Fuji Rock Festival 2003 — day 2
Dragged ourselves out of bed unenthusiastically for what we expected to be an unappetizing breakfast – it was included in the price of our room. Turned out to be delicious! Fried spring rolls, salad, grilled fish, pickles, and of course … Continue reading
Fuji Rock Festival 2003 — day 1
Crowd-surfing in the blazing sunshine, vodka-fuelled midnight revelry, and majestic views of Mount Fuji. That’s what any reasonable person would expect from the Fuji Rock Festival. Actually, for us it involved none of these things, but I still had such … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix — J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter books are always published just before my birthday, which is handy. This book is more of the same, with the emphasis on the more – a bit too close to 1000 pages for my liking. This time around, … Continue reading
All Music Guide
An amazingly huge collection of music reviews and information. Search for an album, read about it, fins out what else the artist has done, who else has recorded the same song, the histiry of the genre, the album producer’s favourite … Continue reading
The Matrix: Reloaded
Filled with many profound and powerful scenes, aided by superlatively heartfelt performances, and wrapped up beautifully in an understated yet resoundingly expressive score, this film is an unparalleled achievement in insightful, emotionally intricate cinema. Oh wait a minute, that’s The … Continue reading
Junk food
I fondly remember the Potato and Bacon Pies from when I went to McDonald’s in Tokyo in 1992. I’m happy to see that they still have lots of unusual items available. The Korean barbecue beef burger was probably the best, … Continue reading
Rock Paper Scissors
There’s a lot more to this game than meets the eye. Or so it says here. Link to website Continue reading
The Two Towers
Another few fantastic hours in Middle Earth. Breathtaking to look at, but was it as engrossing as the first one? Anyway, I sat in amazement for most of it and I’m eagerly awaiting the Return of the King. Link to … Continue reading
Whip it On — The Raveonettes
Is there such a thing as a sleazy ’60s noir road movie? If there is, then this is the soundtrack to it. The Raveonettes make sharp, guitar-based retro-rock (what?), they have wonderfully exotic-sounding names, and they’re much better-looking than the … Continue reading
Newsblaster
A summary of all the news on the Web. The Newsblaster computer program reads news websites and creates summaries. Since they’re computer-generated, the summaries are sometimes a bit incoherent. So it’s just like reading CNN.com. An interesting idea, if nothing … Continue reading