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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …