James Hadfield

@jameshadfield.bsky.social

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Tokyo-based word mangler. Immigrant. awfuldross@gmail.com I post gig listings and the other drivel at https://tokyodross.blogspot.com/

Cover of "We Do Not Part" by Han Kang (Penguin)

Cover of "Pond" by Claire-Louise Bennett (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

Cover of "Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors" by Ian Penman (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

Poster for the Super Kabuki production of “Princess Mononoke” at the Shinbashi Enbujo theatre.

Cover of "Nocturnes" by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber & Faber)

Cover of "Endling" by Maria Reva (Virago)

Screenshot of drummer Yukino Matsuura’s Instagram post about playing with Erykah Badu. He was called in on the day of the show.

Cover of "Notice" by Heather Lewis (Serpent's Tail Classics)

Cover of "Crook Manifesto: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead (Vintage)

Campaign poster for Shin Owada (not pictured or named), encouraging people to “Vote for a new ward mayor!”

Awful photo of the poster for the IMAX release of Kiki’s Delivery Service

Cover of "Zone" by Mathias Enard (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

Cover of "Segu" by Maryse Condé (Penguin Modern Classics)

apöpa & Otomo Yoshihide at Bush Bash, May 20

Cover of "And the Earth Will Sit on the Moon: Essential Stories" by Nikolai Gogol (Pushkin Press Classics)

Cover of "The Wax Child" by Olga Ravn (Viking)

Terrie Ex & Paal Nilssen-Love with Incapacitants at Earthdom, May 9.

Cover of "Every One Still Here" by Liadan Ní Chuinn (Granta)

Cover of "On the Calculation of Volume II" by Solvej Balle (Faber & Faber)

Cover of "Departure(s)" by Julian Barnes (Vintage)

Cover of "This Is Where the Serpent Lives" by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Bloomsbury)

"I saw this gorgeous photo on social media, and I was like, 'How can I get myself here as fast as possible?'" said Julia Morrow, 26, a retail worker from Ohio. "If you don't get that photo, it's like, what's the point of the trip?"

Cover of "Travels With My Aunt" by Graham Greene (Penguin)

Cover of "The Names" by Florence Knapp (Phoenix)

“Every single Shakespeare play ranked” article in The Guardian, because this is what we’ve come to.

The Necks at Cafe Oto, April 11 (matinee)

The Necks at Cafe Oto, April 11 (matinee)

“Burn” director Makoto Nagahisa for The Japan Times

Cover for "The Argonauts" by Maggie Nelson (Melville House)

Cover for "The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea" by Yukio Mishima (Vintage Classics)

Flyer for Protest Rave outside the southeast exit of Shinjuku Station on March 29.

-DROP BASS NOT BOMBS-
BLOCK PARTY AGAINST
FASCISM,
RACISM,
TAKAICHI AND TRUMP.

PROTEST RAVE × クソデカフラッグ部 × 路哲

2026.MAR.29 16:00
At 新宿駅東南口広場

Cover of "The Safekeep" by Yael van der Wouden (Penguin)

Cover of "Bestiary" by Julio Cortázar (Vintage Editions)

Poster for The Woman Next Door (François Truffaut)

Cover of "Correction" by Thomas Bernhard (Vintage Classics)

Cover of "Box Hill" by Adam Mars-Jones (Fitzcarraldo Editions)

Cover of 即興がつなぐ未来 (Sokkyō ga tsunagu mirai)

Sign at Autechre’s Tokyo show:

“Autechre will perform in darkness.
For their set all lights in the venue will be off.
Please plan on being in one place for the performance and do not move unnecessarily until it has finished when the lights will come back on again.
Please do not shine any lights at the stage or around the room during the performance.
In case of emergency lights will come on and staff will be there to assist you to leave the venue.
If you need to leave for any reason during the show please use your mobile phone to light your way.
If you are in need of assistance please turn on your phone's light and wave above your head. Security will come to you and help.
Absolutely no recording or flash photography please.
If you are uncomfortable with the idea of spending around 60 minutes in the dark while Autechre play please see venue staff before the performance starts.
Thank you!”

Cover of "The Hearing Trumpet" by Leonora Carrington

Cover of "Prophet Song" by Paul Lynch

Cover of "Intermezzo" by Sally Rooney

Flyer for Rock Formations Special Year End Edition, at Koenji SUBstore on December 26th

“Spent Light” by Lara Pawson

Arashi (Akira Sakata, Johan Berthling and Paal Nilssen-Love) with Tatsuhisa Yamamoto at Koen-Dori Classics

Display at Cinemart Shinjuku for the Japanese release of “Night of the Juggler”

Otoshimono series, 2020-2025

CD editions of Colette Magny’s «Repression» and «Feu et rythme»

A harrowing moment from Stranger Things, maybe

List of penalties for cycling violations due to come into effect in Japan next year.

Entrance to Yamagata Citizen’s Hall

Facade of Madrid’s Cine Dore

Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi and Piotr Kurek at the Ohtsuki Noh Theatre on the final day of Unsound Osaka

Kakuhan and Adam Golabiewski at Unsound Osaka

Kakuhan and Adam Golabiewski at Unsound Osaka

Striking a pose in front of a hand-painted poster for 28 Years Later at Shinsekai in Osaka

Netflix Japan 10 year anniversary ad featuring Pierre Taki in The Naked Director, Tokyo Swindlers, House of Ninjas and Sanctuary. The actor hasn’t been seen on any of Japan’s terrestrial TV channels since being arrested for suspected cocaine use in March 2019.

Excerpt from the penultimate page of Shame by Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie)

A dancer from Tokushima troupe Kokesaku at the Koenji Awa-Odori, August 23.

Papier-mâché of Donald Trump at the Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri in 2016. “Make America hate again!”

"No War" installation at Soul Beat Asia 2025.