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Month: June 2005

  • Die!

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    And here I was thinking that Detective Conan was just for kids (from Kissui.net): In the comic book Detective Conan, I forgot which volume it was, but as is always the case there are murders. A girl in the countryside was dating an American, and after he had left her place to temporary go back…

  • Aprils Release Party

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    I haven’t been to a gig in way too long, and this release party event for the new Aprils album, SPACE DREAM BATHROOM, sounds like something I’d be into. Features live performances by Aprils, Ram Rider, YMCK, and Hazel Nut Chocolate, with Plus-Tech Squeeze Box’s Tomonori Hayashibe DJing. It happens July 9 at Shibuya O-nest,…

  • iTunes Music Store in Japan

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    There was some news that came out pretty much at the same time as the big Intel/Apple announcement from Monday, saying that the iTunes Music Store would finally launch in Japan in August, with the tracks selling for 150 yen. Gizmodo is now suggesting that the Nikkei article may have jumped the gun, but I…

  • Another Gridskipper Week

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    I’m guest editing Gridskipper again this week, so please feel free to head on over to see what I’ll be covering this time (expect a few Tokyo entries, of course). Also, please send any good city (on the grid, please) tips you may have!

  • Marxy and the Beikoku

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    I haven’t picked up an issue of BEIKOKU ONGAKU in years, but I’m glad to hear that Marxy has a song (“Neoplasticism vs. de Stilj,” a song I’ve played on one of the Radio OK Fred shows) on the CD that comes with the latest issue (23). The magazine is distributed in North America through…

  • Y + Juicy

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    Enjoy some nice photos (courtesy of VIEW) of Keiichi Irie‘s Y House (pictured above) and Atelier Bow-Wow‘s Juicy House. Link via Dezain.net. So how long is it going to take before I can afford a house by either of them? It’s either that, or settling for a more affordable Muji home. Update (16/09/04): The photo…

  • A Second Look at the Gross National Cool

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    Marxy adds to the Gross National Cool debate by sharing the thoughts of scholar Keiko Kawamata (from her paper “The Current State of the Japanese Content Industries”) on the topic. One point where I disagree is when she claims that “television anime viewing rates are down, and an overproduction of titles has lead to a…

  • And I Was Thinking Nipples

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    Question of the week (as posed by Momus): “Is it okay to be a nipposexual?” It’s a bit of a response to a recent post and thread over at Yuki’s site, which you’ll find here. My take? Well, nevermind the fact that my wife is Japanese (and that we met in China), I must admit…

  • Literally Threadless

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    Damn. I was planning on ordering a bunch of tees at Threadless before the end of the sale (June 10), and while checking out the site yesterday, I noticed that there’s nothing still available (they’ve sold out of loads of stuff) that I want (or don’t already have). Guess I’ll have to wait a while…

  • Gas News

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    The latest from Gas: The latest Gas Book (20) covers London based artists Susumu Mukai and Will Sweeney. It goes on sale June 10. They will celebrate the release with the exhibition “Alakazam!” at Beams T in Harajuku (June 10-26). There will be an opening night party at Saloon Daikanyama, with the artists also DJing…