TOO MUCH VOLCANO Becomes Frightening Reality as MOUNT ASO ERUPTS 🌋 | Wacky Weekend Ft. CDawgVA & Natsuki Filming COMPLETE!
Added 2021-10-23 14:49:44 +0000 UTCNot long after our Cessna flight over Sakurajima volcano in April for Journey Across Japan, Kagoshima's explosive centrepiece violently erupted and surprised the local meteorological agencies. It was terrifying to think what might have happened had we flown over it that day and been swatted from the sky.
This week in similar fashion, for the second time this decade Mount Aso erupted causing a gigantic mushroom cloud of ash that rained down on the locals of Kumamoto and left half of Kyushu wondering if this was the big one.
Fortunately, no-one was injured during the eruption, which I find bloody astonishing given that just several months ago we were peering straight into the crater along with dozens of other curious onlookers.
It makes me wonder if they'd closed access to the crater that day having detected activity, as the cloud of ash swept straight over the location we shot the music video for Too Much Volcano!
Here's one of the better reports on the eruption:
🌋https://youtu.be/SRncshtpeaM
On a more lighthearted note, I got absolutely bombarded with folks shouting Too Much Volcano and it renewed interest in our ridiculous iTunes chart topping hit! 😂
(How utterly disgraceful of us to capitalise on the destructive power of a volcano).
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WACKY WEEKEND X NATSUKI
Yesterday two worlds collided when CDawgVA met his hero Natsuki for the first time ever. - Although looking at the photo above, it appears Natsuki has sat on a knife.
The episode took us to two frightening locations, which will be coming out next week just in time for Halloween! We also had a disaster when we had to abandon one filming location entirely, which I'll explain the Patreon exclusive BTS video next week.
Suffice to say, I think the Patreon BTS video for the next Wacky Weekend with Natsuki will be a good one!
AND speaking of Patreon exclusive videos, here's the outtakes and deleted scenes from last week's 21 Must Try Japanese Convenience Store Foods video.
It's hugely embarrassing, as it's mostly just me sitting in a chair screwing up presenting simple sentences over and over. You'll quickly realise that I'm the world's worst presenter and I don't deserve to be in front of a camera. (It may give hope to those of you wanting to do Youtube, when you realise you don't need to present well. You just need to edit out all your mistakes!)
21 Must Try Japanese Foods | Patreon Exclusive Video
🍿https://youtu.be/eA7W-i5S_yM
In other news, the brand new Abroad in Japan set is being fitted and built into the studio next week FINALLY. The production team who are building it have done a f*cking amazing job and I can't wait to share it with you all.
And I can also finally reveal the super secret awesome project(s) I've been working on behind the scenes next week. Your patience is about to be rewarded.
I'll be back in the next few days with all that and more, but for now enjoy your weekend, check out the Patreon BTS video and the video of Mount Aso in action.
Honestly, thank god it didn't erupt while were up there.
(Even if it would've made an epic final scene for our music video).
Chris
Comments
New Patron here and I've got so much to catch up on that I'm looking forward to but I'm a little bummed to occasionally come across private videos, what's up with those?
Dallas Rasmussen
2022-11-29 22:44:11 +0000 UTCWell what did you expect, if you suddenly create a anthem of worship for an ancient God in his dormant slumber ... ....for further information consult the works of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
Adams42
2021-10-27 17:15:33 +0000 UTCYou dodged a bullet there, mate. To think, had I been born before 1937 and purchased a ticket to fly to America from Germany aboard the Hindenburg in April 1937 I may well have been a goner. Oh, the humanity!
Chris Maddox
2021-10-24 20:40:59 +0000 UTCA. S. Oh OH!!! Run from Volcano!
Richard Hawley
2021-10-24 17:13:43 +0000 UTCYes, one could argue it's too much. 🤔
2021-10-24 15:58:06 +0000 UTCThat is indeed an excessive amount of volcano.
2021-10-24 08:47:17 +0000 UTCHyped to see " the super secret awesome project" Not related to volcanos. Chris, you and the others should do something really nice for Sharla when she gets back. She seems to have had a rough time :(
2021-10-24 05:55:26 +0000 UTCAwesome, thanks Chris! Can't wait to see more about the upcoming projects!
Jamie
2021-10-24 01:23:09 +0000 UTCHaha, I do actually have one but I can’t stand it! I’ve still never really used it.
Abroad in Japan
2021-10-24 00:28:31 +0000 UTCWhen I was living in Vancouver, it was easy to get all this stuff at the various Asian grocers, and they usually had English labels pasted on for food safety law reasons. My favorite was the sticker on the back of a bottle of CC Lemon claiming to have the power of 77 Lemons that said "Not a significant source of vitamin C" along with an English nutritional chart that showed it had less than 1% of your daily vit C. Yeah, that stuff's sugar water. But it does taste good!
2021-10-23 21:36:33 +0000 UTCToo Much Volcano was like a summoning ritual song! 😂 I saw the eruption on NHK news and literally shouted out “A S O too much volcano!” I really couldn’t believe it happened so close to when you guys were there. Crazy. Looking forward to the Connor/Natsuki video! Can’t even imagine how much fun they must have had together.
Laura Beaumont
2021-10-23 19:26:23 +0000 UTCThe Volcano was pleased about the song and wanted to do a followup. Can't wait for the next Wacky Weekend!!
Char
2021-10-23 18:34:31 +0000 UTCAso was just giving you some good footage for Too Much Volcano Part 2. After all, it was just lying around being lazy while Joey and Natsuki did all the stuff.
Susan Ray
2021-10-23 18:32:56 +0000 UTCYou didn’t do anything wrong with the song, you honored the volcano and then the volcano just wanted to get in on the project. And in true educational style we all knew exactly where they were talking about when news of a Mt Aso eruption rolled in. You did good!
WT
2021-10-23 18:04:41 +0000 UTCDoes he try to control? Just stand back and film the chaos probably more fun 👍
WT
2021-10-23 18:00:42 +0000 UTCCrazy that Aso erupted not too long after your AiJ trip. It's been some months, but the timing with the song is interesting... Hyped to see the epic crossover that is Natsuki and Connor Dawg VA!
H J
2021-10-23 17:46:21 +0000 UTCI love dancing around my mum
2021-10-23 17:43:21 +0000 UTCChris' next purchase: a teleprompter
Steve Liu
2021-10-23 16:45:24 +0000 UTC"Nah"
Mr Fujisawa
2021-10-23 16:05:11 +0000 UTCStrangely exciting to see connor and natsuki in a photo together, it's like when your 2 favourite shows do a crossover episode! Looking forward to that video and seeing the completed studio, exciting times! 😀
Caz T
2021-10-23 15:36:03 +0000 UTCThey got on pretty well! And that would make sense - thankfully they can track the seismic activity
Abroad in Japan
2021-10-23 15:34:41 +0000 UTCHow did you manage to control Connor and Natsuki? 😂 And I can't wait for the secret project!
Satomi Arihara
2021-10-23 15:19:26 +0000 UTCThanks Chris 😊
Andrew Roque
2021-10-23 15:18:31 +0000 UTCYour an excellent presenter, your just not seeing the other presenters out takes. Which are just the same, honestly. Thanks for sharing though, I do love these.
Niamh
2021-10-23 15:06:28 +0000 UTCI think Micaela said that that part of the volcano had been off-limits for a few days, fortunately! Also: looking forward to the videos. Very curious to see how Connor and Natsuki connect :)
Nynke de Haas
2021-10-23 15:02:58 +0000 UTC
