That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for December 17, 2020

Aiko couldn’t wait to trade the 3-string shamisen in for 6-string Les Paul with Boss Katana amp.

This is what inspired The Partridge Family.

♫“In a gadda da vida, honey, ….”♫

Even though it came first, J-pop never did catch on as well as K-pop.

“After your music lesson you must walk on rice paper without tearing it, Grasshopper.”

keiko passes on to the younger generation what steve martin taught her on the banjo…

“That was really nice. Now play the one where we all get knee replacements when we’re older.”

I always have liked to seize/ opportunities such as these/ to cruelly unleash a/ n attack on things “geisha”/ but nobody else agrees.

Harmonica accompaniment would be nice.

Nuthin could be finer/ than a tariff war with China/in the morning../ in my month remaining/ I’ll leave every one complaining /in the morning/ If I had another term ( and maybe I will !)/ I’d git’er done (I’m Vlad’s poison pill !)/ Nuthin could be finer/ than to be a wealthy whiner/ in the mor-hor-hor-ning!

The new band for “Kill Bill Volume 3”

Mount Norikura Breakdown

“No. The break in ‘Whipping Post’ starts like this…”

Known for their unique silky tones.

♪ Now we don our geisha parel ♪ Fa La La ♫ La La La ♪ La La La

“Geisha smeisha…….I wanna be a rock-n-roll star!”

“Tutti-frutti, O Rudy..” (not Giuliani)

In her later years, so they say,/ she accompanied tap and ballet/ in a studio tacky/ in Nagasaki/ until she was blown away.

What did Japan have to do with the spice trade? Zip-oh, as far as I know.

Rosie’s girls practicing for Lt Col Henry Blake’s going-away party.

Needs more cowbell.

Somehow, We Will Rock You didn’t, when this group played it.

After directing them to stardom the mom would squander her daughters’ fortune on Pokemon collectibles.

“Yoshi, Ito is ready for you to play his…I mean play for him.”

Is that a mandolin in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

Mariko kept them entertained playing ‘Stairway to Heaven’ on her shamisen.

You know how your mom told you if you keep making that face it will stay that way? Well, these ladies kept signing this song…https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IWWwM2wwMww

“Damn it, rads! Where has Lingo got off to now?”

Music Lesson: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Music_Lesson_by_Shirataki_Ikunosuke_(Geidai_Museum).jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome, with Google Translate added to chrome://extensions, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this painting.

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21786/lot/2054/ 

https://jmapps.ne.jp/otanimuseum/sakka_det.html?is_pub_mode=1&museum_sub_domain=otanimuseum&person_id=164&hlvl=1&bunrui=0&search_type=keyword&sort_type=desc&page=1&list_type=LLA&btn_list_type=yes&list_count=10&person_id=164&list_count=10 

both have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his Japanese Wikipedia page: 

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E6%BB%9D%E5%B9%BE%E4%B9%8B%E5%8A%A9 

(again, Chrome can automatically translate as necessary). First work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2601 (December 16, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

They’re almost ready to do Stairway To Heaven.

“Do Freebird next”

“It’s got a great beat, and the kids can dance to it. I give it a 84!” – Angie DiDonato, American Bandstand ,1958.

Her guitar had a skinny neck, but she played some phat bass.

Being half black, Eichi felt a lot of pressure, because everyone just assumed she could play funky.

Chairs? We don’t need no stinkin’ chairs!

Sorry class, our budget wasn’t enough for chairs. All of the money went for the “STEM” curriculum.