Month: November 2003

Presently listening to the sweet sounds of the new Halcali single, “Strawberry Chips.” I’m also still getting a kick out of seeing that TV ad, which is on high rotation right now.

Lots of talk by Warren Ellis and Xeni at Boing Boing about a Japanese underground weirdness that’s also a weird offshoot of cosplay: people that get off wearing a latex max to look like a real anime-type character. This of course gets mixed up with sex, and strangely enough asphyxiation. If you have no idea…

I finally picked up the second issue of the magazine ATMOSPHERE the other day. I didn’t know it was produced by the fine folks at Gas, who bring us all those cool multimedia design packages, books, DVDs, and t-shirts. There’s a a Gas shop in Nakameguro that I’ve yet to visit. As for the magazine,…

I was at Depot in Nakameguro last night for a drink with a friend, and while we there we spotted the waiters/barmen in a corner tasting different wines. They all seemed so professional doing it, that I wonder if you need to be a wine expert to work there. I mean, sure, the atmosphere is…

As I wrote in a comment thread last night, I have a thing for odd/awkward dancing. It definitely explains why I like Halcali so much, and back in the day Puffy. It’s also why I absolutely love Andre 3000’s “Hey Ya!” video (sure, there’s also the fact that it’s an impossibly catchy tune that I…

It’s a sad day today as my iBook (which marked my first foray into the Mac world) has died. It got dropped on its side a month or two ago, and the power plug got bent, as well as the insides. We still managed to get it working until now, but you would sometimes have…

Can anyone recommend a good place to have business cards done? I’m looking for something not too expensive, and I would want double-sided cards in color.

In the most recent issue of AXIS there was an article describing toy maker Takara’s new foray into the world of design goods. I wanted to mention this but totally forgot, and something I read yesterday in another magazine reminded me of it. They actually have an English site with loads of info on the…