Kenny Maxwell
@kmaxwelltokyo.bsky.social
Journalist in Tokyo, after Milan, Paris, Edinburgh, London, Brussels. Scotland-made.
Often followed by a terse “N’importe quoi”…
March 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Often followed by a terse “N’importe quoi”…
Signage in English and other languages also widely available…
March 26, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Signage in English and other languages also widely available…
A good man/editor is hard to find…
March 25, 2024 at 11:15 PM
A good man/editor is hard to find…
Essential to Edinburgh cultural life, really.
March 23, 2024 at 11:11 AM
Essential to Edinburgh cultural life, really.
Hundreds of phone alarms going off on subway platform may not have helped but certainly have not felt shake like that underground before (and have been here since 2007)
March 21, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Hundreds of phone alarms going off on subway platform may not have helped but certainly have not felt shake like that underground before (and have been here since 2007)
Whole Chiyoda line platform juddered at Hibiya…
March 21, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Whole Chiyoda line platform juddered at Hibiya…
Ah, thanks. Hoping everything goes well this summer, was a pretty weird Olympics here in Tokyo last time.
March 20, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Ah, thanks. Hoping everything goes well this summer, was a pretty weird Olympics here in Tokyo last time.
Is thar down by the Bastille end of the Canal, a former resident asks?
March 20, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Is thar down by the Bastille end of the Canal, a former resident asks?
Hmm, don’t recall much of an impression from Torn Curtain and realise I’ve not seen the other two at all… Marnie and Frenzy I do remember favourably though…
March 20, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Hmm, don’t recall much of an impression from Torn Curtain and realise I’ve not seen the other two at all… Marnie and Frenzy I do remember favourably though…
Now that you mention it, maybe there’s a band implosion/defection link between ‘Ballad of the Band’ and ‘Make Me Smile’…
March 18, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Now that you mention it, maybe there’s a band implosion/defection link between ‘Ballad of the Band’ and ‘Make Me Smile’…
I would guess in quieter, older quarters you could still find a few places like this. Nothing if not quirky, BXL…
March 17, 2024 at 1:01 AM
I would guess in quieter, older quarters you could still find a few places like this. Nothing if not quirky, BXL…
Not seen this yet but there’s just something quintessentially Brussels about the look of it… Apartments I rented there looked just like this @seancostello.bsky.social
March 16, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Not seen this yet but there’s just something quintessentially Brussels about the look of it… Apartments I rented there looked just like this @seancostello.bsky.social
Yes, for me there’s a lightness/whimsy there that isn’t evident elsewhere. He doesn’t mention it here but I think this is the kind of Ozu that Kaurismaki would like… youtu.be/7ZPpnd4hTVw?...
Aki Kaurismaki on Ozu
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March 15, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Yes, for me there’s a lightness/whimsy there that isn’t evident elsewhere. He doesn’t mention it here but I think this is the kind of Ozu that Kaurismaki would like… youtu.be/7ZPpnd4hTVw?...