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  • PauseTalk Vol. 25

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    Apologies for being so late on this — blame the Tokyo Game Show — but I’d like to thank everyone who came down to PauseTalk Vol. 25 earlier this month. We started as a rather small group, but it swelled up throughout the evening, and in the end we had a good bunch of people…

  • Lisa Katayama at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan

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    Monday night I stopped by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Yurakucho to catch Lisa‘s talk about her book, Urawza: Secret Everday Tips and Tricks from Japan. She actually talked about much more, including the insane amount of work that went into the piece on 2-Channel‘s Hiroyuki Nishimura she wrote for Wired.

  • Eizo Nite

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    Martine Cotton sends me info for the following event, which sounds like it could be of much interest for those of you into filmmaking. Eizo is Japanese for moving pictures, and this event is an exploratory celebration of the Eizo world here in Tokyo, featuring presentations, discussions and displays about all aspects of the moving…

  • Tokyolife Talkshow

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    For those interested, I’ll be hosting a panel at Tsutaya Tokyo Roppongi (the big one behind Roppongi Hills, near the TV Asahi building) on Saturday (October 25). It will cover the book Tokyolife, and the panelists are Ian Luna, editor and contributor to the book, and photographer/filmmaker Mika Ninagawa — Ian is working on a…

  • Cut Mars Black

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    Today marks the start of “Cut Mars Black,” an exhibition at Cafe Pause by German artist Gudrun Rau. The show runs until October 26, and there will be an informal opening tonight (October 20) from 19:00 at the cafe, with the artist present. Gudrun was one of the participants at this month’s edition of PauseTalk…

  • The Museum of Stories

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    Everyone’s favorite OK Fredder, Audrey Fondecave, has a new exhibition, “Le musee des histoires – The Museum of Stories,” that opens today at La Galerie des Nakamura (it runs until November 3). The opening reception is tomorrow night (October 18, 18:00), but is proceeded by a talk given by Egaitsu Hiroshi at 16:00. There will…

  • Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School in Tokyo

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    The premise for “Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School” is awesome: illustrators/artists get together regularly to sketch a burlesque performer. The event in Tokyo is held every month at The Pink Cow in Shibuya. The next one happens next week, October 21, with the sketching starting at 19:00 (entry is 2,000 yen, which includes a drink). It…

  • Meeting Modernity Postcard Set

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    As part of the Neojaponisme-produced “Meeting Modernity” exhibition — recently held at the Young Art gallery in LA — sets of eight postcards, wrapped in handmade envelopes, were also put on sale. There are still a few sets available, and you can purchase them online here.

  • Chin Music Press Talk in NYC this Wednesday

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    Your mission, should you decide to accept it, would be to attend a talk to be given by Craig this Wednesday (October 8, 18:30-20:00) at the Apple Store in SOHO. The presentation will focus on the making of Art Space Tokyo and Goodbye Madame Butterfly, and other CMP goodness I’m sure.

  • PauseTalk Tonight

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    Today is the first Monday of the month, which means it’s time for a new edition of PauseTalk (Vol. 25) at Cafe Pause. It happens tonight (Monday, October 6), with the usual start time of 20:00. See you there!