I Was a Teenage Converse All-Star!
Thursday, February 12, 2015
It's not everyday one can be at the center of a massive national advertising campaign for one of the coolest shoe makers in the world, but I was. Hence the title of this post: I was a Teenage Converse All-Star! (Okay, that part about being a teenager? That's a lie. I'm 57. But the rest is true. So please allow me to brag. I usually don't get that chance in my mealy existence!)
So, thank you God! Thank you Punk Rock! Thank you InterFM! Thank you Converse! Read more below!
創立100周年を超えるコンバース！毎週日曜日「What The Funday!」10:15からの「CONVERSE - THE SOUND OF CALIFORNIA」
毎週カリフォルニアのアーティストを1組ピックアップしてご紹介
さらに、 タロヲの「カリフォルニア小話」も放送中。
実はこの小話、コンバースオフィシャルサイト内の特設ページで、
僕らがCONVERSEのモデルとして登場しているとっておきの
InterFMからもアクセス出来ます。「CONVERSE - THE SOUND OF CALIFORINIA」
チェックしてね。
Currently, the other two guys on my radio show, (WTF? What the Funday, InterFM, every Sunday morning 8 am ~ 11 am) George Williams and Taro Furukawa and I, am at the center of a massive Converse Shoes campaign for all of Japan. It's called "Converse - The Endless Summer" campaign and they are sponsoring our radio show as well as putting our faces on advertisements that show up somewhere that I am not quite sure about. But, you can see our photos here (https://www.interfm.co.jp/the-endless-summer/) or at the link at the very bottom of the page, so there! That's another reason for this blog; I wanna make sure I keep these photos forever! My mom is so proud of me!
Every Sunday morning at 10:15 ~ 10:25, Converse sponsors our show and we have a special that features a few songs from artists from California, insider information about said artist and also we GIVE AWAY CONVERSE SHOES FOR FREE TO LISTENERS!!!!!
What!? Free Converse shoes??? Yes, just listen in every Sunday morning from 10:15 ~ 10:25 or so and you can win! (Actually, listen from 9:00 because we often give away hints on how to win earlier in the show!
The show is entitled, "Converse - Sound of California" and it's great.
Also, there's a massively popular joke corner where we tell jokes that are quite risque (and that's unheard of in Japan!) you can practice your Japanese, see the script, and hear a recording of the actual broadcasted joke here. Check it out, it is massively popular amongst the Japanese (and people studying REAL Japanese language): Taro's California Ko-Banashi (Joke) (If that link doesn't work, copy and paste this: http://www.converse.co.jp/the-endless-summer/fm/index.html)
http://www.converse.co.jp/the-endless-summer/fm/index.html
Actually, it's a secret, but this Sunday, there will be some folks from Converse at the show and they are bringing a bunch of presents so definitely check it out.
If you do not have an FM radio, you can listen on Radiko. Just download Radiko and click the button at the top that says "InterFM" and you can win some cool free Converse shoes. Radiko! Listen online: http://radiko.jp/
Converse - The Sound of California! And I was a teenage Converse All-Star, really! Just I wasn't in their advertising campaigns until I became over 55! So, I guess that's cool. I reckon there aren't very many olde pharttes like me who get to model sports shoes for youth culture at my age! Yikes!
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* Check out the funny jokes online: http://www.converse.co.jp/the-endless-summer/fm/index.html
* WTF? What the Funday URL: https://www.interfm.co.jp/wtf/index.php?mode=sun&id=32
* Converse - Sound of California Homepage URL:
http://www.converse.co.jp/the-endless-summer/
* Listen online: http://radiko.jp/