HAPPENING
WORLD CUP ’98
Soccer is a major spectator-sport the world over, so it's no surprise to see the streets in Hamburg empty when the World Cup is running. One only has to walk into any bar to see most everyone sitting in front of a tel...
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HAPPENING
RYOJI IKEDA AND PANASONIC
Ryoji Ikeda and Panasonic are well known for their hard experimental music productions. "Le garage" is an old dusty workshop turned into a venue. Lighting and sound system are plain but it's the only place wh...
HAPPENING
MARX ERNST “SCULPTURES, HOMES, LANDSCAPES”
Last month you were told about the hooligans invasion in France. It sounded a bit like a joke but the joke has slowly become reality. Although football supporters are fighting in the street, cultural activities still ...
PEOPLE
KLEBER
I don't know if you're a sucker for obscure, slightly up it's arse experimentation in structural / compositional form and language, but I am and I really like this site. When I first saw it was off the back of a ...
HAPPENING
RET.INEVITABLE
Last month a bunch of us went to this event called Ret.Inevitable in this warehouse under the Brooklyn Bridge. A few of us didn't have tickets, figuring it'd be pretty easy to get them when we were there... well that...
PLACE
LEATHER TONGUE
This rental video shop is pretty good. It's small and produces an atomosphere of underground. The selection is manic. As for B-class movies, it's No.1 in San Francisco, I think. It has a loft space and custome...
PEOPLE
AIR
I was absolutely fascinated first listening to the beautiful and melodious sounds of the Moon Safari album by AIR, who had released their first earlier this year in Europe. Having heard a lot about them and having loo...
PEOPLE
E13
Eric Rosevear as E13 is a graphic designer who has created the cover images for this month's SHIFT. His main area of creativity is in New York, downtown. The work he produced for Gasbook04 is pretty good as well as...
THINGS
DICO
Felissimo, a publisher that specialises in mail order catalogue book, launched 'dico', a email order catalogue exclusively for the internet shopping service, whilst a lot of publishers of the kind are trying to br...
PLACE
SASQUATCH.
sasquatch. is rocking with the collection of the product created by Japanese promising fashion designers and artists. It deals in a great deal of fashion gears such as clothes, accessory, shoes, even furniture,...
PLACE
TARO OKAMOTO MUSEUM
There is a unique western style house along the Aoyama Kottoh Street in Tokyo. It used to be the house of Taro Okamoto, a prominent Japanese artist who passed away in '96. The house has been refurbished and open to th...
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CAPRICE
Once, I had a cup of coffee at a Hong Kong style cafe but it was too strong to drink it black and at least like coffee I used to know. Then I learned it can taste better with adding a lot of sugar and milk and actual...
