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Month: October 2005

  • Gimme Some Health

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    I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but that cold/flu I had last weekend has come back over the weekend, giving me another crap weekend to deal with. I wasn’t 100% when I went to work last week, but I still managed to plow through my regular schedule, figuring I’d be able to relax on…

  • This Week in Magazines

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    There’s a definite “food” theme lurking throughout this week’s featured magazines, and I do not recommend going through these on an empty stomach like I did. I mentioned it in a previous installment of “This Week in Magazines,” and the PEN-produced PEN_ATES has now launched. “No Food, No Life” pretty much gives away what the…

  • Bape Vs. Marvel

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    Bape Vs. Marvel Comics, starting with Bapestas.

  • QP at Art Tower Mito

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    Patrick took in the “X-COLOR/Graffiti in Japan” exhibition at Art Tower Mito, featuring the work of street artist QP.

  • The Big 600 Part 2

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    This week’s issue of METROPOLIS has the second part of their “The Big 600” Tokyo trivia feature (read part one here).

  • OK Fred 6

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    Here’s a sneak peak at the front and back covers of the brand spankin’ new issue of OK FRED (6), the “Listener’s Delight” issue. It goes on sale October 6, and this being the first issue published through Little More, it’ll be available from quite a few more spots — and for those outside of…

  • MyTAB Updates

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    The good folks at Tokyo Art Beat are at it again, and this week saw the launch of a bunch of a new MyTAB features that are going to help make an already great (and indispensable) site that much better. The “Seen” tag has been turned into a much more useful “Recommend” tag. This will…

  • Tagatameni

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    This makes me very happy — Tadanobu Asano stars in a new film, TAGATAMENI, set for release on October 15. I also really like the score heard in the trailer.

  • Walking Around in Daikanyama

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    Take a walking tour of Daikanyama without going anywhere by taking in “Aluku. Walking around in Daikanyama: Sayaka Akiyama Solo Exhibition.” Akiyama Sayaka is known for walking specific places and then tracing her route with threads of all colors and qualities on maps of the respective areas. So far the artist has documented her walks…

  • Tetsuya Ozaki on the Triennale

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    In his latest “Out of Tokyo” column, Tetsuya Ozaki gives his impressions of the just-opened Yokohama Triennale.