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Gizmo

Electro-voice mics are 3X the price in Japan

Sweetwater and B&H sell the Electrovoice RE20 for $400.

Soundhouse in Japan sells the same RE 20 for 200,000 JPY. Which is around $1200 US.

This yen price is insane.

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Japan

highest grossing media franchises in 2025

I have no idea if this is accurate. Found it on the web. That Anpanman is larger than Marvel is suspicious to me.

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Japan Personal

Rented a FL5 Civic Type R

Wanted to experience the most recent Honda Civic FL5 Type R for myself after hearing rave reviews. Honda in Tokyo has a rental program which was 25000 yen for 7.5 hours which seems reasonable to me. Drove to Hakone and spent the day up there.

In short, the car is amazing.

By far the best manual transmission I have ever experienced. More than enough power. Amazing handling.

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News

analog controls

Slate is reporting that car manufacturers are finally realizing that touch panels for controls in cars are terrible and dangerous.

Back in 2019, the US Navy, which had moved to touch screens for various interfaces for their ships, realized that analog controls are actually better and safer and are replacing touchscreens with analog controls.

Control surfaces for vehicles should be analog. Gauges can be screens- I’m not saying no screens. I’m just saying don’t put HVAC and other key controls on touchscreens.

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Music

Hall & Oates

I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) (Pomo Remix)