VELVET BANANA
Pop goes the logo. It's no secret that I love Warhol (obvs)... I also like The Velvet Underground.... and I also like bananas. Winning combination of a rip off... er, tribute. I'm particularly honored to have Marie Antoinette back from the dead to model this one, she still looks great! Available in the shop in vintage white.

Accompanying song: "Pop Life" by Prince (come on, The Velvet Underground would be a little too obvious.) Pop life, pop art, pop culture, pop music..... and this little gem from '85. From the moment this album (Around the World in a Day) came out I have loved, loved, loved this song and just feel it is fitting here.

KING CROW
Rispettare La Natura... Respect Nature... so sayeth the King Crow. Words to pay attention to. Oh but wait, global warming is just a myth isn't it? And the Gulf is all cleaned up and just fine (yes, BP, I'm looking at you.) Let's have a little more respect for this place we all occupy before it's too late. And how cool to have Queen Elizabeth I up there modelling this one (though a little stiff)... Available in 7 colors and long sleeve.

Accompanying song: "Burial" by Miike Snow. Ha! Not what we want to do to Mother Nature. Such a fantastic song though by an equally fantastic band. Their debut album has been out for over a year now, but it is still on heavy rotation with me, and this song definitely strikes a chord.

SYNTH & SYNTHABILITY
Jane Austen's favorite lady rocker, this one knows her way around a harpsichord, except this harpsichord is totally tricked out (word has it she taught Brian Eno a thing or two...) Thanks to Sir Walter Raleigh for modeling this one (apparently he has a thing for the lady rockers.) Available in the shop in 5 colors and long sleeve.

Accompanying song: "Vision One" by Royksopp. I think if our lady rocker were here today she would be playing (and singing) something like this. Excellent track from this Norwegian band's third album, "Junior".

LA REVOLUTION SURREALISTE
Melting clocks to melting faces. An ode to Andre Breton, a former Dada-ist who was instrumental in founding and directing the Surrealist movement in Europe. Breton himself was interested in avant-garde art, anarchistic activism, hypnosis, free association, automatic writing and the outpourings of the mentally ill.

With that in mind, the song of the day to go along with this is "Human Behavior" by Bjork (even moreso the video!) Not to suggest Bjork is mentally ill (!), I love her, and she is just the right amount of 'out there'.

Available in the shop in 7 colors and long sleeve. Quite an interesting model above for this one, a ye olde anarchistic activist.

ECSTASY GARAGE DISCO
Back in 1980 the origins of hip hop were seen in this Bronx club. However, legend has it Ecstasy Garage Disco goes much further back... that night in 1630, that massive rave in an 'underground' cathedral, cherubs tripping on E, and Venus just shredding on the harp... now you can have the t-shirt! For some reason Napoleon is up there modeling this tee (I'm sure he wishes he was there that night, though a bit before his time.) Available in the shop in 7 colors.

Accompanying song: "Lost In the K-Hole" by The Chemical Brothers. This song actually popped into my head while I was working on this shirt, and I'm sure would have been part of the soundtrack at this hot mess of a rave (and if you listen closely I think you can actually hear Venus.)

SKULL BOY
... with the apt subtitle, "my only friends are in my head." I think we can all relate... or maybe it's just me! Regardless, whether this young lad has a creepy collection of skulls in his parents' basement or not, he definitely has a great sense of style. I mean just look at that plume in his hat alone! Dude is cool. (And if he looks a little familiar, I've borrowed him from one of my greeting cards.) I call our model Prince Plume (not sure of his true identity), and he certainly shares a similar taste in fabulous headwear with our t-shirt hero. Available in the shop in 7 colors.

Accompanying song: "Skeleton Boy" by Friendly Fires. Yeah, not a hard connection here. Fun, funky song by a band I really dig. Plus, I can almost see our lad listening to something like this while admiring his "collection". (This is starting to play out like an episode of 'Criminal Minds'!)

WILD KNIGHT
Another one borrowed from my greeting cards, but this time he has traded his shield for his, well, axe. He is definitely the type to let loose with a Flying V... and to turn it up to 11. Our model here is, um, the wild knight. He's a bit into himself and insisted on wearing his own shirt. Available in the shop in 6 colors and long sleeve (no armor though.)

Accompanying song: "Aerodynamic" by the amazing Daft Punk. I can so hear our wild knight playing this riff, so electro/metallic, right up his alley. And if you have ever seen Daft Punk, he actually fits in perfectly with this look.

OFF THE BEATEN TRACK
An ode to an old friend's ultra cool Linn drum machine. This one is all about the groove. Our drummer boy model today is straight out of my "Post Modern Rockers" t-shirt. He may be wearing his drum, but he's open to the technology of the Linn! Available in the shop in 7 colors and long sleeve.

And what better than some deep trance grooves from Massive Attack's "Teardrop". Taken from this Bristol act's '98 album "Mezzanine", which incidentally is one of my all time favorite album cover designs - the image/crop, the type, the placement, the contrast... creepy yet cool... I love everything about it. Even better, this track features vocals from Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins. I love Massive Attack, and they will forever remind me of my college days as I listened to their early 90's album "Blue Lines" relentlessly while holed up in my dorm room pulling all-nighters working on design projects!

LIES
Do you ever get the feeling you're not hearing the whole truth? It's probably because you're not. So much of the overflow of information we receive on a daily basis is framed to suit various agendas. Manipulation, spin, hype... lies... the presentation of which is all in the framing. Seek the truth. Our model du jour is Countess Sophia Maria de Voss, and clearly one can tell that she does not have much patience for bullsh*t (see that stick in her hand? She'll use it.) Available in the shop in 7 colors and long sleeve.

Accompanying song: "Liar" by the Sex Pistols. 'Nuff said!!

GLASS PRINCESS
This one is borrowed from one of my holiday cards and is also my first four color print. Our lovely subject is Princess Cecily (aka "Lil C"), daughter of King Edward IV and Queen Elizabeth (Woodeville) of England. I've heard this image was taken for her Super Sweet 16. Our model is of course Lil C's father, Kind Edward IV himself, looking quite proud no doubt. Available in the shop in 2 colors and long sleeve.

Accompanying song: "My Girls" by Animal Collective. I like it here as there is something almost majestic sounding about it... as if it could be played in hallowed halls filled with stained glass images of hipsters.... It could also be an ode to his daughter from the king.