Poznan Radio

[imomus]

Hisae had to renew her visa, so we jumped aboard the Berlin-Warszawa Express and went to Poznan. It was my first trip to Poland. Here, in the form of a radio programme, are my first impressions. As a Polish pope dies Hisae and I watch Wong Kar Wai's 2046 in Cantonese with Polish subtitles, look at paintings, sit in cafes, admire the architecture, read design books, lie in the sun on the central square... and try to figure out why the local skinheads are wearing White Power Poland t-shirts when we can't see a single non-white person in town.

Poznan Radio (mono mp3 file, 39 mins 17 secs, 17.9MB)

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ikea

[(Anonymous)]

A tangent.. but the swedes are apparently not easily dissuaded. Ikea is going to be back in Japan (http://www.ikea.co.jp/) at the end of next year.
I think comparing todays ikea to the ikea of the 1974-1986 (http://www.fcc.or.jp/email/170604.html) era misses out on some crucial changes in the company... and the perception of furniture, inside and outside japan. It's become something that gets used up and thrown away, both the market and ikea's products reflect that change.
nate