Portrait: Karaoke Wildmen (with Maddog Mike)
“Born to be wild” karaoke style in Misasa, Japan ca.1993 with Maddog Mike McCarthy and me… Some liquor had been […]
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Portraits of the Artiste
Elsewhere Scenes
Gonda Village Field (Nagano, Japan) / watercolour pencil
Gonda Village Field (Nagano, Japan)8×10, watercolour pencil on papercirca 1993
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Elsewhere Scenes
Graves near Gonda (Nagano, Japan) / watercolour pencil
Graves Near Gonda (Nagano, Japan)8×10, watercolour pencil on papercirca 1993
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Choogle On
Tattoo Culture of Sailor Jerry – Choogle On! #124
From SXSW 2008 – amidst sirens and Austin, Texas 6th St. street noise – comes an interview with filmmaker Erich
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Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
Forward Momentum to Florida – Postcard #76
Puffing along a trail recounting leaving cold, miserable London en route to post-hurricane Florida with flashbacks to working in Rheinplatz
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Collections of Artifacts, Japan Life/Travel
Collection: Hitchhiking signs (variety, Japan)
Hitch-hiking signs from travels in Japan, 1993, created by copying street signs and maps, and drawn with crayon and marker
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Japan Life/Travel, Postcards fr. Gravelly Beach
A Return to Nippon – Postcard #70
Returning to Japan for the first time since working as a mushroom farmer in the Tottori-ken mountains decades previous, Dave
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Portraits of the Artiste
Portrait: Japanese Wedding MC (with groom Craig Ryomoto)
This handmade kimono waited in an old-timey suitcase for a decade or two before finally finding its purpose has one
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Personal Musings
Personal Archeology of Diligent Creative Endeavours
The things we make in the rapid pace of creativity, often fall judgement to our own perfectionism and subjectivity at
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Cannabis, Annotated
Drug unit busts 22 members of alleged Nagano ‘pot communities’ | The Japan Times
The alleged marijuana smokers chose sparsely populated parts of Nagano to host music events and get high, a special narcotics
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Personal Musings
Rabbit Holes of History: Norsemen, Dark Ages, Great War, War in Pacific etc.
*** Study Notes from Rabbit Holes including Norsemen, Dark Ages, Great War, and War in Pacific etc *** Over the
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Scrapbooks + Journals
Memory Photo Book for Senpai Mac Kobayashi
From Mac Kobayashi, Okayama, Japan 今日、Daveより嬉しい手紙と贈り物が届きました。23年前に、ここで一緒に過ごした時の写真がなく、記憶だけの思い出だと思っていたけれど、彼が古いBOXの中から見つけたくれた。そしてアルバムにして送ってくれました。ありがとう、Dave。若かりし頃の僕達、亡き妻と1歳前の娘。はぁ～、泣けてくるじゃないか(Ｔ＿Ｔ) Just arrived a wonderful letter & gift from Dave. Maybe I think I lost
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Libraries / Museums / Archives
Debate over the Japanese Surrender | Atomic Heritage Foundation
Notes from: Debate over the Japanese Surrender | Atomic Heritage Foundation The debate over what precipitated the Japanese surrender at
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Cannabis, Annotated
Japan’s First Lady Touts Revival of Hemp Culture via WSJ
Source: Japan’s First Lady Touts Revival of Hemp Culture – Japan Real Time – WSJ Dave Notes: “Very glad to
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Pecha Kucha x 4
Regarding Pecha Kucha Night Vancouver – Letter to Cause + Affect
Hello Cause + Affect / Steven Cox and Jane Cox, Speaking to smart audiences is a thrill for some, a
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