Month: August 2003

Lil’s adventures continue with some new galleries. Read more at her blog. Looks like she’s having an interesting time there, if not always smooth, and I can’t say that I’m really surprised about the “difficulties” she’s encountered in Russia. I’ve never been there, but it’s definitely the image I had of the place (from reading).

So you wanna wear the same watches that all the cool Tokyo kids have? Well then this site is just for you.

You can listen to samples of all the tracks from the upcoming Stereolab EP, INSTANT 0 IN THE UNIVERSE, in the discography section of their site (via Patrick).

I’d forgotten about the onedotzero_nippon digital film festival taking place this weekend in Tokyo, and I see that I can still catch the main shorts program, WOW + FLUTTER, tonight at 5 at the Spiral Building in Aoyama. Just now I tried to get some tickets from the Pia website, but they’re not selling them…

This week’s cover story at METROPOLIS is a feature on Tadao Ando.

And here’s why I found it so hot yesterday when I exited the airport at Narita (from Japan Today): Temperatures rose to their highest level this year in Tokyo and other parts of the Japanese archipelago Saturday, after a long spell of cold weather. In Tokyo, it was 34.1 C just before noon, the hottest…

Today was mostly packing as we get ready to head back to Tokyo. We leave tomorrow afternoon (or later today actually), and then it’s going to be a long journey that will bring me back on Saturday (we’re losing a day somewhere in there). I’ll give signs of life when I’m on the other side,…

There’s a new interview with Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa at the Midnight Eye site, as well as some reviews of his movies, including his latest one, BRIGHT FUTURE, starring Tadanobu Asano (ICHI THE KILLER).