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FizzyT, November 15th, 2011
A photo of rap star/mogul Jay-Z sporting a t-shirt with an offshoot of the Occupy slogan has zoomed around the world causing consternation. With his mega mogul millions, Jay-Z is unlikely to be feeling the effects of the recession and is more likely to be seen shopping for diamonds and general baby bling for his wife, the reasonably well known Beyonce. It transpires the tee is made by Roc-a-Wear, Jay-Z’s own ickle clothing company and is (big quotation marks here) “inspired” by the Wall street protests. What the slogan actually says is “Occupy All streets”, with a bit of fabric graffiti changing the wording of the slogan. The t-shirt disappeared off the website for a few days, bringing huge sighs of relief, surely Jay-Z had seen the error of his ways; that it was more than slightly unethical to profit from the Wall Street protest. But then the offending article ricocheted back onto the shelves and the imbalance was restored.
Maybe the super duper star is so far removed from the real world, he thinks his take on the slogan is ironic. I hope so, because otherwise, someone who belongs firmly in the 1% of the mega wealthy wearing this tee is pure rap. With a silent “C”
Tags: custom t-shirts, Jay-Z t-shirts, occupy all streets t-shirts, Occupy t-shirts, Occupy Wall St t-shirts, political t-shirts, Rocawear t-shirts
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FizzyT, November 9th, 2011
Further to my little theme of capitalising on the Wall Street protests, it seems that the Occupy t-shirt is quite a popular item, and there’s more than just the one of them about. I think I can cope with people buying custom t-shirts as a one off (I’d be in the wrong job if I didn’t) and wearing a slogan t-shirt is pretty much the best way to get your message across from a distance, so I think I can go with that. And if you can’t handle a bit, or even a bucketload of irony once in a while, you’re probably in the wrong life. Making a whacking profit when you’re protesting about the evils of capitalism, well there’s a word for that too, but it’s probably unprintable without using a couple of stars and the odd exclamation mark.
So anyway, here are a few of the best Occupy t-shirts I’ve seen……
Tags: 99% t-shirts, custom Occupy t-shirts, Funny T-Shirts, humour, Occupy t-shirts, personalised t-shirts, political, political t-shirts
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FizzyT, November 8th, 2011
Capitalism City!
One of life’s cruel little ironies must be that over in the States, some bright entrepreneurial souls are starting to sell Occupy Wall Street t-shirts, mugs and other merchandise emblazoned with the “Occupy” logo. Even the whole Occupy and 99% thingey is being trademarked. I can see the point of advertising the protest to raise awareness, however cashing in on the protest is kind of missing the point a bit, no?
Go and check out theoccupystore and take a look at capitalism at it’s most weasely, sheesh you can even customise your own Occupy t-shirt……how long before it takes on over in the UK do you think?
Tags: custom t-shirts, Occupy t-shirts, personalised t-shirts, political t-shirts
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FizzyT, September 3rd, 2011
Free t-shirts handed out at a right wing rock concert in Gera in Germany gave the wearers a bit of a shock when they were later washed. On the surface of it, some 250 t-shirts handed out by an anonymous donor, had a typical right wing slogan (Hardcore rebels, national and free”), but upon washing, the first layer of ink dissolved to leave a stark message from an organisation called “Exit Deutschland”. The group aims to encourage and help Neo Nazis escape from the hard line right wing extremist groups. The newly washed and slightly more tolerant t-shirts would display the message “Whatever your t-shirt can do, you can do too” along with contact information for the group, which claims to have helped 400 disassociate themselves from the far right to date. The ink on the t-shirts was developed only to dissolve in detergent, so that if it rained, the t-shirts wouldn’t ruin the surprise.
Needless to say, organisers of the concert were mightily miffed about the scam, but Bernd Wagner, founder of Exit was delighted with the outcome. Their hope of raising awareness of the group certainly succeeded. I don’t expect many of the t-shirts made it though!
Tags: "Exit Deutschland" t-shirts, German t-shirts, political t-shirts, t-shirt printing
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FizzyT, August 27th, 2011
Bad Bush!
I wonder what Geroge W Bush is up to these days. Having been Obama-d out of politics, he’s probably doing the rounds of the public speaking circuit and making mega squillions……almost as much as the debt he saddled the rest of the States with. But not quite.
I read in a news archive somewhere about an Australian man chucked off a flight to Oz because he was wearing a t-shirt which read “World’s Number One Terrorist” together with a picture of Bush. The reason he was wearing it, he maintained, was that he was defending his freedom of speech. The reason he was kicked off the flight, said the airline, was that he might frighten the other passengers. Quite right too. Flying is scary enough, without someone wearing a t-shirt that has the “t” word printed across it. The same chap kept on trying to get on aeroplanes wearing the t-shirt, until in the end they threatened to chuck him out of Australia as a whole.
There used to be a lovely range of Bush t-shirts. The “Good Bush. Bad Bush” one was very popular for a while. But here’s a lovely one, documenting Bush’s acronym, The War Against Terror. Well, he was, wasn’t he?
Tags: Funny T-Shirts, George Bush t-shirts, humour, political t-shirts
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FizzyT, July 8th, 2011
Going.....going....gone yet?
