m-flo’s Verbal spreads the love
m-flo’s Verbal spreads the love
“It’s like a meteorite flow” says Verbal of his group’s name. “I spelled it ‘mediarite’ because I thought we would hit with a big impact in the media and surprise the unsuspecting masses with some good music. I think it worked better than I anticipated.”
m-flo, the combination of DJ Taku Takahashi and rapper Verbal, have become one of Japan’s premier hip-hop production teams over the past 10 years. They’re also the go-to collaborators for a string of the nation’s leading pop vocalists.
Raimi dumps the superhero and is back to evil basics
Once upon a time Sam Raimi wasn’t the boring, franchise-friendly director on display in those anemic “Spiderman” movies. No, Raimi started out as a wild man of excess; his debut film, 1984′s “The Evil Dead,” was a slavering undead movie that went far, far beyond all previous limits of taste or imagination.
Having hit us with one of the most disturbing and terrifying films ever made, Raimi followed it up with the even crazier “Evil Dead 2″ (1987), which starts out looking like it will be even scarier before suddenly morphing into an outrageous parody of itself. By the third installment, the amazingly under-rated “Army of Darkness” (1992), Raimi had perfected his signature style of Three Stooges slapstick mixed with sick, sick, sick cartoon splatter.
Review – Cafe Ano: Harajuku
Many Tokyo cafes have succeeded in creating a laid-back, Bohemian-style atmosphere, but none quite so literally as this charming Old World-inspired Czech cafe. Hanging from the walls are antique clocks, carved wooden marionettes, posters for local theater events and a well-used bulletin board. An old piano stands in one corner; above it a chalkboard lists upcoming musical events held here. Each of the solid, well-scuffed wooden tables is supplied with a deck of cards – there’s no need to bring your own….