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Artwork for A.J. Page single "Fireflies" for which I also translated the lyrics into Japanese Singer/Songwriter AJ's HP:  http://www.ajpage.com/fireflies-video Hotaru

[Note: Check This $#!% Out was originally a seperate blog but is now a feature of patokon blog ] Since my kindergarten class where we had a guest teacher with a monkey puppet that spoke only French, I've been interested in the French language. My interest never went as deep as my interest in Asian languages, but deep enough that I have several dozens of books in or about French. My first French movie exposure was the stylish thriller DIVA . The opening opera scene still gives me goosebumps just due to the amazing singing of Wilhelminia Wiggins Fernandez . It would be another few years before I got to see Luc Besson's La Femme Nikita . A few years after that I saw the fantastic comedic horror (or horrific comedy)  Delicatessen , and the classic slapstick spy comedy, The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe .   I really enjoyed these two genres of French film, the comedy and the action thriller and always looked forward to finding new works by these actors and direct...

Suteki-Ja Night! @ Gallery Kopis 日本語 What : Suteki-Ja Night! - Movies, Music, Drink!! - group art exhibition with both Japanese and American artists (me) I'll be showing new original art based on movies I love! Also, my first canvas painting showing in Japan. When : Sun. June 2 to Sat. June. 8 (Gallery is closed Tuesdays) 11:00am to 7:00pm ( Opening day from 1pm, Closing day until 5pm ) *** Closing Party & Live Music : Sat. June 8 *** +++I'll be there  Sun, June 2 from 13:00 to 17:00 , and  Sat, June 8 from 13:00 to 17:00 (possibly also June 7 from 18:00 to 19:00) +++ Where : Gallery Kopis  http://www.g-kopis.com/  (Japanese) 1-2-12-1 Shirakawa, Koto-ku, Tokyo  135-0021  ph: 03-5639-2381 How to get there : It's actually very easy and very close to the station. Gallery Kopis is less than a minute away from exit A3 of the Kiyosumi Shirakawa station. Kiyosumi Shirakawa is on both the Hanzomon line and the Oedo lin...