Once again I have to congratulate Jay Klaphake and his TEDxKyoto team of volunteers for organizing a splendid event at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies today! It was a delight to see Patrick Linehan speak here again, this time on the effect his last speech at TEDxKyoto has had on his life and also on the lives of others. In September he told us to embrace the qualities … [Read more...]
A Special Appeal on Behalf of Weird Crime Theater
This has nothing to do with Kyoto, but for my erstwhile-brother-in-rock I'm happy to break the normal rules. This is my old friend Kumar Sivasubramanian: Once upon a time, we were in a band together. Yes. I was in a band. That's me rocking out with the long hair. And that's him rocking out behind the hair. Really. … [Read more...]
TEDxKyoto 2013 – My Top Five Talks
Now that the videos are up I'm going to post my favorite talks from this year's TEDx Kyoto event. First though a word about the event as a whole. A lot of praise is due to Jay Klaphake and his team of volunteers for organizing this again this year. It was on the whole a great success and most of last year's teething troubles had been cleared away. The presentation was a lot … [Read more...]
Meeting Jerry Yellin
Two days before TEDxKyoto I attended an informal gathering at Robert Yellin's gallery, to listen to his father, Jerry, talk about his experiences both in war and peace. Jerry, now in his late eighties, was a P51-Mustang fighter pilot in World War II, so this was a rare opportunity to connect with someone from that era, and frankly his story affected me far more than anything I … [Read more...]
TEDxKyoto 2012
Congratulations to Jay Klaphake and his team for successfully organizing the very first TEDxKyoto last Sunday! I attended this event with a good deal of curiosity. I have never attended a TED event before. However, having seen a number of inspiring talks online from the main TED event, my expectations were naturally set high. How would TEDxKyoto match up? Naturally, there … [Read more...]
The Flame III ~ Storytelling at Papa Jon’s
I managed to attend the last Flame event at Papa Jon's and enjoyed it immensely. This coming event also has a cracking list of speakers ready to regale you with tales of first impressions... Details: This Sunday (22nd July) from 7pm @ Papa Jon's on the 3rd floor of the Shimpukan Building, just south of Oike, on the east side of Karasuma. Just to give you a taste of … [Read more...]
The Flame II
Following the success of the first Flame night of unscripted storytelling (see videos below), Papa Jon's will be hosting The Flame II on June 24th with the theme being FOOD. Charles Roche says, We are starting earlier (6:30PM) to accommodate those with Monday obligations. For that same reason, we have also trimmed down the speaker list to 5 people each of whom has ten … [Read more...]
The Flame @ Papa John’s Eatery
Charles Roche says, On Sunday, May 27th " The Flame", an evening of true, personal, experience stories told by suspect individuals will debut at Papa Jon's Eatery. Stories (all in English) begin at 7:00PM. No translations provided. Inspired by the famous New York storytelling NPO, The Moth, Kyoto's The Flame has the potential to be an exciting new regular get-together for our … [Read more...]
