Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #68: Hot Tears of Shame 2009 Redux!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast,
(Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) get a blast from the past while revisiting the very first incarnation of their podcast known as HOT TEARS OF SHAME. Highlights include excerpts from a 2009 episode, along with some thoughts on how Nakano Broadway, and the Japanese toy collecting scene has changed over the years (and through the tears).What is the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast? Well… Author and fellow Substack writer Matt Alt and I have been recording together for about a year now. I still can’t believe we’ve made it all the way to episode 53.
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