I'm obsessed with bamboo. I don't know what it is, but I love the hell out of it. From my bamboo sheets to the bamboo cutting board I bought for the office kitchen a couple months back - it's totally my favorite material on earth. So if you couple my obsession with a nice, simple t-shirt design and you already have a shirt which I'd be more than happy to run on the site.
But if you add to that the fact that you can sort of see a bit of nipple trying to make its presence known in the full sized product shot, you've really got a winner on your hands. Well, at least as far as I'm concerned.
*shrug* What can I say? I've been sort of lonely lately...
P.S. Just so you know, $34.00 Canadian comes out to $26.20 American at the current conversion rate.
$34.00 CAD | Credit | URL | F: S - XL|W|P|113781760726631110|W|P|Bamboo|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
If you're trying to justify this one to yourself, just remember that you're not spending $22.00 on a t-shirt. What you're actually doing is investing in a postmodern statement. Uh, yeah. That's the ticket...
All I know is, I prefer this shirt to 95% of the shirts I've seen for sale at the assorted shows I've been to. What's more, I also happen to think that pretty much everything else the gang at A Label makes is just as genius.
Perhaps that's just me tho... I've got a belly full of tapas and beer and I'm pretty easy to please at this point in the evening. So if you don't like anything they offer I guess you should probably keep that in mind. Or not. *shrug* Whatever's clever, yo.
$22.00 | Credit | URL | M: M - XL|W|P|113773981009082074|W|P|Rock Concert I Attended|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
- Urban Outfitters Watch: Everyone's been talking about Urban Outfitters biting a design from Johnny Cupcakes and we'd like to say we're surpised. But we're totally not.
In fact, screwing over small t-shirt companies is just how UO rolls. Fucking douchebags.
I've got a few beers in me so I'm not even going to bother beating around the bush tonight... There are exactly two reasons why I'm running this shirt:
1. It's been forever since I've run an "I [heart] ..." tee. Then again, to be fair, it sort of has been forever since I've consistently posted anything on the site for more than a week.
b. I fucking love zombies.
And as far as my Newcastle soaked brain is concerned, those are the only reasons I should need. So if that isn't acceptable to you, kindly piss off, KTHXYBYE.
$26.00 CAD | PayPal | URL | M: S - 2XL, F: S - XL|W|P|113705401542766461|W|P|I [heart] Zombies|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
I'm glad to see that such a wonderful, world renowned set of artists as Kozyndan are paying homage to what is perhaps the worst group of skaters I've ever had the pleasure of knowing.
For those of y'all who don't know, the Bad Skaters Club is none other than the venerable Sean Bonner, Bill Poon, and Jessica Gao. I'd call them the Traveling Wilburys of half-assed kickflips and fake out ollies, but the Traveling Wilburys actually had chops. This rag tag bunch? Not so much.
Well, they are pretty good at arguing with bums and doing laps around parking lots... *shrug* At least they've got that going for them, I guess.
Just do me a favor, okay? If you happen to see one of them skating, please don't ask them to do a manual or a 50/50. Trust me, it really isn't a very pretty sight...
$18.00 | PayPal | URL | M: S - XL, F: S - L|W|P|113695743024372353|W|P|Bad Skaters Club|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
- You Say Hoodys, I Say Hoodies: OMFG! Threadless has hoodies?! I'll take one Afternoon Delight in 2XL, por favor.
"Can you keep a secret? I'm trying to organize a prison break. We have to first get out of this bar, then the hotel, then the city, and then the country. Are you in or you out?"Bob Harris, "Lost In Translation"
I was meaning to run this tee from new kids on the block Ten Bills while I was longing to get off work this last Friday. I was all ready with a bunch of half-assed, yet puckishly cute jokes about "flying the coop" and some such. Trust me, it was chock full of that brand of clever that I just know you've all come to adore.
Then I went to lunch and I totally lost all interest in doing the post. There's something about a three beer lunch with coworkers that'll do that to you. *shrug*
So while Friday may be at the other end of the week, I figure that this shirt is just as topical today. Hell, it might even be more poignant than it would have been when I wanted to post it. I mean, I don't know about you lot but I'm already longing for the weekend.
*shakes fist* Goddamn soul crushing day job...
$10.00 | Credit | URL | M: S - XL|W|P|113687368472091122|W|P|Let's Blow This Joint|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
Dude, it's Jesus... And he's a DJ... What more could you possibly need to know?
Nothing. That's what. I mean it's not as if it's the most high concept shirt we've ever run. But it is cool.
