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SEIBEI Will Eat Your Bling

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Joe

on April 17, 2008

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Use coupon code FANBLOG at checkout for 10% off all orders at SEIBEI!

FIERCE NEW! at SEIBEI $22

That’s right. SEIBEI (presumably the name of all three of SEIBEI’s dogs, or single three-headed dog, it being on the bowl and all) eats diamonds, and not only on special occasions, but all the time. That’s because SEIBEI (the dog(s)) are minted, as evidenced by the bling-bling gold bone dog collar. Wouldn’t you like to wear something around your neck that’s as cool as that dog’s collar? Maybe like… a necklace or something? Well, now you can:

Dinosaur Necklace - David Murray - SEIBEI

Dinosaur Necklace NEW! at SEIBEI $18

Available in neon pink, white, and black (not shown), SEIBEI’s Dinosaur Necklace tells the word, ‘I love dinosaurs.’ And seriously, who doesn’t? Nobody, that’s who. But please don’t poke your eye out or anything with one of these, because that’s one of David’s greatest fears.

Don’t neglect to checkout the rest of SEIBEI’s new lineup, featuring giant dinosaurs, saying things and eating stuff, and new colorways of the Ice Wizard hoodie at the presale price of $40!

And use coupon code FANBLOG at checkout for 10% off all orders!

Link: [SEIBEI]
Expensiveness: $22
Should you hurry: 10% off coupon code fanblog lasts forever!

P.S. Get as many Sandwich Dinosaur tees as you want for $15 each with the purchase of any other shirt!

Noshing at Kosher Ham

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Joe

on April 17, 2008

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Kosher Ham is a relatively new t-shirt company, straight outta Chicago. All three of us Bonanziers are from Wilmette, which is just a little to the north! So hurray for geographical coincidences! In high school, I would fence people from the high school of Kosher Ham founder Jeremy Bloom. That means we’re basically pretty tight. But you probably came here to find some sweet indie t-shirts, not to read about this kind of crap…

I Nosh at 4:21 NEW! at Kosher Ham

This tee is so great because of its multivalence. You can presume at least two things about the wearer: they’re probably Jewish (what with the noshing and the matzos), and they probably like to indulge in a certain activity that I’m not going to mention here. You know what I’m talking about. I recommend eating your matzoh with a little bit of butter, sprinkled with salt, especially if you’re a first-time matzoh ingester.

I’m more of a 24-hour nosher myself… but I think that comes with the territory. Oh, and they have plenty of other tees that will appeal not only to the Jew first, but to the Greek also.

Link: [I Nosh at 4:21 from Kosher Ham]
Expensiveness: $19.99

Mustache! Mustache! Mustache! (& Friends)

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Joe

on April 16, 2008

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Mustache & Friends! We’re big fans of the mustachio. You should know that. So when there appears, like a lightning bolt forged by the single-eyed cyclopes, only now hurled by Zeus of the Aegis, we rejoice with merry festivals of food and drink, song and dance. And then we write blog posts. Behold… the Batstachio!

Batstachio NEW! at Mustache & Friends (also available in limited-edition necklace form)

Choosing a single favorite tee from Mustache & Friends takes a stiff, hairy upper lip. Which is why I can’t choose just one. I can’t decide between Ahoy and Libre!

Ahoy NEW! at Mustache & Friends

Maybe it’s the timeless connection between sailors and facial hair, or the impracticality of a hairy anchor… but this large print is really charming. I mean, if I saw somebody wearing this shirt I’d want to be their friend. Like, their best friend. Because I definitely pick all of my friends based on how cool their t-shirts are.

Libre NEW! at Mustache & Friends (also available in charcoal)

Libre works so well, in my opinion, because of how subtly the mustache is incorporated into the design. If you weren’t looking for it, it would be easy to miss the neatly-trimmed moustache among the other ornaments on the skull.

Link: [Mustache & Friends]
Expensiveness: $20

Tax Day Sale at 2K

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Greg

on April 16, 2008

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Still reeling from Tax Day? Well, 2K by Gingham is here to help ease your pain the only way they know how—with t-shirts! Use the coupon code APRIL15 and get a whopping 15% off of your purchase. Nice, eh?

Hurry up, though, since the sale’s for today only!

Link: [2K by Gingham]
Expensiveness: 15% off
Should you hurry: Yes, the offer is only good 4/15/2008!

Last Exit To Nowhere

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John

on April 15, 2008

in t-shirts

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I have to assume that most indie t-shirt uh-connoisseurs find corporate tees rather irksome. Despite the fact that shoving money down the voracious gullets of big business is America’s pastime—or, more likely, because of this—it’s difficult to imagine, say, a Threadhead or Hü-man shelling cash for one of these.

