here in a society of tight places. the pressure is on. to keep up appearances. to do what is expected. to not let the life become exterior. at night, things are different. what you need to know about tokyo? deeper waters. the first time i came here. it was a transformative experience. it was powerful experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning what do i do now. i see the whole world in a different way. i often compare the experience. going to tokyo for the first time. to what eric clinton and pete townsend must ve gone through. the raining guitar gods of england. what they must have gone through the week jimi hendrix came to town. you go see it. the whole window opens up. a whole new thing. you think, what does this mean? what do i have left to say. what do i do now? welcome to tokyo. you are not invited. this is the other tokyo. a 12 hour flight and i am baked. no sleep. must go out. the district near my hotel has the advantage of
tokyo s willing cog, in an enormous machine requiring long hours, low pay, total dedication. and sometimes, what s called karoshi, death by overwork. here in a society of tight spaces and many expectations, the pressure s on. to keep up appearances, to do what s expected. to not let the interior life become exterior. but at night, things are different. what do you need to know about tokyo? deep, deep waters. the first time i came here, it was like it was a transformative, experience. it was a powerful and violent experience. it was as if it was just like taking acid for the first time. meaning, what do i do now? i see the whole world in a different way. i often compare the experience of going to japan for the first time, going to tokyo for the first time, to what eric clapton and pete townsend must ve gone through, the reigning guitar gods of england, what they must ve gone through the week that jimi hendrix came to town. you hear about it, you go see it, the whole
And a following bombing happened the following day. Authorities suspect the game group is responsible for both incidents. On saturday Police Arrested a foreign man on charges of possessing explosives. Theyre investigating whether hes connected to the bombings. A Police Spokesperson says the person arrested tuesday resembles the man in a yellow tshirt filmed by a Security Camera near the site of the first explosion. In singapore campaigning has begun for the genercampaign ele. It saw celebrations of 50 years of independence but also the death of singapores founding father. Candidates filed their papers and returned to their constituencies to start campaigning. The ruling Peoples Action Party has dominated singapores politics since independence from malaysia in 1965. But at the last general election in 2011, the p. A. P. Suffered its worst ever result winning barely 60 of the vote amid public anger over immigration and the cost of living. The p. A. P. Has botched up the system with a lot
And a following bombing happened the following day. Authorities suspect the game group is responsible for both incidents. On saturday Police Arrested a foreign man on charges of possessing explosives. Theyre investigating whether hes connected to the bombings. A Police Spokesperson says the person arrested tuesday resembles the man in a yellow tshirt filmed by a Security Camera near the site of the first explosion. In singapore campaigning has begun for the genercampaign ele. It saw celebrations of 50 years of independence but also the death of singapores founding father. Candidates filed their papers and returned to their constituencies to start campaigning. The ruling Peoples Action Party has dominated singapores politics since independence from malaysia in 1965. But at the last general election in 2011, the p. A. P. Suffered its worst ever result winning barely 60 of the vote amid public anger over immigration and the cost of living. The p. A. P. Has botched up the system with a lot
Its not about that. When an artist works today, or whenever, its not about creating immortal masterpieces. That is the one thing we dont design ourselves, it is generations after. Its about writing something that relates to here and now, something which is about communicating your thoughts and your understanding of what is important to other people. And therefore, we need new are. Old art cannot do that. And of course humanity hasnt changed that much. Last thousand or 2000 years. The old greek rom is old are still at the core of human experience. But still, we need new stuff. About i hear your stuff the new art versus the old art. Our traditional, lassa cool music lovers open to new art . I listen to your example about the visual arts, for example. I sense is that people are actually open to seeing new stuff. Our traditional, Classical Music lovers open to hearing new stuff term, beethoven, i dont like classical is wrong, but we dont have a better word. [laughter] tavis give me somethi