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Month: October 2004

  • Tokyo Night Scape 2050

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    I checked out the “Tokyo Night Scape 2050” exhibition at Matsuya last week, and must say that it was a disappointment. I was expecting something a bit more visual.

  • Jerome Olivier

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    I had a meeting with someone at Montoak yesterday — about a new writing thing that I’ll get into in a week or so when things get more official — and following a bit of walking around, I met up with Yuko and we went back to Montoak for a drink on the terrace. It…

  • Tower Cafe

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    When I was at Tower Records yesterday to pick up the latest issue of MASSAGE, I picked up a leaflet that advertises a recently opened Tower Cafe in Ebisu. It’s in the same building as the Liquidroom, and from the pictures looks quite stylish. The premises also include a select shop. I’ll try and check…

  • Ongaku no Susume

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    Patrick has all the info on the upcoming Halcali album, ONGAKU NO SUSUME. I must say that I’m disappointed with the new single, “Baby Blue,” but I still look forward to hearing the LP.

  • Tokyo Storm Warning

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    Warren’s TOKYO STORM WARNING gets a short review in this week’s METROPOLIS. The second part of this two-story graphic novel compilation, Tokyo Storm Warning is pure pulp entertainment. In a alternate-universe Tokyo devastated by nuclear war, the remaining humans are forced to fight giant lizards created by the bomb. American pilot Zoe Flynn is called…

  • Voices from the Void

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    Some more info on the KUHAKU release party, Voices from the Void.

  • Midori at Bullet’s

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    Midori will be performing at Bullet’s this coming Sunday (October 31) as part of duo Glam Tool, who will feature “abstract-based music with a lot of pieces using voice samples.” 2004/10/31(Sun) 17:00 – 23:00 ¥2,000/D Guest Live: Carl Stone Live: Shika-jun, Nobuyuki Tanaka (Fourtails) , Glam Tool (Ji_ji w/ Midori) DJ: Nobuki Nishiyama(HEADZ) , HYK(Fourtails)…

  • Take Art Collection 2004

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    The latest exhibition at Spiral: In keeping with their “fusion of daily life and art” concept, Spiral presents another volume of the “Take Art” art fair that took place for the first time in 2003. The more than 80 featured artists range from big names such as Yokoo Tadanori or Araki to up-and-coming talents like…

  • The New Generation of Architects in Japan

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    The latest issue of the Asian edition of NEWSWEEK has a cover article that takes a look at the current generation of Japanese architects who are building a reputation outside of Japan, including names like Sejima Kazuyo and Nishizawa Ryue (SANAA), Ban Shigeru, Aoki Jun, Kuma Kengo, and Kishi Waro. If you stroll down the…

  • Haction

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    Haction is the company behind the great Braniff Airline exhibition that was held recently at the Parco Gallery in Shibuya, and they also run a cool online store called Tokyo Artist Mansion, where they carry merchandise for a few japanese artists, as well as Namaiki (I’m absolutely in love with the sold out “Namaiki Racing”…