Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
I remember seeing this movie at a drive-in when I was a kid. It was pretty funny but I think those two New Yorkers thought because Andrew McCarthy and Johnathan Silverman could pull off dragging their dead boss all over the place so they could party all weekend, they could easily carry their dead friend down to the local check cashers to cash his no longer needed social security check. This story is funny and sick in just the same way pork is sometimes sweet and sour .Read the full story here
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This is my boy, Prodip’s passion project and first film. Directed by our good friend John who also helped direct our performance at the Hong Kong Film Awards last year, this film tells you everything you want to know about the UFO phenomena. Prodip’s an expert so you better get your hand on this dvd soon! I think some dvd’s come with this awesome alien figure designed by Prodip and crafted by Michael Lau. Nice full packaged collaboration.I’m sure the Giant Robot store will be carrying it soon!
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Merry Xmas! A bit late but I had a lot on my plate the past few days as you can see below. I pretty much worked through X-mas working until 2am on the 24th and starting at 6am on the 26th. We did have a cast and crew X-mas dinner on the 25th and I finally got to have my Kobe beef! It was delicious, however I would not suggest anyone eat an entire Kobe beef steak. It’s a bit on the rich side and is probably the same as drinking a glass of oil. I wasn’t feeling too good afterwards and I am probably gonna stay away from it the rest of my stay here. But you gotta admire that marbling!Champion Beef. I worked pots and pans in the dorms when I was in college and one day I saw them unloading boxes of beef off the trucks into the kitchen. On the side of the box was printed: GRADE D GOVERNMENT MEAT FOR INSTITUTION AND PENITENTIARY USE ONLY. That was fucked up. Now I’ve had the full spectrum of beef.Kobe Beef Feast!
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Kobe, Japan home of the sake fed beef. I reckon if I was gonna be a beef cow and be slaughtered anyway a Wagyu Kobe cow would be the best. You get eat great food, drink sake, get massages and basically ive the good life before getting whacked. Been here for two days but haven’t eaten it yet. I’m building up for a good climax, well not really, just haven’t had time to go out and eat yet. So for now it’s shitty ass cold bento boxes.I did however, manage to make it out to the last night of the Luminare festival in Kobe. This is in memory of the 94 earthquake and the special lighting was designed and made by a some Italians. Why Italians? I have no idea. We actually happened upon this by mistake while walking around downtown Kobe. At around 5:30 we saw the cops blocking off the streets and a huge crowd walking in one direction and so like the sheep that we are, we decided to follow. We turned a corner and the giant crowd was at a standstill. At this time we still didn’t know what the hell was going on. We ended up waiting for half an hour before the street opened up and we were allowed to proceed. Once we turned the corner, we saw it in all of it’s Disneyland electric street parade glory. This light-brite arcade stretched on for two blocks and although it was a bit cheesy, it was impressive in it’s scale. The arcade led to a park where this thing was sitting…a giant lit-brite house! Look at the crazy tension wires stabalizing the structure. Something totally different…Japan is the only place where I have seen people adhere to the, “Stay to one side if you’re not walking” rule on escalators. In the States or in HK people are strewn all over the escalator and then they give you dirty looks if you try and get by. But Japan is about order and respecting the rules. My only question is: In Tokyo people wait on the left but in Kobe, they wait on the right? Why is that? Is there some historical significance? Was there some kind of schism between Kansai and Kanto that caused the people to choose sides? Like many questions I have about Japanese culture, I may never know and may never find out.
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We are out of Tokyo and now in Kobe. What a difference! Big props to Tokyo for your hospitality. Here are some final images…The two photos above are from Tsukiji, the wholesale fish market where fresh fish comes in the morning to be distributed to Sushi joints all over. Went at 6am right after getting off work. We’d been saying we’d go the whole time we’d been there but the opportunity never came. So our last morning in Tokyo was dedicated to this place, even though I was tired as fuck. It was worth it. I’ve never seen a whole tuna before and there must have been a few hundred lying all about. We walked around taking photos and finally worked up an appetite to have a sushi breakfast. Nice way to round up our stay in Tokyo.I basically grew up on Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley. My friends and I used to haunt all the cafes in the area talking bullshit into the wee hours of the night. F.O.B. Cafe is what we used to call the I House cafe. It was the International students house cafe so there were plenty of FOB’s there, thus the nickname. I know it’s kind of mean but I was a dick. Now I’m a FOB in Asia. Any lonely ladies out there? This place is full handsome men ready to please you and take away all the days stress. I hear many a office lady have stolen company funds in order to keep up the habit.
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