Chatwin and Bucky
I saw Bruce at the bar over there.”
He pointed out of the window.
“He was on his way to the USA from China, but he stopped off in Japan. He was extremely knowledgeable about history and geography, and he liked sake. I remember he was into Russia at the time. Why did he go to Patagonia? You might not know this but Bruce knew a lot about Japanese haiku. He read ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ by Basho and thought that if Basho went to the North, he should go to the South. He had another reason that made sense to me. A long time ago, his grandmother kept a piece of skin of the animal that resides in Patagonia. He kept this story in him all his life, so he wanted to see that animal.
“After we had left the bar and were waiting for the last train, Bruce asked me what I did. I said that I was a researcher and was studying Buckminster Fuller. I added that I had translated Fuller’s book. Then he said,
‘Oh, Bucky. I know him very well.’
The train came at that moment and he hopped into the carriage.
‘I have a lot of things that I want to say about him…’
Before he finished his phrase, the door closed.
“A few days later, I heard about Bruce’s death. Even now I still think about what he wanted to say about Bucky. I am so curious about his last phrase that Bruce is always alive in me.”
He pointed out of the window.
“He was on his way to the USA from China, but he stopped off in Japan. He was extremely knowledgeable about history and geography, and he liked sake. I remember he was into Russia at the time. Why did he go to Patagonia? You might not know this but Bruce knew a lot about Japanese haiku. He read ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ by Basho and thought that if Basho went to the North, he should go to the South. He had another reason that made sense to me. A long time ago, his grandmother kept a piece of skin of the animal that resides in Patagonia. He kept this story in him all his life, so he wanted to see that animal.
“After we had left the bar and were waiting for the last train, Bruce asked me what I did. I said that I was a researcher and was studying Buckminster Fuller. I added that I had translated Fuller’s book. Then he said,
‘Oh, Bucky. I know him very well.’
The train came at that moment and he hopped into the carriage.
‘I have a lot of things that I want to say about him…’
Before he finished his phrase, the door closed.
“A few days later, I heard about Bruce’s death. Even now I still think about what he wanted to say about Bucky. I am so curious about his last phrase that Bruce is always alive in me.”
illustration by Daniel Frost, read more short stories by Yoshiko Nagai here
She owns Glacial Pace recordings,is a stylist, likes art,and works in advertising. She is basically one of these people who does everything yet nothing. I have a feeling she would be able to tell me alot of cool stuff I didn't know, and introduce me to loads and loads of super rad people. She is also an RVCA advocate hence the super rad people meeting.
This is pretty much a no brainer. Anyone who can come up with stories like My Neighbour Totoro and Princess Monoke would be amazing to meet. I read an interview with him that was in Dazed and Confused a while back, and he seems like the sweetest most sincere man in the world. 
I didn't see too many bands really, but I liked everyone I saw. Florence and the Machine was a bit rubbish, we couldn't see a thing and were so cramped.Crystal Castles were one of my favourites, theres been so much complaining and moaning all over the internet about how crap they were but so what if she punched some people and no one could really understand what she was saying?The youth fucking loved it.I got hurt quite a lot, which in this case was a good thing. 
