Just a reminder that the next PauseTalk (Vol. 61) is indeed happening this coming Monday (June 4), back in Ikebukuro at Cafe Pause, with the regular start time of 20:00 — although as always, fe...
Today I’m an older man — I’ll let you guess, but I’m ending a decade. I think I need a bottle of Snow beer (via Joseph Keating, who found the photo here).
My “On Design” column for May is in today’s edition of The Japan Times, and can also be read online here. Pictured above, a piece from Kyouei‘s “form of the functionR...
In a few hours I’ll be hopping on a bus and heading out to the mountains in Nagano — we’ll be staying at a hut that is on the mountain you see in the photo above, Okuhodaka. My wife...
PauseTalk Vol. 60 happened this past Sunday (May 13), on the last day of Magazine Library 10, and I must say that it was quite nice to have the event in that setting (in the exhibition space, at Hill...
It’s something that I realized just a few weeks ago, but this month marks my 15th anniversary of living in Asia (more or less). It was in early May of 1997 (first week I think) that I firs...
For me, this weekend is truly one where two of my worlds collide. Last night I had a special PechaKucha event as part of the Magazine Library exhibition in which I invited a few friends (Audrey Fonde...
Just a reminder that I’ll be having a special PechaKucha event on Friday (May 11) as part of the Magazine Library exhibition at Hillside Terrace in Daikanyama. The theme is of course magazines ...
Just a reminder that there is no PauseTalk tonight (on the first Monday of the month) and that instead the May edition (Vol. 60) is happening this coming Sunday (the 13th) at Hillside Terrace in Daik...
A new episode of the Codex (53) is up, a tribute to the Beastie Boys, a group I’ve had a great deal of love for throughout my life.
And here is our second live session of Radio OK Fred, recorded earlier tonight at the Magazine Library 10 exhibition in Daikanyama — download yesterday’s episode here. Our guest this...
Yes, after what feels like a hiatus that has gone on forever (since 2010, actually), we were back tonight with a brand new episode of Radio OK Fred, recorded live at Hillside Terrace in Daikanyama, a...
As I teased the other day, after a hiatus of a couple of years, Radio OK Fred is back this week, live! The Magazine Library 10 exhibition runs May 3-13 at Hillside Terrace in Daikanyama, and me, Audr...
A new episode of the Codex (52) is up, for your listening pleasure. As I mention on the show — which I also did in my post about the next PauseTalk — if you like the Codex, then you’...
You may have been wondering what’s going on with the May edition of PauseTalk, which not only is Vol. 60, but also marks the 6th anniversary of the series. It will be a special edition indeed, ...
The latest edition of my “On Design” column is in today’s Japan Times, and it can be read online here. Pictured above, the Hinoki no Hakimono clogs from Mizutori.
I’m heading to Milan! Leaving in just a bit for a trip to the Milano Salone, where we’ll be hosting 4 special PechaKucha events at a temporary club space built by Heineken just for t...
I don’t quite know what happened for April’s PauseTalk Vol. 59, but not only did we beat the attendance of last month (which was already high) with a total of about 30, but it also marked...
No, these are not the participants from this month’s PauseTalk — which was a fantastic event, but more on that in another post — these are rather the participants from March’s...
I’ve quickly become a big fan of Paper, an app for iPad that does a fantastic job of letting you easily draw, sketch, and write things on your iPad. I should also add paint, as it does a beauti...
Just your friendly reminder that PauseTalk Vol. 59 takes place tonight (April 2) at Cafe Pause, with the regular start time of 20:00. Come join us for some chittin’ and chattin’, and a bi...
Just a reminder that the next PauseTalk (Vol. 59) is this coming Monday (April 2). It will happen, as always, at Cafe Pause from 20:00 — feel free to come earlier to hang out before the start.&...
My “On Design” column for The Japan Times is in today’s issue (March 28), or you can read it online here. Pictured above, Normal‘s new Vivid series, designed by Tokyo-based Ro...
I just discovered the Instapress plugin for WordPress, and so you’ll start noticing more of my Instagram photos (which I do take quite often) here on the site. In the extreme right sidebar you&...
As I promised earlier, here’s a new episode of the Codex (51). Just a bunch of great tunes to prop you up on this gray and rainy Tokyo weekend.
I know it’s been slow going these days here, and oh how I wish I could share with you some of the cool things we’re developing on the PechaKucha front, but that’ll have to wait for ...
Today is March 11, which marks the anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan both with its initial impact, and with the nuclear scare that followed, and that continues to worry ...
Yes, it’s cold and rainy, but don’t let that stop you from coming down tonight (March 5) to PauseTalk Vol. 58 at Cafe Pause — official session starts to 20:00, feel free to come ear...
Here we are, episode 50 of the Codex, and to mark the occasion I’ve decided to spotlight one band, and for anyone who has been listening regularly to the show, it should come as no suprise that...
Just realized I forgot to post a reminder that this coming Monday (March 5) is the time for PauseTalk Vol. 58, at Cafe Pause as always, with the regular start time of 20:00. Also, I’ll be addin...
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