90’s throwback trivia: Remember Cibo Matto, a duo of Japanese women expats in NYC from the mid 90s, playing Shibuya-kei, trip hop, indie pop rock, ambient, bossa nova, and acid jazz? They had songs, and performances on shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and in movies like Half-Baked. Sean Lennon was briefly a former member of the band. They’ve collaborated with The Beastie Boys and contributed to The Beastie’s now defunct record label Grand Royal. With two albums out: Viva! La Woman (1996) …
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Despite the complaints about the festival, the lack of films, blazeh blazeh, there’s some dope flicks to be seen. Check our incomplete guide, here. For showtimes and further details, TIFF 26 . …
In Tokyo, Shinjuku Creators Festa 2013 is popping off right now. The 17-day all art everywhere is an ambitious attempt to get heads poked in parts of Shinjuku that otherwise go unexplored by mainstream foot traffic. Special honored guests include poke-a-dot lady Yayoi Kusama and CG artist Yoichiro Kawauguchi. Kusama’s work is ever hypnotizing and unassumingly fascinating. Kawauguchi is a man of his times, but it took decades for the times to catch up to him. If you can read …
This October the Tokyo International Film Festival will be poppin’ in Roppongi Hills. If the films aren’t in English, there should be English subtitles and vice versa. Geeked! via TIFF …
Just wrote an article for The Stark Life about Japanese artist 281 Anti Nuke. You’ll probably see why he’s considered to be a Japanese Banksy. Read here. …
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