I wonder, though. Does the same rule apply if the corporations in question are fictional?

Cyberdyne at Last Exit to Nowhere: £17.50

To be honest, this is the kind of shirt I’d like to see sold outside T2 3-D—understated yet understandable, unlike those grimacing metal skulls engulfed in walls of flame (which, while hardcore in theory, lose some punch when offered in youth sizes).¹ Now, if biomimetic organisms with Austrian accents don’t float your boat, there’s always interplanetary real estate:

Weyland-Yutani Corp. at Last Exit to Nowhere: £17.50

Last Exit to Nowhere doesn’t limit itself to the corporate sphere as imagined by cinema, of course, although those tees do outnumber the rest. The question nagging my mind, though, is whether fawning over companies that don’t exist is any more justifiable than fawning over those that do. My initial reaction is “No, it is a cool shirt, shut up you are over-thinking this,” but … I dunno. I dunno, man!

In any case, I’m sure Last Exit to Nowhere would appreciate your patronage. You can at least take pride in the fact that your money is supporting a proud t-shirt vendor as opposed to one of innumerable marketing divisions of News Corp.

Link: [Last Exit to Nowhere]
Expensiveness: £17.50
[via Militant Geek Custom Shirts]

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¹Incidentally, those of you interested in reading a critique of Disneyland’s affinity for the hard sell—and how it wasn’t always like this—click here.

This Week in T-Shirts, April 6-12

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Fantastic Blognanza!

on April 13, 2008

in This Week in T-Shirts

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T-Shirts at Discount Rates

Endangered Wear: use coupon code fourdays for 20% off through 8/13/2008.
Vintage Cotton: use coupon code FIVEOFFTEE for, well… $5 off tees!
Thriving Ink (read all the info): use coupon code CUST1 for 15% off the large variety of artistic t-shirts at Thriving Ink.
Progresswear (read all the info): LIERAQ is on sale for $5 off, with a portion of proceeds going to Veterans for Peace.

New T-Shirt Shops

Mustache and Friends: Any site devoted in some way to the noble art of facial hair is pretty okay in my book. These shirts are ’stache-tastic!
Monsieur Poulet: A Threadless-inspired t-shirt design competition based in France.
Kosher Ham: From their about page: “Kosher Ham is crunchy yet smooth but somehow gets lodged in-between your teeth.” ‘Nuff said.
Indivisual Clothing: Check out Faux Fox for some fun fuzzy faux fox fur.
Red Bubble: You won’t be able to get the impressive Transmitter - Receiver after April 23 rolls around, so hurry up and take a peek!

News from T-Shirt Shops

GearCrave: Win free tees from NerdyShirts!
Designgive: These guys consistently put out amazing designs, and you can feel warm and fuzzy after you’ve bought one because you know a portion of the proceeds will go to charity.
Limitees: “Selekkted Design T-Shirts for Europe”, their site proclaims. Europe, indeed—for Americans who have to deal with a killer exchange rate, these pretty shirts are pretty pricey.
lhome: Three new abstract monochrome designs, and another one that involves a giant match.
Artifex Shirts: Two new eco-friendly shirts at Artifex. Also, their Earth Day Sale is still going on, so check it out!
NerdyShirts: NerdyShirts has joined the t-shirt design competition party!
Akumu Ink: Two dark new designs (one of ‘em is black on black!) and 15% off a few selected shirts might pique your interest.

Featured

Guerilla Foundation (read our full review): catering to all of your Planet of the Apes-related t-shirt needs.
Thriving Ink (read all the info): use coupon code CUST1 for 15% off the large variety of artistic t-shirts at Thriving Ink.
Fabric Edition at Design by Humans (read all the info): Design by Humans have unveiled their new custom t-shirts, available blank for you to try for $10.
Fantastic Bonanza vs. ROFLCon (read all the info): a sneak peek of the t-shirt Fantastic Bonanza designed for ROFLCon.
Glennz Tees (read our full review): a handful of new t-shirts produced by Threadless superstar, Glenn Jones.
Progressear (read all the info): LIERAQ is on sale for $5 off, with a portion of proceeds going to Veterans for Peace.
Pyknic (read all the info): $3 t-shirts, this weekend only!

$3 T-Shirts!

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Joe

on April 12, 2008

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Yep, you heard right! Pyknic are having a $3 tax break sale. A handful of items are on sale for $3, while a few others are under $10! The sale lasts for this weekend only.