HeyJaredThe Back of Japan
Join writer/Japanophile Josh Furr on a treasure hunt through the "back" of Japan: the underrated and overlooked Hokuriku region, including present day Fukui, Niigata and Toyama prefectures.
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Episode 35: Cosmic Horror and the City of Murakami, Pt. 1 (opens the original)
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It’s the end of the (world) summer, Backers! Despite the changing of months, maybe you’re still sweating it out with our pesky source of light and heat. We’ve got a cure for that. I recommend the cold chill of dread that only comes with existential cosmic horror. Take two doses of John Langan’s The Fisherman and call me in the morning. WARNING: this product contains Lovecraftian elements of forbidden knowledge, ancient indifferent entities, slices of Americana and weird cults. Disuse if symptoms
Episode 34: West Coast Punk and Digging Niigata's Green Season (opens the original)
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Hey ya super sweaty Backers, If there’s one thing hotter than a greenhouse-induced summer in 2026, it’s East Coast punk that rose up in the late 1970’s, particularly two bands: The Mutants and The Cramps (of “Goo Goo Muck” fame). If that’s your scene, do yerselves a favor and check out the ultra-brief yet iconic documentary “We Were There to Be There”, in which aforementioned bands played a free show for psychiatric patients at the Napa State Hospital in California. Can’t get more punk than that
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