Instant America vol. 2

Just Point Blast and Cook! (seriously)

White Boy Halloween Hip Hop

oh kids....

this is what happens when you let a 6 year old japanese kid draw you!

Jape - Floating

D.A.N.C.E.

nice photo from a party my friends threw over the weekend

cupping...who me?

this sign seriously says that touching stranger asses in public is a crime

scootin

i just found this photo on my friends blog, he took it in front of his store in downtown kumamoto, ahhhh....

unlpugged

been unplugged for a while. during my absence i watched sicko, embarrassing pretty much sums it up, hung out in the solitude of my friends friends cabin, listened to dj nick sandoval's new 80 min dance mix, read daniel quinn's ishmael, found a great break dancing french toy, listened to the beatles entire uk collection compressed into one hour and ate some great mexican food.

Widelux and Mr Bridges

Stumbled on 2 closely related gems today while madly dashing my way through the series of tubes we so calmly call the "internet".

1- jeff bridges home page.

B- widelux F-8

Actor Jeff Bridges keeps a really beautifully put together page, it so fun and playful, makes you want to open and close all the doors he put in front of you. Behind one of the doors, is info about his love for amateur photography, more specifically, his love for shooting black and white panoramics with a vintage widelux F-8. he recently published a book of his photos from behind the scenes of his films. both are very worth investigating for yourself, i promise.

Gadget, noise canceling headphones

just picked up the new Audio-technica active noise canceling headphones. If you arnt familiar with this technology, they basically throw out an opposing sound wave to kill incoming unwanted noise.

+ no longer hear crying babies, old ladies comparing vegetable prices, J-pop leaking out of teenage cell phones

+ superior sound; highs and lows

+ really comfy

- i kind of look like i should be working on the deck of an aircraft carrier

Buy them for less that half of the MSRP HERE

Apple goes COLOR, kind of...

Want an iPod or iMac color that apple doesnt offer? fear not, Colorware will take care of that for you. A bit pricy, about $75 for pods and iphones, and around $400 for macs. check out their great interactive design page HERE.

INLAND EMPIRE

David Lynch's new film, INLAND EMPIRE, opened nationwide in japan last night. here is my tale or horror, awe and unparalleled hallucinatory confusion.

7:26 pm - enter 50 seat theater with bottle of water and bag of peanuts

7:34 pm - lights dim, hiding the faces of all 8 people in attendance

7:40 pm - slight smile creeps onto my face at the realization of a full length feature shot via hand held dv.

7:41 pm - 10:32 pm - trying to climb out of the rabbbit hole that dropped me in a rabbbit hole that dropped me in a rabbbit hole that dropped me in a rabbbit hole.

10:33 pm - exit theater with 5 other patrons (somehow in the explosion we lost 2 men)

8 bit world

Does it get much better than a clip on 8 bit tie for 20 bucks?

Oh Shoplifting...

Dear Kanye west,
Million dollar videos are for assholes, $3 imovie videos are really cool.



ps. i think your the most arrogant pompous shithead alive.

it's up to you...

my friend is a prostitute, a really beautiful and successful prostitute. she has been at it for a long time, and very good at what she does. i am excited to announce that after all these years she is finally free of the constant back handing dished out by her pimp, and is only now experiencing honest freedom. due to her financial success, she no longer does what she does for the money, she does it because she truly loves her work. because of this, she has decided that her customers no longer pay the rate that her pimp previously required, but now get to pay what ever they think her product is worth, no really, its up to you! wait... i think im getting this confused with Radioheads's new album

iPod Death Calculator

this page does some calculations with you ipod usage habits to figure out how much time you have left in the lifespan of you battery. check using your serial number HERE. the following photo seems to be the fate of my little companion :(

Pola-roll

took some great photos last night, scanned them, was going to cut them up in photoshop, but they are kind of nice the way they are. read a little story about my night...

Yubz handheld

Want an old hand held for skype calls on your mac or pc? then Yubz has the product your looking for. Rad design, killer colors, and it can be yours for the low low introductory price of only one payment of $44

Sunshine vs. Monster's Ball

strolling through the isles of my local video rental shop today, and much to my surprise is Danny Boyle's newest film, sunshine. i was a bit confused because its fairly new, and japan typically gets film muuuuuch later than the states.

watched it, enjoyed the nerdyness, found the unrealistic science easy to overlook due to the great slow panning shots that mr boyle has made a fine career out of.
as the credits roll, i notice that DNA films is responsible for the making of sunshine, which is based in London, which tells me all about why i am renting this film in japan and you are not (assuming you are in the states), which is the same reason that i read Haruki Murakami's newest book, after dark, 2 years ago (it just hit stores in USA this summer), which is why the absolute greedy lock down of anything coming from, managed or produced by, or having anything at all to do with anybody or thing in the states is mind numbing and eventually counterproductive. any suggestions as to how releasing monster's ball on dvd in japan this month is a good idea from the studio that made, promoted and released it elsewhere 6 years ago? yeah, me neither

24 season WOOOOH!

(this is the actual poster)

Prinzhorn Dance School - Crackerjack Docker