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  • Shantell, NYC Edition

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    We ended the “Little Pink” exhibition last night with a nice little gathering, which also gave us a chance to say goodbye to Shantell, who left for NYC today. Thank you Hiro for the photo. From left: me, Shantell, and Anna.

  • Disco Bald

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    Koara has a special offer for you: We are a small wholesaler who mainly offer electro, collage, techno and dirty vibrations and so on.Our official web is koara-tokyo.com We offer you the best music and dirty vibrations at 0Â¥. This offer is only available on Thursday, 30th of April, 2009 from 21:00 until 29:00! The…

  • The Tonkatsu Tapes

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    During his recent visit to Tokyo, Patrick Macias sat down with Marxy at a discount tonkatsu shop, and they then proceeded to record for Neojaponisme a talk on, among other things, the state of the Japanese recession and current yankii culture. I give you, The Tonkatsu Tapes.

  • Little Pink Closing

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    The “Little Pink” exhibition at Cafe Pause ends today (Sunday, April 26), and we’ll have an informal gathering tonight from 19:00 until 22:00, before we do the takedown. Shantell leaves Tokyo for NYC on the very next day, so it’s a final chance to say goodbye and wish her well on the next leg of…

  • Public Reading of Des Ailes

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    Audrey — otherwise known as Ay2 of the Radio OK Fred podcast — will be doing a public reading of her new book, Des Ailes, at BOOK246 in Aoyama tomorrow (April 25, 15:00-16:30), accompanied by Gutevolk and Utrecht‘s Hiroshi Eguchi.

  • Architect Cafe

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    Looking for an architect? Then head on down to the Architect Cafe, where you can meet with architects and discuss projects. According to Spoon & Tamago, “they have an extensive database of architects that you can sweep through by name or by portfolio, and decide on a style you like.” There are currently two locations,…

  • 101TOKYO 2009 Gallery

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    The 101TOKYO crew have put together a large gallery of photos from this year’s showing.

  • Little Pink Starts

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    The “Little Pink” exhibition — read about it here — is now on at Cafe Pause, and runs until Sunday (April 26). Update: Looks like we’re going to have a reception tomorrow night (Thursday, April 23) at the cafe with Shantell and Gelman for the show. I’ll post more details soon, but please join us…

  • Little Pink

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    Starting tomorrow (April 21), Cafe Pause is hosting the “Little Pink” exhibition, a collaboration between Alexander Gelman and Shantell Martin. It’s a fun project: Shantell drew over — or as she would say, “bombed” — 100 flyers that were produced for Gelman’s “Little Black” installation at the Nanzuka Underground gallery back in 2007. Here’s a…

  • Louis Vuitton + Murakami QR Code

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    How’s this for a QR barcode! Produced by Tokyo-based creative agency SET, it was put together to promote the ongoing collaborations between LV and Takashi Murakami. I’m pretty sure it’s the first time I see a stylized code like this, and I’m quite surprised that it actually works.