Category: TV

  • MomuS Vs. MS

    I just got a kick from watching Kahimi Karie’s performance of “One Thousand 20th Century Chairs” on MUSIC STATION back in 1998, featuring Momus on guitar, thanks to YouTube. I’ve never seen Momus so genki!

  • TV Asahi

    Another shot of the TV Asahi building in Roppongi Hills.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

    Here are links to this week’s posts at Gridskipper: New Year’s Eve Fight Night Harajuku Protestant Church You can view all my posts at Gridskipper here.

  • Macias TV

    Patrick Macias — that media whore — taped an episode of EIGO DES SHABERU NIGHT in Akihabara today. The episode is set to air January 2 on NHK. Update: Metropolis’ editor-in-chief Charles Spreckley will also be featured on the same episode.

  • Macias Vs. NHK

    Mr. Macias is going to help us learn English on TV!

  • Takashi Sugimoto

    Earlier tonight there was a fascinating profile on TV covering interior designer Takashi Sugimoto (the show aired at 22:00 on TV Tokyo). We were taken on a tour of some of his works — like the stunning Park Hyatt in Seoul — followed by a look at the house he bought and modestly renovated in…

  • Yahoo! for Hard Gay

    Because you’ve been asking for it (well, not really, but still): enjoy this short video of Hard Gay (a comedian who’s becoming more and more popular these days) doing his thing at the Tokyo offices of Yahoo! Japan.

  • Oh! Yeah! Mikey!

    I’m a huge fan of the OH! MIKEY series (thanks to Patrick, who always lends me the new DVD releases), and the next release sounds like an absolute winner. Patrick says (on his Agenda blog): Coming next month is a new Oh! Mikey DVD, this time containing unreleased episodes that didn’t make it to TV.…