Just for fun, a special thanks to alert Namba Gear fan, Dave from the UK, for providing a great example of our slogan, Primitive Technology.
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Alert Namba Gear fan Jeff from Colorado sent us this photo of the latest in Belgium Mobile DJ rigs. This starts to explain the curious inquiries we’ve had from the Benelux region lately asking for a really large Big Namba Studio Backpack.
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Our longtime friend Bill in Austin, TX alerted us to this recent video posting as another reminder of why you always want to use your Namba Gear bags & backpacks to carry-on your musical/audio gear and laptop when traveling by air. Here is the story:
“In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt deny the experience occurred but for nine months the various people I communicated with put the responsibility for dealing with the damage on everyone other than themselves and finally said they would do nothing to compensate me for my loss. So I promised the last person to finally say no to compensation (Ms. Irlweg) that I would write and produce three songs about my experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world. United: Song 1 is the first of those songs. United: Song 2 has been written and video production is underway. United: Song 3 is coming. I promise. Follow me at http://twitter.com/DaveCarroll .”
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Just a little something from Tribal Drums to brighten your day; the Lantern Festival in Taiwan. I would love to actually see this… thousands of huge brightly lit lanterns floating in the night sky.
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Maybe it’s because we just attended the ASCAP Expo and are really tuned into song structure, but the Ben E King song “Stand By Me” has got to rank up there as one of the greats. We happened across this video which uses street musicians and takes this song to totally new heights. Although we didn’t observe any Namba Gear, it is obvious that the producers of Playing for Change embraced the mobile studio idea to travel the world in order to realise their vision for this song. Amazing, awesome, inspiring. Enjoy.
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And what discussion of All Good Things Namba would be complete without a mention of NAMBA, the acronym for North American Model Boat Association. NAMBA International is a non-profit association of radio-controlled model boat clubs. The club appoints knowledgeable chairmen in such areas as Electric, Offshore, Sport Hydro, Outboard, and Unlimited Hydro.
These guys take their “sport” very seriously, that is until you start checking out the videos on YouTube. Then you find out that they: put explosives on their toy boats and blow them up; tie a line with bait onto the back of the model boat and troll for fish; annoy alligators and get them to chase their model boats.
Here is a little video sampler for you.
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OK, this one is just way cool and a ton of fun. In our continuing expose of All Good Things Namba, Jackie and the Cedrics finishes off the Kaiju Surf Battle at Namba Rock Rider in fine, destructive style. Everybody gets involved, the audience does the crowd surfing, and the house is very effectively brought down! Tarentino look out, this has got to be the best surf band ever!
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In our third installment of All Good Things Namba, we will explore one of Japan’s most famous shopping districts, the Namba District of Osaka, Japan. What really makes this shopping area so special is Namba Parks which is integrated into the buildings.
Namba Parks is a really amazing piece of architecture, a place where you’ll spend half your time shopping and the other half admiring the design. It stands where Osaka’s baseball stadium used to be until 2003, and consists of a 30-floor skyscraper, Parks Tower, and 120-tenant shopping mall which includes many restaurants and a cinema. The eight floors of terraced gardens, boutique stores, big brands and trendy dining have been an instant hit in shopping-mad Osaka. In addition to providing a highly visible green component in a city where nature is sparse, the sloping park connects to the street, welcoming passers-by to enjoy its groves of trees, clusters of rocks, cliffs, lawn, streams, waterfalls, ponds and outdoor terraces.
Beneath the park, a canyon carves an experiential path through specialty retail, entertainment and dining venues. Namba Parks creates a new natural experience for Osaka that celebrates the interaction of people, culture and recreation. The project was so successful that Namba Parks was extended in 2007 - almost doubling the facility.
Finally this project is so amazing, that personally I would include it as the 8th wonder of the world.
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Second in our Namba Gear series of other cool and interesting All Good Things Namba that we have discovered, is Austin Namba the skateboard wizard. This guy is so good he is just “sick”. The soundtrack is “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone, which seems very appropriate as Austin makes it look so easy that everybody should be able to to it. Again, simply enjoy. Peace.
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We thought that we were so clever when we came up with the name of our company, Namba Gear, based on the travel essay about the two Namba tribes of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu. You can read the full story by going to one of our earlier blogs, The Danger of Reading Travel Essays When You Are Trying to Name Your Company.
Since then, we have become aware that Namba is not so unusual a name after all, and in fact there is a plethora of Namba’s in this world. So, we thought we would bring you our little series of All Good Things Namba.
First up is a clip from the South African Gospel Music Complilation DVD. It’s by Mthunzi Namba, one of my favorite mzansi gospel artists, with Joyous Celebration. If you are in need of a translation, “thina sithi amen…” means “we are saying Amen…” Enjoy!
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