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Month: August 2007

  • UT in Time

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    I have a piece in the current Asian-edition of TIME (Vol. 170, No. 7) on Uniqlo’s UT shop in Harajuku. You can read it online here.

  • TABlog: Roger McDonald

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    TABlog interviews Tokyo-based Roger McDonald, one of the founders of Arts Initiative Tokyo.

  • The Analog Girl at Cafe Pause

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    I’m very happy to announce that this coming Friday (August 17) we will be hosting a live performance by Singapore’s The Analog Girl at Cafe Pause. This is not her first appearance in Japan, she performed at the Soso Cafe in Sapporo a few years ago, but it will be her first show in Tokyo.…

  • PauseTalk Vol. 12

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    The following are the participants from last week’s PauseTalk (Vol. 12). The next edition will be held September 3. Thank you, Paul, for the photos. Alin Huma (Photographer) Beatrice Oleari (Art Project Manager) Chihiro Murakami (Designer) Chris Palmieri (Web Designer) Denis Goguen (Interactive Designer) Diego Bello (Designer) Jean Snow (Writer) Joe Keenan (Graphic Designer) Paul…

  • New Electronics at MUJI

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    MUJI has just launched a new line of cheap electronic goods, like these USB adapters, memory card readers, mobile phone adapters, etc.

  • Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro at LOFT

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    They had a huge corner selling “Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro” merchandise at LOFT in Ikebukuro. Pictured above are some giant panels from the original manga, branded cans of juice, and some diagrams, and innards, of the various characters from the series.

  • Neck Face Is Ugly

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    A Neck Face sighting in Shibuya, near the Tower Records.

  • OK Fred 10

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    The new issue of OK FRED (10) is out, as seen here at Tower Records, on the 7th floor. My latest column, now renamed “Nakameguro no Omiseyasan,” covers a second-hand store in the area.