Yet another stroke of genius for Target. First it was Starck, now Tar-jay and brings us an exclusive Memorex design reminiscent of the beautiful plastic telephones and radios produced by Japan’s National Panasonic in the 1970s.

The Videoball TV is not only a gorgeous compliment to your Kartell Plastic or Verner Panton interior, it's functional with all the necessary inputs and remote control, and affordable at under $120.

Speaking of Peaches, see her raunchy new video for "Set it Off" here.

Mike, whom I briefly met at Sunday night's electroclash concert has a great account of his experience there. Go Mike!

For your Halloween viewing pleasure, bat.

I think I've finally recovered from the weekend's electroclash fun and festivities (I know, I know, for some of you this is all old news, but cut us left coasters some slack - it's new to us).

Anyhow, I had a great time, and met some really nice people including Tommie Sunshine, Melissa from W.I.T. and Peaches. Everyone was super friendly and seemed to be enjoying their time in San Francisco. By Sunday night, the energy that had built up all weekend finally exploded in an charged performance by W.I.T., Chicks on Speed and Peaches at the legendary Fillmore. Not surprisingly, S.F.'s electro-starved masses ate it up and clamored for more. Hopefully the success of this sold-out festival will spur more interest in live electro performances here in the city. Until then, we'll continue to rely on performers like Cybrid, and events by Club Fake to keep the scene in motion.



I snapped lots of pictures, some of which are posted here, be patient while the photos load (1MB).

More F.A. Porsche designed VPR Matrix images.

Unlikely bedfellows, perhaps, but Porsche design has teamed up with retailer Best Buy to offer what looks like one heck of a sweet Windows notebook computer. Look out VAIO, there's a Porsche in your rear view mirror.

Inquiring electro minds want to know what's going on for the next two weeks in San Francisco, and as usual, we've got a full agenda for faithful robots:

Friday, 10.25.02
Club Fake @ Cat Club
1190 Folsom Street
(between 7th and 8th)
DJ Unknown (of Fischerspooner fame)

Saturday 10.26.02
Terry Lee and Tommie Sunshine
111 Minna St. Gallery

Sunday 10.27.02
Electroclash
The Fillmore
Electroclash featuring Peaches, Chicks on Speed, W.I.T. (Whatever it Takes), Tracy & The Plastics and Larry Tee

Sunday 11.02.02
Swayzak
Justice League
(Divisadero @ Hayes Street)

I'm still looking for an electro event to attend on Halloween, so e-mail me with your suggestions.

SF Denizens, don't forget, Electroclash is coming to the Fillmore on Sunday, October 27th. This is one of the rare instances to relish in what has been going on on the right coast over the past two years. Featuring Peaches, Chicks on Speed, W.I.T. (Whatever it Takes), Tracy & The Plastics, Larry Tee, it's sure to be San Francisco's electro event of the year!

2002 Depeche Mode Convention – Sunday, October 13 – 7pm-1:01am at The Palace, 1735 N Vine Street, Hollywood. Cover bands, DJs and ultra rare videos, courtesy of Chad Clark.

Hacker by Anthony Rother is seriously rocking my world right now. I love it!

I've officially started my Japanese lessons at Soko Gakuen, a private Japanese language school here in San Francisco. Incidentally, "Soko" means San Francisco. The spoken text is coming along nicely, but the written text is taking me some time to figure out. Luckily I've found Bryn's handy Hiragana and Katakana online flashcard system to quiz myself. Check it out if you're interested in learning Japanese. Well worth the $.25 PayPal donation.