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Month: July 2004

  • Region Free iMac

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    Momus recently got a new iBook, and in his post about it he mentions the annoyance of not having a region free setting for his DVD drive. This is something I can relate to as I’ve also got a DVD collection that spans the globe, and so I’m limited to watching on my Hong Kong…

  • OK FRED Raps

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    Issue 4 of OK FRED is coming soon, and it’ll be the “hip-hop” issue. That would explain why Robert pointed this out to me a while back.

  • Am I

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    Thanks to one of the waitresses at Pause, I finally got a copy of Taichi’s AM I album last week, and I’ve been enjoying it since. I mentioned my first impressions here, and further listenings just confirm that initial feeling. The new release he was talking about when I saw him the other night is…

  • An Evening at Pause

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    Had a great time last night at Pause. Robert made his way over, and brought some friends. It was good to see Nao and Midori again, and I met OK FREDder Audrey. I think Yuko and me went a bit overboard with our manzai-like rants, but hey, we’re products of what we watch on TV.…

  • Apartment Hunting

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    Get some apartment hunting done in one of the fashionable Aoyama agencies. The LCD screens are showing different listings.

  • Samurai 7

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    I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve never seen Kurosawa Akira’s classic SEVEN SAMURAI. There’s a new anime series that recently launched called SAMURAI 7, which sees itself as a futuristic adaptation of Kurosawa’s film, even adding his name before the title. I’ve seen the first two episodes, which I found to be enjoyable (although I…