Monthly Archive for June, 2009

Status Updates for 2009-06-29

Published on June 29, 2009 in Status Updates. Comments
  • "The following is a list of syllabi for trans studies and related courses that devote significant time to trans issues." http://bit.ly/2vaux #
  • Finally watched Paris is Burning. What an incredible incredible documentary. Made me excited about my work and teaching. http://bit.ly/8K06X #
  • This article helps confirm that there IS a "cycling boom" in Tokyo, and I wasn't just noticing because I bike now. http://bit.ly/qSqYL #

Status Updates for 2009-06-27

Published on June 27, 2009 in Status Updates. Comments
  • Here is a great way to reduce the size of PDFs for easier reading on the iPhone. http://bit.ly/BCseR #
  • "Body and Soul" is jazz’s benchmark. In 1980 it was estimated that some 3000 versions had been recorded. Here's 20. http://bit.ly/siqdw #

Status Updates for 2009-06-25

Published on June 25, 2009 in Status Updates. Comments
  • Finished The Road. Now my favorite book. Quite Stalker-esque. Great for thinking about fatherhood, hope, and religion. http://bit.ly/euxOa #
  • World of Warcraft's Gay Pride Parade http://bit.ly/TMrOl #

Status Updates for 2009-06-22

Published on June 22, 2009 in Status Updates. Comments
  • The Absolute Truth of the World http://bit.ly/mU9Qt #

The Absolute Truth of the World

Published on June 22, 2009 in Diary. Comments Tags: , , , .

“He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.”

– Cormac McCarthy, The Road, p. 130

Status Updates for 2009-06-21

Published on June 21, 2009 in Status Updates. Comments
  • It's an incredible day brothers and sisters — I unsubscribed from Boing Boing's RSS feed. Isn't doing it for me anymore. Prefer BuzzFeed. #
  • Brief thoughts and video from Laptop Battle Tokyo Vol. 5 at Super Deluxe in Roppongi. http://bit.ly/39aZs8 #
  • "All I know is that I don't know nuthin'." – Operation Ivy http://bit.ly/13s9OY #

Laptop Battle Tokyo Vol. 5

Published on June 21, 2009 in Journal. Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Laptop Battle Tokyo Vol. 5 at Super Deluxe was far more incredible than I was expecting it to be. There was a fairly wide range of interesting performances and music styles, such as Taishin Inoue and Back in Tokio. But more than anything, I got to hear some wonderful breakcore by JaQwa, so good that I would put it up there with Venetian Snares, the genius himself.

Unfortunately, JaQwa got beat out in his second round by the dance party antics of DJ Take. I felt pretty let down by this since DJ Take was just spinning other people’s music, like Chemical Brothers and Fat Boy Slim. It was a little interesting to see him sample himself beatboxing, then scratch it on his digital turntables, but this could have been executed much better, and the crowd was far more into it than they should have been.

Thankfully, DJ Take was beat out in the end by Plapla Pinky, with whose performance I was pleased. One of his pieces had a reggaeton feel to it and made my eyes watery (the second time of the night — the first by JaQwa), but I neglected to get a recording of it.

Status Updates for 2009-06-18

Published on June 18, 2009 in Status Updates. Comments
  • Here is a slideshow of one of the routes I take on my bike in Tokyo. http://bit.ly/7QYe6 #

Tokyo Bicycle Race 2009-06-18

Published on June 18, 2009 in Journal. Comments Tags: , , , .

This my route from school in Takadanobaba to home in Sendagaya. The pictures were taken from a bottle top camera mount.

Status Updates for 2009-06-12

Published on June 12, 2009 in Status Updates. Comments
  • I must find a way to rid myself of this burden of happiness. http://bit.ly/xClMb #