Let the Eruption Rites get underway
At the Festival of Brilliant Decay
Where the Dark Shaft Sisters are pregnant
With blazing last-minute light
And the Stallion Skins are neighing
In a chorus of demented delight

THRONG SONG
(from CITY OF SONG: The Incendiary Arias)

The Radicals

A Nation's Ideogrammic Anthems

The history of Japan in poetic form — a collection of narratives pertaining to the ontology of a nation — a people, a culture, a social milieu.
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from THE MILLENNIUM MAUL

A Thousand Years On

Chris wins Japan's 2023 “Classics Day Cultural Foundation Prize”—“an award honouring individuals who have contributed to the dissemination and enlightenment of Japanese classical culture.”

from THE MILLENNIUM MAUL

Thriller Thrills!

Behind the Mask is back – back on Michael Jackson's THRILLER album! To celebrate the album's 40th anniversary the song, written by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Chris Mosdell and Michael Jackson, will be returned to the track list of the original record.

from Edokko Editions

Behind the Mask

Released 2/25/2023, Chris' latest publication in partnership with photographer Ryo Ohwada. A beautiful full-colour edition of bilingual poems and photos.

Video by Brian Comerford
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