Month: August 2006

  • Shots

    If you weren’t able to make it to the “Shots” party last week at SuperDeluxe, PingMag has got you covered.

  • Electrifying

    More good news for this LOHAS-loving nation: JR-EAST (East Japan Railway Company) and Keio University are experimenting with human-generated electricity in an effort to push for more environmentally- friendly rail stations. Electricity is created by passengers via the harnessing of pressure and vibration as they walk through the turnstyles. (Core77)

  • Inspired 2006

    Let me start off by saying I have absolutely no problem with sponsored/curated competitions of this kind. If Getty Images wants to support new works by artists, then I’m all for it. That being said, here are the details for “Inspired 2006” (from Shift Blog): “Getty images Japan” carries out a film competition “Inspired 2006”…

  • Rocketman Cafe

    This sounds like a nice way to launch an album, especially since I’m a big fan of Ryo Fukawa. From Patrick’s Agenda: For the month of August, Rice Cafe (a cafe located nearby Komazawa University) is transformed into Rocketman Cafe, celebrating the release of Rocketman‘s great 3rd album “Love, sea & music“. While it doesn’t…

  • New Blog for Cafe Pause

    Another one of the projects I was planning to start during the summer break was a separate blog for all my activities at Cafe Pause. Well, like with the new podcast series, I ended up making a quick site last night, and so might as well make it public now (for you feed addicts, here…

  • TB.Musica 01

    I’ve been thinking about starting a few new projects during my summer holidays (which start next week), and have jumped the gun a bit. Last night I ended up putting together the first episode of a new podcast series, this time a radio show. I’m calling it TB.Musica (again, a remnant of my silly naming…

  • Motomichi Nakamura

    I love this animated video by Motomichi Nakamura, done for the song “We Share Our Mothers’ Health” by The Knife. The rest of his site is also well worth digging through. Link via Core77.