Month: August 2007
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Soundcheck with The Analog Girl
Singapore’s The Analog Girl stopped by the cafe earlier today to do a soundcheck for tonight’s live performance — more details about the show here, which starts at 21:00.
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Keepon and Spoon in Tokyo
WIRED recently produced a video that sees Keepon, a robot developed by Hideki Kozima and programmed by Marek Michalowski, dancing to the track “Don’t You Evah” by Spoon, with all locations in Tokyo. Via Tokyomango.
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Tokyo Top 5
MoCo Loco is currently running a top 5 series, where the site’s contributors were invited to list 5 favorite spots in the city where they reside. Mine is up, and longtime readers probably won’t be surprised much: Ginza Graphic Gallery, Ootoya, Cafe Pause, MUJI Yurakucho, and Junkudo.
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Hoppy Makes a Comeback
Marxy’s latest post on the Clast blog examines the resurgence of Hoppy, a “bubbly beer-like soda […] made ‘alcoholic’ with an injection of Japan’s standby white liquor, shochu.” I have to admit to never having tried a glass of Hoppy, but will try to do before the end of the summer.
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Otakool and the Kokujin Tensai
Patrick Macias’ column for THE JAPAN TIMES, “Otakool,” is in today’s edition, and covers songwriter/rapper Eric Koffi, better known as Kokujin Tensai.
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This Week at MoCo Loco
My weekly Tokyo round-up post is up at MoCo Loco. This week I includes the watches from Sea Hope, souvenir ideas from PingMag, the new line of electronics at MUJI, and the Cuckoo lamp from Abovo, pictured above.
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This Week at Gridskipper
Sample Lab Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro Retail Space You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).
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Good Design Presentation 2007
It’s time again for the Good Design Presentation, which is the public showing of the second stage for the selection process behind the annual Good Design Award. The event will be held at Tokyo Big Sight, August 24-26 (take note that on August 24 the doors only open at 18:00), with a 3-day ticket going…