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Month: September 2005

  • Tommy heavenly6

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    Today’s soundtrack on a rain-filled day: the debut album by Tommy heavenly6 (beware: clicking on the link brings you to a ridiculously noisy site). I’ve been vocal about how I’ve grown tired of what Tommy february6 was doing (what was fun at first turned into something very uninspired), but I did get a kick out…

  • The Rain

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    Damn rain! I was planning on going out to Ginza today, for my monthly gallery tour, to stop at the Apple Store to get my iBook looked at (one speaker doesn’t work properly), and to record my first Tokyo Boy podcast. Well, doing all that in the rain just doesn’t sound too enticing, so I’ll…

  • Art Autonomy Network

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    Do a lot of you make it out to Yokohama for art-related events? I do often notice events happening at the BankART 1929 venue that I’d really like to see, but going there is such a time/money investment that I never end up going. BankART 1929 Yokohama has become an epicentre of Yokohama’s cultural life…

  • Urasawa Talks Pluto

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    I just found this Asahi article in which Naoki Urasawa talks about his latest manga series, PLUTO. This is the first time I find anything in English concerning the creator talking about his work.

  • This Week in Magazines (Part 2)

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    The latest issue of BRUTUS (578) covers photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, which coincides with an upcoming retrospective at the Mori Art Museum, “Hiroshi Sugimoto: End of Time” (from September 17 until January 9). And for the first time, there are 2 pages in English that summarize every article in the Sugimoto package — let’s hope this…

  • PSP Vs. Gameboy Micro

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    A reader suggested this link (following my moblog pic from Thursday) of a pic he took today at Laforet in Harajuku comparing his PSP to the Gameboy Micro. I gotta say that the Micro looks bigger than what I was expecting.

  • Love Nippon

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    I like the graphic work that this new political party is using on their posters.

  • This Week in Magazines

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    This month’s CASA BRUTUS (66) is dedicated to Kenzo Tange, and it’s a bilingual issue. It’s a rather nice look at the life and works of the man. The latest RELAX (September) is themed around “peace,” and I must admit to not really getting what the whole thing is about. Not a bad issue to…

  • Design Column for September

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    My latest design column is up at Tokyo Q. This month: architect Makoto Yokomizo, the Plusminuszero Cordless Telephone, and some info on this fall’s design events (Design Tide, Tokyo Designer’s Week, Swedish Style, and 100% Design Tokyo).

  • Tremors Were Forever

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    The last event that will happen at Caniche Courage (where the latest issue of OK FRED was launched): Caniche Courage™ has been an undercover & beloved art interface in Aoyama since October 2004, with many exhibitions, performances, and miscellaneous events by young artists from all over the world. This ephemeral space, always full of surprises,…