Whilst I’m not totally in favour of mob mentality, I can’t help but confess that I’ve been glued to the Twitter feed about the News of the World hacking scandal all flippin’ day, and am fervently hoping that Murdoch’s whole empire comes crashing down around his ears. All in all it’s a very strange day. Hugh Grant, famous for playing foppish Englishmen, is putting on an Oscar worthy performance as Rupert Murdoch’s nemesis, the final shuttle is launching, there is torrential rain in July, and Pat Butcher is leaving Eastenders. Possibly the saddest thing about it all is that the awful situation in Sudan is being totally ignored in the face of the revelations pouring out in the wake of the NOTW scandal.
Still, I can’t forgo the excuse to put the topical “red top2 joke onto a t-shirt, so here we go. Should we send these out to all the NOTW that have been fired?
Tags: Hugh Grant, News of the World hacking t-shirts, News of the World t-shirts, NOTW t-shirts, personalised t-shirts, political t-shirts, Rebekah Brooks t-shirts, Rupert Murdoch
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FizzyT, July 7th, 2011
Trash!
Following a furious night of news and protests, the spawn of Murdoch made the shock announcement today that the huge media group would be axing the News of the World with the last edition of the paper to be produced this Sunday. To be honest, with the huge amount of big name advertisers pulling out of the toxic paper, and others being harassed until they follow suit, the NOTW has become a complete liability. In a drastic manoeuvre to stop the parent company suffering any more damage, they have behaved a bit like a spider stuck down a plughole, biting off one of it’s many legs to crawl back out of the drainpipe.
Coincidentally however, a merger with the Sun has been on the cards for some time (apparently the domain name thesunonsunday.co.uk was registered two days ago)So is it more of a re-branding rather than a jettisoning the liability that has become the NOTW? How convenient.
I wonder if it will be enough though? Rebekah Brooks’ blood is being called for by everyone but Murdoch himself, and whilst getting rid of the paper looks decisive it smacks of desperation. So, here they are today on their very own highly topical t-shirt. Try designing your own, this one’s going to run and run.
Tags: New of the World t-shirts, NOTW t-shirts, personalised t-shirts, phone hacking, political t-shirts, Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch, slogan t-shirts
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FizzyT, July 6th, 2011
(I think!)
Reading the abridged list of the victims of the News of the World’s phone hacking fiasco is like looking at phone directory it’s so immense. I can’t quite believe that one person managed to tap into that many voice mails and collect so much information about people. However, if meister media pupeteer Murdoch is behind it all, I suppose I shouldn’t be all that surprised. In a bizarre echo of last year, when it was hard to find anyone Tiger Woods hadn’t slept with, it is now becoming increasingly difficult to find pin down anyone whose voicemail hasn’t been hacked by the NOTW.
Major advertisers are pulling their ads from the paper, but you just know that anything related to murky Murdoch will make a miraculous recovery before long; with phone hackings going back over a decade, there probably isn’t anyone he hasn’t got dirt on. It’s almost too scary to think about.
So a bit of distraction in order then. How about a lovely News of the World tee. A nice little 100% cotton topical number that’ll get everyone talking.
Tags: News of the World hacking t-shirts, News of the World t-shirts, personalised t-shirts, slogan t-shirts
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FizzyT, June 26th, 2011
What with the number of countries needing a helping hand, and Greece having a bit of a meltdown, you can understand the determination of the Irish government to allay fears of an imminent collapse and a situation akin to the one unfolding in the Mediterranean right now. Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan joked today he is considering ordering t-shirts with “Ireland is not Greece” printed on them. “We won’t give them away, we’ll sell them,” he told reporters, hoping to stave off a nightmare situation, and rescue the markets. With Greece close to defaulting on their debt, Ireland is one of the next in the line of dominoes. I like their style though; humour in the face of adversity….I’d buy one!
Tags: We're Not Greece t-shirts
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FizzyT, June 16th, 2011
Don't Tweet your Meat!
Another victim (?) of the force of social media is Anthony Weiner, the US Representative for New York’s 9th congressional district who was recently caught in one of the biggest sexting scandals to hit America. Weiner got a bit carried away in sending scantily clad snaps of himself to followers on Twitter and other social media sites. After initially denying photographs sent to his followers were of himself in his white boxers with a tell tale bulge, he then publicly backtracked, admitting not only were all the pictures of him, but that he had been in “six inappropriate relationships over the past three years”. And his wife is pregnant. Yowzer. Is everyone trying to outdo Tiger Woods, and there’s some sort of competition we don’t know about?
Mr Weiner’s fame is growing as fast as his……..er……..it’s growing really fast. Not only are t-shirts selling like hot cakes with various slogans “Don’t Tweet your Meat” and photos of the man himself with his Twitter hashtag underneath. The market is also flooded with anatomically correct dolls. The $39.95 standard Anthony Weiner Action figure features a buff looking doll in gym clothes with a “Tweet This” patch on his slightly-bulging white bottoms. Oh well, if his political career flounders he’s always got a future as a t-shirt retailer.
Tags: Anthony Weiner t-shirts, Funny T-Shirts, political t-shirts, slogan t-shirts
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