Month: November 2004

  • No November GGG for Me

    Damn. I’m in Ginza right now (writing this at the Apple Store), and wasn’t able to see this month‘s GGG exhibition, missing it by two days. I got there and could see them working on next month’s show, ANOTHER SIDE OF AYAO YAMANA, 1720s-70s, starting December 1. While I’m here, I think I’m finally going…

  • Some Magazine Reading

    Just got back from Junkudo, where I was leafing through some magazines. The latest CASA BRUTUS looks at Japanese design hotels. I don’t think there was one featured spot where I would mind spending a night. Oh, to lead the life of the jet-setter… The new issue of PEN has a cover story on beautiful…

  • The Commenting System

    Aaaarghhh… The WP honeymoon, regarding comment spamming, is now officially over. I’ve been getting so much of it during the past couple of week that I’m at a point where I’m seriously considering turning commenting completely off — a drastic and horrible measure, I know. I do have WP-Blacklist setup, but it doesn’t stop it…

  • Observing Design

    Momus is to become a participant on the great (it’s a favorite read of mine) Design Observer site! More on this at Click Opera.

  • Kegawazoku

    This sounds like it could get me interested in musicals. Another explosion of Kegawa leader Emoto Junko’s charisma! The unique blend of gorgeous show elements and excessive expressions of eros and violence has won Kegawazoku a huge number of fans ranging from would-be actresses to lecherous daddies. Their fourth year of activity marks the troupe’s…

  • Kathy

    I’d never heard of Kathy before, but they sure do sound interesting. Here’s a bit from Ozaki Tetsuya’s latest OUT OF TOKYO column, where he talks about the Kathy performance at the recent Arto Lindsay show. For those unfamiliar with Kathy I’ll introduce them briefly. The three girls that make up the performance group all…

  • Densha Otoko

    Yuko was telling me about this book a while back. Seems like it’s really the big hit. The hero is no Tom Hanks and the movie has yet to be made but like the 1998 hit film You’ve Got Mail, a new Japanese bestseller is an old-style romance for the internet age – though with…

  • Dragon Quest 8

    Today marks the release of the very long-awaited DRAGON QUEST 8. As every poster advertising the game announced, the game went on sale at 7 this morning. This of course meant lines galore. About 300 people had lined up outside the main Yodobashi Camera store outside Shinjuku Station’s west exit by 7 a.m. on Saturday,…