Articles posted in the ‘history’ category

Sep
24
A collection of 60′s & 70′s Asian Pop Record Covers

SparkPlugged has recently featured album art a couple times. Well, here’s more.

A fan has his collection of 60′s & 70′s Asian pop record covers online. David Greenfield’s collection…

Sep
19
Taking it to MOON! – Space Race 2.0

Quite a bit has happened so far this month dealing with the Space Race 2.0 or whatever you want to call the recent surge of interest.

First off…

Aug
6
Vintage Japanese robot from the 30s

Check out this retro photo of a super cool robo:

This is photo taken in the early 1930s of Mitsui Yasutaro and his “own steel humanoid”. Very impressive.…

Apr
24
The First Emperor

Premiering last night on the Discovery Channel was “The First Emperor”. Known by its full title, “The First Emperor: The Man Who Made China”, the show offered…

Apr
7
Ibanez is Japanese?

Upon talking to my friend Daigo about heavy metal music, he told me something I never knew. We were watching a clip from crazy-cool guitarist Steve Vai…

Mar
8
Sukeroku, Flower of Edo

I recently took up a more substanstial interest into Kabuki. I am actually interested in all the major Japanese play types, Noh, Bunraku, & Kyogen. But Kabuki…

Dec
9
Holy Hokusai

Most renowned for his woodblock print “The Big Wave off the Coast of Kanagawa”, Japanese artist Hokusai’s art is coming to America. The Smithsonian Institution will be…

Dec
4
Entry of a Geisha

I cannot help but applaud Dreamworks and Columbia Pictures on this endeavor. It is great to see an American film with a non-American cast. I can only…