Max von Schuler-Kobayashi and Matt Bigelow discuss military scandals and surveillance capitalism on the Asian front. Max's Blog: http://tokyomaxtalks.blogspot.com MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow #Korea #Radar #LockOn #SurveillanceTechnology #TokyoPodcast

Takashi Umemiya and the Comrades is a Roots Rock Reggae group. Their new album is being released Feb. 3, 2019.   Petteri and I begin the podcast by talking about podcasts, phones, conspiracy theories, then Ume arrives to talk about recording music, writing songs, and pariahs in the music scene.  http://www.takashiumemiya.net MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow

RedBedRock is a multicultural rock band based in Tokyo, Japan. Their sounds combine influences such as Hard Rock, world music, and Latin, inspiring them to develop their own unique sound. https://www.redbedrock.com Photo Credit: Rie Shiina This Podcast was Produced, Engineered, Edited, Recorded, and Uploaded by Matt Bigelow

  Charlie the Australian mushroom farmer of "Charlie's Place" fame, his brother George AND Andrew Holtby from Off Beat Photography join the podcast.  We talk about travel in Japan, mushroom farming, and the father's that give, and take away, and then give back -- our dreams.  Jan 12 2019 -- Come to Our Show: LINK http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/events/2019/1/12/tokyo-acoustic-special-live-from-koenji

Author Max von Schuler Kobayashi joins the podcast to discuss the top trends and news in Japan for November/December 2018.   Max's Blog: http://tokyomaxtalks.blogspot.com MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow     #JunpeiYasuda #SouthKorea #NorthKorea #UnitedKorea #JapanChina #AI #Tsukiji #HotAirBalloon

Cliff and Buddha, hosts of the Raw Urban Mobile Podcast (RUMP), let me into their mobile studio (van) in Shibuya (chick-town). We talk about words, Urban Culture in Japan, and where we don’t wanna die. In the intro (18mins long) I respond to one of my accusers. And talk about festivals. Listen to RUMP: https://rump.podbean.com | RUMP on Twitter: @RUMPtokyo       MBF Podast Official Websites: https://mattybfiles.podbean.com / http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog /RSS Feeds: http://www.matthewpmbigelow.com/matty-blog?format=rss https://mattybfiles.podbean.com/feed/ This podcast was hosted, produced, edited, written, engineered, and subdued by Matt Bigelow