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Momus’ new collaborative album with French artist Anne Laplantine, SUMMERISLE, is about to get released (official release date is April 16 – I hope I can find a copy in Tokyo), and he’s already hard at work on some new tracks, one of them available for download at his Click Opera blog. It’s called “Jesus…

On my way home from work tonight I picked up the latest issue of BRUTUS (545), which is a bilingual issue (warning: as with CASA BRUTUS bilingual issues, it’s only the cover feature that is translated, not the regular sections). The theme for the issue is “Kyoto Through Blue Eyes,” which takes us on a…

Pizzicato Five week continues with a new Readymade International compilation featuring tracks written by Konishi Yasuharu, KIMI NI NARITAI. I was listening to it today, and although I was familiar with a few of the tracks, most of them were new to me, and quite enjoyable. Patrick says: “Although I knew at least half of…

Recently, there is a growing trend for some young people to lean toward a spirit of something we may call ‘the dark.’ […] The taste of these young people for pathological and medical things is extraordinary. As if proud of themselves, they announce they’ve slashed their wrists (cut only deep enough to draw blood) and…

Famous porn king Chocoball Mukai (he’s featured in a chapter from Karl Taro Greenfeld’s SPEED TRIBES) just got arrested because of a performance at a Happening Bar. For more on the arrest and the Happening Bar scene, check out the MDN article.

This month’s issue of WIRED magazine has an article on Issey Miyake’s new passion, his seemless fashion label A-POC. Last year saw an exhibit of the line at the AXIS building. You can read the article online here.

Our Pizzicato Five evening ended up being an absolute blast. Peter and Patrick both bought the DVD sets that night (Patrick at Towers, and then Peter at HMV because Towers was already sold out – Patrick had reserved his), and then we went straight to my place for some sukiyuki, beer from Fiji (where Peter…

Well, it happened, I was gone for a bit, about 2 days, but I’m back. I’m examining a few possibilities for future hosting options, so I don’t think this will happen again. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for coming back.