I know I’m jumping the gun a bit, but as it is officially January 20th here in the UK we Brits have entered Obama day, and I thought it would be remiss not to post a tee of Barack today considering the amount of Obama tees I posted in the lead up to the election and during the “seriously, why won’t Bush just give it up already” phase.
If you’d like to go down the DIY route for inaugruation gear, Threadbanger have got you covered on that one.
Costiness=$32 Buy it at Urban Outfitters
On Saturday morning I got a message from a friend on Facebook saying that HYA was in
The Guardian. To say I was surprised was something of an understatement, my little blog being mentioned in one of the UKs most respected newspapers? Surely it was some kind of typo.
But no, I rushed out and bought the paper, threw away the part with actual news in it and opened up their award-winning Guide section. In the internet guide in the Guardian Guide is a fairly light-hearted affair, the larger site reviews featured a fishing blog, and Totally Looks Like, a site about celebrity look-a-likes. But on the right of the page there was a column called “Blog Roll: T-shirts”, where I happily found myself featured, even if I don’t think that the description is all that accurate.
For dedicated followers of the hoodie and advances in loud slogans.
Loud slogans? Oh. Here’s a list of the other blogs that were mentioned:
Fat Seagull
Thunderfrogs
Banned T-Shirts Blog
Crucial Headache
Spreadshirt UK
Rumplo
I’m surprised to see some of the choices they made (where’s Tcritic? Since when is Rumplo a blog?), and I do wonder where they found their links considering Thunderfrogs, Banned Shirts & Crucial Headache aren’t that widely known in the world of tee blogs, but I’m still really happy to see Hide Your Arms being mentioned in a printed publication for the first time.
Ahh, too truer words have never been said, people that I meet always think that they’ve had a great idea for a t-shirt (a lot of people think I make or sell t-shirts, not just write about them), and they’re usually lame, so I have to smile politely and nod to spare their feelings. Clearly this isn’t just a UK issue, as shown by this newspaper headline from the title sequence of American Dad (season 3, episode 13 for those of you that are interested).
