“Home Alone” Oshogatsu Edition: Top 10 ways to while away the holidays Posted on January 25, 2012 by dangrunebaum For the resident foreigner, Japan’s Oshogatsu New Year holidays are a time of enforced inactivity. With the nation at a standstill, your foreign friends off in Thailand and your Japanese mates in their hometowns, things can be pretty quiet. In the holiday spirit, we offer ten ways to enliven the downtime. Metropolis, December 25, 2011 Advertisement
Washed Out: The chillwaver is just a salaryman at heart Posted on January 20, 2012 by dangrunebaum “I don’t know if people realize I’m married and lead a very simple life,” Washed Out’s Ernest Greene says. “My wife plays in the band and handles the business end of things. When we’re at home we have a pretty normal domestic life where I do my creative things in one room while she’s in the other scheduling the year for us.” Metropolis, January 17, 2012
Sugizo: Time to move on, says the visual kei icon Posted on January 8, 2012 by dangrunebaum The guitarist for X Japan and Lunasea lauds visual kei for introducing the world to Japan’s unique visual pop esthetics, but says it’s now time for the music to take center stage. January 5, Metropolis
Getting Sourcey with the Crowd Posted on January 1, 2012 by dangrunebaum The aces behind some key 3/11 crowdsourced charity arts efforts Metropolis, December 29, 2011
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