Category: Music
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Teriyaki Boyz
Oh, Marxy‘s gonna love this! Found at the TSiG blog: Members of popular hip hop groups Rip Slyme and m-flo are to team up with fashion designer Nigo (33) to make their recording debut in the US. Ryo-Z (31) and Ilmari (30) from Rip Slyme, m-flo vocalist Verbal, Kaze no Hito’s MC Wise, and Nigo…
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Tenori-On
My first design column for The Japan Times, which I’ve already sent in, includes the Toshio Iwai (media artist, creator of the ELECTROPLANKTON game for the Nintendo DS) designed Tenori-On (in association with Yamaha). And then today I see it appear on Paul‘s Flickr account — it’s on display at the Good Design Expo.
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Hazel Nuts Chocolate
Currently enjoying the new Hazel Nuts Chocolate album, CUTE. Patrick likes it too.
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Sorry to Go
Nice to see that the Shobo Shobo boys really enjoyed their time in Japan, and are already missing it immensely (from Domo-san’s latest post at Shobus Diary): it breaks my heart to look at those pictures. i wish i was still there.i stand on the left lane in the metro’s escalators. i say “hai” to…
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Polypunk 002
In case you missed it the last time, Digiki has a new episode of his Polypunk podcast out. Download it while it’s hot (or subscribe to the feed)!
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Sony Joins the iTunes Party
Looks like Sony finally gave in! Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc plans to provide songs to the iTunes Music Store in Japan managed by Apple Computer Inc, a rival of its parent company over portable digital music players, Sony Music officials said. Sony Music and Apple are working out the details of a possible deal,…
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Tommy heavenly6
Today’s soundtrack on a rain-filled day: the debut album by Tommy heavenly6 (beware: clicking on the link brings you to a ridiculously noisy site). I’ve been vocal about how I’ve grown tired of what Tommy february6 was doing (what was fun at first turned into something very uninspired), but I did get a kick out…
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Digiki at Enban
Digiki (you’re all downloading his POLYPUNK podcast, right) will be performing live next Tuesday (September 6) at Koenji’s Enban, alongside Hot Troche. See Patrick’s Agenda for more details.
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Usagi-chang Night Fever!! Vol. 0003
Patrick went to the Usagi-chang Night Fever Vol. 0003 event last week, and he has a long post (and pics) to prove it.