Month: December 2003

In Ginza today to pickup my iBook, I get the very pleasant surprise of only being charged less than half what they had quoted me on the phone. I don’t know if it’s a mistake or what, but I certainly don’t ask them about it. Next on my list of things to do is to…

Catfish Hotel is a really fun animated short done by Studio Tanuki, a French group. I love the character designs. Link via K10K.

A new issue of online Japanese design magazine SHIFT is up.

Snowday is having a 50% off sale for their t-shirts. I just placed an order for 2 tees: Landing Gear and Subway.

Things are hopping again at Momus’ site. On top of a new essay, you can follow a jogging tour of his apartment, and listen to “Summerisle Horspiel,” a 25-minute “experimental radio piece in mp3 format made from scraps and out-takes from the forthcoming Momus and Anne Laplantine album SUMMERISLE.”

What the hell is going on? What’s up with all this cool stuff happening in Tokyo right now! When I’ll be in Ginza to check out that Kono show, I think I’ll have to give the Asia Videoart Conference a visit too (and of course, any visit to Ginza must now include a look-see at…

Tetsuya Ozaki’s new OUT OF TOKYO column at REALTOKYO is a nice one talking about an cool little Naohiro Ukawa work being displayed at tiny little shop in Harajuku called LAD Musician (something else to check out next week after I’m done with work). Ozaki also talks about the upcoming second issue of ART iT,…