Category: Events

  • TABlog: Interview with Assistant’s Megumi Matsubara

    TABlog posts a nice interview with Assistant‘s Megumi. I’m quite looking forward to this Friday’s opening of her new “BOOJUM” exhibition at the Diesel Denim Gallery in Aoyama.

  • Art Below Tokyo

    “Art Below Tokyo” brings together the works of 15 artists in an exhibition that takes place, well, below Tokyo, or more specifically near the Ginza line entrance at Shibuya station. Two PauseTalkers made the cut: Tim Rudder (left) and Josh McKible. The show starts today, and runs until September 1.

  • Happening in Japan

    Digiki’s “Dense Music Tour” keeps on keeping, and tomorrow (August 24, 18:00) hits the Sendai Ichibancho Apple Store. More on the tour here. Listen to a mini-mix of the album here.

  • Garage Sale, Free Puppies

    Listings for a sayonara sale? I know, I know, but when it includes an awesome image like the one above, you need to share. My friend Ian (of Saskatchewan) will be facing off against his wife Aki (The Asian Gladiator) in a summer party that is actually an excuse for them to get rid of…

  • Comike Grenade Incident

    A bit of craziness at this weekend’s Comike it seems. Police arrested a 20-year-old unemployed man from central Japan on Friday morning for allegedly threatening online to throw a grenade at the ongoing Comic Market (Comike) dojinshi convention. Hiroyuki Kageyama, an unemployed man from Kakogawa City in Hyogo prefecture, alleged wrote on the 2channel web…

  • Imprint Culture Lab 2008

    Imprint will be be bringing the Imprint Culture Lab 2008 conference to LA on October 1, with over 20 creatives giving talks, and a keynote by, get this, Kenya Hara! Organized in response to the groundswell of recognition and criticism surrounding cultlike enthusiasm for pop cultural artifacts, Imprint Culture Lab 2008 convenes the latest and…

  • Happening in Tokyo

    If a lunch time creative meet-up is more your thing, then head down to the Rhythm Cafe this Friday (August 15, 11:30) for this month’s edition of Likemind. I believe quite a few PauseTalkers usually end up going.

  • Dense Music Tour 2008

    Wanna catch Digiki live this summer? Have a look at the dates for the his Dense Music Tour 2008, in support of his new album.

  • PauseTalk Vol. 23

    Big thanks to everyone who made it out to last night’s PauseTalk (Vol. 23), and contributed to making it one of our largest assemblies. Great, great group, and I think everyone appreciated the talking and sharing. Below, a list of all who attended. Photo above by Max. The next PauseTalk takes place September 1. Anna…

  • Scott Silvey + ANA

    Congrats to Tokyo-based artist Scott Silvey on getting ANA’s attention and having his works featured at the airline’s lounge in Haneda. More on the show: All Nippon Airways, one of Japan’s premier airlines, is proud to announce an exhibition of the work of American artist Scott Silvey. Eleven paintings from Silvey’s “Civic Remedies” series will…