“Starting with the 210 km/h (130 mph) Tōkaidō Shinkansen in 1964, the now 2,459 km (1,528 mi) long network has expanded to link most major cities on the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū at speeds up to 300 km/h (186 mph). Test runs have reached 443 km/h (275 mph) for conventional rail in 1996, and up to a world record 581 km/h (361 mph) for maglev trainsets in 2003.
The Tōkaidō Shinkansen is the world’s busiest high-speed rail line. Carrying 151 million passengers a year, it has transported more passengers (over 6 billion) than any other high speed line in the world. Between Tokyo and Osaka, the two largest metropolises in Japan, up to ten trains per hour with 16 cars each (1,300 seats capacity) run in each direction with a minimum of 3 minutes between trains.”
“決別” courtesy of Boris and Sony Music Entertainment
The CMJ Music Marathon descends upon New York once again. Last night, Glasser and Cold Cave played incredible sets at the Stereogum / Believer Party at the Webster Hall Studio. The evening started with Glasser, accompanied by Tanlines who will be performing throughout the week. If you missed it, check out the video of Glasser performing “Apply” which is posted below. I’d like to big-up Jesse for the great show and for listing me. Also, I’d like to quickly mention that Cold Cave is %$#*!@ amazing.
This year’s festivities had an epic start with the debut show by my good friends Restless People followed by a late night set by Washed Out at Santos. More photos and videos to come. Shouts to Tony Blankets for the auxiliary position which I shall try and make the most out of this week and Electric E for playing darts.
These are a selection of installation photographs that I shot for Josh Gurrie as the show was being installed in Openhouse Gallery last friday. I’d like to congratulate him on curating a beautiful show benefitting Movember and Prostate Cancer Research. Lots of people came out, showed their support, and bid on some phenomenal art. I even had some time to do a quick portrait of Josh before heading back to my studio.
Yeasayer played Pier 54 for Hudson River Rocks on Thursday night. I’d never seen them perform live but they killed it. I just met Ira but he basically shredded. I ended up getting backstage and front row seats in the press photo pit so I took some pictures and a video.
The last 24 hours of the trip was all travel. It was sad to leave. I was operating on a crazy productivity level. These are the only things I could really photograph during the last segment of the trip. We took the night train from Firenze S.M.N. to Roma Termini and went out one last night in Rome before leaving. We took the subway from Termini to Colosseo and had a great dinner at Luzzi and a stroll. The next morning, we headed out early. Getting back to New York was a train to a plane and was actually really easy. Once we landed in JFK, we took the subway back home which seemed more than appropriate.
