I’ve been doing some thinking…a lot of thinking, actually. For the most part I’ve focused my blog on Japanese people, culture, customs and idiosyncrasies, and the highs and lows of living among them, as well as the effect of xenophobia on the soul. What I have ignored to a large degree is the issue of other [...]
Perhaps all the issues I have with Japan can be reduced two denominators: Fear and ignorance. Both are extremely troubling and diminish the quality of my life here something terrible but for the purposes of this entry I will focus on the former: fear. I think one of my favorite writers, Frank Herbert, said it best in [...]
In a post last week, I let everyone in on my affection for shooting in trains and around train stations (not exactly the best kept secret). A good friend of mine responds with a grand idea: A mutually beneficial project. So, the afternoon before the Tweet-Up to end all Tweet-ups (click here to peep the post) the [...]
I’m not big on socializing. I’d sooner curl up with a good book or sit hammering away at the keys of my computer…but, last night’s Tweet-up in Shibuya was sweet! This was only my second Tweet-up. Both at the invitation of their “organizer” Frank @silverstar22b the fearless founder of the Gaijin Heroes tribe, of which I’ve [...]
A couple of years back there was a furor over a Japanese McDonald’s ad campaign featuring a white flunky japanophile who can’t manage to get nihongo (spoken or written) through his thick foreign skull…reinforcing this and other negative stereotypes about white foreigners, as if they needed reinforcing… Mr. Debito even compared Mr. James to Stepin [...]
Did you miss DJ Ronin on Loco Live? If you’re not a twitter buddy of mine, Vaporflower, then you probably didn’t. fret not! Here it is in its entirety! Just click pic! If you have any suggestions for future guests, let me know below! And thanks again to Vaporflower! Follow him! And stay tune for [...]
Missed Sunday’s thrilling episode of Loco Live? Unless your Twitter name is: Shibari Blaqq (@shibarithablaqq) you probably did. But fear not. Here it is in its entirety. I opened the broadcast to questions and Shibari asked a couple of poignant ones. Check out the conversation here! Have questions you want answered now or on future episodes [...]
Here are the best of my shots this week. All were taken with an Iphone4 and processed using Instagram. Check them out, and let me know what you think! There’s a poll below, take a sec and vote for your fave. Well, that’s about it for this week. [...]
Well, I guess even an amateur photographer should find a niche, and I think I’ve stumbled upon mine. Since childhood I have had a deep and abiding love for the trains. I practically grew up on the NYC Subways and I know the lines and stations probably as well as the train staff. Learned many a life lesson aboard the [...]
I was about to leave home for work- my office a mere 5 block walk from my apartment in Bed-Stuy Brooklyn where I had lived on the top floor of a 4-story Brownstone for about 7 years- when the world changed forever. The woman I rented from was the mother of my best friend and [...]
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