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Month: March 2007

  • Polypunk 16

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    Digiki is back with another episode of his terrific podcast series, POLYPUNK (16). Also, tomorrow night (March 7) sees “Le Baron Night” event at Le Baron de Paris in Aoyama, featuring Digiki, KazuNoco, DEXPISTOLS, and a few guests. Things kick off at 20:00, with entry at 1500 yen (includes a drink).

  • Atelier Bow-Wow at PingMag

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    PingMag interviews Atelier Bow-Wow. The duo also have an upcoming exhibition, “Practice of Lively Space — Detached House and Micro Public Space,” at Gallery MA, running March 8 to June 15.

  • 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).