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Month: March 2007

  • Last Place

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    Cody Norenberg — friend of PauseTalk — was behind last year’s “Mind Vitamin” event, and now comes a 2-track release from him (under the name Bernstein), “Last Place,” which is downloadable from Beatport (either do a search in Beatport, or click here and look for “Last Place”).

  • Soft Boiled Vol. 3

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    My friend Masayo Miki is participating in a group photography exhibition at the MWS A Point cafe in Ikebukuro (2-1-16 Nishi-Ikebukuro, 03-5391-1256). “Soft Boiled Vol. 3” starts today, and runs until March 18.

  • Lilmag Store

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    I don’t know much about them, but the other day I picked up a flyer at Cafe Pause that led me to the Lilmag Store, an online market for Japanese zines.

  • PauseTalk Vol. 8

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    How fast a month goes by, it’s already time for another edition of PauseTalk! That’s right, tomorrow night (March 5) sees Vol. 8, with the usual start time of 19:30 at Cafe Pause. One of the things on the agenda is the handing off of cameras for the 8mm Film Project (we’ll also have some…

  • Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno Now!

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    Looks like copies of Patrick Macias’ JAPANESE SCHOOLGIRL INFERNO — scheduled to come out this May in the US — are already on store shelves here. Why do you want this book? Because it’s filled with an “encyclopedic mega-narrative about how the outlaw spirit of post-war Japanese youth was tamed and ultimately overtaken by the…

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Nike 1LOVE You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • This Week in Magazines

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    CASA BRUTUS (84) covers the “Japanese Hotel Evolution,” in the form of a rundown of the latest and greatest when it comes to Japanese hospitality and accommodations. They also have a piece that calls out to “Save the Modern Architecture,” spotlighting older, and iconic, architectural landmarks. TITLE (86) is “Addicted to Photo Love!” It’s a…

  • Lab Motion Review

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    TABlog reviews the recent “Lab Motion” exhibition, that featured works by Exonemo, Tochka, and Assistant.

  • Cardboard Box Design

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    PingMag looks at Japanese packaging design again, this time with a focus on cardboard boxes.

  • Softbank + Pantone

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    If you’ve ridden on the Yamanote line in the past week or so, you’ve probably seen the massive ad campaign for the latest mobile phone model to come from Softbank, the Pantone collection (also known under the exceedingly boring model name 812SH), available in 20 colors. The image above is from a post on Core77.…