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🧦This picture didn't survive the wash.Oh Entourage, you are pretty much my favorite show on TV right now. Well, other than The Office — but it's on summer break. Every week I impatiently wait for the latest episode only to quickly consume it. Then once it's over a meager half an hour later, I get sad. Not sad enough to go and write in my LiveJournal or anything, but still sort of remorseful that there isn't any more.

Even if I can't stand Walsh, I straight up love this shirt. Part of me wondered who was going to be first to market with their own renditions of this when I saw Billy saunter in wearing this — but it's hard to say who the winner is since there's half a dozen (if not more) shops that are trying to sell them now. Sure there are cheaper ones around, but I can vouch for Busted Tees. They're not a fly-by-night sort of shop that might take your money and run. No sir. They'll get you your shit in an orderly fashion.

Even if you don't get the reference and generally take an anti-suit stance, you still might dig this shirt. For the ironic kids in the crowd, this would probably pair awesomely with a blazer. But me, I'm a fanboy. So I've got my reasons for liking this — and I'm sure the rest of y'all will have yours.

$14.99 | Credit | URL | M: S - 3XL

🧦This picture didn't survive the wash.Damn. PopJunkie sure does make some pretty stuff. What's more, they appear to like to take risks. I mean, this design would have probably looked totally awesome on a weathered blueish grey tee. But they went ahead and ditched the all too standard solid color for stripes — and as far as I'm concerned it's made all the difference. What they've done is taken a great design and actually made it even more compelling. Not all shirts can do this, but the stars seem to have totally lined up on this one.

Crap. I'm gushing. Since I only review t-shirts I actually enjoy tho, that's probably to be expected every once in a while. I try to keep that down to a minimum, but it just sort of creeps out occasionally. Still, this one is totally worth a closer look — even if you can't afford it — to see what they did right.

$35.00 | PayPal | URL | M: S - XL

🧦This picture didn't survive the wash.Since I'm going to San Francisco this weekend for WordCamp and depending on public transit to get around and reduce my carbon footprint, I'm really hoping that this shirt is kinda wrong. Although why would Mule Design front and make a t-shirt that lies?

Since I'm pretty sure they wouldn't, I'm wondering if I should just tool around in my xB all weekend. Sure it's not as ecologically sound as sharing in the communal experience of a bus/subway car that smells like urine — but if things are really that bad off, maybe I'll just be a dick to Ma Nature.

P.S. If you're going to be at WordCamp on either Saturday or Sunday, you should come up and say hey. I swear that I'm a pretty approachable dude.

$20.00 | PayPal | URL | M: S - 2XL, F: M - XL

🧦This picture didn't survive the wash.Did somebody say "Loch Ness monster in 3D"? No? Well, they should have — because this is exactly what this shirt has on it. What's more, it comes with a pair of glasses you can hand to people so they can enjoy the extra dimensions of your shirt. And I'm not talking about the bulge that your rotund beer gut makes in the bottom of your tee, either.

Okay, so carrying around a pair of 3D glasses to hand people is sort of silly, but the design and concept is still pretty damn sweet. I mean, you don't even really need special glasses to tell what is going on. If you do, well, you probably need to get your eyes checked...

Ugh. That was bad. It's staying in tho, because I'm trying to crank something out before I take off for the weekend. Sorry about that. I'll bring my "A" game next week, honest.

$28.00 | Credit | URL | M: S - XL

🧦This picture didn't survive the wash.Much like yesterday's tee, this is one of those shirts that has a lot of shit going on. Maybe even too much shit for somebody to take in. Despite that fact, I still really like it. Enough to do one of those crazy lip dubs while rocking it.

Maybe I'm getting soft in my old age. Or maybe I'm subconsciously trying to come out of the dresser and say that I actually do dig shirts with a lot of shit on them. Come to think of it, I'm probably just becoming less of a snob. But don't think you're going to see me running super lame CafePress tees anytime soon. Those things still really suck...

$18.00 | PayPal | URL | M: S - 2XL, F: S - L

🧦This picture didn't survive the wash.Normally, I like to keep things really basic on a shirt. Keeping things easily digestible is always a good thing in my book. When I end up seeing too much shit on a shirt, it distracts me like crazy. Maybe that's because I'm sort of ADD. *shrug* Who's to say?

Despite that predisposition, I'm finding myself totally digging on Jeff Canham's contribution to Aussie label 2x4. It's probably the simple white line art on a kelly green shirt that's doing it for me. The white/green color combo is one of my all time favorites — as if you couldn't tell from the color scheme here — so I tend to have a favorable opinion of tees that do it well. In fact, I think it's so well done that I'm willing to pimp it despite the fact that $45.00 AUD comes out to about $35.00 USD. That's honestly too rich for my blood, but it might not be for you — so feel free to get in on it if you dig it enough.

$45.00 AUD | Credit | URL | M: S - XL

🧦This picture didn't survive the wash."It's better to be a pirate than join the navy."

Now I'm not quite sure why the gang at Indie Tech (a division of Blue Collar Distro) decided to screen the crossbones in a color very close to that of the tee itself, but I sort of think that works for it. The semi-ubiquitous monochromatic Apple logo we know today doesn't have crossbones underneath it — then again, it's not shaped like a skull either. Maybe I'm being too picky, but part of me really wishes that white crossbones were an option. Maybe I ought to wait around for Revision 2 of the tee to see if that becomes a feature before deciding on wether or not I'm going to pick it up...

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$15.00 | PayPal | URL | M: XS - 3XL, F: S - XL

Now despite the fact that Kindred is selling a Big Lebowski inspired tee — and I'm a huge Lebowski fan — I'm way more in love with this Army of Darkness influenced design. Don't tell Walter Sobchack this, but I think fighting an army of deadites with a chainsaw and a shotgun is way more hardcore than always talking about killing dudes in 'Nam. But that's just, like, one person's opinion, man.

Anyhow, there are a whole bunch of awesome references and nods to the movie in the shirt that fans should appreciate. I mean, how could you not give them points for including the Deathcoaster? Of course, baby blue may not be your color if you're an Army of Darkness fan, so buyer beware. That doesn't matter for me tho, because I look fucking fantastic in baby blue...

$24.95 | PayPal | URL | M: S - XL

Sometimes you have to go outside of the borders and comfort zones you've set for yourself to find something totally bad ass. In this case, I don't comprehend a lick of French — other than pommes frites, which isn't really applicable in this case — but I really do like this design quite a bit. There's something about how the rough and clean bits play off one another. In fact, I'd even say that their interplay really ties the shirt together...

Since my aforementioned comprehension of the French language is so hopeless, I'm not all that sure if these folks take Credit or PayPal — so I figure saying "Credit" below is a safe bet. If anyone actually in the know cares to go over the site and do some rough translation, I'll be happy to post corrections and updates if need be.

22.00 € | Credit | URL | M: S - 2XL, F: S - XL