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I guess I mean this one to be sort of funny. No blogging of art, no publishing of photos, but you’re allowed to take shots of the work in this unmarked building. It’s pretty rad that people with resources (money), can have buildings that are 5 stories + roof in the Westside of LA and fill them with art work. It’s like walking around a museum, it’s huge, the work is gigantic, and I hear they need work that fits in the elevator, or they have to bring it through a window via a window washing type apparatus. There’s no freight elevator in the building. It must have been an old bank. It would be fun to curate a place like this. I’m sure people fight over it. I’m not sure what the criteria is to see this, but I think students and maybe friends of curators can get in. I’m friends with Clement from JANM. That helps.
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The food. A good day could include a BBQ. When Mr Hahn does it, people come over. It’s an effort filled spectacle that includes everything you need. Food, drink, dessert, and things to do. David Choe on the right with his new hair. The back of Mr James Jean. Cam and Wen. Joe Hahn, saying goodbye as he leaves on tour tomorrow. He’s cooking good burgers, burgers, weiners, sausages, chicken, dogs, and more. I may meet up with Joe in Tokyo when his band does their thing at Summer Sonic. Moukari Makka? That’s comedian Yoshi Obayashi. The Japanese is Osaka dialect for making money? It’s a greeting actually. Can you believe it? Mary Ink folks. I saw nice t-shirts, and they’re nice folks from Tennessee. They were in town for Renegade! Carl Choi and Daniel Wu. Carl works with Far East Movement. It’s arguable, that my bowels make far east movements daily, however, he works with the popular hip hop group of the same name. Little did he know, it’s possible the food we all ate gave him number 3. Daniel Wu ponders something. He’s wearing the Helvetica Metallica shirt. Cool guy. I don’t know how people could be so tacky. Under the black, I think it said Santa Rosa. So this van came from another city, but did it require black spray paint? How about black, then white over it? Anything? But instead it’s just black spray paint. I did Aikido with Fujitani Shihan and Take. It’s just a seminar, so it might have been a one time only thing for me. We’ll see. It was quite fun actually, and much different than my past experience at Gracie Jiu Jitsu. No, I didn’t do the sword part. It looked pretty tough.
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The manga has been around since 1946, the animation still continues! It’s supposedly the last show to use real animation. The drawings are still old style, but the confection isn’t! Tasty pound cake like tea snacks in the shapes of the characters. It was given to me by Chad Mullane, a huge comedian in Japan who’s an Aussie and was visiting America for less than two days. Thanks Chad! Here’s a clip of him in Japanese on Youtube. The dude actually speaks in an Osaka dialect!
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What do you do with the Tanabata wishes? Once upon a time, you’d take it to a temple or throw it into a river. But these days with the litter going on, you’re supposed to wrap it in white paper and you throw it away. That’s the word from Japan. Either way, Tanabata is special since in the end, will the wishes come true? Maybe. Maybe not, but you do get to express those wishes and go through a simple ritual, which makes you think about them and gives a glimmer of some new reality. Yeah, I said it in different words yesterday, but this is a new day, and it’s where I’m at with it. Enjoy Tanabata.
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See those flat spots? It comes from grinding. At first I thought it was imperfections of the mold, like air bubbles, but no, it’s flat spots.
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