While I do despise the YouTube algorithm as a radicalisation & bullshit engine that human society would be better off without, I must grudgingly admit that it does occasionally dig you up a gem. It suggested this beauty recently after …
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Ghost In The Shell: chasing ghosts in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan
Simon Norton
Posted in Architecture, Hong Kong, Japan, Movies & TV, Music, Taiwan, Tokyo
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This week saw the release of Ghost In The Shell, a live action Hollywood remake of the classic (1995) Japanese anime movie (itself based on the original manga by Masamune Shirow). The casting of Scarlet Johansson in the lead role caused some …
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Robert Plant’s Lemon Juice: surviving the Trans-Sumatra Highway (Sumatra to Java overland)
I flopped into a chair and ordered a plate of nasi goreng and a bottle of Bintang, now running on empty and entirely on autopilot. The nasi goreng was to satiate my hunger, the beer to celebrate my having survived …
