Archive for Found Jems
Some Product x komakino v.1
Last week, while checking out some vintage shops, I came across this little gem. Some Product designed and produced a very limited edition line of tees for my friend Campbell’s high-end men’s shop – Komakino. A pretty exciting find, since no samples were left and they all sold out a long time ago. The street poster advert was also designed and produced at around the same time by Some Product.
I’m a Survivor
What a find! I love the graphic and the sentiment.
We all survive dozens of things daily. Awkward encounters, odd smells, crap movies, break ups, the list could go on and on. This shirt is like a call to raise the “devil sign” with nails painted bright red, to all of life’s little problems.
Some things just never change
I recently got an email from a very old friend that contained these two drawings as attachments. Immediately, I realized that these random doodles were made by me in one of his notebooks years ago. I guess it must have been in high school. Not to get overly analytical, but it’s interesting how these two drawings, so poignantly encapsulate something of my teenage psyche. It’s entirely plausible that similar images may appear, if I were to unconsciously start doodling right now.
Thanks to Bob G. for holding on to these Freudian glimpses.
Fire of Love
The Gun Club’s first record – “Fire of Love” is dangerously contagious. It infected me the very first time I heard it and after years of inactivity, the virus resurfaced recently, with a real vengeance! It still sounds just as bad ass, sleazy and lean as I remembered it. In my mind the best example of the blues and roots rock-n-roll infused with the raw energy of early LA punk. This is done with such flair and conviction on this record that it permeates every cell in my body right down to the bone every time I hear it. With so few constants in life, Fire of Love remains an exception. It sounds as good now as it did the first time I heard it. That really can’t be said about most music.
“Every drop in my body moves with the train” – J.L. Pierce
The Gun Club family tree illustration : Sarah Carrier
Aerobic Twins
An awesome, home made little number found at Community Thrift & Vintage in Vancouver’s Gastown. I dug this place. Great prices, nice staff and a chance to help the very community where the store is located by shopping there.
Hand painted tees can go either way – super hippie-dippie, sloppy junk or kind of weird and rad. I’d say this one is definitely the latter.
We are All Lucky
“Jesus told me to Kill, Lucky 4 You, I don’t do what I’m told”. Amazing home made job, with Stryper patches to boot!
The Peoples’ Champ
This little nugget of popular culture was my favorite find on a recent trip to Value Village. What I particularly love about this tee is that it proves once and for all what I always suspected. The Situation clearly stole the whole “sunglasses worn down your nose thing” from The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment!
Your Older Brother’s Bedroom
Promo shot for the now almost legendary Some Product produced club nite – “Your Older Brother’s Bedroom” circa 1999-2000. Man, wish I still had that Ozzy tee, I traded it for a lame bootleg AC/DC tee. Bad decisions were made.
