Month: September 2003
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Tomie Forbidden Fruit
Watched TOMIE FORBIDDEN FRUIT last night, 4th film in the Tomie horror series, and based on the manga by Junji Ito. I’m of course a huge fan of the Ito books (you can get English translations), and own the first film on DVD, so I was looking forward to seeing this. The verdict? Well, it’s…
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William Gibson
I just finished watching the documentary NO MAPS FOR THESE TERRITORIES, a look at cyberpunk author William Gibson. This was shown at the onedotzero_nippon festival last year (it was even the subject of one of my first posts on this site), and although I couldn’t see it then, I’ve been patiently waiting for a chance…
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Sora
I really feel like picking up the album RE.SORT by Sora (actually Takeshi Kurosawa). Here’s the review on REALTOKYO: The Plop label introduces with sora another original artist who presents on his first album an extremely well-balanced mix of playfully twisted electronic textures, acoustic sounds and carefully programmed rhythms. Jumping from electronica via ambient to…
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Mont-Bell
I’ve been really getting into mountain trekking of late, and as I mentioned, I need to get some new equipment. When I was in Canada, I used to swear by MEC, but now I’m looking into other brands, and one that stands out at the shops I’ve been to is the Japanese owned Mont-Bell. I’ve…
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Tokion
TOKION magazine (I’ve linked to the shop as the home page seems to be down right now) is back in Japan after a 2 year absence. Although they kept publishing an American edition, it seems that the Japanese edition had disapeared because of problems with their distributor. But now, with issue of 37, there’s a…