shakespeare

"Oh, God. People are still reading Hamlet?
Jesus, I wrote that shit in like one fortnight.
I owed some people some money, you know what I'm saying?
Shakespeare got to get paid, son."
thats the full quote from yet another
married to the sea
being an actor, you acquire a certain amount of
shakespeare paraphernalia

not the father

"Love Seat... in the case of one year old Padded Chair,
you are... Not the father."
and the loveseat is saying, "BITCH I TOLD YOU"
another fine tshirt from the fine folks at
married to the sea

cards!

'ive got a card', 'mine is blank', 'cards!'
from the fine people at
married to the sea
the funniest online comic ever
marriedtothesea.com

duran duran

duran duran
a store-bought-parking-lot-tshirt
theres this guy in downtown la
he has a shop full of these things
along with: al b! sure, men at work,
and some deadstock jeans, all kinds of stuff.
and dust, lots of dust

dearland (2)

elvis perkins in dearland (2)
this one i bought online,
to support the release of his latest album
hes just great, folks...

dearland

elvis perkins in dearland

the merch guy at one of elvis's early shows gave
2 of these tshirts to my girlfriend and i
www.elvisperkinsindearland.com

whitesnake

whitesnake
1988
another value village find
all i can think about with this tshirt
is tawny kitaen on the front of a sportscar

radiohead (again)

radiohead
i got this one from a guy i knew in england
i said, 'nice tshirt, ill give you a quid for it...'
best $1.77 i ever spent

radiohead

radiohead - we hope that you choke
my buddy has been to see radiohead about 5 times
and sometimes he goes to a show, and he buys a tshirt
then gives it to me
this is a patch, sewn on to the tshirt

the hungry march band

the hungry march band
i saw these guys in a small bar on the LES
and they played my dear friends wedding
theyre an incredibly messy and fun mix
of klezmer, gypsy, and sousa

the cars

the cars
their first album was the first cassette i ever bought
got the tshirt at wasteland in sf

def leppard

def leppard - hysteria
another value village score from back in the day
apparently, this tshirt was printed in 1987
back when they were the biggest band in the world
'pour some sugar on meeeeh'

the brian jonestown massacre

the brian jonestown massacre
i was a latecomer to these guys after i watched 'DIG!'
got this tshirt online, to, hopefully,
encourage anton to stop kicking hecklers in the face
and also because the gorgeous zia from the dandys wears 1
(late posting due to show opening, forgive me)

reba

reba
a concert parking lot tshirt
something i picked up at the now closed
value village in medford, or
this shirt has become a spiderweb, held together only with
strands of polyester

britney

britney spears
'dream within a dream' tour
purchased for me by some dancer friends in 02
hit me baby one more time

wonder

mr stevie wonder (again)
i made this tshirt from a picture i took
of this design of his face that i found
on a dumpster in nyc
one of the most commented-upon tshirts i own

stevie

mr stevie wonder
another tshirt i had made in cz
less odd-fitting than joni, but still pretty janky
my love of stevie began with seeing him as the guest
and host of SNL, in a rerun in around 94-5

wakata

wakata (on the back)
this tshirt is from the local we used to hang out at in letna
my fondest memory of that place was going to the bakery
it was right around the corner, and youd go over in the middle of the
night and get tons of rolls and pastries and bring em back
to the bar for everyone to enjoy.
for about 2 bucks, youd feel like the king of the world
yet another odd-fitting cz tshirt

joni

joni mitchell
a tshirt i had made in cz, back in the day
one of the worst-fitting tshirts i own
but damn do i love that picture

crackerjack III

north american pictures crackerjack III
the last of many films i made for this company
in a converted potato factory, somewhere in cz
another in a long line of odd-fitting czech tshirts

fiat 127

fiat 127
i made this tshirt a couple of years ago with my friends sarahs help
its a scan of a picture of one of the coolest cars ever made
check it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_127

the globe

the globe bookstore & coffeehouse prague, the cz
this was my 'work tshirt' that i got from my ex, kaca
i worked at the globe for 4+ years
this tshirt is gigantic on me

i am not competing with you

i am not competing with you
i got this tshirt from iamtees.com
about 4 (?) years ago
comes in handy the 1st day of work

born to run

born to run
my buddy barry found this in a thrift store, years ago
the iron on print is gigantic, and makes the tshirt feel like a plastic bag
awesome

ah oh um hmm

one of david byrne's 'my backwards life tour' tshirts -2004
this is the first american apparel tshirt i ever bought
and it got me totally addicted
this is a tshirt i always travel in, and, i gotta admit
i might wear it again

ironic

ironic
another one i made, more recently
from a picture i took in front of a chuch in new haven, ct

i heart la

i (ostentatiously) heart la
purchased this past winter at pop killer
in little tokyo

i heart ba

i heart ba
purchased on a recent trip to buenos aires, ag
it makes me wish i had bought an 'i fleur-de-lis no' and an 'i kiwi nz'
when i was there...

i tree or

i tree or
found this shirt online at cafepress
it gets comments like, 'tree is an emotion?'

i heart jew

i love jew, indeed
a riff i did on an old favorite
part of a series this week of 'I Love ____'