Good news is,  strong rumors suggest that David Bowie will headline the pyramid stage on friday night at next years Glastonbury. Bad news is, U2 are confirmed headliners, hopefully they’ll play sunday night and then we can all go home in the afternoon without missing out.

Surface to Air have designed a Kings of Leon capsule collection, I’m a big fan of both but this is pretty cringeworthy isn’t it? and more than a bit late. Theres nothing especially wrong with any of the pieces individually (the boots are a bit rough), I just think the idea of doing a capsule specifically based on a band allowing us to get the KoL look is rubbish. Its fair to say, Surface to Air – we expect more!

In the Uk highstreet brands, lets focus on Topman, have been selling the off the rail indie look for the best part of the decade. With the popularity of the strokes and the libertines at the start of the noughties the highstreet was quick to react offering us the rock n roll look for less. No longer would you have to trawl the markets or vintage shops for the perfect black leather or wear your girlfriends jeans you could go to topman and buy it all off one manequin. Cue the hords of mini indenti-kit Petes.

Its easy and in places fair to be cynical about this however I’m not gonna knock Topman, I think they do what they do very well. They have to be applauded for doing good basics along with more forward thinking styling as well as interesting collaborations and supporting up and coming talent through there MAN project. There price – quality balance make them very good value.

One other thing, a little plea to Mr Green, Could you please open a sligthly older, slightly better quality but still style and fashion lead, mid market menswear store that me and my work mate john could come and work for? That would be great cheers.

photos via selectism

As if Natalie Portman wasn’t hot enough, clever enough and cool enough already, I just found out shes got a rap song, unfortunately I cant embed but follow the link its well worth it.. NATALIE PORTMAN RAP amazing.

I’ve been making artwork from some 1950′s matchbox’s we found in the market yesterday, I think they’d make great hand screen printed posters. These are some of my favourites..

Head over to the BBc 6 music website and listen again to Marc Rileys thursday show to hear 2 new Laura Marling songs. Both are on the new album, which is due out in march, and both are bang upto standard, cant wait to hear the rest. skip to 39 min for the interview..

I was in Rough Trade this morning and saw these guys were there album of the month, Just listening to them now and its great in a kind of west coast, they’re from silverlake CA, Fleet Foxes is way. Check it out..

Came across French Collective ILL STUDIO today only to realise that I had already posted loads of there work. There Tees for Sixpack France are super cool and there layouts are super clean, especially liking the printing on coloured paper, it lends the work a kind of low-fi element. Design this slick makes me try harder, one day, one day..

SHUT UP! I’ve always loved Greek Mythology and the Harryhausen original Clash of the Titans is amazing, undoubtedly this will be some over americanised pile of rubbish but I’m a sucker for a fantasy, action blockbuster, sorry.

Lets face it the royal mail are pissing us all off at the moment with all this strike shit, the only things left to receive by post are your love films and cool shit your bought off Ebay and you definitley dont want those to be delayed. HOWEVER, in collaboration with Creative Review, they are releasing a set of 10 stamps celebrating great british album covers, released on jan 7th 2010 you’ll be able to get them just in time to put on my birthday present (jan 9th)..

Jonathan is an Australian illustrator/graphic designer/art director. He’s worked for a whole bunch of  music and fashion brands including Modular, ksubi, urban outfitters, something else and ministry of sound . I fully aspire to this kind of thing, check out his site.