I just wanted to say congratulations to David and Kana and welcome their newborn son Colin into the world.
Next step, KBC baby wear?!
Love,
Terrance

Time to talk T-shirts, because in case you forgot that’s what we do here.
God and the Chinese Zodiac must love the KBC because as you know ‘09 is the year of the Cow (yes, I know it’s technically an Ox). To commemorate this illustrious year and to sell more T-shirts we will be launching a limited special Year of the Cow T-shirt soon.
Stay tuned. MOH!

Seattle is a city with a beautiful waterfront that’s approachable from a commuter ferry. This is a shot I took over the holiday while back home in western Washington.

The image is the handmade Nengajo or New Year’s card sent from my friend Erich. Nice card this year, too.
January ‘09 is quickly fading but it’s never too late for a lesson on the Chinese Zodiac calendar. Instead of months represented by scales and twins, the years are represented by animals. This is the year of the cow or more accurately the year of the ox or water buffalo. Since cows are cuter than oxen (look at me busting out the plural form) you’ll often see visual representations of cows rather than oxen.
The order of the zodiac is based on a story of the animals racing to an emperor (according to Wikipedia) or to a temple (according to what Japanese have told me. This year’s ox would have been the first animal to arrive because it’s a good swimmer but instead the aquatically able but dopey ox was beaten by the ‘dirty’ rat. In order to get to the emperor or the temple the animals had to cross a river. The rat is a bad swimmer so he rode on the back of the friendly ox and jumped off at the last minute and sprinted to the finish. Thus the [...]

High art, no, but sometimes cute j-electropop is just what the doctor prescribed. Plus, whoever is behind the music and the robo-kawaii girls knows what he or she is doing.
Music video for ‘Love the World’

Live recording of ‘Polyrhythm’