Sep 17, 20081
And the limo wins by a nose…
I took this photo last weekend. I quite like the contrast of the colours between the limo and the crane, not to mention their utilitarian relationship.
Sep 17, 20082
Staff Needed for Gourmet Burger Bar That Needs Staff
This picture popped up on popurls (via reddit) and I thought it was too delicious not to post.
The photo was taken by Noface2 and the original can be found here.
That sense of humour is something I do miss about New Zealand. Here in Japan I have never seen a job post anything like that. Hope they find a good burger flipping existentialist.
And who said flipping burgers was a bad job?
Sep 16, 20080
Why is that?
We just got a TV with a working aerial plug (long story) and tonight I had the pleasure of listening to the NHK 9pm news in English. Bad news about Lehmann Brothers of course but the thing that really struck me was the English of the people doing the translations.
Why are they so terrible? Having lived in China - which by its’ own admission is a developing country - and heard CCTV and comparing their professionalism to that of NHK got me wondering. Some of the NHK translators would give Benny Hill a run for his money in terms of eloquence.
Why is that?
Aug 17, 20080
Mandalavandalz - King of the Bad Trips
MANDALAVANDALZ KING OF THE BAD TRIPS
Finish psychedelic legends Mandalvandalv new album King of the Bad Trips will be released August 29. Really looking forward to picking up a copy:)
The 6 Dimension Soundz website had this to say about their 11th release:
6 Dimension Soundz are proud to announce the release of “King of the Bad Trips” by stable favourites MANDALAVANDALZ. A major breakthrough in the art of sheer madness, “King of the Bad Trips” is MANDALAVANDALZ 5th release with 6 Dimension Soundz and the labels 11th release.
Since their first album with 6D-Soundz “POISON MACHINE” was released 3 years ago these giants of psychedelic mayhem have won the hearts and spangled the minds of the forest loving kichigai community. 5 albums is a lot of music to have put together and this album keeps on racking
up and cracking fans expectations.
With leaps of bass and bounds of drums, MANDALAVANDALZ have kept on making their byzantinelly unique and spaced out original tracks. None of their fans are going to want to miss out on King of the Bad Trips!
You can listen to sample mp3’s of each track for free by clicking here: MANDALAVANDALZ KING OF THE BAD TRIPS - New Release.
The CD should be available soon from Saiko Sounds.
Bom!
Aug 16, 20080
Where I have lived and visited in Japan
This map shows places I have lived and visited within Japan. Places in pink are prefectures I have lived in - Akita, Osaka, Tokyo and Ibaraki. In red are places I have stayed in - including Hiroshima, most of Tohoku, Ishikawa, Chiba (where we stayed at Tateyama at the tip of Boso Peninsula). The other colours represent places we have walked around, or just passed through on the train.
The website is called Keiken - which is a play on the Japanese words for experience, as well as passing through a prefecture.You can check out their website here: Keiken. (in Japanese only).