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[This Week's Index]

(1) Tokyo Initiator's Diary
Maeda Keizo (producer, Conversation), Vol. 012

(2) Event Pick of the Week
Scissor Sisters
by Andreas

(3) Presents
Japan Media Arts Festival T-shirts
Tete tickets



This week's RT Picks:

art+cinema+music+stage+design+town = 40 events
including 11 new ones!
Plus new entries on our 'book/disk' page.

Check them out!

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/


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(1) Tokyo Initiators' Diary
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Maeda Keizo (producer, Conversation), Vol. 012

I'm in New York once again. Even though prepared to find
security measures being drastically reinforced since 9.11, the
endless lines at the customs and the fingerprints and facial
portraits they're taking of travelers don't exactly make entering
the USA a nice adventure. Once in the city I find policemen with
huge dogs all over the place, and although I understand that this
is the price people have to pay for an almost impersonally clean
subway and safety in everyday life, I have the feeling that it's
a bit too much. Due to the watching eyes I'm constantly feeling
in my neck I'm getting slightly depressed. But somehow the people
I meet and the usual cafes I visit again this time help me clear
up.

Read more at:

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/shikakenin/maeda-012.htm


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(2) Event Pick of the Week
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Scissor Sisters
by Andreas

To gain cult status with cheaply produced and poorly performed
flicks is a story we know well from the film world. Every now
and then musicians pop up and present the same kind of magic in
records and live shows of equally unrefined taste, and in most
cases that's among the best that could happen to music. Bobby
Conn would be one of them, but also NY-based Scissor Sisters
are a good example. Although their several recent awards and
the Grammy nomination for their disco-take on Pink Floyd's
"Comfortable Numb" (released on ATOC) might scare the
sophisticated listener off rather than advertising their class,
the American hype hints at the sense of kitsch we love about
Rocky Horror, Village People or early Elton John. That's what
the cover of SS's album looks, and their music sounds like, and
the wild disco musical they bring to Japanese stages is not to
be missed. Make sure you're out of reach of show girl Ana's
massive breasts and enjoy!
--Andreas

Details at:

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/event_cgi/ev_viewE.cgi?2,2272


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(3) Presents
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Three RT readers will receive one limited edition official
Japan Media Arts Festival T-shirt each, and two pairs/4 people
win tickets for Tete's concert on 3/18.

To apply and for more info see:

http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/en/present/present.htm



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Next week on RT:

- Out of Tokyo
- Tokyo Editors' Diary

and more...

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