Month: April 2004

The new issue of CASA BRUTUS is out, and it’s a nice one. Following in the footsteps of BRUTUS’ recent feature on Kyoto, this month’s CB offers suggestions for 3 day “design” oriented trips to Tokyo and Kyoto. I just leafed through it quickly while at the bookstore, but I’ll probably pick it up later…

This past weekend I received the first issue of my new subscription to RES magazine, and I am very happy. I was a subscriber a few years ago, but let it expire as I found that the magazine had become less than interesting. Last year they did a complete redesign, and added what was the…

After a very long time searching, I finally got myself a copy of the third issue of OK FRED. It just wasn’t available in the big shops here in Ikebukuro, and I wouldn’t always think to look for it when I was in other areas of Tokyo. Robert, who does some writing for them, recently…

Seems like there’s a new used bookshop in town, and it’s part of the Las Chicas complex. Antipixel’s Jeremy has this to say: Across the courtyard from Las Chicas in Jingumae there is now a small but very interesting English-language bookstore called Intelligent Idiot (not a great web site, but what can you do?). It’s…

A while back I was totally blown away by Futureshock’s “Late at Night” video, by design group NE-O, and now they ask me to share this notice for a shoot that will take place in Tokyo: We are looking for western people for a Sony Ericsson TV commercial for the UK and Europe. You don’t…

Momus has more new musical goodness on offer at Click Opera, this time a track that goes by the title of “The Life of the Fields.” And if you like it (or even “Jesus in Furs,” which he put up the other day, and my current obsession with an obscene play count in my iTunes…

From Paul’s IN-duce site: A good overview of the work produced by my friend Kazuhiko Kawahara-san (alias Palla) is now online. Can’t wait for the real book! Some really nice imagery there, and very nice presentation.