Month: November 2004

  • Earplugs on Airplanes

    Anyone know if the following is true (from Gizmodo): I’m fairly sure you’re not supposed to use earplug headphones on airplanes, something about permanent hearing damage When I went to Taipei earlier this year, I had a cold and listened to my iPod (with earplug headphones), and my ears ended up being plugged the whole…

  • Kiiiiiii Rock Komaba!

    This afternoon, after catching a Resfest program in Harajuku, I was off to the Tokyo University Komaba campus to watch a performance by Kiiiiiii — who I’ve been meaning to see for what seems like ages now. Oh man, what a show! I’ve rarely seen that much energy on a stage. The whole Kiiiiiii thing…

  • Shorts #02

    I didn’t wake up early enough to catch the RESMIX Korea program this morning, but I made it to Shorts #02, and really enjoyed a lot of the shorts presented. Stefan Nadelman — director of last year’s great TERMINAL — was on hand after the program to talk about his contribution this year, ONE STEP…

  • Takadanobaba on Acid

    I truly loved Kozyndan‘s opening sequence for this year’s Resfest, and KOHAKU publisher Chin Press Music’s Craig Mod lets us know that they’ve produced a new poster based on the chapter they illustrated for the book — see parts of it here. You can order it directly from Kozyndan’s website here.

  • More Designers Block Pics

    The Designers Block website has a bunch of pics up from the event, taken by various designers that were in attendance. Link via Dezain.net.

  • Tokyo Q Mobile

    I forgot to mention that Tokyo Q features a mobile version of their site, where you can also read my columns. The link is here, or point your QR barcode-enabled phones to the following:

  • Girls of Todai

    A TV crew from TV Tokyo approached Yuko today at school, asking her to be part of the segment they were shooting for a “Girls of Tokyo University” bit. I’m not sure on the name of the program, but it airs Saturday nights.

  • An Interview with Puffy

    Nicholas D. Kent sends me news that he’s just posted online an interview he did with the group Puffy back in 2002. Done to provide quotes for a magazine article, it wasn’t originally planned as a published interview. While on the subject of Puffy, I know that they’ve recently developed a following in America with…