My latest story at Japan Today… about people driven to kill their families, disappear… even buy chihuahuas under the loom of the Japanese Loan Shark.
Have you had any friends who became victims of debtor’s hell? Please share your story below it!
My latest story at Japan Today… about people driven to kill their families, disappear… even buy chihuahuas under the loom of the Japanese Loan Shark.
Have you had any friends who became victims of debtor’s hell? Please share your story below it!
Squeaky the pup squeaking, Squeaky’s mom and the gang at the breeder’s.
Rusty’s son Squeaky the 1 week old pup, mom & room full of 30 poodles.
My first story is up at JAPAN TODAY and so far is getting pretty good feedback…
http://www.japantoday.com/category/jt-experts/view/japan%E2%80%99s-crisis-of-ambivalence
10 years have passed since I recorded my debut CD “Remembering Eddie Jefferson”… You can read Pete Fallico’s amazing liner notes here and listen to a couple of free tracks over at my website.
For English Teachers, I’ve put up another article on teaching, this one about how to bring Side by Side to life. Read about it over at Eddie’s EFL Corner.

The escalator to nowhere… looks way cooler going up. Optical illusion is that you’re scaling the side of a steel building. Can anyone guess the station (and where) in Tokyo???
Visit my SPIRIT OF JAPAN blog for a quick Japanese lesson on TRAIN GROPERS in Japan… You’ll learn the words for molester, crime and safety too.

Kote (front), Moya (Rusty’s GF and possibly expectant mom) back.
I babysat the Poodles!!! If you visit my SPIRIT OF JAPAN section you can see a video of the view from their apartment one entry down.
Please visit my SPIRIT OF JAPAN corner for a lesson on doing your business in Japan… and by that I mean doing your business not doing business… You’ll get a crash course in Kanji too…!!!
***UPDATE: My new homepage is up and it includes free tracks from my three Jazz CDs.
Revamping http://www.eddielandsberg.com — Dumping TRENDYFLASH and BLUEHOST due to customer service issues… You an have a sneak peek at the new site here http://eddielandsberg.weebly.com/ Lot’s more to be added. Currently in the process of reconfiguring the web server to direct it to the new host. The new site will also include restoration of some of my articles on Jazz Improv. from the old eddielandsberg.com. Please be sure to follow me here or at TWITTER to keep in touch for the latest.
oh, and as usual, the poodles say “Hi!”