Ocean’s Outcasts

Of rubber boots and old car tires. I wonder how many of these man-made items lurk under the deep blue sea. Our buddy Glenn Jones of Glennz Tees imagines what would happen if those man-made goods turned ocean trash could actually nibble on bait. If they could then maybe we’d have cleaner oceans? Wishful thinking.

Ocean’s Outcasts is available now from Glennz Tees for $19.95.

Edward Teabelly: A Jolly Good Brew

These T-Shirt from Edward Teabelly are just fabulous. If you’re going to do a T-Shirt brand with a theme centered around drinking and consuming beverages, like tea, then this is the way to go. The shirts are fun, spunky, and well designed. I’m a fan. Now where’s Mason Javabelly?

My favorite of the bunch featured here is the black and orange A Jolly Good Brew design. Each of the designs are printed on American Apparel tees and feature a woven neck tag and woven top hat sleeve tag. All three T-Shirts are available now from Edward Teabelly for £16.00.

Ai WeiWei: The Most Dangerous Man In China

Before today, I never knew who Ai WeiWei was. Apparently, he is a threat to the Chinese government. He’s a threat because he is an artist and activist. Ai WeiWei has been very outspoken about the Chinese government. He “declared that China’s government has no humanity — and that the Communist Party is trying to silence anyone who disagrees with it.” He is an interesting character, check out the video below featuring an interview from CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. It’s an eye opener.

Of course, with controversy come interesting T-Shirts. Here are a few Ai WeiWei T-Shirts that I found interesting.

For more information on Ai WeiWei, please visit Free Ai WeiWei. For more politically inspired T-Shirts, please visit BanT-Shirts.

And here’s naked Ai WeiWei just because.

This Is Spinal Tape

Looking for some interesting packing tape? This is the roll for you. Brought to you by the fine people over at BustedTees. And of course, while you’re there you can even buy a T-Shirt or two!

It’s also useful for those of you that simply like to put tape on your bodies. Are you one of those?

This Is Spinal Tape is available now from BustedTees for $8. Click on the Fun Stuff category to find it.

Labyrinth Subtleties Backpack

This is cool. A few days ago I mention Labyrinth’s Key To Life T-Shirt. Now, I stumbled upon their Subleties Backpack. It’s simple and modern. Best of all, it will not cost you an arm and a leg. The backpack is priced at $24.99, which is very reasonable. It also features a custom leather patch debossed with the Labyrinth logo and custom Labyrinth zippers. Only 20 of these limited edition backpacks were made so be sure to pick one up now if you’re interested.

The Labyrinth Subleties Backpack is available now from Labyrinth Clothing for $24.99.

Design a T-Shirt and Win a Ton of STUN Sunglasses!

Arizona based indie Sunglasses maker, STUN, is celebrating 70,000 Facebook fans. That’s a lot of Facebook fans! They are so stoked that they are having a T-Shirt design contests – their first one ever. You design a STUN T-Shirt and the STUN team will select their favorite three. From there, the STUNation [all you STUN fans] will vote for the winning design.

Of course, there are prizes. Some pretty dope prizes to be exact. The prizes are as follows:

• Grand Prize: A STUN pack which includes every single pair of shades we offer, a hat, a sticker, and of course, a copy of the winning shirt.
• 2 Runners Up: A pair of STUN sunglasses of your choice and a copy of the winning shirt.

Head on over to the official STUN website for more details and a link to a high res version of the STUN logo for use in your design. All art files will be accepted so get creative! Everything is fair game. Submit all entries to tdesign [at] stunglasses.com. Enter as many times as you’d like!

New to STUN shades? These are some of my handpicked favorites. You can also check out their full line of STUN shades here.

2 Bros Plumbing: Where You at Mario and Luigi?

It’s been a very long time since I’ve posted a T-Shirt from our friends at Go Ape Shirts (Hi Josh!). Their latest creation is buzz worthy because it’s a one of those video game parody T-Shirts that you just have to have. And if you’re like me and grew up in the 80′s playing Super Mario Bros then you will LOVE this T-Shirt. The shirt was designed by Austin, Texas based graphic designer, bortwein. It features a fictional van that Mario and Luigi may have used in some alternate Nintendo universe. It’s great. And that product shot, are you kidding me, it’s so awesome!

2 Bros Plumbing is available now from Go Ape Shirts for $21.99.

Want more video game T-Shirts? Check out this list:

Frank & Jan Does George Carlin’s Seven Words

Frank & Jan asks, “In this day and age, are George Carlin’s seven words really that offensive anymore?”

Nah, not really.

Unless of course you’re one of those super conservative people. Or, one of those with “morals.” And to that I’d have to, LOL. Laugh. Out. Loud. And then I’d repeat the Seven Words in your face.

This limited run of Seven Words (aka the Shit Piss Fuck Cunt Cock Sucker Mother Fucker & Tits T-Shirt) is available now from Frank & Jan. Email info [at] frankandjan.com if you’re interested. Or you could pick it up from Underground HipHop for $23.97.

Since you’re here, check out these photos from Frank & Jan’s recent booth at The Agenda Show that I copped from the Frank & Jan Facebook page (LIKE them up).

Labyrinth’s Key To Life

What’s the Key To Life? If you knew the answer to that then you’d probably either be 1. very enlightened, or 2. very rich. Actually, you’d probably be both. Key To Life is part of Labyrinth Clothing’s Ancient Series and depicts an Ancient Egyptian inspired illustration revealing a hieroglyphic message of the Key to Life on a cartouche, “The key to life is that life is a Labyrinth” so where will yours take you?

Key To Life is available now from Labyrinth Clothing for $16.50.

PS: It’s cool to see Labyrinth Clothing still kicking. They were one of the first indie brands that I covered when I started this blog. Many of those early brands have died off, Labyrinth Clothing has survived. Awesome.

7-Striped Knee-High Fur Face Boy Socks

Socks! Few of you might know this, but I’m actually a sock nut! Okay, that did not sound very appropriate. I swear to GOD that I typed that with a clean mind. Seriously though, I love socks. I’ve got a drawer full of weird socks with different designs, stripes, colors, etc. The funkier, the better. So I have to give my boy Ha Mai of Fur Face Boy propos for branching out and releasing custom made Fur Face Boy high-knee socks. They look awesome and I bet they feel just as awesome.

These fancy 7-Striped Knee-High Fur Face Boy Socks are available now from Fur Face Boy for $12.