T-Shirt Tuesday #7: Forbidden Future

Forbidden Future!

What’s not to like about this week’s featured tee?  Robots?  Check.  Sci-fi mash-up goodness featuring Forbidden Planet AND Futurama?  Check.

I managed to miss this shirt when it was first featured on Shirt.Woot, but ended up getting it when they had a special sale along with a sweet robot hoodie.  Due to a printing error that had Bender/Robby printed in gold, I received a replacement shirt with the robot in appropriate silver metallic ink as seen above.  I got to keep the very rare misprint and it has a comfy place in my closet where it has not been worn.

Aside from the iconic image of Robby the Robot, it was the fact that it featured Futurama (one of my all-time favorite shows) on it.  I cannot convey how happy I was to discover that Comedy Central had decided to resurrect this show that was cancelled well before its time.  There may be some more of these shirts floating around on the Internet so I highly recommend snagging one if you have a love for Futurama, Forbidden Planet or just robots in general.  Now I just need to find a Popplers shirt that I like.  Until next time, always obey the HypnoToad and always wear tees.

T-shirt Tuesday #6: Caturday!

To say that I have a lot of cat themed T-shirts would be an understatement. I do have quite a few, but this one would have to be one of my favorites.  This week’s sartorial shout out is Caturday.  What’s not to like about a tabby with green laser eyes on a Mayan calendar?   Per the designer’s Etsy page:

The prediction: When the Mayan calendar ends on 12/21/12 it will be Caturday. Cats will take over the world and shoot lasers out of their eyes.

When that day comes, I want to be prepared to let those cats know what side I am on.

I actually came across this shirt at the Austin Flea a few months back and had to have it.  It’s perfect for any day and always gets funny comments from people.  You can get your own Caturday gear (sweatshirts & totes, too!) from the geniuses at Hot Line Design Ink at their Etsy shop.  I think I need to get a new shirt as this one is fitting quite big these days.  Their Austin Bats are Tight shirt is quite awesome (and purple!) as well.

So until next time, watch out for cats with laser eyes and keep wearing tees!

T-Shirt Tuesday #5: Herbsaint

Oh the Sazerac, one of my favorite mixed drinks though I tend to generally be a purist when it comes to spirits (usually neat or on the rocks, thanks).  So for this T-Shirt Tuesday, I chose to feature my recently acquired Herbsaint shirt.  I love the vintage label look of it plus it gives some props to my hometown of New Orleans.

For those not familiar with Herbsaint, it is an absinthe, originally made by a New Orleans apothecary named L. Marion Legendre.  While he secretly made his concoction during Prohibition, it wasn’t until post Prohibition that he was able to release it to the public under the name Absinthe Legendre.  Unfortunately for Mr. Legendre, just months later, the US government cracked down on absinthe due to what was believed to be its “ill effects” on people (haha), so the name was changed to Herbsaint.  It is especially fitting that today’s sartorial shout out is Herbsaint since May 12th marked the 115th birthday of Mr. Legendre.  So raise a glass (and wear a tee) until next time!

T-Shirt Tuesday #4: Black Star Co-op

For this week’s T-shirt Tuesday, I felt the need to share one of my many Austin-related beer shirts.  While I have a serious love for all of my local breweries, Black Star Co-op gets this week’s sartorial shout-out.

You see, back long ago, I was in 4-H.  No, I did not grow up on a farm or raise animals (aside from the occasional cat).  I did, however, compete in various 4-H speaking contests at the state and local level.  One such category I competed in was Co-op Public Speaking.  Despite the title, this was not a contest where two people gave a speech together though that would have been  interesting.  This was a contest where you gave a speech extolling the virtues of Cooperatives in general.  So needless to say, I learned a whole lot about cooperatives.  Aside from some food co-ops which usual specialize in whole and locally grown foods, the most common co-op that most folks will encounter is the credit union.

Fast forward to 2008, when I heard about Black Star Co-op, the world’s first cooperative pub and brewery right here in Austin.  At that time, Black Star didn’t have a physical brewery, but the idea alone intrigued me.  Cooperative Brew Pub?  Sign me on!  So I am a member-owner of this fine establishment.  Aside from just the general coolness that is a Co-op Brew Pub, Black Star is committed to paying workers a living wage – meaning no tipping allowed, serving locally sourced, sustainable food, and brewing delicious beers. So, good for your conscious and your taste buds.  Win-win, I say!

If you’re in Austin, give Black Star Co-op a try on principle alone, though the beers are pretty top notch too! Until next week, raise your glass and sport your favorite tee!

T-Shirt Tuesday #3: Doctor Hoo

This Tuesday’s T-shirt brings together two of my favorite things – Doctor Who and owls!  Artist Mallory Dyer really knocked it out of the park with her adorable owl versions of all eleven doctors.  This closely edges out one of my other favorite anthropomorphic versions of Doctor Who, Doctor Mew.  Though I don’t have a Doctor Mew T-shirt, I do have a print hanging in my office and it makes me chuckle daily.

I ordered this tee about a year ago from Threadless and it has remained one of my most beloved wardrobe items.  My love for Doctor Hoo is so great that I actually have 3 versions of it – 2 sizes of the tee version  and one zip-up hoodie!  When I was in London last summer and visited the Doctor Who Experience, I got a couple of comments from people who worked there, asking where I got it.  In fact, I often have people ask about this shirt in the strangest places like the doctor’s office.    I guess Whovians are pretty widespread these days.

Threadless has a few sizes still available, but they often reprint if they get enough requests so if you like it, let them know!  Until next Tuesday’s sartorial shout-out – Be comfy, wear a T-shirt!

T-shirt Tuesday #2: ClayTone Productions

So for the second edition  of T-shirt Tuesday, I am giving a sartorial shout-out to  Claytone Productions, the awesome sound team that works with Blue Goggles Films.  Working with these guys has made me really appreciate how much good sound impacts a film.  They totally work some audio magic.  So check out their website and follow them on Twitter @ClayToneProd (seriously, some of the tweets that come out of all-night/all-day mixing marathons are quite funny).

NOTE:  So yes, the first 2 T-shirt Tuesdays have featured T-shirts given to me by my friends and publicize their businesses.  But I didn’t just feature them because they were free (though I do love a free tee) or because they were from my friends.  They were T-shirt Tuesday featured tees because I really like what they are doing – small artistically driven endeavors.  That said, most, if not all, T-shirt Tuesday featured tees will be ones that I bought because I found them in one way or another irresistible.  Until next time, Vive le T-shirt!

T-shirt Tuesday – Inaugural Edition

I have an unabashed love of t-shirts.  Not only are they oh so comfy, but they are a nice way of letting folks know what you like.  Also, they tend to be relatively cheap.  While I have always been on the look out for fun tees, the abundance of daily/biweekly/monthly shirt sites has both emptied my wallet and filled my closet within the past year.   Because of this (and the fact that I am somewhat lazy and this gives me an easy blog entry) I have decided to feature one of my many (and ever growing collection) of T-shirts.  So I present to you, gentle readers, the inaugural edition of T-shirt Tuesday.

Since this is the first of hopefully many T-shirt Tuesdays, I wanted it to be special.  The featured tee, though quite new, is one near and dear to my heart as it is for Blue Goggles Films.  Blue Goggles Films is an Austin based production company focusing on video game inspired content. Pretty cool, huh?   Over the past couple of years I have been lucky enough to work with them on a number of short films, so having a way to advertise for these guys makes me so happy.  Check out their YouTube channel, subscribe, and all that good stuff because there are a number of fun shorts planned for the coming months.

Check out one of my personal favorites below.

If you dig the tee or you just want to give a sartorial shout-out to a kick-ass production company, pick up your very own Blue Goggles T-shirt !  That’s it for the first T-shirt Tuesday.  Until next time, live long and wear T-shirts.