In what has become a tradition of sorts at the Industrial Brand Creative studio, Halloween was toasted with a broadcast of the Orson Welles’ radio classic “The War of the Worlds”. Looking back from our media-saturated present day, it seems incredulous that a population could be so naive as to fall for such a hoax. But then again, if you look at the hysteria that was churned up by the anthrax scare in the weeks following 9/11, one might argue otherwise (granted, that was based a tad more on truth). …

It is amazing how a cultural virus can enter your periphery and then suddenly dominate the horizon like a horde of locusts. This weekend, I was introduced to the hype that is “A Million Little Pieces” by James Frey. It started on Friday with a casual reference in an email from my friend West. Then on Saturday, I learned that Chapters had sold out all 12 copies that had arrived earlier that morning within the first two hours – no doubt due to Oprah’s blessing. Then it was Jane …

“Ingmar Bergman…in 1966 demanded that stills for Persona be taken from the negative – and, moreover, reproduced with their sprocket holes; proof that one was seeing the whole image as he conceived and shot it.”
A fascinating essay by John Baxter on William Gibson and the Garage Kubrick. via Coudal’s inimitable “Stuff about Kubrick”.

China/Japan: the photos.