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Pause

Yes, this picture is an invitation to pause and take a breath for a minute. However, that's not the kind of pause I'm talking about in the title. This short post is to tell you that the blog/newsletter is about to move to a new

Nine Inch Noize - Heresy (Coachella 2026)

I already told you about Nine Inch Nails and I already told you how they're probably my favorite band in the world. You can find all of my posts about them via the link below: Nine Inch Nails - Liminal WebJapan, art, islands, France, the internet, and the

First Battle of the Marne – Vassincourt

Of all the postcards I inherited from my grandfather, I find the ones depicting locations from the First World War the most fascinating. We are so used to being surrounded by images nowadays that we forget it was not always the case. Those postcards most likely served an important illustrative

Cherry Blossoms (2026 edition)

One might argue that this post is off-topic, but I respectfully disagree. 1. This takes place in Japan. 2. Although the definition of art has been and will continue to be the subject of lengthy discussions, one could argue that nature is art. After all, this idea behind the Teshima

Rosalía & Björk (feat. Yves Tumor) - Berghain

These days, music I'm not familiar with rarely hits me like a ton of bricks. Rarely, but not never.

Nick Cave - O Children

In this series of posts, when I introduce a singer or band for the first time, I try to do so with the first song of theirs that I remember, or at least one of the earliest that made an impression on me. Interestingly, I have no idea what the

Photos of the day (April 3rd, 2026)

A few random pictures I took today.

Machiya in Takamatsu

Today, a very brief post about a "machiya" I encountered this morning. Machiya are traditional Japanese townhouses. They used to be found all over Japan and were nothing exceptional. However, they have been slowly disappearing for a few decades now, and the regular ones (not historical buildings or

Lavender

I'm trying to remember when and where I took this picture, but I can't seem to recall. This never usually happens. Maybe my parents took it and I liked it so much that I decided to put it in my archives? I have no idea. In

Bush - Glycerine

Today's song is another one from the 1990s (as I may have mentioned, it's the most important decade for me in terms of my personal history with music). It's from a band that never became huge, but was still big enough to be part

"House of Shadows" by Ekaterina Muromtseva (Setouchi Triennale 2025)

Today, I would like to share with you one piece of art that I particularly enjoyed during the Setouchi Triennale 2025, although sadly, I could only see it once because it was located on Honjima, which is only part of the Triennale during the autumn session. The piece is called

How to deal with Meta?

I hope I'm not telling you anything you don't already know when I say that Meta is one of the most evil tech companies on Earth (although the competition for that title is getting fiercer and fiercer). I won't list all the nasty things

Palais Bourbon

Just an old picture from my archive, and from my time in Paris, of the Palais Bourbon, home to the French National Assembly (i.e. the lower house of parliament). I can’t remember why it was all so patriotic that day. I think it had something to do with

What kind of music do the Pogues play?

What country are they from again?