Jean Snow [.net]

Month: June 2005

  • Buzztracker Widget

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    Ikebukuro’s own (well, closer to Mejiro/Takadanobaba actually, but we can cheat a bit) Craig Mod — you know, of Kuhaku fame — recently launched the too-cool-for-school Buzztracker graphical news tracker, and now he’s made a widget for all us Tiger-heads. Looks very nice!

  • Flashback/Flashforward

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    I was recently sent word of the following FILMeX produced film event, which I wrote about on Gridskipper yesterday: Following yesterday’s film festival posts, here’s something you might want to check out if in Tokyo this month. The FILMeX group will organize a three-day film screening (June 24-26) at the Japan Foundation Forum in Akasaka.…

  • 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…