Rad interview with JayOsan

I have a lot to post today but I know that nobody really does any work on fridays so I'm sure you'll have time to read it all. Jay Onyskin, Heckasac correspondent in Kumamoto has graciously agreed to an interview. Here it is:

Where were you born?

Los Angeles,Ca--the city of Angels,L.A..

Where did you grow up?

L.A,Detroit/Dearborn(summers with grand pa and ma),Short time Golden,Colorado and Sacto

Where'd you go to high school?

Foothill High,Sacto High and a night high school name which i don`t remember but located in North Highlands

Where have you lived in sac and with who?

North Highlands/Foothill Farms(ma and pa),Akali Flats(mike r mike,keri,chris w and lisa ninja),Downtown on T st across from Old I,Tahoe Park..
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How long did you live in sac?

Since i was 9....till around 33 tho` i still consider myself sacto..

What bands were you/are you in?

Car 39(high school garage band),Horny Mormons,SEA PIGS,Lizards,Ponystable,ButtPlug and now Ledzepvietcong which is me making tapes drunkenly or playing outside for the walker bys in the kokai arcade area..

Favorite sac neighborhood?

Stockton Corridor---Cheap eats,exotic supermarkets that are awesome and cheap.

Favorite places to eat in sac?

Pho Bolsa,Liugi`s--always down to earth friendly folks.Pho and Liugi`s always threw something extra for me.

Favorite venues/shows that you went to in sac?

Well early Cattle Club was where i saw some cool bands.My old friend Bill had great shows at his house in Davis.Early Old Ironsides before the make up and the pro sound etc.Southside Park Shows with a $20 noise permit and a lax atmosphere no corporate sponors bring your ice chest and the motley assortment of bands.My haus with stuffing of blankets in the window and inviting the neighbors even bringin` them an assortment of yak tori.Yet they still didn`t come and called the 5-0...Party Poopers!!!

Why'd you move to japan?

Well--That`s hard one..Two things involed with my exodus from Sacto.One,Cancer--I was diagnosed after my mom passed away with fighting the disease.I was fired from a job and really didn`t have much to survive with.Alas i did tons of garage sales and sold pretty much everything i owned for house payments,meds,eats and some fun stuff too.Ya can`t frown when everything`s down.The Meds made me crazy and i rode my bike 10 miles to chemo with a doctor tellin` that wasn`t cool.Second-Chikae my girlfriend.She really helped me thru hard times and made me drink crazy shiitake/miitake tea,eat healthly..10 points for her and she was tired of the states and needed to head back for family.I followed along after rads and when the last of my items we`re sold,pillaged or tossed.Some is left at Dave`s Store tho..Also thanks to Charles and Dan for shows that gave me some moo la..I tottally thankful for everybody even with the crazy affect of meds..

Where do you live in japan?

I live in Kumamoto on the Southern island of Kyushu.I think if i throw a rock east towards the states.It would hit Los Angeles or Orange County.Kumamoto is in a valley kinda like Sacto so the weather in summer is hella hot.Winter it`s cold and it snows sometimes as Japan is right below Siberia which is hecka cold.If i walked out of my house and to the corner street eastward on a clear day i can see Mount Aso which is the world`s biggest volcano caldera.But i don`t need to walk out to see Aso--i can actually see it when i`m taking a leak in the bathroom and the neighbors can see me..

How is japan different from sac?

Well the first thing that is totally different--is like everybody talks "japanese"or 99.8 percent do.I`m mean really that is way out different.The Culture is obivously "japanese"..Ya know a sea of Black Suits isn`t much different than Downtown Sacto but in the middle of that sea ya might see a Buddhist Monk Chanting a "good luck"ceremony to a business.People smoke way too much here and there are no Back Yards to really chill at for parties or whatever.The night culture here is insane..Drunkeness is more casual than ever.A couple of days ago i saw a guy walking with a open whiskey Suntory bottle(for relaxing times..)..Sippin` the bottle like casual already two sheets to the win as the bottle is like dangle dangle on his finger tips.He his crusin` with buddies looking for escorts...Summer brings out scents of Ramen,Fish mixed with hot humid rain and musky day vomit stains on the sidewalk this is where somebody from the burbs(stateside) might exclaim "are we in the ethnic part of town?"..Right now the hills/mountains/fields are a lush green where around Sacto will probably"brown out"soon..People always say "ohayo" in the morning and greet ya.Buildings are packed in together---urban planning with industrial areas/Noisy Areas/schools together are the norm..Nosie Pollution is rampant with construction next to your house at 2am can happen quite often..But when ya head to an Onsen or out to the countryside is just beautiful and open like some place ya want to retire and just kick back..

Do you think you will ever move back?

At the moment... no--i just can`t afford what Sacto has become.I hate cars and hour long bus waits for a job suck.Riding a Bike was a little dangerous in Sac..I get called names and shit thrown at me.I been hit 4 times riding a bike in Sac..Kumamoto has 3 or 4 community centers with folks that play music and have toys for the kids.Maybe since most japanese have no back yards and never used a lawn mower ,maybe the city and goverment has made the centers for folks to relax and use.They even have a center for foreigners and locals to meet with a thai restuarant and student coffee house...So i`m enjoying Kumamoto at the moment..

What do you miss the most?

The weather/openness/clean big streets/non smoking places/hearing nature in the city..

What do you not miss at all?

