Heso. Your naval. Your original source of nourishment. What nourishes you now? Music nourishes the soul, so we decided to spice this issue heavily with music. Food, of course, nourishes the body. But what if you don’t have food? And if you do, is it healthy? Read on to find out how you can help yourself and help the world.

臍、初めての栄養の源。現在、君はどうやって栄養をとっている？心には音楽の栄養があるので、献立として音楽の記事を多めに選んだ。もちろん、食べ物は体にとって重要なんだけど、食べ物がない人々がいる。そして、食べ物があっても、安全かどうかも問題。自分が何ができるのでしょうか？是非、読んでください。

Design Festa Vol. 27

Asia’s Biggest International Art Event! Presenting original works of over 7,000 artists!
May 17 (Sat) & 18 (Sun), 2008 11：00 -19：00 at Tokyo Big Sight, West Hall 1, 2, 3, 4, Atrium & Outdoor

■ Approx. 7000 artists will attend from all over the world!
■ Buy their original, one of a kind of artwork!
■ Every genre imaginable!
■ Experience joining in on a performance or workshop!
■ Enjoy the tempting international cuisine served in the Restaurant & Cafe/Bar area!

ENTRANCE TICKET
In advance……￥800 [1 day] ￥1,500 [2 days]
At the door…￥1,000 [1 day] ￥1,800 [2 days]
Lawson Ticket / L code：L-32370
Ticket PIA / P code：P-612-275 [ 1 day ]　P-986-039 [ 2 days ]
FREE for children 12 years old and under

DESIGN・FESTA・OFFICE
TEL: 03-3479-1433　Email: info_e(at)designfesta(dot)com
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Interview with Damian Taylor

by Daniel Griffin

I was lucky enough to be invited along to the Björk Volta concert in Tokyo, on both nights to met up with and interview Damian Taylor, the musical director and band member, watch the show, take photos and find out more about the tour and instruments. Unfortunately Björk couldn’t do an interview herself, as she needed to save her voice between shows, but still got to meet her and the band and hang out and even went karaoke with them all- of course Björk didn’t sing, and had to instead endure the likes of my terrible drunken efforts of some song I didn’t know! What a great time I had and more importantly what fantastic gigs. Read On…

伊勢崎賢・インタビュー

ビョークの「ヴォルタ」コンサートが東京で２日間行われ、弊誌は幸運にも招待を受けた。そこで我々は音楽監督兼バンドメンバーである、デミアン•ティラー氏にインタビューを申し込んだ。ライブ会場では機材についていろいろな発見があり、とても楽しい時間を過ごす事ができたのだが、何と言ってもライブの素晴らしかった事は特筆しなければならない。 日本語で読んで…

The United Nations World Food Programme

by the UNWFP

When hunger hits the community, children suffer the most. For those children tormented by empty stomachs, it is not going to school that is important, but eating. At present, there are between 350 and 400 million children in the world who are suffering from hunger. Among those who have reached elementary school age, 115 million are not attending. Eradicating the hunger of children who support the future of nations and further educating them is essential for poor countries to escape from poverty and hunger.
Read On…

WFPの学校給食プログラム

飢餓が社会を襲うとき、最も深刻な被害を受けるのは子どもたちです。空腹にさいなまれる子どもたちにとって大事なのは、学校へ行くことではなく、「食べる」ことです。現在、世界では3億5千万人から4億人の子どもたちが飢えに苦しんでいます。小学校の学齢期に当たる児童のうち1億1500万人が学校へ通っていません。国の将来を担う子どもの飢餓を撲滅し、教育を受けさせることは、貧しい国が貧困と飢餓から抜け出すためにとても重要です。 日本語で読んで…

7E.P. Presents: Moools & Little Wings Japan Tour 2008

by HESO Staff

Little Wings and Moools are co-headlining a tour beginning May 23rd in conjunction with their respective CD releases, Soft Power (April 21st) and Poet Portaits Years (May 14th).
Read On…

7E.P. Presents: モールス＆リトル・ウィングスジャパンツアー2008

リトル・ウィングス『Soft Pow’r』(４月21日発売)とモールス『Poet Portraits Years』(5月14日)発売に伴うスプリット・ツアーが決定しました。
日本語で読んで…

The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI)

2008 May 17 Sat in Tokyo, Japan the SCBWI Tokyo presents Websites, Blogs and Promotion for Illustrators, with Illustrators Takashi Oda, Kiyo Tanaka and Patrik Washburn, 6:30 – 8:30 pm, at Tokyo Women’s Plaza, 5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Conference Room 1 (see www.scbwi.jp/map.htm ). Fee: SCBWI Members 1,000 yen; nonmembers 1,500 yen. Are you an illustrator without a website? Are you interested in improving the website you currently have? Are you thinking of starting a blog? Are you wondering how you can better promote your work? In this panel presentation, three illustrators will share their experiences developing and maintaining their websites and blogs and share ideas for other creative methods of promotion. Newcomer illustrators and published professionals, please bring along your website, blog and promotion questions and ideas to share with other illustrators during the discussion after the presentation. This event will be in Japanese and English. For details see www.scbwi.jp or contact us here.

All this plus nourishing photography from San Francisco native Seth Restaino, further brilliant exposures of Björk during her Volta tour, an illustration from Kyle Fields of Little Wings (on tour now with Tokyo’s Moools) and Sugarplumwine, find out what is Food Mileage, then there’s the fun and informative Yokohama and Fukuoka Spotlights, and of course Little Prigdoms. Check out our expanded Music Section featuring photos and a snippet of the recent Modest Mouse show in Shibuya (Johnny Marr comes to Tokyo), the Beer & A Flick column, a book review on Phil Rees’ Dining With Terrorists and who knows what else…

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