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I think you have to deface them first. (My condolences, by the way.)

kerble wrote:

Mayfair wrote:Your band has T-SHIRTS?! Man, what sellouts! I though it was all about THE MUSIC?!

haha.

what about: C/NC-playing with your band's dolls

Holy shit, I know a woman who dated a guy who has an action figure modeled after himself.

(I also know a guy named Ken who married a woman named Barbie).

-A

I say it doesn't matter. People here and everywhere are way too focused on what clothes people are wearing. Who cares!? As far as I'm concerned, I often run out of clean clothes, I'm a very busy person, so I grab whatever I can grab, and, of course, I have plenty of my band's t-shirts, so I throw it on. I'm not trying to promote my band, it was just clean shirt, so I put it on.

kerble wrote:

My houseguest looked over my shoulder and said "Hey, are those DEVO dolls?"

Yes, that is the sound of his ass getting kicked to the curb.

I think it's funny most of the time. I think it's especially funny when it's pretty obvious who someone is.

Lou Reed wearing a Lou Reed shirt.

Alex Chilton wearing an Alex Chilton shirt.

Mick Jagger wearing a Rolling Stones shirt.

Funny.

tmidgett wrote:Mick Jagger wearing a Rolling Stones shirt.

Funny.

I once read a piece about a guy who worked for a T-shirt and souvenier company, handling merch sales for a lot of big-shot rock bands. He worked a Rolling Stones tour once, and claimed that every night after the show, Jagger would look at the sales sheet and see what was moving (they were carrying thirty or forty different items at each show). If a particular shirt wasn't selling, Mick would make a point of wearing it on stage, and invariably there would be a sales spike on it that evening. This explains a lot about why Jagger wears a Rolling Stones shirt. The guy from the Verve Pipe, I have no fucking idea.

I read an interview with Tina Weymouth, where she was talking about wearing shirts with her own band name on it.

Apparently, when they were trying to decided what to call the band, they took a few of their best ideas, printed them on T-shirts, and walked around town in them for a while.

Weymouth's red T-shirt with Talking Heads in silver letters generated a fair amount of negative attention. She says one passerby on the street accosted her, saying "Is that the name of a band? That's a terrible name for one.." and another just snarled, "Ooh, I hate that," while passing by.

Apparently they thought a name that bugged people that much would stick in your head.

Anyway, this is the only N/C instance of wearing your own band's shirt I am aware of.

i used to think it was dumb for all the obvious reasons... but it's only dumb if you're doing it to show it off, promote your band or to jerk off your ego. I just don't care. I may have worn our t-shirts to a show, and i don't even know, or care. I like our shirts. They are all hand made and they fit me nicely. That's all the reasoning I need to wear a shirt whenever I want. The only thing I consider when picking out a shirt to play in is if it is comfortable to play in. So if i accidentally grab our band's t-shirt then that's what I'm wearing. Regardless, I don't even think they say push-pull on them.

mike

MTAR wrote:I may have worn our t-shirts to a show, and i don't even know, or care. I like our shirts. They are all hand made

you mean, like in a sweat shop?

kerble wrote:

MTAR wrote:I may have worn our t-shirts to a show, and i don't even know, or care. I like our shirts. They are all hand made

you mean, like in a sweat shop?

yes!



actually, i meant hand-screened.

thanks,
mike