Author: Chibi

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Mar 22, 2011

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A friend tipped me off to this collection of photos Stanley Kubrick shot for Look magazine in the summer of 1949. The accompanying feature was called "Chicago--city of contrasts" so I guess it's fitting that my friend was drawn to the the body-building baby and I'm stuck on the Pump Room, a post-prohibition star magnet described...

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Mar 21, 2011

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After the quake, Japan’s major TV networks stopped running regular programming and instead focused on covering news of the disaster 24/7. Advertisers, meanwhile, withdrew their commercials so as not to give the impression that they’re seeking to hawk their products and make money during the crisis. As a result, viewers have ended up repeatedly watching commercials...

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Mar 17, 2011

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Murakami Ryu writes from Tokyo about the local crisis response: Ten years ago I wrote a novel in which a middle-school student, delivering a speech before Parliament, says: “This country has everything. You can find whatever you want here. The only thing you can’t find is hope.” One might say the opposite today...

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Mar 16, 2011

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Like a lot of you, I've spent the last several days keeping watch over the situation in Japan and trying to keep it together. With so much happening and so many questions unanswered, it's been hard not to lose focus and despair--or, worse, to get sidelined by frustration and cynicism. While the most effective thing...

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Mar 09, 2011

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City Walk #5: Shimbashi Station Buildings 1 and 2, Tokyo I don't think I've ever seen an amateur video that captures the feel of Tokyo as well as this one, and it has everything to do with its simplicity: its eye-level perspective, its ordinary subject matter, its clear, natural sounds. Just past the minute mark, when...