if you're ever in tokyo, please go and say hello to my father- he sells beautiful flowers.
.....what happens when two hentais make a comic.
isambard khroustaliov is a friend, musician, improviser and composer. his ideas and input
are integral to the films i've made. he's also one half of electronic group icarus.
ever since isambard played me john zorn's "spillane", i find myself going back to it whenever i'm
thinking about music for film. zorn also runs the brilliant tzadik label.
superstar macfarlane.
my friend noriko lent me her voice for watermelon love. she's one of my favourite song writers
and a fantastic film maker.
momus is another one of my favourite song writers. he's also an artist and a writer. his blog
click opera is one of the most generous, intelligent and hilarious blogs on the internet.
although we argue a lot, we're always working together.
a quietly exciting music scene in japan. home to some of my favourite musicians like ami yoshida and taku sugimoto.
madlib has the beats.
i LOVE ikue mori.
cerith wyn evans was teaching at goldsmiths when i was a student there, and at the time for
some reason i found him quite pompous and unnapproachable. i later regretted that i never
took the chance to speak to him, because after i graduated i saw his piece "cleave 00" and
i've been a big fan since.
the british connection..
ditto
if only there was one in london..
all things suzuki seijun.
the reason why i want to draw comics.
a great introduction to shojo manga- something i've recently rediscovered.
yuko introduced me to the world of moto hagio..
..and takemiya keiko
avante garde youtube? a great resource of audio and video clips.
makes me want to live in paris.
i like arakawa, but suguri is the one for me.
i loved rinko kawauchi's slide show "cui cui"- it's like a silent ozu film told with stills. this is her keitai picture diary.
