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So I've got a message from Tomoko Kish.
Tomoko Kish? Kish?
K-I-S-H.
K-I-S-H. Got it.
Kish.
Hello Kevin and Yamachan.
Hello.
Nice to meet you. I'm Tomoko Kish.
I always enjoy listening to your podcast.
I often laugh at it because it's funny.
I'm glad you're wearing a mask.
Thank you.
On the other podcast the other day,
you said you saw a message from a listener saying
that you drink Coca-Cola when you have a headache in America.
Yes.
I heard that you said that you've never heard of that
and that you think it's not good for your stomach.
I was wondering what my American colleague would think.
He said that he had had a drink when he was having a stomachache.
What?
He said that he had had a drink with plain or ginger ale
and that he had never heard of Coca-Cola but thought it had the same effect.
What the fuck?
You're ugly?
He said that he thought it would help with the stomachache.
What the fuck?
I don't know if he really heard it but he said he had had it before.
He said that it's been a long time since he came to Japan
and that he's changed his habits and habits
so he doesn't know if he's still in America.
He's probably the same generation as Kevin's father
so he might be from a different generation or region.
No, never heard of it. What?
I've been living in Japan for a long time
but when I talk to people from different generations
they often talk about things they don't know
or things they did in their teens
which people in their teens don't do at all
or things that are completely different depending on the region.
Have you ever encountered that kind of situation?
I think you've experienced a lot of things
when you were living in Kyoto.
Sorry for the long story.
It's only been a short while.
I've been living here for a while so please come visit us.
Thank you.
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So the question was...
The cultural differences between the city, regions or generations.
Okay, right.
So you've been living here for a while so you've seen a lot of things.
I've been living here for a while so I've seen a lot of things.
I've been living here for a while so I've seen a lot of things.
I've been living here for a while so I've seen a lot of things.
I've been living here for a while so I've seen a lot of things.
I've been living here for a while so I've seen a lot of things.
I've been living here for a while so I've seen a lot of things.
Yeah?
There are so many differences.
Like when we were high school students we used...
You know the...
Gara-kei?
Gara-kei and...
You know...
Like...
What was it? Keiji-ban things? You know?
Yeah.
True.
Those.
And also email.
Meitai no email we used.
So...
You know...
How many...
Di...
Yeah.
Is put on your...
Message is important.
Right.
In your counting.
And you know it was kind of measure of your...
Right.
You and that...
Your girlfriend's relationship.
Right.
But it's completely gone I guess.
Yeah.
Probably gone.
So...
Yeah.
There are so many differences like those.
True.
Yeah.
The things we did when we were like teenagers but...
But now they don't do.
Mm-hmm.
Like...
Like when we were college students we had like real...
Classes.
Mm-hmm.
But now you know...
Some people have but it's all online.
Right.
And they don't have any like...
Circle things.
Right.
It's online.
There's...
Maybe not difference.
Yeah.
I wonder how the acapella circle is doing it online.
Yeah.
Are they doing it online?
Yeah they are doing online but...
You know it's impossible to do online acapella.
Because you know there's a time lag.
Yeah.
And...
Timing matters.
Yeah.
You hear what some other people sang like some seconds ago.
Mm-hmm.
Then it's impossible to sync to that sound at the same time.
Right.
So they don't do what we did when we were college students.
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Right.
What they are doing right now is just recording individually.
Oh.
With kind of you know metronome or some kind of track.
Mm-hmm.
And individually and put them together and make one video.
Oh shit.
It's what they do right now as a circle activity.
Wait where do they upload it?
Just publicly on YouTube?
I don't know but they make it.
Mm-hmm.
And that's the activity.
Oh.
I'm not sure if they are uploading to YouTube or whatever but...
But it's all digital.
Yeah.
They're doing it digitally.
Yeah.
Wow.
That's so different.
It's different.
Wow.
Yeah.
So I guess now skills like mastering the whole thing matters too.
Yeah.
Kind of like the volume differences of the people and everything.
I think there's one or few people who can you know do those things so not everybody need to know those.
Mm-hmm.
Wow.
Yeah.
Wow.
That's tough.
Yeah.
That is tough.
Like I remember when we were before COVID it was like you know like you would have to like read the atmosphere.
Yeah.
And like the timing and everything.
Yeah.
Right?
Yeah.
Like you'd have to like that was kind of one factor of like how good an a cappella group is.
Like they have their own vibe.
Yeah.
They have their own like common language that they're speaking on stage.
Yeah.
Like that.
I don't know if that's in place still.
Yeah.
Right?
With the current state of how the a cappella is being done.
True.
Wow.
And you can feel that you know emotion not only on that time and express at the same time.
Right.
Yeah.
And also the most important part was not practicing but doing little you know chaban things together.
Right.
Absolutely.
So you know that's lost.
You don't get to do that.
You don't have time to do those important activities.
So you really have to love a cappella now.
Yeah.
That's true.
You can't just be there for the friends.
Yeah.
You really need to love.
Oh God.
Yeah.
Wow.
Those music recording and make one video.
Dang.
Yeah.
But I guess if the state of emergency is gone maybe they're gathering together and singing.
I guess so.
Yes.
And a cappella is kind of me together with four or five people together.
Right.
Singing in front of you.
Right.
Right.
To each other.
So that's really.
It's like the whole essence of it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wow.
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Wow.
Yeah.
But I guess there are like different joy with that.
Absolutely.
And then that activity.
I'm sure.
I'm sure they do.
Yeah.
But it's different.
Yeah.
All right.
Yeah.
So it was a little off from that question actually.
But yeah.
But still, you know, now the world of COVID.
I guess it was more like a COVID question.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But.
Okay.
That's what the current.
Mm hmm.
The Gaxis are going through.
Yeah.
For people who are in the a cappella circle.
Yeah.
Sure.
All right.
Thanks for listening guys! Bye!
Bye.
