OK in America: Standing up for the little man
Not OK in America: Class struggle

OK in America: State championed Internet freedom
Not OK in America: Wikileaks

OK in America: Owning guns
Not OK in America: Sex in video games and swearing on TV

OK in America: Calling for democracy in Iran
Not OK in America: Calling for democracy in Saudi Arabia

OK in America: Liberals
Not OK in America: Socialists

OK in America: Freedom of Religion
Not OK in America: Freedom from Religion

OK in America: Charity
Not OK in America: Redistribution of wealth

OK in America: Being a Female/Black/Christian/Mormon/Jewish/Minority politician
Not OK in America: Being an Atheist politician

OK in America: Hooters
Not OK in America: Hookers

That guy/gal has earned my eternal respect.

- Astro Unicorn Radio – Minimal Wave Records reportage from New York (via moosleybay.com)
 

- aratkiLo – “smooth operation miX” (via welt-am-draht.de)

I don’t want to describe it as ambient music or noise, because that evokes boring music that you only listen to while either incredibly depressed or incredibly drunk, so instead let’s just say it is interesting, fresh, non-conventional electronic music. Sounds convoluted enough? Find out for yourself*:

- Episode 1 – Revelation
- Episode 2 – Asylum
- Epiosde 3 – Relief
- Episode 4 – Orient
- Episode 5 – Eat Your Guitar
- Episode 6 – Gesloten Loopen
- Episode 7 – Valiumr

*These are all megaupload.com links.

You: That cute mom you saw pushing a baby stroller.

You when you were 12: Your friend’s mom, who at that time seemed like the most beautiful human being in existance.

Your psychoanalyst: Your actual, oedipus complex, real life mother.

The porn industry: Any girl over 25.

Heart2Heart will help you reach deep inside yourself, get in touch with your emotions and start the painful and fulfilling process of shaping your own destiny.

It’s a kind of mock up love and life advice radio show, listeners ask “Dr.” Lina for help in solving their problems. It is funny, original and features some nice tunes – works for me.

Update: No new Heart 2 Heart shows for now as Dr. Lina is unavailable. Check out the first seven shows if you haven’t already.

“Just for grins, I’ve translated Shinya Kusaka’s URA HELLO WORK. [...]

HELLO WORK is what Japanese call their unemployment office, where people go to find job listings. URA means ‘the dark side of.’ URA HELLO WORK basically means ‘grey-market’ jobs – things that are not entirely illegal, but everything is paid in cash, under the table.

Anyway, Shinya Kusaka interviewed twenty different people, each of which has a shady job! The 20 different jobs are arranged from least illegal to most illegal.

Anyway, this translation will be a regular feature on Tokyo Damage Report – every Monday, I’ll start off the work-week with a new chapter, and a new job for you guys to get!”

Here are the links to the individual chapters:

- Interview 1: Tuna fishing
- Interview 2: Human Lab Rat
- Interview 3: Publishing Broker
- Interview 4: Nuclear waste cleaner
- Interview 5: Locksmith
- Interview 6: Door-to-Door newspaper sales
- Interview 7: Cult member
- Interview 8: Out-of-court settlement negotiator
- Interview 9: Toxic waste disposer
- Interview 10: Korobiya – Drug Courier
- Interview 11: Sokaiya
- Interview 12: New Hida’s prostitute
- Interview 13: [Missing?]
- Interview 14: Uncensored porno shop owner
- Interview 15: Con man
- Interview 16: Night escaper
- Interview 17: Marijuana cultivator
- Interview 18: Forgery creator
- Interview 19: Loan Shark (Yamikin)
- Interview 20: Internal organ broker

Dorkyearbook.com. I might send them that one photo some day.