ok,so here’s another oilpocalypse t-shirt roundup. at this point,21 days into the crisis,lots of folks are hopping on the t-shirt-as-response bandwagon. of course,not everyone is donating proceeds to responding organizations,so do your due diligence when shopping.
first of all,i wanted to update that it appears dirty coast’s make wetlands not oil shirt is back up on the site,ready for your orders. once again,proceeds from this shirt will go to support the united commercial fishermans association. as soon as my first census paycheck is deposited into my account,i’ll be buying one of these.
second,my pal chris reams over at skip n’whistle on oak street (uptown) finalized his shirt design only yesterday,with proceeds going to benefit the humane society.
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and lastly,for now anyways,my favorite bp-response t-shirt i’ve seen anywhere does not come from a local t-shirt maker. it comes from west coast designers us versus them. it’s two-sided and is called “lube job,”which i love. i had just been brainstorming on ideas for a stencil and/or t-shirt and had the thought of doing a “fuck you,bp”design with the flower logo in shades of grey/black…but it looks like us versus them had the idea first –and no doubt executed it far better than i could. might just have to get me one of these,too. they say they are donating 50% of the proceeds to the clean-up effort and mention a few organizations in this rant on their site. it’s a little vague,but i trust that they will get the $ to some deserving organizations. it’s a great shirt. i can’t decide if i like it on white better (for contrast) or on black (for more of a tone-on-tone effect,and reinforcing the blackness of the oil itself). anyways,pre-ordering is now available –just click the pics above.
i’m sure there will be many many more shirts coming down the pike,but generally speaking,i’m mostly only interested in the local ones…unless it’s as fabulous as the one above. i’ll keep looking and letting you know when i find good stuff.
