Month: May 2004
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Godzilla Versus Everything
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Looks like Godzilla is going out with a bang. The 28th film in the series will pit Godzilla against 10 other monsters, wrecking Sydney, New York, Paris, Shanghai and much of Japan in the process, said a spokesman for production company Toei. But this won’t really be the last film in the series. Godzilla is…
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Shilin Night Market
More pics from the Shilin night market (thanks for the name reminder, William). The meat buns they’re preparing in the image to the left was probably the best thing I ate while I was there. It seems like it’s quite the popular counter, as we had to wait a long time in line. Cooked in…
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Erochica Bamboo
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Erochica Bamboo is a Japanese burlesque dancer who often performs at the Amaranth Lounge (I just found out about her after she left a comment in a post I had written about the Amaranth). Do yourself a favor and check out her site. Here’s some bio info: Hailing from Tokyo Japan, the lovely Miss Erochica…
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Danwei Is Back
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Just a quick note to mention that Jeremy Goldkorn’s great blog covering media and advertising in China, Danwei, is back (with a bit of a new look also). He had run into problems after the Chinese government started blocking all TypePad sites (which is still the case).
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Batte Royale for Real
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Ten students have been arrested for disrupting classes on March 12 by occupying the broadcasting room of their junior high school in Ota Ward, playing the soundrack of the movie “Battle Royale,” in which junior high school students kill each other, and attacking five teachers who tried to put a stop to the ruckus. Police…
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Japanese Is Dead
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TV and the Internet are eroding reading skills and cell phone babble is replacing rational speech. Writer Saiichi Maruya, saying the Japanese language is being reduced to chaos. (Bungei?Shunju)
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Juon: The Grudge
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All you North American fans of the Japanese horror film JUON (and I know there’s a lot of you since it’s always one of the top searches that leads here) will be very happy to hear that before the American remake, THE GRUDGE, starring Buffy, huh, Sarah Michelle Gellar gets released, Lion’s Gate will be…
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Mario Doucette Versus Moncton
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I know it doesn’t have much to do with what I usually cover on this site, but I want to take a moment to point out this great little interview that is now online at the CBC’s ZeD site (something I’d never heard of) on one of my very good hometown friend’s, Mario Doucette. The…