Month: December 2003

One of the reasons I just wrote about the Amaranth Lounge is because I just watched the DVD that accompanies the second issue of Readymade magazine (that Patrick kindly lent to me). The track mentioned is one featured during the absolutely lovely performances by the Romantica girls. It’s the return of burlesque, and I’m loving…

It is imperative that I go to the Amaranth Lounge. I am also in love with Manabu Iwamura’s (probably my favorite Readymade International artist) absolutely fantastic “Main title AMARANTH” track, that you can unfortunately only get on vinyl. He also DJs there every month.

Geneve Tokyo have a new issue out (well, not so new I think, but I’ve yet to find it anywhere) that you can read online. The theme is camera, and it has two short interviews with Lauri Eriksson and Sano Yutaka. They also have a few new t-shirts and long-sleeved shirts (I got my Takashi…

The other day I mentioned the recent GIANT ROBOT cover with a 326 illustration on its cover. The following is what seems to be his official site. There’s a neat service where you can get daily calendar images downloaded to your mobile phone (100 yen per month). This online shop is selling a bunch of…

Stupid me. Just had to type groovisions.com to find out they have a shop in Nakameguro. Don’t know how this got past me. I’ll definitely have to go sometime very soon.

I’ve finally started work on a new issue of GEISHA, which will be #9. I thought I was just going to start work on it in a week, when my holidays start (lucky me, I have 3 weeks off), but a few ideas popped into my head and so I experimented a bit. Don’t know…

Somebody made a short movie (well, not so short actually) of the opening day of the new Apple Store. It’s called, quite appropriately, The Longest Line. Link via Jesper.

Bondi Books, the used bookshop in Kichijoji, has now started a blog.

I found this interesting. Someone took an old post I made on my Tokyo Boy moblog quite literally. Mentioning it like this here and now might actually make it work!

From Japan Today: Young women wear clothes by Japanese designer label Takuya Angel in Kyoto. The label combines the traditional with Japanese pop culture. Kimono are combined with influences from anime and manga and modern materials. The picture is by Kjeld Duits, and you can find more at his Japanese Streets site.