SSAB - May 20, 2026

520! Did you forget? What if you’re in another country?The lady at the front desk speaks Chinese, from Xiamen. Lives and works in Fukuoka now.Hostel is nice, got to make good use of it today cause I slept most of it.Did venture out a little bit, through the Kawabata shopping lane and stopped by a cafe that smelled really good. Carried on and somehow (again) found the red light district, which was literally just across the bridge from the rather large Canal City shopping mall.Did some live streams, and thinking, How do touring musicians do this?How’s the pcast sounding so far? I noticed the noise gate was kicking in so you can’t hear all of the background noise.And how are you feeling?Donate to the show! PayPal link below!https://www.paypal.me/stevensirski?locale.x=en_CA***Show notes n tracks up on stevensirski.comAnd on Notion: https://stevensirski.notion.site/SSAB-The-Audio-Blog-of-Steven-Sirski-00acfe344e164bfab191d3cddf6952b2?pvs=4Newsletter over at stevensirski.substack.comLanguage vlog on http://www.youtube.com/@stevenslanguagevlogGoogle Stock Tracker Sheethttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kbpCC2cieuq23zYyr0-WznPRogVX0aS86BF4_vPvgMY/edit?usp=sharingHope you have a great one!! 00:00 Hostel Check In00:29 Street Podcast Setup01:29 Podcast Evolution03:51 Wu Er Ling Greetings04:17 Girlfriend Motivation06:47 Chinese At Reception09:11 Feeling Sick In Fukuoka09:55 Kawabata Food Crawl12:53 Shrine And Red Lights14:45 Snack Bar Theory18:46 Beard And Hair Plans20:16 Canal City Fountain21:14 Gimbal And Livestreams25:32 Document Or Reveal29:48 Touring Creator Life34:21 West Africa Dream Trip36:09 Rest And Next Stop37:31 Closing And Links