Tag: youtube
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I ♥ NY: Moveable Type @ New York Times Building
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfIFndB1jo8&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] I used the Port Authority Bus Terminal for my commute and witnessed the construction of the new New York Times building. The building has several restaurants and NYC’s first Muji store (outside of Moma). I pass it by every day but one day, I decided to walk through the building lobby which runs from the…
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Bar 13 @ NYC Part 2
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r62hjQYFYKo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] Here is another video of Ollie working the deck at Bar 13. Very focused, he managed to ignore the drinks, girls, noise, and lights. I guess a DJ has to filter out all the distractions, and concentrate on counting the beats, lining up the tracks, … a matter of ear-hand-eye coordination. Ollie has a Serato…
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Bar 13 @ NYC Part 1
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvgSi4aS6SI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] My friend Ollie went to DJ school last summer and had started playing at parties and bars downtown. I went to see him spin at Bar 13 (University Place and W13th St) before I left NY. Selina was his roadie-groupie/manager, bopping away, and handing out his business card. I gathered that DJ-ing in NYC is…
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Honmaguro Oh-Toro from Mitsuwa
One of my first posts on this blog is about the public demonstration of cutting up a 680-pound bluefin tuna at Mitsuwa supermarket. It was posted here two months ago. Amy, Jason, Sue and I went to Mitsuwa, and I took pictures and videos of the demonstration. According to blog statistics, there are a lot…
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Louis Vuitton / Super Flat Monogram
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCn06bEl15A&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0] Here is another anime made for LV by Takashi Murakami. My earlier post about his anime and LV is here: Super Flat First Love. This one shows one of TM’s cute character (a bamboo-chewing LV panda ?) swallowing a young Japanese girl whole and transporting her to a world of dancing LV monograms. It…
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eyeCandy #1: Super Fluids
Too tired to write. Knee deep in stuff. Turning home upside to get ready for the movers. Here is something catchy to look at. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f82TNyJ_pVw&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&hd=1]