Month: January 2004

Tonight is the opening party of the Suitman Tokyo Invasion show at the Tokion Shop. More info here, and have a look at the great poster for the show here. I know a few people going, but I can’t make it because, like I’ve said in the past, weeknight things are a no-no for me…

The new issue of bilingual magazine OK FRED is about Japanese music. Check out the site for more details on what’s inside.

Takeshi Kitano is at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam to help promote ZATOICHI, and it seems like he’s having a good time there (from AICN): “Mr Takeshi started with apologizing, explaining that this was the 3rd screening he had to introduce that night, the first two being screenings for invited VIP’s and that between…

Tetsuya Ozaki’s new OUT OF TOKYO column takes a look at journalism in art, and how it is reflected in the ART iT magazine.

I got an email from a reader today recommending me an upcoming show by German electropop diva Barbara Morgenstern at Aoyama Cay on February 8 (which also includes Maximilian Hecker), and now I find a description of it at REALTOKYO. Sounds quite interesting, and lucky for me it falls on a Sunday (I can never…

It was recently announced that an upcoming new DVD box set covering all previous Pizzicato Five video works (like the fabulous READYMADE TV trilogy) would soon be released, and it’s now listed at HMV’s Japanese site. It’s going to be expensive, but I think I’m going to save up for it. For me, P5’s visuals…