YakPak Backpacks

My shoulders are KILLING me from lugging around my laptop and textbooks between home to work to uni and back again. I guess I should get a backpack but I just don’t think I could wear one without having flashbacks to my dorky school kid days of looking like a turtle with this giant shell-like bag strapped to me!

Maybe I can be persuaded to make the move now YakPak are dropping their take on the schoolyard staple in a massive 26 new prints. Pioneering the trend in bringing fashionable prints to the backpack market, the New York-based is turning the once-boring bag into a fashion item.

My rep (Frank Sturges Reps), in conjunction with Magnet Reps, has started a new site called The Artalog. Its a site where all of us illustrators, that are represented by these 2 great agencies, can blog about art, life, etc. Take a look!

Thanks for the tapes, and for the tapes of  the bands you influenced. You did well, Alex Chilton.

 From Citypages.com:

"Without Chilton no Jayhawks/REM/Mats/Huskers/db's/Rain Parade/Game Theory/Posies/Teenage Fanclub," wrote Twin Cities musician and producer Ed Ackerson. The mind reels... Not to mention no Cramps, Panther Burns, Let's Active. Chilton showed us how to write pop songs with teeth and anguish. Blurred beauty. Mangled melodicism. Proved guitar pop wasn't for pussies."

London’s First Sherry Bar: Pepito
Londonist, arch 19, 2010 12:00 PM

A sherry bar in London? What a fino idea! And now it’s a reality. Opening today in that same secret courtyard as Spanish restaurant Camino (indeed, they share the same owner), Bar Pepito is a tiny place with a hefty list of 15 sherries, a delectable smattering of tapas and a rustic atmosphere that’ll make you forget you’re mere steps from King’s Cross.

The Sony x Disney S Series Walkmen come in a rainbow of colors

It’s officially official: if you’re tired of drab electronics and want something bathed in an obscene amount of cuteness, you need to get up and haul arse to Japan.  After all, the country is only home to more Hello Kitty cell phones, digital cameras, and Mp3 players than you can shake a bundle of sticks at.  Feel free to add these recently released Disney x Sony S Series Walkmen to the kawaii gadgets pile.  The Sony S640 and S740 Walkmen already featured a decidedly mouse flavored control scheme on the front, but now you can make the connection more official with an engraved image of Mickey, Minnie, or the couple together gracing the back of your Mp3 player.  Each unit also has a 2 inch LCD screen, an FM radio, video playback capability, and an epic 42 hour battery life.  Sony has even managed to include some very capable noise canceling headphones with each player.  Available in a wide variety of hues, including black, green, gold, and violet ,the S640 and S740 each come in either 8GB or 16GB flavors with prices starting at 13,800 yen ($152) and going all the way up to 18,800 yen ($207).  Luckily, in this internet connected age, you can order these from the Japanese Sony Style store from the comfort of your futon.