Friday, February 20, 2004
These things happen...
I hadn't seen Roddy in I guess half a year or so. Last time that was in Tokyo to do a show with Momus and Digiki. Anyway, he had just arrived in Tokyo, and so we met in Nakameguro for coffee this afternoon. I was a little groggy after sleeping off a hangover, but I was able to arrive at Giggle Cafe without being too late. After drinking espresso we decided to cafe hop over to another place, one of my favorites, and one whose name I won't give here. Why? Well, to quote the disclaimer that appears in every Lonely Planet Guidebook...
'Although inclusion in a guidebook usually implies a recommendation, we cannot list every good place. Exclusion does not necessarily imply criticism. In fact there are a number of reasons why we might exclude a place - sometimes it is simply inappropriate to encourage an influx of travellers.'
I wish more bloggers would understand the importance of this idea.
Anyway, after settling in with fresh cups of coffee, we really got to down to business. Here is a (non-exhaustive...see above quote) list, in more or less chronologial order, of the things we mused over:
Friendster, worldwide pedagogical dispositions in computer music, the nature of collaborations and the art of saying NO, pornography in America, Europe and Japan with a special focus on 'mosaics' in Japanese AV, Derrida, the origins of, and variations in musical minimialism, the music of Ryoji Ikeda as perceived in LA, Paris, Tokyo and The Hague, collecting vs curating as an ideological basis for living, Momus - 'special' topics, Tujiko Noriko, 'cozy' cafes in Amsterdam and Tokyo, spirituality in the work of Bill Viola, ramen as hiphop, friendship...
Mr. Schrock will be in Japan until the beginning of next month, and although he has a busy schedule ahead of him, I hope to take up as much of his time as possible. Already I envy his presence in Tokyo, since he is having tasty ramen with a friend as I sit here in my tasteless studio typing this entry.
'Although inclusion in a guidebook usually implies a recommendation, we cannot list every good place. Exclusion does not necessarily imply criticism. In fact there are a number of reasons why we might exclude a place - sometimes it is simply inappropriate to encourage an influx of travellers.'
I wish more bloggers would understand the importance of this idea.
Anyway, after settling in with fresh cups of coffee, we really got to down to business. Here is a (non-exhaustive...see above quote) list, in more or less chronologial order, of the things we mused over:
Friendster, worldwide pedagogical dispositions in computer music, the nature of collaborations and the art of saying NO, pornography in America, Europe and Japan with a special focus on 'mosaics' in Japanese AV, Derrida, the origins of, and variations in musical minimialism, the music of Ryoji Ikeda as perceived in LA, Paris, Tokyo and The Hague, collecting vs curating as an ideological basis for living, Momus - 'special' topics, Tujiko Noriko, 'cozy' cafes in Amsterdam and Tokyo, spirituality in the work of Bill Viola, ramen as hiphop, friendship...
Mr. Schrock will be in Japan until the beginning of next month, and although he has a busy schedule ahead of him, I hope to take up as much of his time as possible. Already I envy his presence in Tokyo, since he is having tasty ramen with a friend as I sit here in my tasteless studio typing this entry.
