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Fisher Price called the PXL-2000 “the first camcorder for kids.” It also turned out to be the only one. Children weren’t interested, but some directors were. (Originally aired: July 4, 2002)

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Mysterious Mountain Monk

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Street festival for drummers, breakdancers

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Kurt, Pico, and Bambi

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Revenge of the nerds

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Holy Geekdom! The DENPA party Sunday night was euphoric. Two floors full of happy nerds, dressed up as their favorite manga/anime/computer game characters, dancing to extremely loud computer game music, drinking, smoking and taking pictures of each other in studied poses. Takero Mimura, one of the producers of the night said that these parties are […]

Meanwhile, back at Studio 360…

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Kurt Andersen and most of the staff are in Japan. Who’s minding the shop?

Design for the (Japanese) World: Vol. 2

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More great design solutions that I wish we could bring back with us to the US: ITEM 1: Say you’re shopping in a department store with your toddler and you need to go to the bathroom… where do you stick the kid? TOTO, maker of the world’s most amazing (and complex) toilets offers another great […]

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Ladies and Gentlemen…

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Greetings from Studio 360’s home base in New York City! After weeks of listening to tape and mixing (and remixing) our stories, we’re proud to post the first sounds of our trip to Japan. On this past week’s show, we broadcast an interview with the writer Pico Iyer in Nara Park (remember Bad Bambi?), a […]

See Kurt Become a Beautiful Girl

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Blogger Lisa Katayama took Kurt to Tokyo’s girl haven: the sticker picture booth.

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