Month: March 2004

I’m really enjoying the illustrative work of Shinya Chisato. You can read an interview with her in the latest issue of SHIFT. The illustration that you see here is something you can download from her site to then put on your AU C1002S Sony Ericsson phone.

It was a sad thing to see the Aux Bacchanales cafe in Harajuku close last year, and I was totally surprised to find one in Yokohama today, at the location of my new Friday school. I thought this one might be replacing the old Harajuku one, but then finding this site shows that there are…

Last week saw 3 big releases of DJ mixes, and my favorite of the bunch is Sunaga Tatsuo‘s WORLD STANDARD 03 (I’m not really into the house sounds of the other 2: Towa Tei’s MOTIVATION – DRIVING SWEETS and Ikeda “Mansfield” Masanori’s PLAYROOM). It’s what you’d expect from a follow-up to the 2 previous WORLD…

My love affair with Tommy february6 is finally at an end. The gimmick has worn off, and I’m just not enjoying the music anymore. I didn’t care at all for the last few singles she released, and now that I’ve listened to her new album, TOMMY AIRLINE, I can say that it’s definitely over. I…

This is just a small warning that I’m getting dangerously close to surpassing my bandwidth allowance this month (even though I thought I had fixed the problem by upgrading my hosting package a few months ago). If that happens, the site goes down until the start of the next month. This site is averaging 2500…

FOGA is actually Cubismo Grafico (Matsuda Gakuji). Seems like Chabe (his nickname) wanted to start another unit, and this is what he came up with, this new single from Escalator Records featuring two tracks, “Sunday Niteclub” and “Real Rock Plantation Dub.” Can’t say that it’s doing anything for me, but you can read Patrick’s review,…

The new issue of AXIS (108) is out, and I picked it up last night. The feature is on something that interests me very much: branding. From the AXIS site: Today, all manner of things can become brands – it’s not just limited to corporations or manufactured products anymore. And there are many ways for…

Kahimi Karie is back with a new single, the previously mentioned “Nana” (you can listen to a sample here). I was really looking forward to this single, and after listening to it a few times today, I have to say that “Nana” is not leaving much of an impression on me, but I’m quite enjoying…