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Month: December 2004

  • The DS: A Week In

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    I’ve had my Nintendo DS for about a week and a half now, and am as excited about playing with it as I was when I first got it. The ability to play using the stylus, or even the thumb pad, just adds so much. You’re entering a new form of gaming, and it’s something…

  • Disco Kobito

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    Jesper hosted a release party the other day for the Swedish poetry magazine OEI at the NCM offices (also currently acting as the NCM Vs. Tokyo Skywalk shop), and he sent me some shots of the soiree. I love this one, with the Roughtoyz Kobito figures.

  • Free Slow

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    FREE SLOW is a free zine I picked up at the Devilrobots exhibition the other day. Basically has lots and lots of Devilrobots illustrations, as well as a sticker page. It’s published by Funboo.

  • Koolhaus of Jazz

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    Oh, this sounds like a nice thing to do on Christmas day! December is the month when you hear Christmas songs just about everywhere you go. What you usually don’t hear are excellent jazz interpretations, and some of these are really good. The one I recommend most is Naruyoshi Kikuchi Quintet Live Dub’s “The Christmas…

  • Gatax

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    The Boredoms’ EYE has an exhibition of his art at Treesaresospecial in Daikanyama. The first time I heard about this artist he was calling himself “Yamantaka EYE” (about his role as a leading figure in a number of legendary Japanese noise bands you can read — in Japanese — in the November edition of Studio…

  • Game Shopping

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    Wanna see what a Japanese game shop looks like?

  • An Evening in Harajuku/Aoyama

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    Had a short outing today, late in the afternoon. Started out in Harajuku by checking out the Devilrobots exhibition at Laforet (in the Lapnet Ship gallery space). The main thing to see here is a wall covered with 112 boxes that you open individually to see illustrations and tiny figures. It’s quite nice, if you’re…

  • Kiiiiiii Art

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    Neomarxisme has a few shots of the large art piece that Kiiiiiii has on show right now at the Hiromi Yoshii gallery. Here’s a pic of the entire piece.

  • The Triennale Saved

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    I just added an update to my recent Yokohama Triennale post, and am writing this new one to bring attention to it (wouldn’t it be nice if you could get edited posts to appear at the top of the front page, without having to change the date). Roger McDonald has news that the new director…

  • Devilrobots Xmas Exhibition 2004

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    The Devilrobots Xmas exhibition 2004, “Angel or Devil,” is on right now at Lapnet Ship (until December 26). Get all the info at Tokyo Art Beat.