Month: May 2008
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Forty Years From Now
Marxy’s new album, FORTY YEARS FROM NOW, is now out! I personally love it, but don’t take my word for it, go and check out the first single, “Cat vs. Mouse,” that also features vocals from Kiiiiiii‘s UT. This post at the META no TAME blog includes links to some of the physical stores that…
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TAB Tees on Sale
Time to stock up on t-shirts from Tokyo Art Beat’s “Tokyo Collection #3,” with all designs on sale for 2500 yen until the end of the month. And remember, all proceeds go to help finance TAB and its various projects.
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PingMag: Housing Complexes
PingMag interviews Ken Oyama about his passion for housing complexes. Oyama is behind the new photo book DANCHI NO KENKYU (AN ASSESSMENT OF HOUSING COMPLEXES).
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Polypunk 30
It’s the big 30 for Digiki’s Polypunk podcast series, which you can download here. I’m a bit disappointed by the cover though — I think 30 deserves something better.
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PingMag: Illustrator Yoshitaka Amano
PingMag interviews illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, a name fans of anime and gaming should be be well familiar with.
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Can MUJI Make It in the US?
Japan Today has a piece (from Kyodo News) that looks at the challenges MUJI faces in trying to expand in the US (“the company […] is committed to opening 30 to 40 stores across the United States in the next five years”).
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Tokyology
The latest episode of Boing Boing TV covers TOKYOLOGY, a documentary that explores a few aspects of contemporary Japanese pop culture. The full documentary can be purchased online here.
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PingMag: Tokyo Wonder Site’s Artist-in-Residence Program
PingMag covers the artist-in-residence program offered by Tokyo Wonder Site.