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A couple of days back we introduced you to a couple of great magazines that we got in store that morning, but we've just about uploaded our full range online too! We've got some great Art and Design, Graphic Design, Photography and Graffiti ones so here's a wee introduction to them all - Graphic Design GRAFIK , a bi-monthly international  magazine for and all about graphic designers. The magazine strives to champion the innovative and inspiring work by designers, illustrators and photographers, from established names to upcoming talent.With connections throughout graphic design communities around the world, Grafik gets to the heart of the ideas, trends and technologies that are informing contemporary design. Grafik also explores the rich visual history of graphic design, looking at the influential movements and iconic practitioners who continue to inspire designers today. Grafik has been an established part of the design landscape since 2003, and prior to that ...

Let's be honest for a minute, Summer has been pretty drab this year, the weather has been guff - and unless you've gone to a festival there isn't alot to cheer about! With this in mind we decided that we'd try brighten things up by giving you guys the first dibs on all the new ONLY NY haul we are due to receive next week. We are running a PRE-ORDER on all of our new Summer 2011 product! For those unfamiliar with the brand, here's a heads up: " ONLY NY INC. is an independent brand based out of the West side of Manhattan that offers quality goods, released in limited quantity. By combining innovative design with quality apparel, ONLY NY strives to create classic, timeless clothing. Since 1997 we have been heavily involved with NYC's underground street culture. From years of skateboarding & writing graffiti, to sporting old school Polo and North Face, ONLY NY Embodies our roots and has been 10 years in the making. Our brand represents the ...

The Glastonbury festival this year proved to be another massive success for for organisers and music fans alike. Taking to the stage on the Friday nite was one of our favourite DJ's Mr Greg Wilson. Greg began DJing in 1975 and is regarded as one of the most important figures on the UK dance scene. He enjoyed hugely popular residencies in the early eighties at Wigan Pier and Manchester's majorly influential Legend. He was a pioneer of mixing in the UK and in 1983 he became the first ‘dance music’ DJ hired for a regular weekly session at Manchester's now legendary Hacienda club. Greg was instrumental in breaking the new electronic, post-disco records coming out of New York, a sound he has dubbed ‘Electro-Funk’. In 2003 he set up his own website www.electrofunkroots.co.uk to document this crucial era in the evolution of dance culture and, having retired from DJ work at the end of 1983, Greg returned to spinning tunes two decades later, receiving plaudits for his red...

Fat Buddha Stores transformation from old into new here at St. Vincent Street took a leap this morning with our introduction of magazines into our collection. We've done books for so long now, and with such a big selection of publications from all sorts of art and design, music and sport it was about time that we got some  interesting periodicals in stock too! With a starting collection of twenty titles on sale this morning (with many more to come) we are bound to have something that'll tickle those creative interests of yours. Here's a little introduction of a couple of my favourites so far - ICON - I miss being able to nip into borders books and peruse the Architecture magazines in Journals. Since it's close a couple of years back it's safe to say Glasgow has been distinctly lacking. Now however, we have four Architecture titles in stock - Architectural Review, Architecture today, Blueprint and, my particular favourite Icon magazine -   Since it's laun...

Just got a few new Mr P Propaganda items instore, including these new plush versions! Now you can take everyones favourite naked character to bed with you! The Large Mr P doll comes in Pink or White and is priced at £29.95 And the smaller sized one comes in Pink and is priced at £19.95 Not for the prudish - Mr P is nude, rude and ready for you to take home! Fraser

Today is my first day back in Fat Buddha after a almost 3 weeks off! Like many people, I couldn't really afford to go anywhere too exciting this summer, but decided to make what I could of it and have a wee UK holiday instead and it was great.  First stop was Manchester where we stayed for three days. The main reason we went was to see Death Cab for Cutie play (I've never seen them before) but as I also love Manchester, I really was desperate for an excuse to go back and spend some time there. We got there on the Monday, the day of the gig, had a Nandos, bought some Krisky Kremes (another first - wow) and explored the city. The gig itself was incredible - despite being ridiculously hot in the venue, DCFC were amazing and played a meaty 2 hour set finishing with Stay Young Go Dancing, Marching Bands of Manhattan and Transatlanticism as an encore... perfect. The next couple of days we spent really taking advantage of the amazing shopping and food Manchester has to offer, spe...