CHELSEA
On one pleasantly sunny Saturday in April, a friend calls me up while having dimsum in uptown Manhattan and asks me what I'm up to that afternoon. I'm not particularly up for anything so I decide to meet up with h...
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AUDIUM
Tired of bad sound system at your party? Just a stack of loud speakers don't turn you on any more? If you are looking for a true sonic stimulant that maxes out your adrenaline level, here's the alternative option--- ...
GALLERY ROCKET
The Gallery Rocket in Harajuku was closed on February 29th, 2000. This gallery was started from Yasushi Fujimoto's hope that he wanted a place where he could see more artworks by young creators. He is the preside...
KLEPTOMANIAC
Last year's Christmas here in the U.S. was the season of the Internet shopping wars. The rapid growth in the online mail-order business triggered start-up entrepreneurs launching newly developed shopping sites almost ...
MILLENNIUM DOME
Anticlimactic millennium, anticlimactic millennium dome. We've all heard about it and how much it cost (although this is still less than www.boo.com) The place was described by Lina (who took the photos) as half c...
PROGETTO
For several years, I've sometimes heard that `there's no spirit in bookstores compared with what they were' or what is worse, 'it's not interesting'. In fact there's some interesting books at bookstores. It's not too ...
FREILUFTKINO
From the 29th of July to the 8th of August Hamburg had their annual Freiluftkino in front of the Rathaus (city hall). So all the moviegoers gathered before dusk with chairs, blankets, and other objects of movie sup...
P.S.1
When people think of New York, they think of Manhattan. But New York doesn't really end there. Events and shows are starting to happen elsewhere outside of Manhattan, often in a more unconventional setting at a more e...
URBAN ORE
Located in a rather dull industrial neighborhood in Berkeley, Urban Ore is a locals' hidden hangout spot for scoping out unusual treasures. Formally described as "Discard Management Center", Urban Ore may be defined a...
PKK
Between a heavy dusting of snow, the PKK demonstrations and the rain take a break this month in the stand-up low-profile eatery Koch Salon. Having been around for the better part of a year, perhaps even longer, the...
MEAN FIDDLER TAVERN
Shift gently suggested I include news aside from music this month, which at first I found puzzling - I hadn't realised there was anything else of any importance. After some long hours of soul searching, however, I rea...
MUTTER
Like some kind of post-war bunker repossessed by post-age hippie kids, there sits a new bar between St. Pauli and Schanzenviertel. Mutter, an eclectic one at best, owes-up to being the new place to drink and listen to...
JUSTICE LEAGUE
A few blocks from the funky Haight district, Justice League presents the club Density--- Saturated Urban Beats & Drum+bass Deconstructions. Density offers excellent interactions of the newest imports and domestic ...
GOOD NEWS SHARING
A new shop GOOD NEWS SHARING has just opened in a building in Harajuku, Tokyo. They deal in a variety of 'products' such as misprinted fax prints sent from Tomato, T-shirts with memorandums by Malcolm Mclaren, nicely ...
WHAT’S UP BAR
The only place where you can listen to the last Londoner drum'n bass, garage, ambient tunes into an hybrid surrounding, is the What's Up Bar, called the WUB by the regular visitors. The Wub is neither a nightclub nor ...
UN REGARD MODERNE
Graphic Art, Sado Masochist, Snoopy, American Satanism, Freak Designers, Japanese Bondage, Pop art, Extreme Performances, everything you may like or dislike is available at "Un regard Moderne" a tiny bookseller situat...
KUNG FU LOUNGE & LOT 61
Someone mentioned to me that it seems as if people don't dance as much as they used to in New York City. Maybe it's because more nice places to go to and relax in a lounge-like atmosphere are appearing in New York. E...
