Who, or what, best fills the blank?
It's amazing how powerful these (really meaningless, ultimately) signifiers csn be. But it was love at first sight with the Thin Lizzy girl in Wichita KS about 10 years ago (esp cos it was Wichita KS) and then another repping Giant Sand at SXSW. What was so intriguing about Giant Sand? Couldn't say.
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 5 January 2017 03:42 (seven years ago) link
I start these inane threads so you don't have to.
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 5 January 2017 03:44 (seven years ago) link
http://i3.cpcache.com/product/167163336/ilx_oval_tshirt.jpg?width=350&height=350&Filters=%5B%7B%22name%22%3A%22crop%22%2C%22value%22%3A%7B%22x%22%3A58.3%2C%22y%22%3A0%2C%22w%22%3A233.3%2C%22h%22%3A280.0%7D%2C%22sequence%22%3A1%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22background%22%2C%22value%22%3A%22F2F2F2%22%2C%22sequence%22%3A2%7D%5D
― soref, Thursday, 5 January 2017 03:53 (seven years ago) link
I suppose the sweet spot for something like this is a band that's really great, but also obscure enough that the shirt serves as compelling evidence of good taste.
For instance: Iron Maiden is one of my favorite bands, but they could easily fall into the role of "best band that a person with bad taste likes" (h/t to sh@kedown, who I believe first said this in the context of Tool). So an Iron Maiden t-shirt, while intriguing, would not be nearly as alluring as, say, a Gang of Four t-shirt (even though I listen to Maiden a lot more).
― JRN, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:03 (seven years ago) link
my alternative answer is a 70s concept album era Kinks t shirt
https://wycovintage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11515698-img4356-800x800.jpg
― soref, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:08 (seven years ago) link
that is just a boss t-shirt
JRN, yeah, a Giant Sand fan goes out of her way to find good music, and yet there's nothing about proclaiming your interest in Giant Sand that seems all "look at me". Plus I'm a big fan.
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:19 (seven years ago) link
A Nixon T-shirt was my first thought, but I've already been chastised for that.
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:19 (seven years ago) link
Girls in Smiths T's were my catnip/kryptonite in college.
― Liquid Plejades, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:21 (seven years ago) link
Nixon t shirt seems like a dangerous choice, because how do you distinguish between a) someone who thinks Nixon was a fascinating monster and b) someone who's a genuine Nixon fanboy/fangirl, like Roger Stone with his collection of Nixon memorabilia, Nixon tattoo etc
― soref, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:29 (seven years ago) link
and by the time you find out, it's too late, you're already in love with Roger Stone
― soref, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:32 (seven years ago) link
Ha I thought you meant a band named Nixon. A girl in a Richard M Nixon tee... provocative, at least.
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:33 (seven years ago) link
http://www.retrocampaigns.com/images/catalog/Richard_Nixon_Unisex.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/e5/c0/c8/e5c0c801a73f7dccb0634699704de0d2.jpg
― soref, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:35 (seven years ago) link
I actually did have a good-looking woman inquire about a Nixon T-shirt I was wearing a few years ago. I immediately turned on what Anthony Hopkins referred to as "the old Nixon charm," after which she just seemed to disappear into the night.
― clemenza, Thursday, 5 January 2017 04:51 (seven years ago) link
I saw a guy walking around my uni campus wearing a Reagan/Bush t shirt a few months ago and I couldn't tell if he was sincere or if he had taken irony to an incredible new level
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 5 January 2017 05:46 (seven years ago) link
it's a thing: http://www.rowdygentleman.com/collections/reagan-bush-84-collection
― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2017 05:47 (seven years ago) link
lol. guess it's a frat bro thing,
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 5 January 2017 06:05 (seven years ago) link
yeah seems chive-y
― Wozniak on Kimye's Baby (jaymc), Thursday, 5 January 2017 06:06 (seven years ago) link
but I maintain that it could make for a very fucked up ironic urban outfitters t shirt
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 5 January 2017 06:10 (seven years ago) link
Birthday Party, Gun Club, Funkadelic, Sun Ra, Meat Puppets, Tusker Beer. Among others.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 5 January 2017 08:31 (seven years ago) link
This Kinks shirt is incredible. My holy grail:
http://www.defunkd.com/public/upload/images/product_images/big/mvtgjunkie_49121397084408.JPG
― Snorting and all (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 5 January 2017 15:21 (seven years ago) link
THAT Kinks shirt, above.
Still, That Sparks T-Shirt...
― Mark G, Friday, 6 January 2017 14:20 (seven years ago) link
I know, right? My cousin had that shirt back when the album came out, via Mary Martin their fan club secretary. I've wanted one ever since, amazed I could GIS one.
― Snorting and all (Dan Peterson), Friday, 6 January 2017 14:56 (seven years ago) link
if I see a girl/guy in a ________ t-shirt I'm probably going to wonder which of my children they're friends with
― Rock Wokeman (Noodle Vague), Friday, 6 January 2017 14:57 (seven years ago) link
By the criteria mentioned in my last post, this would probably be the ultimate for me:
http://i.imgur.com/eifPdo6.png
― JRN, Sunday, 8 January 2017 00:13 (seven years ago) link
https://i.sli.mg/m9eCYh.jpg
― Frobisher, Sunday, 8 January 2017 00:21 (seven years ago) link
http://az58332.vo.msecnd.net/e88dd2e9fff747f090c792316c22131c/Images/Products971972-400x400-3182314.jpg
― The beaver is not the bad guy (El Tomboto), Sunday, 8 January 2017 05:20 (seven years ago) link
probably the closest I came to this feeling IRL was with a guy in a vintage Pop Group "We are all Prostitutes" shirt.
― sarahell, Sunday, 8 January 2017 08:41 (seven years ago) link
Oh, the Thatcher 2 fingers one?
― Mark G, Sunday, 8 January 2017 09:01 (seven years ago) link
yes
― sarahell, Sunday, 8 January 2017 09:05 (seven years ago) link
you can by a t shirt with a picture of Agyness Deyn wearing that t shirt on it
https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.13986530.7614/ra,unisex_tshirt,x1350,fafafa:ca443f4786,front-c,30,60,940,730-bg,f8f8f8.u7.jpg
― soref, Sunday, 8 January 2017 11:34 (seven years ago) link
buy