In Memoriam - Imprint Lab

Aug 14, 2012 Adam MCA Yauch’s Will Forbids Use of Beastie Boys Music in Ads But Family Must Fight… For Their Right…

by Anne Ishii

via The LA Times Adam "MCA" Yauch, the (Beastie Boys) fallen member, has forbidden the use of his music and “artistic property” to be used in advertisements, according to Rolling Stone, which obtained a copy of his will. It was filed on Tuesday in Manhattan Surrogate court. Brilliant. via Forbes But this wording in his will, which he added...

In Memoriam, On Beauty

Jul 31, 2012 Tokyo’s Oldest Movie Theaters Closing for Good.

by Anne Ishii

(Photo by Rick Hall, via flickr. Creative Commons Rights Reserved) It's sad news, and a sad era for movie theaters everywhere, but for anyone who's had the opportunity to go to an Asakusa (Old Tokyo) theater and watch movies of a bygone style (New Wave, chambara, etc.), the closure of Denkikan Theaters is a tragedy. These...

In Memoriam, Video

May 29, 2012 VHS + Immigrants = Underdog Heaven, via NYTimes

by Anne Ishii

I actually still remember Beta-vision but let us not digress: VHS still lives, resisting obsolescence in the loins of immigrant populations preponderant in Queens County NYC and the like. via NYTimes. In this age of online streaming and Blu-ray Discs, there is still a place where the bulky VHS cassette endures: the immigrant communities of New York City. The...

In Memoriam, semper fi

Jan 05, 2012 semper fidelis: Kodak Looking Like It Might File For Bankruptcy

by Anne Ishii

Kodak is preparing to file for bankruptcy. Such a shame...

In Memoriam

Oct 18, 2011 Clever Tribute to Steve Jobs on Bond St.

by Anne Ishii