#156 Flinging some poop deck

Continuing with the pirate mashup theme of yesterday's shirt, this is a monkey pirate shirt. I think it was from the overcompensating comic store. It was meant as a sort of pop culture meme mashup and it's actually an early version of the pirate monkey robot shirt that I own. Definitely a shirt of its time.

Past Pop Meme Mashup

This shirt was a gift from Ali. She got it for me a while back. It features a pirate monkey robot which at the time was like the nexus of pop culture nerdom. Robots are still cool I guess, but pirates and monkeys not as much. I actually also own the companion shirt to this which is a pirate monkey skull and crossbones. It's from the webcomic Goats but they sadly don't sell it anymore. It's cool. It's all about zombie dinosaurs with mustaches these days.

Luchadork

This is an older shirt that I think I got from a Paul Frank store. I really can't remember. I love their designs, but this is probably the only Paul Frank shirt I own. Anywho it combines Mexican wrestlers and monkeys which is pretty fun in my book. The names of the wrestlers are Pico Rico, El Fuego, Capitán, Pulga Suave (Smooth Flea), and El Chango (The Monkey).

Look at me in my monkey pants!

Today's shirt is from Diesel Sweeties a webcomic that I was kind of meh about but I love a lot of their merchandise (I also feel the same way about Goats but their merch isn't as good as it used to be). It's a pixel comic with a hipster bent I think (it's been a very long time since I've read it). I don't remember it being terribly funny. But I totally love a lot of their store.

I got this back in my monkey loving days. It might be something that I picked up at comic con but I can't remember. Comic Con however is where I picked up my "I'm a Rocker, I Rock Out" bumper sticker which is from this comic. I don't believe they carry this shirt any more. I met the creator of the comic there and mostly what I remember is that he looked kind of like the lead singer for Motion City Soundtrack, just with less crazy hair. Also he drew a robot for me. Pretty sweet.

Oh, and I mentioned this elsewhere already, but yesterday I dressed like Justin Bieber. I figured we already have similar hair (so it was either him or Zac Efron). Plus all I had to pick up for the costume was skinnier jeans and a baseball cap. Pictures forthcoming.

Space Monkey

This is another band shirt from a band I listened to in High School. I got this one at the first and only Brand New concert I went to sometime during my senior year of high school. This was sometime around when Deja Entendu came out because I remember they opened with some epically long version of Tautou. It was kind of an amazing concert because it was in this crazy tiny venue in my hometown that also doubled as a teen center during the day. This is back in the days when I was perfectly okay with getting smashed in the face with a sweaty elbow while surrounded by 100 other sweaty, yelling teens. If any one place in my youth were to evoke "those were the days" kinds of feelings, that would probably be at the top of the list. This is also back in my "monkeys are awesome" days hence me getting the shirt with a space chimp on it.

I'm totally over monkeys and Brand New to an extent. These days all the kids love dinosaurs, robots, and zombies. They're the new pirates and ninjas. Also, Abraham Lincoln is totally the new Chuck Norris. Mustaches and monocles have pretty much always been awesome though. So there's your pop culture lesson for the day. Be sure to quote me.