Metropolis
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Stand Alone Zone
Enter the unknown zone
Smoke
Cheap hookahs in Tokyo
May 21, 2012
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2012 Sky Tree over [...]
Find Me Guilty
Vinny D does pretty good
Festival Preview
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012
The Muppets
Mah na mah na!
Brake
Dorff is solid, but credibility erodes
House of the Rising Sun
Another freight train of a pro wrestler turns to the movies
Bad Teacher
Mean-spirited, obvious and flaccid
May 18, 2012
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2012 Kanamara matsuri, by [...]
Peverelist
Forget Skrillex—this dubstep pioneer delivers the original Bristol sound
Operation: Endgame
The most unpleasant 82 minutes of blunt trauma you’ll ever...
May 17, 2012
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on May 2012 Night school, by [...]
May 16, 2012
This week’s required reading
Japanese Crossing Borders
Asia as Dreamed by Craftspeople
Outlook Festival
Europe’s largest bass music and culture fest
Japan Blues & Soul Carnival
The country’s longest running music festival
Otomo Katsuhiro Genga
Manga: the Akira creator’s influence
Hokuo Music Night 2012
Cold Scandinavia a hotbed of pop music
Tomes for the Tots
Carp streamers and genki matters
Thermae Romae
Time-slip bath-related comedy
Kat DeLuna
The Kat jumped over DeLuna