Archive for November, 2006

Ginza

Taken from a restaurant in Ginza last night. I’m writing this entry using my mobile phone on the train home from work as there’s not enough arm space for me to open a book and read, and to be quite honest I’d rather not just have to stand and stare at the back of someone’s [...]

Moving On

Yes indeed, after eighteen months of teaching at A Big university I will finally be moving on to pastures new come the end of December. Learning some Japanese seems to have paid off and I’ve managed to secure a job in central Tokyo doing interesting stuff (well, interesting for me, at least). My new company [...]

Weird music + Cool video = Success!

Did two years of sixth form teach me anything? Err… no, not really; I’m quite sure more time was spent watching MTV than studying for my A-levels, but MTV did foster my love for weird and unusual music videos.

(”Halfbeat” by Halfby)

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Hollywood celebrities and Japanese advertising

When I first came to Japan I expected that - seeing as the economic bubble burst in the early 90’s - the trend of Japanese companies paying horrendous sums for past-it Hollywood “talent” to advertise their goods was well and truly over. Oh how very wrong I was…
Tommy Lee Jones is currently the face of [...]