Five current bands I’ve discovered this year that are totally ace…

A new album of top tunes from my electronica / rock outfit Easter Islanders…

Seventeen of the best novels I read this year…

You don’t need to fear A.I., just adapt to the new paradigm and take advantage of what it can offer…

Goodbye to all that online nonsense…

Despite living in Hiroshima for years, I stumbled upon an unknown (to me) area of massive warehouses which survived the A-Bombing…

The horrors of using public transport in Japan : a first-hand account