T-Shirt Worthy

Likewise, I have been swayed by a shit-hot design to buy/wear a t-shirt advertising a band who may not necessarily be t-shirt worthy (yet or ever).

So...what Tracer Hand said.

On the other hand, people who wear band t-shirts at gigs will be first against the wall when the revolution comes. Especially if they're wearing t-shirts of the band who are playing. We could have guessed you liked them already, morons.

I get embarrassed when I catch myself even *listening* to a band whose t-shirt I'm wearing, let alone going to a gig wearing the band who's playing's t-shirt.

I got a (not all that nice actually) free Blur t-shirt with my copy of Think Tank but I can't possibly wear it for at least 2 weeks cos I'll be listening to the album pretty much on a loop til then. That's right, right?

Like when I was in Melbourne for the comedy festival and a comedian picked on me in the crowd and asked me what my favourite band was (this after asking what I did for a living: "You're a journalist? Who d'you write for? Apart from YOURSELF, you CUNT?" - cue massive cheers from the audience) and I said Pulp, and then looked down and realised I was indeed wearing my allegiance on my chest. For shame.

On the other hand, I don't think you'll be listening to Think Tank on a loop for two weeks, unless you've got a stronger stomach than I do. I couldn't even manage to listen to it twice.

...to try and get back to the point of this thread, I think all bands are t-shirt worthy so long as you like them and don't personally know any of the members. Because if someone recognises the name and talks to you about them, you'll look like a poser who only wears the t-shirt so they can namedrop.

I bought two Delgados t-shirts at the same gig, once. They were that great, plus they had about nine varieties, of which the two I got were supremely classy. One's grey with black sleeves, and has this cute wee black heart with 'hate' written on it in red (with 'the delgados' written underneath), and the other one is black and has HATE written on the chest in big white letters in the style of AC/DC (i.e. gothic lettering with a lightning bolt in the middle) and is possibly my favourite t-shirt ever. The Delgados. They are great.

However, I also have a black Interpol t-shirt, with 'Interpol' in dark grey across the chest, which looked dead fucking cool on the stall. And it is a very nice design.

But:

a) it was bought on the NME tour for £15, when I could have got a Polyphonic Spree cassock instead for £25

b) it's a skinny fit

c) I didn't specify the size, so the stall-vendor decided to sell me one that fits those aged 11 or under.

Would anyone like to purchase? Barely been worn, cos it makes me look like a gay Belgian cyclist that is very proud of his pubic hair, none of which actually applies to me.