links
books
series
computers
hangouts
Budapest Blonde - Independence, OH
Captain Kangaroo - Kitashinchi, Osaka, Japan - The official site is down, but this page has all the info.
The Chamber - Lakewood, OH
Tin's Hall - Tennoji, Osaka, Japan
Tramps - Kyobashi, Osaka, Japan
Japan and Japanese
Cell Phone Comprehensive Information Site - Japanese only.
Umeda Underground Empire - Featuring an excellent Flash map of the Umeda underground.
music
artists
events
Synthpop Goes the World - There seriously needs to be another of these.
resources
Amiga Music Preservation - Yes.
Deep Blue Morocco - Unofficial transcriptions of Underworld lyrics
Discogs - Useful discography site.
Ishkur.com - Yeah.
Mindphaser - Front Line Assembly, Delerium, and related projects.
Voices in the Net - Exhaustive Tangerine Dream discography.
venues
Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
Big Cat - Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
Club Drop - Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
Club Quattro - Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
Club Water - Sennichimae, Osaka, Japan
Fandango - Juso, Osaka, Japan
Grog Shop - Cleveland Heights, OH
Hatch - Nanba, Osaka, Japan
Helluva Lounge - Kobe, Japan
The Hi-Fi Club - Lakewood, OH
King Cobra - Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
The Lime Spider - Akron, OH
Osaka-jo Hall - Osaka Castle Park, Osaka, Japan
Phantasy Nite Club - Lakewood, OH
Pipe69 - Shinsaibashi, Osaka, Japan
Rain Dogs - Umeda, Osaka, Japan
Rex Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
Rockets - Nanba, Osaka, Japan
Zepp Osaka - Cosmo Square, Osaka, Japan
random fun
The Creation - The biblical creation story in Infocom style.
Eric Conveys an Emotion - My favorite is "sarcastic respect for authority figures."
Shinbashi - I don't know the origin of this cartoon, but I'm hosting a copy to ensure its permanent preservation, because it's the greatest thing ever. Also see the sequel, Chiba.
Sidetalkin' - No description I could write would do justice to this site. Just look.
True Meaning of Life - Used to be one of the best web sites. Then they changed it completely and made it uninteresting, and then they stopped updating it. This is a link to the archive of the old version.
schools
Kansai Gaidai University - I studied abroad here.
Mount Union College - I graduated from here.
Suminodo Junior High School - I used to work here.