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Month: March 2005

  • Stickers

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    Some street art in Aoyama.

  • Casa Brutus 61

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    The new issue of CASA BRUTUS (61) is out, and even though it’s not a bilingual issue, I couldn’t help but pick it up. The cover feature’s title, “Supercity Tokyo 2005,” pretty much says it all. They do their annual “New Design & Architecture 100” deal, with a few different articles covering fashion, some neighborhoods,…

  • Manabu Yamanaka

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    In a recent comment thread, a reader brought up the site of photographer Manabu Yamanaka, mentioning the “Arakan” series covering homeless people.

  • NPRMX

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    Music Related has started a spinoff CD-R label called Our Small Label, and the first release is NPRMX, a remix album of Shugo Tokumaru material. Contributors include Midori Hirano, DJ Codomo, Marxy, Digiki, Pandatone, Tokumaru himself, and more. You can listen to a mix of all the songs here. Info on how to order the…

  • Ozzy in Tokyo

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    Last week’s episodes of THE OSBOURNES saw the family coming to Tokyo so that daughter Kelly could do some promotional stuff, and Ozzy was to accept a prize at the MTV Japan award show. Their arrival in Japan was accompanied by the obligatory Pizzicato Five “Twiggy, Twiggy” reference, but they then followed up with some…

  • An Interview with Jiro Taniguchi

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    If you can read French, there’s a lengthy interview with mangaka Jiro Taniguchi here. I’m not sure if his work is available in English, but I’ve read some of it in French (the powerful LE JOURNAL DE MON PERE, pictured above), and it’s made me a fan. Link via The Comics Reporter.

  • Gizmodo Wins!

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    Congrats to Gizmodo for winning the “Best Computers or Technology Weblog” award at this year’s Bloggie Awards. Very nice! As for those wondering about my lack of posts there recently, my recent health problems had me down for a bit, but I should be back up and running very, very soon.

  • Warning Sign Gallery

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    You like pictures of warning signs? You like pictures of Japanese warning signs, you say? Well, Juergen Specht has a gallery full of them. Link via K10K.