Ged Carroll

Zatoichi reboot

Published: (Updated: ) in culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, japan |日本 | 일본 by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

I went to see Zatoichi over the weekend. It is a modern Japanese interpretation of a a series within the Japanese Chambara tradition of films. Zatoichi is similar to the ‘One Armed Swordsman’ of Hong Kong cinema or Django in the spaghetti western genre. The new version of Zatoichi is much more than an action […]

Fopp vinyl update

Published: (Updated: ) in business | 商業 | 상업 | ビジネス, culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, media | 媒體 | 미디어 | メディア, retailing | 零售 | 소매업 | 小売業 by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

Further to my posting regarding Fopp and its vinyl section. As you can see from the mail below they will still be keeping their LPs, it is only 12″ singles that they are no longer selling. Hi just so you know it’s just the 12″ singles that were are losing not the LP’s Hopefully, you’ll […]

Howard Dean

Published: (Updated: ) in culture | 文明 | 미디어와 예술 | 人文, ideas | 想法 | 생각 | 考える, online | 線上 | 온라인으로 | オンライン by renaissance chambara aka Ged Carroll.

Howard Dean was feted by the media before the nominations started, because of a vocal and visible core of supporters, but then disappeared as the votes were cast. IT Conversations has a very interesting recording of a speech by Joe Trippi who was responsible for Howard Dean’s democratic party campaign at the recent O’Reilly Emerging […]