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EROTICA EXPO 1999
After several successful showings in the UK, Erotica, a sex themed convention, spent 4 days at Manhattan's Jacob Javits Center. The coming of the convention (excuse the pun) supposedly brought on a lot of opposition ...
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BURNING MAN 1999
A fifteen meter high gigantic figure engulfed in flames. Naked men and women walking proudly. More than ten thousand participants under a burning sun. The spirit of 'No Spectators'. 'Burning Man' is a kind of new fest...
PEOPLE
STEVE ETO
Steve Eto plays an active part as the only Japanese-American metal rock percussionist living in Japan and also active as a member of the mixture-music band 'DEMI SEMI QUAVER'. He also shows his unusual talents as a fa...
PEOPLE
DAVID SYLVIAN
Most of people, probably know David Sylvian for the unforgettable voice that illustrated "Forbidden colors" the song by Ryuichi Sakomoto, the soundtrack of the motion picture "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence". Other peop...
THINGS
JONNI NITRO
The comic by Tubatomic Studio, "Jonni Nitro". A secret agent Jonni is involved in various cases one after another. It's just like a spy movie making full use of motion trace and high contrast photographic images in...
THINGS
MONSOON
The next is "MONSOON VOL.02" whose the great cover by Hirohiko Araki who dealt with 'JOJO'. The contents is also great and too deep. The sense of those that we can feel at the actual scene drives into my eyes with ...
THINGS
∀ (TURN A) GUNDAM
Illustration: Imai Toons When I saw the mobile suit designed by Syd Mead in Young Magazine first, I had everything go black. This is the design before GUNDAM!? The director Tomino said, "Affirm all GUNDAM" in...
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CYBERPORT PROJECT
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was recently in Hong Kong to give support to Hong Kong's proposed US $13 billion Cyberport project. The envisioned Cyberport will be an international multimedia and information service ce...
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BEER GOLF
This month Hamburg enjoyed a few warm days and daylight until six at night. Yes, spring is in the air: buds on trees, flowers on lawns that are ever greening and the people are out and about. What went down, was almos...
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THE INTERNATIONAL FRENCH LANGUAGE WEEK, PONT DES ARTS 1999
A bit of techno for this wonderful Month of March (Well people that have ever seen Paris in the first day of the come back of the sun will know what I mean... Back to the cafe's, let's stay outside and drink Pastis or...
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ANTIROM IS (NOT) DEAD
There have been countless stories of bankruptcy and buy-ups over the recent years in the world's new media industry. Now it's our turn and it's nothing so dramatic. At the accounts review a few weeks ago a few ...
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DFTV CONFERENCE
The American Institute of Graphics Arts (AIGA) ran its first conference on design for film and television, DFTV.001, this past month at the Equitable Center in midtown Manhattan. Directed by Emily Oberman and Bonnie ...
