Archive for July, 2009
In the common struggle for survival, don’t insult people’s particular tastes…
Hegemony
I now return to Mouffe’s reading of the Gramscian concept of hegemony. She traces the development of the concept in Gramsci’s writings and observes that in his early wirtings, such as Notes on The Southern Question (Pre-Prison Writings 1994), Gramsci drew upon the Leninist concept [...]
Republica Argentina by Vtophya
Hey, thx Anons!
2007 : 3,863 hits
2008 : 244,567 hits
2009 : 293,402 hits
Mana-sama interview from
Sans Retour Voyage “Derniere” ~Encore Une Fois~ (2001)
See Also : Also Sprach Mana-sama
Tintin mural in Brussels
Via Forbidden Planet, a documentary by CCTV on the comic murals in Brussels
See Also : Paddy Fields as a matter of National Aesthetics
To Kill a principle demands a principle equally strong and inclusive.
The lost fruits of Waterloo, John Spencer Bassett, 1918
Chiri Kitsu making a third choice
Their Reasoning is Beyond Imagination.
Those kind of choices makes life !
Kafuka Fuura
Anpanman’s March by Animetal Lady
Original Anpanman’s March (アンパンマンのマーチ)
Anpanman
Anpanman (アンパンマン), written by Takashi Yanase, a Japanese writer of children’s stories, is one of the most popular anime cartoon series for young children in Japan
As of September 26, 2006, Anpanman’s books have collectively sold over 50 million copies [...]
Doktor Heinrich Schtroheim in True Mazinger
Doktor Heinrich Schtroheim
Another ex-collaborator of Dr. Hell. After a car accident, Hell turns him into a cyborg. His head sports a mechanical device, that extends to one of the sides of his face and covers his right eye, which can fire beams. Heinrich had worked for Hell developing a [...]
Medusa Carbon Kabu Robo – Shangri-La
Human managers may no longer be deemed necessary
Online brokerage Monex Inc. has begun selling investment trusts managed by a robot (“Kabu Robo” = stock robots), providing mechanical investment decisions aimed at eliminating the indecisiveness that can occur in human trading.
The Kabu Robo are programmed with price movement data from [...]
Moe Fes Itasha Festival in Washimiya, Saitama, July 18, 2009
Suffering for their art
The word (Itasha 痛車) conveys two meanings – that decorating the cars is an expensive hobby, and that once decorated, such vehicles are so beautiful, it ‘hurts’ to drive them. The artists not only decorate the car bodies but also decorate the accessories [...]







