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Month: June 2008

  • Zonies Live Report

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    Patrick Benny went to the first show by the Zonies, a new band featuring Yasuharu Konishi, of Pizzicato Five fame. Patrick writes up a full report.

  • Polypunk 31

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    Digiki presents Polypunk 31, a Daft Punk special called “Polypunk After All.” I have a feeling I’m really going to like this one. Cover photo by Alin.

  • MUJI Goes Upscale

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    Marxy tells me that MUJI is planning a new shop in Shinjuku that will only sell higher priced products — an upscale MUJI if you will. Looks like it may be called MUJI Shinjuku Piccadilly. Update: The store will be inside a new shopping center called Shinjuku Piccadilly, which opens July 19.

  • Happening in Tokyo

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    OK Fred returns with another “Gorilla Store,” again at OK Fred HQ, and this time in collaboration with Assistant and PMKFA‘s It’s Our Thing. Expect a very eclectic collection of items on sale. The store will be open Saturday and Sunday (June 14-15), 14:00-19:00. Chris Palmieri’s band, Dryfishbutterfly, is having a gig this Sunday (June…

  • Hip Lounging Japan

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    Nice to see that my Swedish compadres Next Century Modern are included in the book Hip Lounging Japan, for their work with Thoms & Nilsson on the Absolut Icebar in Tokyo. I’d like to go through the book to see what else gets included.

  • Sake from Microsoft

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    I attended Microsoft’s press event in Shibuya for their upcoming Xbox 360 RPG lineup yesterday, and as we left we were given this bottle of sake. I have to say this is definitely the best piece of swag I’ve ever gotten at an event. Love that play on words too — “Xbox 360 no RPG…

  • Searched in Shinjuku

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    Max gets a photo featured on Japan Today, of a dude getting his bag checked by police officers.

  • Testing the Tenori-on

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    Me trying out Toshio Iwai’s Tenori-on electronic music device at the Spiral building in Aoyama. They have two on display for demo-ing, in front of Spiral Records. It’s fun to play with, but I couldn’t really get a feel for how deep you can go with composition. Thanks for the photo, Julie!