This episode is a special one. Scot is going to dive into the story of Morena, the place The Perfect Show’s studio is named after, and recounts the story of one of the most amazing places he ever found in Japan.
The story wanders to Indian restaurants, Hokkaido festival life, and Dr. Pepper.
Visit Morena at www.cafemorena.info
This one’s been on the slate since the idea of this podcast first happened, and I’m excited to finally share it with you now.
Videos from Morena:
Fumiko and Hide Kuriiwa outside of Morena.
Hide playing guitar inside Morena.
Scot and Misha about to eat a wide selection of delicious food.
Fumiko shows off her formidible fighting techniques
(L-R) Fumiko, Hide, Scot, Misha.
A-chan in Scot’s lap.
Hide’s guitar, A-chan, and Morena.
A-chan in front of a shelf with jellies and sauces for sale.
Hidehiko in M0rena.
A-chan on Scot on the floor of Morena.
Pepper plants in Morena’s no-till garden.
A sampling of fresh vegetables grown and used at Morena.
Here are links to Kisha Solomon’s two-part essay “Black in Spain: Beauty Standards and Exoticisms”
Part 1: https://www.lasmorenasdeespana.com/blog/black-in-spain-an-exotic-beauty
Part 2: https://www.lasmorenasdeespana.com/blog/morena-negra-whats-in-a-name
Bossa Nova Chirstmas Songs:
Marcela Mangabeira – All I Want For Christmas is You
Monique Kessous – Last Christmas
Tahta Menezes – Happy Christmas (War is Over)
NEW:
The Perfect Show has a new website! Now find us at www.perfectshowpodcast.com and put images to any audio you are wondering about.
Special thanks for the cover song:
Romaana Shakir – romaanashakir: https://www.fiverr.com/romaanashakir
Instrumental by Chevy71Corvette on Youtube – https://youtu.be/8zyhnWDhcrM
And for the Japanese segment:
Japanese Voice Over – araccyn: https://www.fiverr.com/araccyan
English Translation – nwcoast90: https://www.fiverr.com/nwcoast90
Original Piano Composition – steveaik7: https://www.fiverr.com/steveaik7
Music from this episode by:
mikesville – https://www.fiverr.com/mikesville
nikas_music – https://www.fiverr.com/nikas_music
brrrrravo – https://www.fiverr.com/brrrrravo
dawnshire – https://www.fiverr.com/dawnshire
adam_mejghi – https://www.fiverr.com/adam_mejghi
Desparee – https://www.fiverr.com/desparee
Lofi_rob – https://www.fiverr.com/lofi_rob
Aandy Valentine – https://www.fiverr.com/aandyvalentine
From the Free Music Archive and used under a Creative Commons License: