Handsome Men’s Club T-Shirt

I don’t watch Jimmy Kimmel. There’s no particular reason that I don’t watch him. I just don’t. I have seen a few clips on youtube though and some of the sketches were funny. The whole Matt Damon, Sarah Silverman thing was quite good. Well, it did deteriorate but it started out well. I just saw this video and I’m not sure if it was funny or if it was interesting just because there were a lot of stars in it but anyway, I’m pretty sure that there will be a ton of HMC t-shirts coming out soon because of it and not surprisingly the first one I found was from Zazzle. Actually I was just about to upload my own version when I found it and as it was better than mine I decided to post about it.

Traitor at Busted Tees

Some of you might know that I follow Jake and Amir and as I was watching their latest video today I noticed that Jake was wearing a Chop Shop t-shirt. What’s the problem you make ask? Well, Jake works for College Humor who run Busted Tees. Talk about Busted.

You can get this sweet t-shirt from the Chop Shop Store for only $20.

Edward Hill is the new Rick Astley

I came across this video the other day in the Daily Beast. I thought for sure someone would make a tee but I was expecting it to be some hardworking Zazzle entrepreneur rather than the boys at College Humor. Anyway, I believe that instead of people giving you links to Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up video you will be diverted to this video. You know, for lulz. When I saw this tee on Busted Tees I had to show Mrs. Retro where it came from and my baby heard it and was totally into it. She was doing the one year old boogie, arms a swinging, the occasional clap and the totally off-tune, off-time sing-along.

Awesome upside down GAP

I admit that I am a GAP fan. Well, I like GAP during the sales and my little girl wears a lot of GAP. I don’t wear so much myself but I have a few pairs of shorts and jeans. Anyway this is a cool video promoting some new money back system.

No one cares! Really!

I have a Facebook account but I hardly ever log in. I don’t have much of a need for it. Sure I have been able to make contact with a few people I had lost touch with but I think I still their email addresses somewhere. Anyway, I do occasionally log in and I have to say I hate all these requests where you have to add some application to your page. I did it a few times but then realized that it was a mistake and started to remove and block almost all of them. Now I have noticed that the updates area is full of spam about Mafia Wars, farms and zoos. And really who gives a shit. You want to play the games that’s fine but their is no need to inflict that shit on the rest of us. Luckily I have found that it is pretty easy to hide them from the updates. Just rollover the update, click on the hide button that appears and then select hide this application. No more Mob Wars, Farmville etc.

This shirt from JiNX is a perfect way to tell your friends to stop that shit now. Because no one does care about your farm.

Star Wars parody at Flying Mouse 365

Star Wars sells. That’s a fact. Yesterday there was a Start Wars parody on TeeFury and even though it was pretty lame, a re-imagining of the “We can do it!” poster with Princess Leia as the riveter. Today Flying Mouse have released 7 new shirts and 2 new hoodies that will be available for only one week and one of them is a Star Wars parody tee. It’s definitely more fun than Leia the Riveter. Check it and Flying Mouse’s other tees now.

Cumshots and more from East Village Boys

I can see where the East Village Boys are going with their small line of t-shirts. They are deliberately creating something that is kinda gross knowing that people will want to write about them and talk about how gross they are thus spreading the word about their line of t-shirts. The no news is bad news theory in practice. And what do you know? It’s working.

Anyway the first tee shirt here is called the cumshot tee and is designed to look like someone came on your shirt. Why the hell someone would want a t-shirt like this is beyond me but somehow I don’t find it all that surprising that someone is trying to sell it.

$30-$35 including shipping.

The second tee here takes the word Rottweiler and chnages it to  Cottweiler. I am guessing it is derived from the words “caught while”. I’d say I’d leave the rest up to your imagination but by posting a photo of the tee I think you don’t need to use your imagination. Sweet design but I am not too sure I’d want my daughter to see me wearing a t-shirt of a dog masturbating.

There was another limited edition t-shirt (75) of what looks like people pissing on New York and while I am not really into that idea and am sure a few New Yorkers would be pissed about it too I do like the chalkboard style artwork.

Payments are through PayPal and you can check out their site and find out more details in the East Village Boys store.

Wild Hoodies

These hoodies would definitely make great gifts for kids at the holidays. The wild animal versions are the best in my opinion but the dog design is cute and great for girls and boys who may not want a terrifying creature at their beck and call. They are available from the Discovery Channel Store.

There are several other versions too. Check them out in the Discovery Store.

Humour Tees from BlackSheep78

Don’t let the site design fool you. BlackSheep78 peddle humor t-shirts, plain and simple. And plain and simple would also be a fitting description for the designs/tshirts. The tees are all one or two color designs  but nothing that really blows me away. That said, I could wear most of them and I do like the I Like Grass tee. It’s a great tee for Paddy’s Day. It’s green and funny and you don’t have to put it away on March 18th.

The background to the store is more interesting than the store itself I think. As you may have noticed, the tees don’t really suit the style of the web store. Looking at that web store I was expecting to see some really gothic/dark designs with lots of skulls. But then you browse you see bright happy designs, designs that you would expect to see at Busted Tees or somewhere like that.

Anyway, here is the story of how BlackSheep78 got started from Tim, who runs the site.

BlackSheep78 is essentially a black sheep in it’s own right. A far departure from what it was originally set out to become, it has since transitioned into something very different.

BlackSheep78’s initial ideation was to become a more high-end creative/illustrative based t-shirt design company. Along the way we (a friend and myself) decided that we would do everything ourselves. We did the research for business, printing, marketing, came up with a brand positioning, identity, designed shirts and a website, then ordered our equipment and supplies. We soon found out that printing was not as easy as it looked. My friend got discouraged and gave up, I on the other hand (with help from friends and family) continued on. After getting comfortable with the general printing process, one of the first things I realized is that we should have ordered a press with micro-registration and a larger drying unit. The sometimes intricate, complex, and almost always multi color shirts we had designed would never quite get that exact registration and when it was pretty spot on, it would never hold for very long. The dryer was only 16×16 and many of the designs we printed w ere larger than this, curing was inconsistent and could not be trusted. Now by myself (pretty much), I decided not to waste the money I had invested to this point and would instead redesign the shirts to primarily one color and occasionally two color college humor style shirts. The large majority of the designs are completely original with a few classics that you may have seen before. We’ve come a long way and have even farther to go but I’m pleased with the results so far, I hope you like them too.

This is no small endeavor that Tim has taken on and he’s doing a pretty good job of it. I can understand the the challenges he is facing on many levels as he tries to get his business off the ground. Tim tells me that when he can recoup his costs he is going to set up a new site to sell the type of tee he originally hoped to and I am looking forward to it but for now it’s one $14.99 (great price) humor tee at a time.

Super Friends with Benefits T-Shirt

I came across this tee this morning although I have a feeling that I have seen it before somewhere. It is on sale at T-Shirt Bordello which has a really nice collection of pop culture tees. I will post about them again.

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