AUDIUM

2000.5.24　 Text: Kanya Niijima

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 - t...

GALLERY ROCKET

2000.3.24　 Text: Akira Natsume

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

2000.2.24　 Text: Kanya Niijima

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

2000.1.24　 Text: Nicolas Roope

Anticlimactic millennium, anticlimactic millennium dome. We've all heard about it and how much it cost (although this is still less than boo.com) The place was described by Lina (who took the photos) as half circ...

GALERIE LILIANE & MICHEL DURANT-DESSERT

1999.12.24　 Text: Aki Ikemura

There are several shops with strong individuality in the 11th district located in the east side of Paris. For example, at a flower shop, you find rare plants that you have never seen and birds freely flying inside a ...

PROGETTO

1999.9.30　 Text: Akira Natsume

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 ...

MOMA P.S.1

1999.9.23　 Text: Rei Inamoto

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

1999.4.22　 Text: Kanya Niijima

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...

SUNDAY-ROAST-FILM

1999.3.22　 Text: Jeremy Tai

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, ...

MEAN FIDDLER TAVERN

1999.1.22　 Text: Adam Hulbert

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

1999.1.22　 Text: Jeremy Tai

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

1998.11.22　 Text: Kanya Niijima

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 ...