{"id":4972,"date":"2015-08-03T10:07:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T08:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=4972"},"modified":"2015-08-07T20:22:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T18:22:11","slug":"youre-a-mystery-to-me-kabuki-girl-do-say-sayanaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=4972","title":{"rendered":"&#8230; you&#8217;re a mystery to me kabuki girl &#8211; do say sayonara!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1396,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.kcet.org\\\/socal\\\/departures\\\/little-tokyo\\\/atomic-cafe.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20160110000338\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.kcet.org:80\\\/socal\\\/departures\\\/little-tokyo\\\/atomic-cafe.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-10 07:02:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-17 03:27:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-17 03:27:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<pre>Look out get out of my way\r\nI'm going to the atomic cafe \r\nI'm going to the atomic cafe \r\nYou're a mystery to me kabuki girl\r\n\r\nDon't say sayonara \r\nI want to see you tomorrow\r\nI want to see you tonight\r\nYou're a mystery to me kabuki girl\r\n\r\nYour face is white \r\nYour hair is black \r\nYou'll probably stab me in the back \r\nBut that's the chance I'm gonna take \r\n\r\nDon't say sayonara \r\nI want to see you tomorrow\r\nI want to see you tonight\r\nYou're a mystery to me kabuki girl\r\n\r\nEast is east, west is west \r\nGirls from the east are the best\r\nThey got more of what I'm lookin' for\r\n\r\nAhhhhhh! \r\nLook out get out of way \r\nI'm going to the atomic cafe\r\nI'm going to the atomic cafe \r\nYou're a mystery to me kabuki girl\r\n\r\n(c) 1982 New Alliance Music (BMI)\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>We all know this lovely ode:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Descendents - Milo Goes to College (Full Album)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N-8oujFcuQ0?start=839&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>but now i also know who that girl was:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4978\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kaibukigirl.jpg\" alt=\"Photos courtesy of Remy de la Peza\/Little Tokyo Service Center\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kaibukigirl.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/kaibukigirl-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos courtesy of Remy de la Peza\/Little Tokyo Service Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>and here is the full story:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/socal\/departures\/little-tokyo\/atomic-cafe.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kcet.org\/socal\/departures\/little-tokyo\/atomic-cafe.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and if you like that backdrop then you gotta read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=4754\">James Ellroy and his masterpiece on Little Tokyo &#8211; Perfidia.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read it now! And listen to &#8220;Kabuki Girl&#8221;. Over and over.<\/p>\n<p>And then the full &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/?p=193\" target=\"_blank\">Milo goes to college<\/a>&#8221; over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>And yet again.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Descendents &#8211; forever grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look out get out of my way I&#8217;m going to the atomic cafe I&#8217;m going to the atomic cafe You&#8217;re a mystery to me kabuki girl Don&#8217;t say sayonara I want to see you tomorrow I want to see you tonight You&#8217;re a mystery to me kabuki girl Your face is white Your hair is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[677,35,678],"class_list":["post-4972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-records-as-in-vinyl","tag-atomic-cafe","tag-descendents","tag-kaibuki-girl","post_format-post-format-aside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gehkacken.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}