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[robinbloke]

One other good thing about the weekend is that I managed to find my old 101 Damnations Carter USM T-shirt, which is amazingly ancient and almost certainly doesn't fit me still. Now I'm not a fan of band T-shirts generally speaking, I have in fact (if I recall correctly) a grand total of two, the other being a very dodgey Sisters T-shirt which I bought in my early Goth years (the first time around).
Anyway, as I say, I'm not a fan of band T-shirts and was going to attempt to explain why, although I had to stop for a moment there in order to explain it to myself, as it were. Not that it will particularly effect yourself reading this, but there you go. A mental speedbump for me is simply three extra sentences of utterly irrelevant rambling for you - so I suppose effectively it has effected you as you have even more tangential gibberish to wade through in order to determine if any of this entire mess of babbling has any use or sense whatsoever.
T-shirts. Yes. What I object to is turning oneself into a marketing tool, and in wearing a band T-shirt you are effectively a part of direct product placement, what I object to even more is any company that sells it's products simply by taking a shirt or whatever and sticking their name on it (Prime candidates being GAP and French Connection, etc) as what does this say? Does it say that you are cool and funky or does it say that you wish to 'heartily endorse this product' and instantly identify yourself as a member of the subculture that the company is marketing itself to? Or maybe it's just marketing itself in general I object to, it's the new religion of the post mind-revolution years - basing that on the principal we've already had industrial revolution, social revolution, mind/religion revolution. But then my history and social events knowledge isn't that hot so it's all just opinion - but hey if you didn't want opinion other than yours you'd go off an be a hermit somewhere wouldn't you?
Back to the tracks for the 10:14 to Luton Mill. Hmmm. I'm considering other bands and such and I think about the only other one I'd be happy to wear would be a Frankie Goes to Hollywood T-shirt; or more specifically one that had "Frankie says" on the front. Because I am happy to have identification with that, although it's not something I directly identify with (FGTH having certain connotations I don't lean towards, I could tangent here but won't - shocking I know) but it's a soundbyte I can agree with for no reason I can easily explain. Probably why I like T-shirts with small comments on them.
But then "If in doubt, wear black." I say.

Comments

No Logo

[davywavy.livejournal.com]

I refuse to wear branded or slogan clothing where possible, and if anyone gets me any it becomes sleeping & gymwear (sometimes both at once).

Re: No Logo

[robinbloke.livejournal.com]

/salute

This is actually exactly what I indend to use the Carter T-Shirt for, gymwear that is.

T-Shirts

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I have few band T-Shirts and a number more of roleplay events and a couple of slogan ones.
I don't have any logo/brand shirts because I don't wear brand clothes.

What I would never wear in public are the T-Shirts I got from clients, as this isn't really something I'd like to be a billboard for. And most of them are quite dire as well...

[sherbetsaucers.livejournal.com]

I don't give a crap either way.

Band Shirts!

[sue-b.livejournal.com]

The best ones that you can get are ones that don't have the band emblazen across them, for example is the one I have Incubus Succubus from the Wytches Tour.

Logo shirts are fun, although I try to avoid branded shirts

Current T-Shirt: Past Times: "Though I look old yet I am strong and lusty"

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Same here. The branded things i've got are a reebok T-shirt my mother bought when i said "I need some stuff for PE, can you get me something while you're in town?" and she got me that (doh), and a nightshirt with deranged looking chickens on that my grandmother bought me, which i now use for dishcloths because it's too scary to sleep in.

Deranged chickens?

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

But when it's dark you can't see them, unless they glow in the dark or something...