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quoted 3 lines The Ken Ishi was by far the most brilliant. It was like a short story

>> The Ken Ishi was by far the most brilliant. It was like a short story >> version of a Japanese Anime OAV. There was no solid plot as it was very >> abstract but the colors and character design and imagery were FANTASTIC!

quoted 3 lines The Ken Ishi video was great but I cringed at the number of times that R&S

>The Ken Ishi video was great but I cringed at the number of times that R&S >inserted their logos into the video. By the end of the video their blatant >commercialism had become laughable.

Well, Ken Ishii's name and the track title were also clearly displayed. I didn't see it as a "product placement", a la PowerBooks in ID4, I saw it as consistent with the style and mood of the anime. Notice, there are other logos and advertisments visible in the city that the video takes place in. You can find examples of this kind of "commercial sensory overload" device in all urban-futuristic anime, as well in many American sci-fi pics (eg. Bladerunner). OBIdm: Time to get some Ken Ishii Brad Shelton

Brad Shelton wrote:

quoted 5 lines I saw it as consistent with the style and mood of the anime.

> I saw it as consistent with the style and mood of the anime. > Notice, there are other logos and advertisments visible in the city that > the video takes place in. You can find examples of this kind of > "commercial sensory overload" device in all urban-futuristic anime, > as well in many American sci-fi pics (eg. Bladerunner).

This is typical of Anime stuff. Go to the vid store and rent some anime, you'll see many logos jumping out at you, it may be a way to pay for production. -- FreyGuy <Everyday is FreyDay> LAN Administrator Hansen Corporation / A Minebea Group Company /The cold is telling you that you're alive\ \The night is showing you that you're limited/ KevFrey@evansville.net --------- Kfrey@nyx.net

On MTV Europe's Partyzone this week, Ken Ishii co-hosts the show, talking about his music, his DJ-ing, his influences and choosing clips. The show also features Ken Ishii's X-Mix compilation, with clips by Squarepusher, Coldcut, Jedi Knights, Fretless AZM, Locust, Ken Ishii and more. Excerpts from this will be repeated on Chill Out Zone in subsequent weeks. - Partyzone - Fridays at 00.00 CET - Chill Out Zone - Sundays at 04.00 CET (NORTH) 03.00 CET (CENTRAL) - Mondays at 01.00 CET (ITALY) H.

At 11:02 PM 6/15/99 -0400, you wrote:

quoted 5 lines hey,

> >hey, > i just picked up this ken ishii cd called "metal blue america" ive >never heard of this before. can anyone give me some details? >

I believe that was a limited "live" release that came out last year. I remember listening to it last year and not being impressed. If i remember correctly it sounded too big beat meets gabber for my tastes. Speaking of Ken Ishii, he has just released a new album and a few eps recently: . Ken Ishii: Sleeping Madness cd/2x12" (Sony - Japan) . Ken Ishii: Misprogrammed Day cdep/12" (Sony - Japan) . Ken Ishii: Game Over 12" (Sony - Japan) So far i've only heard RA previews of the newer stuff but the style was similar to that of his Jelly Tones cd with a little more of a funky jazz flavor. Overall it was ok but not really my thing. Check it out for yourselves at: http://www.sme.co.jp/Music/Info/SonyTechno/feature/9905/KI/index.html -->-Lance--- mclance@nacs.net lance@inaudible.com p.o. box 450715 westlake, ohio 44145 united states