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Posted Jul. 13, 2007, 5:14 p.m. ET
Take That: Lordz T-Shirts
By Alexis Swerdloff
Firstly, congratulations to bananabanabobana, who won the Mr. Jelly Belly Candy Jar! BBB wrote in explaining:
For the past two years, I never could have done without daily dosages of Jelly Belly beans to fuel my day. Recently I withdrew from the candy craze addiction, which I still suffer from on a daily basis. How can I resist such flavor-packed snacks that range from A&W to Watermelon? Maybe my addiction wouldn't have prevailed if the Harry Potter editions of booger to ear wax flavors were the only ones in store. A Jelly Belly jar will surely come as a trophy of my triumph and despair in disciplining myself to stop eating sugary foods. Jelly Belly is such a cool bean!
Now, onto this week's That That-itude. Graffiti-writers-turned-hip-hop duo The Lordz commissioned some of New York's most legendary bombers to tag up some limited edition T-shirts to commemorate the release the band's single "Back in the New York Groove." We're giving away three (yes, three!) tees designed by Haze, Stash and Kaves to three (yes, three!) different readers. Tell us why you want 'em in the comment box below and we shall bestow them upon thee.
Comments
i'm a former new yorker who now lives in the sadly urban-free landscape of austin, tx. god, do i miss the daily sights & sounds of nyc street life! i am dyin' here! owning one of these amazing t-shirts would be the well-needed reminder that there are still cool people doing super cool sh*t!
Posted at 2:54 p.m. ET on Jul 14, 2007 by lisa
ME AND MY SISTAH PRVTDNCR ONLY DATE GUYS
WHO TAG, SO, WE WERE THINKING, THAT MAYBE
IF WE HAD ONE OF THESE TEASE, WE COULD GET A REALLY CUTE ONE, WITHOUT GOING ALL THE WAY TO 3RD BASE!
Posted at 5:04 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by BODEGA VENDETTA
CAUSE KOOL KIDZ........NEED KOOL SHIT!!!
Posted at 5:06 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by ALFONSO
i have nothing to wear that shows my love nyc, art and music ! i love this city, im addicted to this wasteland of day and night . i would wear it show the love ! i would even wash it and fold it.
Posted at 5:10 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by dani
I have been stuck in the drabness of the south and everything here is boring and everyone here wears the same thing. I am the only one that stands out from the crowd and it often gets expensive trying to be different, so a free shirt would snazz up my clothing without me having to pay awful amounts of money to not look like these hillbillies. Please help me out!
Posted at 5:38 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by Joseph Brown
I have been stuck in the drabness of the south and everything here is boring and everyone here wears the same thing. I am the only one that stands out from the crowd and it often gets expensive trying to be different, so a free shirt would snazz up my clothing without me having to pay awful amounts of money to not look like these hillbillies. Please help me out!
Posted at 5:38 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by Joseph Brown
I live in Brussels and I talke about what I love to many people and write on a blog. If I win a tee, I will want the whole planet to see it ! This include Belgium and the rest of Europ. This is your chance of getting seen in the capital of Europ.
Planting here a seed of kiss.
Mlla
Posted at 7:01 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by Mlla
First of all, i'm a KISS fan from back in the day so the origin and utter awesomeness of the classic Ace Frehley reference isn't lost on me. That said, a shirt like this would be the perfect tribute to my first (and, sadly, last) attempt at bombing--something I wistfully refer to as the "unfinished masterpiece."
I had recently gotten married and while we were driving through my old stomping grounds (New Haven) as part of the requisite "this is where I grew up" tour, my wife made a passing reference to a colorful mural around the corner from Union Station. I immediately seized upon the opportunity to swing by the apartment building in which I had grown up to show off my own tag circa 1985. As we pulled around the back of the now-crumbling brick building I began to feel a sense of growing dread--the neighborhood had changed, would my piece, now some 20-plus years old, still be on the side of the neighboring garage shining on through the passage of time in its full regalia??? My fears were quickly quelled as I proudly spotted my adolescent masterpiece. My burgeoning sense of accomplishment was quickly tempered by my wife's simple but devastating question: "You didn't know how to spell 'fuck'? How old were you again???" I made a futile effort to explain the fact that Frank (the guy who owned the garage, my canvas so to speak) caught me before I could finish the "K" and so it remained "Fuc", my hasty tribute to a word all of my classmates were using so freely at that time. Alas, the moment of pride vanished and quickly devolved into a full blown argument about our appreciation of one another's quirks.
So, yeah, I'd like this shirt as a sort of affirmation that despite the fact that I merely scribbled "fuc" on the side of my neighbor's garage, I perhaps could have been a powerful inspirational source of the New Haven graf scene in the early 80's. Of course, my wife would disagree...
Posted at 10:49 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by arti diamonds
i am a NEW YAWKER for life born and raised in jamaica,queens and i've transplanted to ATL shawty!!!yeahhhh!!!...its cool here and all but there is nooooo individuality, no stepping out of the box...and since i talk and walk like a NEW YAWKER i would only find it fitting to represent to the fullest with a nice tagged t-shirt
Posted at 11:08 p.m. ET on Jul 17, 2007 by MiMi
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