Category: City Life

  • Rroomm

    A fun idea, if possibly a maddening one: Rroomm is a clothing shop in Osaka that was recently renovated by architects Ninkipen, and the main feature is a series of eleven doors, six of which are fake. Via Dezeen.

  • Fixie Girl

    Tim Rudder took the afternoon to draw a girl on a fixed gear bike, and walks us through the process.

  • Portraits from PauseTalk Vol. 36

    I’ll have the list of participants from last night’s PauseTalk (Vol. 36) up later today or tomorrow, but in the meantime I wanted to share the latest round of portraits taken by Max Hodges, which are all viewable in this gallery. As with last time, I’m really loving these, and I’m hoping that Max keeps…

  • PauseTalk Tonight

    Just a reminder that PauseTalk (Vol. 36) happens tonight (December 7) at Cafe Pause, with the usual start time of 20:00. I’ll be there from 19:30, hanging out until the official start, so feel free to come earlier.

  • PLAY 02

    I’m not promising I’ll keep doing these on a weekly basis, but I’m having so much fun doing them that I want to keep going, so yes, next week I’m doing PLAY 02 at Cafe Pause. It will happen on Saturday (December 12) instead of Friday, because I’m going to be attending the “Taichizm!” live…

  • Setlist for PLAY 01

    Had a great time with PLAY 01 — finished up just a couple of hours ago, actually — and again, I’m posting here the complete playlist for my set, which you can also download in two parts. PLAY 01 (Part 1) (43 MB) 1. Lorenzo Fragiacomo – “Kirby” 2. Stephin Merritt – “Stray with Me”…

  • Tokyo Bike Shops

    CNNGo has a piece up looking at some of Tokyo’s best bike shops. Pictured above, WBASE Harajuku.

  • Wacka Wacka Chocolate

    Is it just me, or does this photo from MUJI’s Xmas 2009 page for their “gateau au chocolat” mix look like a certain yellow pill-popping fiend.

  • No Man’s Land

    TABlog has a photo report from last week’s opening of the “No Man’s Land” exhibition, which runs until January 31.

  • Next Week’s PauseTalk (Vol. 36)

    Time to remind everyone that this coming Monday (December 7) is this month’s edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 36). As always, the event will take place at Cafe Pause, with an official start time of 20:00. Also, I invite everyone to come earlier to hang out a bit before the official talk session starts — the…