So yeah, `nuff said...
Actually, it might help to know that this design comes to us from our pals at LaFraise. Which means it's being shipped from France. Which means its price is in Euros. Which means if you're trying to pay with American Dollars, you're going to get straight up raped on the exchange rate. *shakes fist* Damn our weak currency!
*shrug* I think it's worth it.
22.00€ | Credit | URL | M: M - 2XL, F: M - L|W|P|113653349031129706|W|P|Selecta|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
- A Call To Action: Our friend Goopy has an awesome design up at Threadless. If you love us, you'll go vote a "5/I'd buy it!" on it.
- Speaking Of Shilling: It looks like the 2006 Bloggies are taking nominations. And while we're sure some Gawker media property will eat our lunch for "Best Topical Weblog", it'd still be really nice to be nominated...
A-freaking-dorable. That's the only way to describe Weeber World's "I Heart Guts!" line.
Well, it's not so much a proper line as it is a single shirt in what appears to be a potential line. My guess is that they're trying to fund future shirts from the proceeds they make off this one. Of course I could be wrong there. *shrug* It'd probably help if I mailed her and asked before running my mouth off... But where the fun in that?
Anyhow, the art is delightfully pop and very kid friendly - which is fortunate seeing as how the shirts also come in sizes for the little ones as well as adults. And while I think the Japanese text is a nice touch, I'm sure our boy Tian at Hanzi Smatter is going over it with a fine toothed comb to make sure everything is Kosher.
Tell me I'm on crack if you'd like, but these designs really remind me of Paul Frank's early Julius and Friends line. Very clean, very simple and very cute. I've also gotta admit that I can't wait for the others to hit the site. Especially the kidney.
$21.99 | PayPal | URL | M: M - XL, F: S - L|W|P|113644429101784631|W|P|I Got The Beat!|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
It's completely okay to hate on me for posting this shirt if you wear anything other than a 2XL - which is the only size for this tee that Manifest has left - but this is my blog. And I really do love this shirt.
So suck it up you skinny bitches... Look, I'll hook you up tomorrow, alright?
Alright, maybe I'm a tad bit biased. During my little hiatus, Derek was nice enough to send over a couple shirts to try to get me back in the blogging mood. Out of the handful he sent over - all of which are fucking fantastic by the way - this one immediately went into my rotation. I mean, what's not to love about being able to walk around wearing a big ol' Wu Tang cheat sheet? It also does a really good job of confusing old people...
"Why does your shirt say 'Meth'? Are you on the drugs?"
"No grandma, it's a member of a hip hop group."
"Hip hop, eh? ... Are you sure you don't ride the white pony?"
"That's what they say about people who do heroin, grandma."
"How do you know that?!"
Besides, isn't confusing old people what fashion's all about?
$21.00 | PayPal | URL | M: 2XL |W|P|113635543262771643|W|P|Wu Members|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
"Hey, I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin', but I think unicorns are kick ass!"Dave The Lighting Guy, Orgazmo
You know what? We think unicorns are pretty kick ass too. Especially when their regal majesty is displayed in silhouette form on a rich, brown shirt.
In fact, this shirt is so full of majesty that it could make Chuck Norris cry. And Chuck Norris doesn't cry for anything. But only because his face would break and unleash an unholy plague of locusts upon the region.
So if you decide to buy this shirt, it'd probably be a pretty good idea if you try to avoid Chuck Norris at all costs while wearing it. Because who wants to be the dude responsible for unleashing a biblical class plauge of locusts? I know I don't...
$15.00 | Credit | URL | M: L - 2XL|W|P|113626645933444170|W|P|Unicorn|W|P|boogah@gmail.com
Is there anything more awesome than a thinly veiled oral sex reference for all of the nerdcore kids in the house?
Well, to be perfectly honest, there probably is. But since y'all are the ones who keep this site afloat, we might as well drag ourselves into 2006 pandering directly to you. And by you we mean the RSS reading, file sharing, viral video watching types. You're what marketers would call a key demographic.
Of course we're pretty sure this is going to miff the Pitchfork reading, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah listening crowd who'd much rather that we started off with something a little more artsy. *shrug* Fuck it. As far as first shirts and new years go, this one's good enough...
We'll pander to all the arty indie kids tomorrow, okay?
$17.99 | Credit | URL | M: SM - 3XL, F: S - L|W|P|113617331018992609|W|P|Blow Me|W|P|boogah@gmail.com