Dec 17, 2004
PauseTalk is a regular series of events that take place at Cafe Pause on the first Monday of every month, with a start time of 20:00. The idea is to create a forum where Tokyo-based creatives can get together and discuss their own projects, as well as cultural currents of the city. The next edition happens in March.
PLAY is a series of events with Jean Snow spinning some of his favorite virtual discs in a casual setting at Cafe Pause. The next edition happens in January. See the setlist for previous editions here, and subscribe to a feed of the mixes.
Being a survey of recommended titles for your gaming pleasure. New games are added 2-3 times weekly, and all selections are by your host, Jean Snow, a Tokyo-based writer and gamer.
Jean Snow is a contributor to Arcade Mania, your guide to the arcade gaming scene in Japan (Amazon US/Amazon Japan). He also provided assistance on Tokyolife: Art and Design, a guide to Tokyo's cultural output of the past few years, covering the works of over 80 influential creatives.
He will be contributing to the upcoming fifth editions of The Rough Guide to Tokyo and The Rough Guide to Japan, due for release in 2011.
I'm also a proud member of the Pecha Kucha Night family, working on various projects, including updating Pecha Kucha Daily, a blog that highlights the creativity coming out of PKN events worldwide.
I serve as editor-at-large at Néojaponisme, a web journal covering social and cultural aspects of Japan. Read the manifesto, by founder and chief editor W. David Marx.
Great! Going to check this out this weekend!
Isn’t “bimonthly” the most ambiguous word ever?
1. Happening every two months.
2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly.
Wow. Warren Ellis sent me over to listen and am I ever glad he did. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this together. I’ll definitely be back for more.
Finally it’s announced! :)
thumbs up. nice selection.
Thanks, glad to hear you’re enjoying it!
As for bimonthly, yeah, it’s silly. The plan is for every two weeks.
any chance you could post a tracklist for this set?
I burned the sow to a CD and have been playing it in my shop in Missouri. It’s fantastic — looking forward to more.
I remember a Tailspin comic in the Disney Adventures magazine, many years ago, that involved Don Carnage demanding bimonthly protection payments from Louie, and the hilarity that ensued… Bronson Pinchot may have been on the cover.
Thanks for playing it in your shop!
Initially I wanted to put up a track listing right away, and Ay2 felt that it would be better not to have one, to encourage people to listen to the show to discover music, not just dowloading it if there’s stuff that they think they’ll like. But I think we’ll put a list up before the next show is up.
I would agree with that plan. It’s more fun to have a grab-bag approach… so you never know what you’re going to get. But these shows are probably going to be transferred to CDs by more than a few people (myself included), and it would look better to be able to put down more than “Track 1: Radio OK Fred Week 1″ and that’s it.
Thanks ! I hope as many of people as possible to listen to it.
I mean “show,” not “sow”! Though stepping in its feces did give me ringworm… the ringworm of satisfying musical vibes!
Oh yes, I also meant to say that it’s much better than anything addVice has sent us.
Wow… Great stuff, Jean. Through Radio OK Fred, I think I may have stumbled upon my new favorite band, Deerhoof. Keep it coming!
Glad to hear everyone’s enjoying it. We’re preparing the next shows this week, so I think we’ll be on schedule to release a new show every two weeks. Ultimately, I’d like to see it happen every week.
Had it flowing during a dinner party yesterday night. Gone really good!
Cool!