Band T-shirt Etiquette

b) I bought a Black Dice t-shirt at their show, and I still don't have the record.

c) I still don't believe in wearing the concert-t the day after the show.

Call me poseur, call me what you will.

It's that about-face hypocrisy that grates on me, though I just chuckle because if they want to pay $80 for one of the damn things, go right ahead.

I dont wear most of my band tees anymore because they were all from that early 90s "everything is size HUGE" era. So look like pyjamas on me. Except for this one very, very old New Order tshirt that has the old III O logo, I dont even know when or where it is from, only that it's an 80s tee - so I still wear that one, as it has a history.

Oh and my Throwing Muses "University" one because it's red, with a yello gun on it, and it looks great.

I have a Killing Joke "Extremities 1990/1991 World Tour" T (black w/red and white print). XL (too large for me). If you want it, send me your address.

Maybe you were there...

Pedant mode off.

OF COURSE I was there! What am I, a novice?

But, thanks very much for your offer. As it stands now, I have upwards of twelve Killing Joke shirts....with more invariably on the way. Suffice it to say, there is no irony involved.

http://missionofburma.com/holdphotos/messageboards/lj/moi/doesthismakemelookfat500bw.jpg

Anyway, then I looked down and realized that I was wearing an RJD2 shirt. That shut me up right quick.

You've just summed up every moment in my life when I've been tempted to make fun of hipsters.

Me, I have a long-sleeved purple Swervedriver shirt that I love dearly. It's warm, too.

What about the Cobra Verde? If the Mission of Burma doesn't make me look fat, what about this one?

Am I too old to be wearing band t-shirts? or holding them up in front of myself?

Where can I buy a swervedriver ls sweat? Maybe that'll cover me up better?

Is it wrong to think that guys in purple band swervedriver shirts are sexy? Especially if it looks like they don't fold it properly when they stuff it in the bureau drawer?

Is there a support group for this problem?

Where is the band t-shirt etiquette monitor?

"s Jeremy Piven sagely intoned in the underheralded classic, "PCU," to a then-portly John Favreau on his way to see the fictitious Merkins while wearing a Merkins t-shirt: "Don't be that guy!" "

I always thought they were talking about the Melvins

They finally solved the dilemma of all young people - how to simultaneously rebel and conform, by rebelling against grown-ups and conforming to each other. Thus to grown-ups they appear simultaneously stuffy and brutish.

And whatever label you wear on your chest, whatever it is, it's about being stuffy, really, isn't it. I guess you could say that about clothes in general but a label is taking it one step further and why would you want to? Except I suppose when you're trying to expose yourself to ridicule through the label like intentionally prostrating yourself in the Beck 'I'm a Loser' sense, but really I would question whether you can honestly claim that you're ever doing that in sincerity.

I loved your "Lost in Lameless" post on your site - re: Lost in Translation. It was so totally dead on. I would absolutely drop the Mission of Burma t-shirt for you. Everyone was telling me how fantastic that movie was...

...Yeah, if you're a middle-aged guy fantasizing about hanging with some young sexy lonely gal.

Puh-leeze. dream on.

And even the acting was crap.

and yes, shameful use of the soundtrack.

My middle-aged saga which will be out soon on DVD is
"Lost in Damnation", set in the "good part" of Burma, and includes scenes of the BurmaKitty lounging naked on some faux leopard lounge, being simutaneously pedicured by no less than six barely legal far eastern type boys while she gets oiled down and fed grapes by some nymphs and Squirrel Bait's "Sun God" is playing over and over again.

http://www.emerchandise.com/images/p/CPM/pzBYCPM0001.jpg

otherwise, who cares what shirt you wear and how you accquired it? ive got tons of t-shirts that found their way to me from boyfriends and friends, so, authenticity/proof of attendence be damned.

my only personal rule about band t-shirts is to not wear them as much around the office, otherwise i am mistaken for a student.

Over two years since the last post, surely cultural mores have shifted some since then?

For example, is it OK to wear a t-shirt for a band whose music you've got off bittorrent but never actually bought?
What if you download a scan of the shirt from bittorrent and print it yourself?

My bro gave me a sweet Grateful Dead tshirt this weekend. Stoked.

pretty sure it's only ok to wear t-shirts for bands you've never heard

i wear what i want, and if it's not ok, you can suck it

:)

the only band t-shirt i have is an old Caribou one, and I was never in to them, liked them live but the albums are boring. Nice design tho, pink lettering on yellow.

Have two record label t-shirts, this:

http://www.boomkat.com/media/stock_images/tectonicredSMALL.jpg

and this (in white):

http://www.catapult.co.uk/resources/cache/resize_fixed_height_resources-product-images-22108-bbkblueoutjpg.350x.jpg

Really couldn't care less about the politics of wearing band shirts, except I always feel it's a bit lame when someone wears the band shirt to the gig, whole lotta stanning goin' on.

i only wear my own band's shirts these days

I own a Univers Zero 1313 t-shirt that has a picture of a random band (not univers zero) on it.

No one ever notices this, however.

i don't have any band shirts any longer, except the very well-fitting Belle & Sebastian shirt i bought on their 2002 tour. i am embarassed to wear it now except when i am doing laundry or going to bed or hungover and putzing.

yea the only thing i have is my Lilith Fair tshirt. i wear it

I'm wearing a Lou Reed New York Tour shirt right now. I was born that year. It's really old and xxl, but I love it.

oops, duh it's old, i meant 'worn,' thx

k whew i was about to deduct points