The crime/attiude/the malls/the materialism/valet parking

Favorite place you've travelled to?

Korea--It was cheap and friendly.Once i was on the subway and it was chocolate day.The day girls give guys chocolate..So all these Korean High School girls would hand me a piece of chocolate all nervous like i was a bear in a cage.When i took it they would scream and rush over to their buddy that would do the same thing.This went on till i had a bounty of chocolate from different bus and subway rides.Also in Incheon i got drunk drinking Soju and eating Spam with some Mikans singing korean songs with some old folks.I remeber arriving at a little plastic seat outside a bar drinking hite with some dudes it wasn`t cool and i got up slapped down 10,000 won bowed and stumbled to find a train station in the dark.Nobody dare pick pocket cause i proceeded to vomit on myself and pass out.I drunkenly ran out at a stop i needed to get off but let my books on the train but before the door closed they we`re throw at my head pretty hard.Mad but Honest and thanks for my books back,Korea...

What do you do in Japan?

I teach English Conversation and have a Junk Store with a side of selling japanese music over the internet..I have about 15 students at the moment mainly hospital workers..It`s fun ---thursday the discussion was about whats the better way to take a dump?I said Eastern Toilets and Eastern Way of crouching gets everything out.Western Way ya get a book and gotta push it out so ya get roids.My students said "Ah soka jay sen sei eastern way cool desu?So eastern crouching system is the healthy way to take dump..

Weirdest thing you've eaten in Japan.

People would say "Whale Sperm"--But it probably wasn`t whale sperm but it looked like whale sperm.It`s kinda goes like this--jay san-- "this looks like whale sperm,what ya givin` me ahh--whale sperm!!"oji-chan maki family "whale sperm err,yes..this is umm Whrallle sperm"jay san"c`mon what is this?"--oji chan"nan da mo?(kind of what the heck)it`rs aaa Whale sperm--u eat now"--okay..delicious is it?"--jay san"oh ya--can i have sake straight and now,thanks"--I have also eaten Raw Horse with soyu sauce which is a kumamoto tradition...

Tell me a good Sea Pigs story.

Once we played at a Church where we proceeded to get drunk,naked and throw up all in front of church clergy.My friend who put on the show told the clergy man"yep,that`s pretty normal for them.."

tell me a good lizards story

Playin` in Japan at the milk bar in Shibuya??/Tokyo.Just like the Clockwork Orange Bar..When we played i saw was a sea of people in such a crowded small club room and a few of em` knew our songs which was cool.After we played i drank liqour with a dead snake in it and saw guy pissing next to a police man.It was first time in Japan and it was severe culture shock.Maybe not crazy good story..But the sights and sounds made it surreal and dreamy.It was total Blade Runner...They had djs and strobe lights and yakuza....

tell me a good ed hunter story

No Kill I played the press...Ed threw the mic stand and the mic.He was very drunk and i was pissed.We started to fight outside.He would swing and i would hold him down and then Lisa Fagan? would jump on me saying i was gonna kill em`.Lisa would attack me and then some how get me off him.. Ed getting a few good ones in and this repeating again even when i`m telling the next band to load in which was from Seattle..It was like welcome to "Sacto"..This went on and on and i heard he was pretty sore the next day.Another time when the lizards played at the Chameleon i ended up drinking a bunch of tequila making passes at the crazy booker there and some cholla-s i think too out on the street.We we`re goin` home and he was trying to stuff my head into a drum to vomit but i guess i wouldn`t vomit in the drum but i would vomit in the van.I think some swings were swung in Benecia..But that`s all a mist in vagueness of tequila..

how about a good dave smith story

The T street house--and pee races with some band from chicago.We`re all drunk running with dicks out trying urinate at the same time.Dave going vendor machine mad in japan was pretty cool.He Kept buying whatever and ran out of cash so he had to borrow from Dave.I was hella nervous with 9 month preggie wife and Chikae`s crazy yakuza influenced family..

anything else you'd like to say about sac or whatever, go ahead.

SACTO needs to rethink it`s rebirth of downtown.Friends email and call it mega city/international city and a very pricy city.Folks like me can`t afford it no longer and have moved away. Instead of fancy eats financed by the city where only the well paid can eat and bus takin` poor work. Maybe some thought into more civic/social things like community centers and city daycare.A living wage would be helpful but then the working class might be considered at having too much.Parking Lot Shows/House Shows would be awesome.Japan has it probs---but they really care about it`s citizens cause the population is declining.Our son gets free medical care,5,000 yen a month from the city and 3 community areas with huge rooms and basket full of toys all in a ten minute walking distance.We have concerts in the parks with locals serving homemade sake(free) instead of a bud..sponosored event.The Kumamoto Castle has free stuff like bands and flea markets..Right in the downtown..What happened to the k street farmer`s market was sad..

And As for the Butt Rash-It`s gone thanks to Chemo..And someone made a remark about the funk in my belly button..It comes back after a hot day farming in Ouzo with the family.
If anybody wants to come to Japan--my family is very old style.They will feed you get you drunk.Make your bed,set your bath and won`t charge ya a penny.Sometimes i thinks it`s crazy and usually i pay for it by tilling the farm for it.But that`s what it is--it`s not money or materialism.It`s community like in walking over the drunk in the front room or sharing your sake.Everything is very communal here as in the door to the house just got locked for the first time this year..So get ahold me if ya plan to visit...