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  • OK Fred 4 Release Party

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    Some more info on the upcoming OK FRED 4 release party (which I’m very much looking forward to). SATURDAY 21ST OF AUGUST FROM 6P.M. TO 9 P.M AT ICC WITH A PERFORMANCE OF THE FRENCH ARTIST MATHIEU BRIAND/CERCLE ROUGE THE JAPANESE UNIT TYME+TAPS AND DJ DIGIKI (FRANCE) DJ MILQUESTOAST (USA) AND GUESTS. ALL PERFORMANCES PLAYED…

  • An Evening in Harajuku

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    We head out to Harajuku to check out the Placard#7 electronic music festival taking place in Yoyogi park. I especially want to be there for Momus’ set. On my way over, I get a call from Carsten, who having seen my post about going there, figures I would be a good person to contact to…

  • Follow the Leader

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    One of the events taking place at TSiG is called “Follow the Leader,” in which a bunch of designers (Swedish and Japanese) get together to create one continuous piece. “Follow The Leader” is an ongoing graphic design event were designers will follow in eachothers footsteps and create a vertikal poster of 9×1 m. Four Japanese…

  • Momus at Placard#7

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    Momus, earlier tonight, at the Placard#7 festival in Yoyogi park.

  • Placard#7

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    This weekend is the Placard electronic music festival in Yoyogi park. I missed the performances by Midori and Robert last night, but tonight I’ll be heading there for the Momus hour. It’s my understanding that his performance will be based on SUMMERISLE, the album he released earlier this year with Anne Laplantine. He’ll be on…

  • A Sad Time for China

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    Thousands of flag-waving, profanity-yelling Chinese soccer fans upset about their 3-1 Asia Cup loss Saturday night blocked Japanese fans from leaving Beijing’s Workers’ Stadium. Chinese fans also pelted a bus that left the stadium with bottles and garbage and prevented Japanese spectators from leaving through a special gate. Several thousand others also blocked streets surrounding…

  • Short Film Cafe Loop

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    Today I picked up a flyer for what looks like a very interesting cafe. Short Film Cafe Loop, as the title suggests, screens short films as you sip your favorite cafe drink. You can have a look at the program at their site. The cafe itself is in Aoyama, along Route 246 heading towards Shibuya,…

  • Nakameguro Street Art

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    Somewhere in Nakameguro.

  • An Afternoon in Nakameguro

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    I leave Ikebukuro early in the afternoon for an outing in Nakameguro. The first thing I do when arriving is to take out the issue of RES I brought with me, the one with the Superfuture map of Nakameguro, so I can find the Groovisions shop, GRV1788. As I slowly make my way there, I…

  • Totoro at the Expo

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    From Boing Boing: A replica of the Kusakabe residence, the house featured in Hayao Miyazaki’s 1988 animated masterpiece My Neighbor Totoro, will be built for EXPO 2005 being held in Aichi, Japan, from 25 March – 25 September, 2005. It will be constructed within the woods of the Expo site using techniques of the early…