These photo collages were done for a magazine article several years ago. Taken in my living room and comprising of various pieces from the Some Product collection at the time, as well a variety of items found within arm’s reach, showcasing the inspiration everyday popular culture and music plays in the creative process.
Featured items: Stenciled “Filth & Fury” dress, Collage tube dress, Some Product “Fuck Forever” tee, “Salon” fanny packs, Some Product Solid Gold tee and El Ballistico tee.
Maradona is one of my all time heros, and not just in sports. I don’t particularly idolize many people, but he is an exception. Aside from being the greatest player of his time, he is a real human being, not the usual boring and predictable celebrity. Outspoken and funny, troubled and genius, a saint and a sinner.
Watching Maradona as the manager of a great Argentina team is almost as fun as watching him play. I love the way he kisses and hugs each player when they come off the field. I love the way he paces like a little Napoleon on the sidelines. The Argentina players will play their hearts out for this guy and as the World Cup progresses, one can’t help but think that Maradona, could be the X factor in this World Cup.
When Some Product started, the very first collection of graphics ever designed and produced was entitled “BADASS”. They were dedicated to the real “badasses” in the world of sports. Without much hesitation Maradona was my very first choice for the upcoming line as he literally epitomizes the term.
The Maradona graphic was also featured on a cut and sew line of “BADASS” women’s dresses, that were available at select boutiques in North America and Japan that same season. Also visible on the dress are the Reggie Jackson and Dr. J designs. The dress was featured in a Flaunt magazine editorial that same season.
…..And from Germany, a different take on a Maradona t!!!! Amazing.
Fresh of the Mycommunitee.com press. Arnold maybe running a broke-ass California into the ocean but he was in fine championship form in the 70’s. This fine specimen of a tee is available in limited edition at the Some Product studio and Zoo Zhop in Vancouver.
This design was part of the “Salon” series of tees that Some Product put out around 2004. All the graphics were inspired by 80’s clip art type images on windows of many strip mall hair salons found all over North America, but especially in LA. This particular design has a girl holding some bills in her hand with the words High Class in English, and the word Hooker written in Japanese Kanji writing.
Several months after the release of this tee, I got a call that Hilary Duff was wearing that same shirt inside an In Touch magazine. At the time she must have been about 16 and from what I read/heard a total All American – prom queen – goodie goodie. A week later her video for “So Yesterday” came out, and she was wearing the tee in the video as well. We all thought it was funny, yet being very new to the whole biz it didn’t occur that it might be a good idea to get this story out to the press. To this day, I am not sure Hilary or any of her “people” realize she was wearing a shirt that said HIGH CLASS HOOKER in her very first music video!
A very early t-shirt from Some Product for the magician El Ballistico. The design was hand drawn on a napkin and was digitally “remastered” by my friend Pete Digiboy. The tees were sold by El Ballistico right off the side of the stage after each performance. Only about 50 were made. There is talk of a limited edition re-print of the El Ballistico tee, to be sold exclusively at El Kartel in Vancouver.
The original “after school special” El Ballistico tee from a photo by Ricky The Tongue. Layout and additional design by Pete Digiboy.
A few rare photos of the missing magician El Ballistico and his assistants in his prime.
Photos: Ricky the Tongue
Some Product will be showing at Pool Tradeshow in Las Vegas, Feb 16-18, 2010. Please stop by the booth if you are there!!
I will also be showing Le Monde Gris at ENK at The Bellagio.
A lovely view of the Wynn from near the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Photo Credit: D. Briker
Sex Metal was a term used to describe 80’s Judas Priest album covers by a Japanese friend of mine. It is a yet to be released line of tees from Some Product. Most designs are in development stages. Samples and very limited runs are printed by Mycommunitee.
Human fulfillment is only possible through the abandonment of the self……..
The name Some Product was “borrowed” from the great Sex Pistols bootleg with the same name. The Pistols were an amazing band and an even more amazing idea, a spark, that heavily influenced many things and ideas in current popular culture. The name is very fitting with the ethos of the company. It’s all just Some Product.
This was a hand stenciled, airbrushed tee with an obvious nod to the Sex Pistols famous news headlines. Some Product produced in a very limited run of 40 tees for customers in Japan and a few were sold in Canada at El Kartel.
Digitally printed by Mycommunitee.com. All graphics are compiled from original 70’s clippings from newspapers and magazines.
This Rock and Roll Swindle graphic, currently available in the Some Product catalogue.
..The Pistols, The Clash and Buzzcocks for 1 Pound!! Not Bad……Tee available from Some Product for Fall 2010.
I got this tee from a girl at some massive rager I went to in East LA once. I clearly remember a few farm animals running around all over the place and hundreds of people getting wasted with police helicopters flying overhead. She had about a dozen of these shirts printed up and she was trying to sell them out of a box, for $20. I didn’t pay her, but I offered to wear it all night at the party in exchange for the shirt. I have never worn it again ( just can’t seem to find the right occasion I guess ). A real treasure that now sits securely tucked away in my safety deposit box.
This is really one of my all time most cherished items.
T-shirt graphics are often a way to communicate with the outside world your likes or dislikes, irony, humor, affiliations etc.
I wore this particular tee non-stop for nearly a year. I actually ended up meeting a girlfriend named Kitty while wearing this shirt.
True Story!
