Archive for Inspiration
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!
Occupy This!
About 6 years ago Some Product was asked to appear on MTV with models wearing some of our designs and give an interview. I asked my friends, Justin Gradin and “The Doctor” to come hang out, and maybe do a little “modelling”. They showed up wearing these amazing Megaphone gas mask contarptions, that “The Doctor” had made and to everyone’s amusement, scared the shit out of all the MTV wussies. Both are wearing the Some Product AG line released in 2006.
Ronan Boyle X Some Product preview
So excited to be working and collaborating with a good friend and an amazing artist – Mr. Ronan Doyle. This is a preview of just one of the tees for the upcoming season. I will be posting more as this project develops.
Grandma’s Art Brut
My grandma is 88 years old now, and has been a hair dresser for most of her adult life. Recently she started taking some art classes. The results are eerily reminiscent of one of my favorite artists – Henry Darger.
