Yes, it’s been just over 1 year since I posted the first episode of my TB.Musica podcast series, and finally, here is episode 2 (and a link to the feed). For those new to this, TB.Musica is a music show in which I play 6 tracks from Japanese artists. This time I also added chapters, so you can easily skip to whatever track you like.

TB.Musica 2 (21.4MB, 22:40)

• Kiiiiiii – “Hot but Milky like Hot Milk”
• Capsule – “5ive Star”
• COPTER4016882 – “Rising Core”
• Yukari Fresh – “YKR PLYS TH GTR & DRMS vs. Dirty Leopard YOOX”
• The Lowbrows – “Blue”
• Green & Ilpo – “4869″

TABlog has a nice round-up of the latest generation of galleries to dot the city’s artscape.

I mentioned Tokyo-based photographer Jonathan Savoie a while back (he’s from Eastern Canada, like me), and this time it’s for an online project called Tokyo Wonderland, which accompanies a book to be released in the fall.

PingMag covers modern jikatabi (“split-toe canvas shoes with rubber soles that are favored by construction workers”) designs from Kyoto-based Sou Sou.

Patrick Benny went to Haneda Airport yesterday to pick up some re-issues of classic Japan Air Lines flight bags, both pictured above. They were limited to 1000, so are probably all gone now.

• PEN (205) devotes an issue to “Tutto Ferrari,” all that is Ferrari. As you may imagine, I skimmed this one pretty fast.
• STUDIO VOICE (381) declares that “Young Photo Strikes Back!!” It’s a great issue with a round-up of the young up-and-coming photographers you need to keep an eye out for, with lots of photos on display. Definitely worth picking up for the visuals alone.
• If you’re a map and diagram geek, you’ll find lots to love in this month’s IDEA (324), with enough charts, lines, and graphs to make even WIRED‘s monthly “Infoporn” column weep. They also cover the work of Andrew Blauvelt at the Walker Art Center (1998-2007), which is presented in a very attractive thick acetate-like paper.
• TOKION JAPAN (62) has kabuki actor Ebizo Ichikawa on the cover, with the kind of large feature/profile inside that the magazine is now known for. Their “Glocal Spot” for the month is Antwerp, which is presented as a fashion-focused guide to the city. Kiiiiiii and Nudie Jeans — sponsor of our Swedish Style event at Cafe Pause last year — also get coverage.
• +81 (37) presents the “Craft Graphic Issue,” which the editor explains as “works that had a special feeling put into them when they were made.” From what gets featured, it translates has pieces that have an organic feel to them, as in hand-drawn illustrations or paintings.
• BRUTUS (623) presents another food issue, this time with rankings in various categories.

In case you missed it, NTV had its annual 24-hour telethon this past weekend, and this year’s t-shirt, worn by all participants and sold to raise funds, was designed/donated by A Bathing Ape (BAPE). With the tee plastered all over TV and selling more than 300 000 copies at 1400 yen a pop, does this make BAPE mainstream now? More at Clast from Marxy.

A few of the shots that I took the other day during our 8mm outing were for a panoramic stitch, which you can better see here.

PingMag interviews Motokazu Terai, director of Shibuya’s recently opened Gallery Scene, which I also covered a few weeks ago on Gridskipper.

If you see the latest issue of JJ on the newsstands, you’ll notice idol Takuya Kimura on the cover, but on JJ’s website, a blank image. A sign of Johnny’s Jimusho’s excessive control over image rights and the web? Marxy exposes the truth.

Nice to see Tokyo Art Beat get some coverage in WWD Japan for their latest t-shirt collection.

The CNN site hosts a 3-part interview (dating back to April) with architect Tadao Ando regarding his work and its relation to nature, and also includes a tour of his Church of Light. Via Dezain.net.

Alin Huma posts a new PDF booklet, this time a collection of old low-res shots, and the Laughing Girl!

My weekly Tokyo post is up on MoCo Loco, this time with news of Graf‘s Plankton Chair, this weekend’s Good Design Presentation, and a change in mobile phones.

• Tokyo Game Bars
• Get Hoppy

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