Red Mosquito

Flipping through my iTunes library and thinking back on the bands I’ve emblazoned across my chest over the years.

Who YA got?

Alice In Chains
Andrew McMahon
Bush
Flight To Mars
Jet
Jimi Hendrix
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Temple of the Dog


That’s a much shorter list than I would have thought. Anyway my favorite one was probably Soundgarden. I just looked it up and someone is selling it for $250.

I was thinking about the bomb/pineapples Pearl Jam shirt I owned from the Binaural days. I loved that shirt.

Other bands:

Iron & Wine
The National
Pixies
Dirty Projectors
Vampire Weekend
Wilco
Black Keys

Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, Arcade Fire, Kings of Leon, The 1975, Cult of Luna

a friend bought me a solo eddie vedder t shirt..i never wore it...i have never bought one...

least surprising statement ive read today

I saw Jet play once. It was hilarious.

Not sure who i saw them with? BRMC? Or was it BRMC and the Vines? Or was it the Vines and Jet?

Oh man.

tragabigzanda wrote:My bammer/jet thread needs to be seen because he deserves to be mocked to the fullest extent possible

Fair point.

Andrew McMahon lol

In rotation:

Trampled by Turtles (cool looking bison head)
My Morning Jacket (it still moves era)
Phosphorescent lion design...looks reggae-ish
Hiss Golden Messenger Heart Like a Levee era symbols/wagon wheel design
Field Report car crash, Summertime Songs era
Wilco Schmilco pre-order bonus t-shirt...was too big for a while, now it fits again
Beatles Abbey Road cover from Old Navy...pajama shirt
Tallest Man on Earth...fits weird

Out of Rotation:

Drive-By Truckers Big To-Do era...design sucks, looks like an Ed Hardy/Affliction shirt
Hiss Golden Messenger pink Hallelujah Anyhow, too small now that I'm fat again
Felice Brothers favorite waitress pre-order t-shirt...comes down to my knees
Ten Club I'm an Anal Log (NEVER WORN, WTF)

Lost:

Pearl Jam gas mask t-shirt...I mourn it often

It’s all true.

I’m not ashamed.

Jet opened for Oasis.

Andrew McMahon is cheesy AF but I like him and all his previous bands.

Solid thread title.

I have a couple of Social Distortion t shirts. One is black with a tiger on it and the other one is blue with a roaring tiger head.

Basically all I wore in college. Off the top of my head:

Akron/Family
Deerhunter
British Sea Power
Caribou
Explosions in the Sky
The National
Fuck Buttons
Iron and Wine
Radiohead (from the In_Rainbows tour)

Probably the most embarrassing would be Tokyo Police Club, though I bought that one after their first ep, which I maintain was okay.

I went to so many shows in college that at a certain point it was easier than shopping or developing a style.

Definitely better than owning a jets plural nfl shirt

Ive lost a shit ton of them over the yars but right now i think i have:

pearl jam
replacements
tommy stinson
Prince

about a year ago i found a storage tub of clothes of mine sealed since the early 2000s and worked several seattle era back into the rotation:

- 1998 PJ red tour t-shirt with yellow guy w gun on it
- 2000 Blue PJ binaural tour shirt with man and ape
- Chris Cornell Euphoria Morning black shirt (bought on the original tour)

I will wear them (mostly just around the house) until the holes get too extreme

also found a pair of cargo-pocketed pajama pants in that tub

circa 1996 if i recall correctly

wearing them right now

can never have too many pajama pants

shirts no longer with me that I miss (too many holes, had to toss):

RATM BOLA Tour 1999
Jimi Hendrix - pic of him from one of the re-issued albums