Category: General

  • Momus Versus Kahimi

    Momus’ latest Click Opera entry, Kahimi Currie, sees him looking back at his relationship with Kahimi Karie. Also includes a link to a preview of Carie’s new single, “Nana,” which should lead to a new album, MONTAGE, in May.

  • An Afternoon in Roppongi

    Last Saturday I’m off to Kamiyacho again to get a new prescription for the pains in my legs. We make it there just before the pharmacy closes (13:00), and then decide to stop at a ramen shop for lunch. The last time we came to the area I had noticed a Kouryu shop, like the…

  • Macs Running the Xbox 2

    Oh man, you gotta love this: Microsoft has shipped its Xbox 2 Software Develop Kit (SDK) to a few game developers, the SDK is said to run on a Dual Power Mac G5 computer, with two 64-bit PowerPC processors, and a special Windows NT kernel. The graphic card is an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350),…

  • Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

    The Cartoon Network has announced its lineup of new shows for 2004, and I was surprised to see the following (from AICN): Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: One of Japan’s biggest pop music acts arrives in America, not with a massive stadium tour but as a cartoon. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, set to debut in December,…

  • Portrait of a Japanese Man

    Yuko was at school yesterday to check on some things, and she met an old classmate she hadn’t seen in 7-8 years. He now works for Hitachi. He’s also an active mountain climber, and has climbed to the top of Everest. He was at the university to meet with students in the mountain climbing club.…

  • I Love Paranoia Agent

    Kon Satoshi’s PARANOIA AGENT is blowing me away. I’ve seen the first 4 episodes now, and I can honestly say that it beats anything else I’ve seen. What Kon is doing with this series is a continuation of the brilliance he’s displayed in films like PERFECT BLUE and MILLENNIUM ACTRESS, with absolutely nothing being watered…

  • Infobar Annin

    Oh, I just love the new Infobar mobile from AU. It’s name, ANNIN, refers to a Chinese desert called annin doufu.

  • Sonja Peng

    Stunning flash work by Sonja Peng. It was the multimedia winner at the Rockstar Games Upload III competition.

  • Bukkake Comic

    Susannah Breslin has written a short comic strip about bukkake, and it’s being hosted at Artbomb.net.

  • Lost in Translation in Japan

    From Japan Today: It will open at one Tokyo theater with seating for about 300. Depending on ticket sales in the first two weeks, other theaters may show it for about a month. – Yosuke Watanabe, a spokesman for “Lost in Translation” distributor Tohokushinsha, on the film’s low-key release in Japan in late April.