Category: General

Famous porn king Chocoball Mukai (he’s featured in a chapter from Karl Taro Greenfeld’s SPEED TRIBES) just got arrested because of a performance at a Happening Bar. For more on the arrest and the Happening Bar scene, check out the MDN article.

This month’s issue of WIRED magazine has an article on Issey Miyake’s new passion, his seemless fashion label A-POC. Last year saw an exhibit of the line at the AXIS building. You can read the article online here.

Our Pizzicato Five evening ended up being an absolute blast. Peter and Patrick both bought the DVD sets that night (Patrick at Towers, and then Peter at HMV because Towers was already sold out – Patrick had reserved his), and then we went straight to my place for some sukiyuki, beer from Fiji (where Peter…

Well, it happened, I was gone for a bit, about 2 days, but I’m back. I’m examining a few possibilities for future hosting options, so I don’t think this will happen again. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for coming back.

Robert checks out Ikebukuro’s Caravan Books, and likes what he finds. I’m tellin’ ya, Ikebukuro is turning into a “destination.” You heard it here first!

And while we’re on the subject of Readymade, today marks the release date of the Pizzicato Five 6 DVD set, THE BAND OF THE 20TH CENTURY (the official “for sale” date is March 31, anniversary of their last show together, but releases are always available the day before in Japan). To mark this event, Patrick,…

Another compilation that’s been getting some fairly heavy playtime on my Mac and iPod is BGM VOL.1 FOR MODERNICA, compiled by Comoesta Yaegashi. Features a bunch of tracks by the likes of Iwamura Manabu, Qypthone, and Comoesta, including a new track by Comoesta’s old unit, 5th Garden. It’s all in keeping with the Readymade esthetics…

I didn’t know Cornelius (Oyamada Keigo) had a photoblog, and it seems like he’s become the official photographer of the Nakameguro sakura. Link via Patrick.

A huge thanks to those who sent in donations after my spiel about the bandwidth issues. Thank you also for all the recommendations I’ve received in the mail about alternate cheaper hosting services. As I’ve answered, I’m paid up for a year (you got a big discount if you paid in advance like that), but…

Jesper’s Next Century Modern front page has a hint of something that I’ll be working on. Should be very cool indeed.