On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Tkacs, Ken wrote:
> Akihabara sounds like something out of "Blade Runner" or a Gibson novel.
No, that would be the Shibuya district. That's where the Tokyo
nightlife abounds; the rest of the city is closed by 7PM. Shibuya has the
giant flatscreen TVs mounted 10 stories up, the bars, "love hotels" (heh
heh), the wild fashions and half of the "MTV crowd" of the entire country
crammed into a few square kilometers.
When I was visiting friends in Osaka last year, I stayed at the Westin
Osaka, which is next to the Umeda Sky Building--a rather impressive
structure. At night, they light up the huge floating garden at the top
with all sorts of lasers, spotlights, etc. Looking out the 17th floor
rain-streaked bay window of my room at night with that lightshow going on
the next block over...now that ∗was∗ like something out of Blade Runner.
:)
> I'll work on "Sound Creature" scans, but it's a lot to scan. Without having
> it in front of me, it's like... ten or so 12" x 12" pages with three text
> columns per page, plus his doodles. I'd like to send it to you in a format
> that is very methodical so that if you could put side-by-side translations
> in and send them back to me
I'll translate the obvious stuff, then ask a friend (in Japan) about the
more esoteric stuff, if there is any. It should be pretty neat reading.
> played my vinyl albums once (using a Shure V-15 type V cartridge),
> immediately transferring them to DBX cassettes that I could play to death.
> Might be possible to get a pretty decent transfer out of this.
Woohoo!...heh heh
--Crow
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