Tokyo Damage Report

Archive for August, 2009

ura hello work chapter 9: toxic waste disposer

 
 
 
9 – TOXIC WASTE DISPOSER (産廃処理業者: SANPAI SHORI GYOUSHA)
 
RISK:***
SALARY:**
HARD LABOR:****
ILLEGALITY:***

 
THE FACTORY FOREMAN WHO HUNG HIMSELF.
 
“About four or five years ago, in Shikoku, there was a case of illegal touki (投棄: waste-dumping). The amount was the biggest in Japanese history at that time – somewhere between 500,000 and 700,000 tons. As you’d expect, the police did an investigation, [...]

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insane English textbook

 eigo juuyou koubun 400 (Important english grammar 400)

HOW TO WRITE AN ENGLISH TEXTBOOK:
1) teach idioms popular during the reign of Queen Victoria, and . . .
2) cram each sentence full of idioms until it becomes profoundly weird.
3) involve native English speakers in the production of the book, but never give them enough power to point [...]

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cps, cunts JAPAN, coffins, carre, sine, hardcore dude, hair stylistics

 August 21 @ 20000V.
"WET PUSSY GETS WILD"  show, put on by Cunts Japan.
 

 
 CARRE

 Carre played noise – a mix of harsh ‘power electronics’ and blissed-out ambient whooshy stuff.  Always kept a really low-pitched oscilator going as a foundation, which is the kind of noise I like.
 Their set slowly segued from one emotional vibe to another. Limited [...]

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