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Why Waltz When You Can Rock & Roll: travis@founditemclothing.com
I’m always up for a road trip, no matter how trivial. You want to drive 60 miles through central Kentucky to see a historical marker by the side of some windy rural highway (with no shoulder, natch)? Count me in. Make a hundred and thirty mile round-trip to get frozen custard and see the church where Joan of Arc allegedly heard the voice of God speaking to her, telling her to rise up against the English? Sold!
Road trips, in fact, have formed the basis of many of my closest relationships. When Mike (editor’s note: Erin’s better half) first moved to Portland, he was super excited to hear that we were only a few hours away from Astoria, Oregon, home of the house at the heart of The Goonies. When I confessed that I had never actually seen The Goonies (gasp! Truth be told, I hadn’t seen Star Wars until I was sixteen, either, and only when I had to watch it for an English class on archetypes. Yes, I was raised in a barrel…), he insisted that we rent and view it.
Another late night, chain smoking and drinking cheap bourbon, we hit upon the rather brilliant idea of taking a road trip to see the Goonies house. Not prepared to wait until morning, we hit the road at about three a.m. Did I mention that there was a massive storm brewing? (This is Oregon, mind you…) Well, there was. And we had rather inadvisedly spent the whole of the last week watching the first season of Twin Peaks, so we were already kind of on edge, thinking we saw Leland Palmer or Bob lurking around every corner. Driving through the dark, every rasp of branch or lash of rain against the car was, naturally, a sign that we were going to crash the car and have our livers eaten by a serial killer.
Highway 30 was pitch black, littered with the fallen limbs of pine trees that had cracked and been bashed to bits by gale-force winds. But, ever stubborn, we pressed on. Arriving in Astoria—and this was before GPS and iPhones and things that, you know, tell you where the fuck you are—we drove around in circles for a good hour before finding the house. The house! It was….truth be told, just a big ramshackle Victorian two-story. Nothing to write home about, I guess, save for the fact that it was the setting of that movie.
Having seen what we came to see, and quickly realizing that there was little else to do in Astoria at 4:30 in the morning, we turned the car around for the long drive back. But not before I had a chance to pee outside, next to a dumpster, behind a gas station (one that didn’t open for another three hours). Not exactly a hotbed of exciting city life, mind you.
Anyways, roadtrips? Awesome. But a bit of planning never hurt.
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Read more of Erin’s assorted musings at Up By Noon!
Another week, another online resource for the t-shirt community…
Building on his previous Herculean list-building exercises, Andy from Hide Your Arms has launched a new project, T-Shirtblo.gs, that ranks all of the web’s assorted t-shirt-related blogs (an astounding 159… and counting). At present, the index is determined by popular vote, but more fields and features, especially those of the search variety, will be forthcoming shortly (this, according to the site’s About page).
Naturally, we would love it if you could lend It Goes to 11 your support (hint: we are presently situated at #21). Nor should you forget about one of our affiliates, Failshirt, which is lurking at #58.
Crowdsourcing FTW!
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Big news here at Found Item Clothing: we’ve added a review feature to all of our product pages and we want need your honest and unvarnished feedback. Pen us a short story, a t-spotting anecdote, or a memory of your favorite Found Item design(s) (good, bad, or neutral…) and we’ll hook you up with your choice of a $5 gift card (good for use with any product in the store through the end of the year) or a Beer Can Cooler. Don’t dilly-dally, though, as the offer is only valid for the first 25 contributors!
It is still very early in the process, but the Toxic Waste tee is already drawing some rave, 5-star reviews (no real surprise there, I suppose):
Jon, for instance, praises the tee’s ego-boosting powers:
“I… always get compliments on this shirt. When I wear it people are always like, I love that shirt. Most folks don’t know how much a badass I am and then they say where did you get that. I said it is from Real Genius, the movie. You know with the big popcorn at the end.”
On a related note, Mark chimes in on the design’s quasi-confrontational, head-scratching-quality:
“I love this shirt! But be ready for the attention it attracts; good and bad. Most of the time I get compliments and laughs and sometimes people recognize it. One time a girl asked if she could get her picture with me because she loves the movie, no lies. On the flip side though, you will get the occasional hater who doesn’t realize the shirt is supposed to be funny. I have seriously had people get angry at me and sneer or make rude comments. As long as you can laugh that off, you’ll enjoy the attention. If you are worried about the day being boring, just put this shirt on and I guarantee you, your day will be interesting.”
Likewise, the Stephen King Rules top is also an early fan favorite.
Kristy, an industry professional, waxes eloquently:
“My absolute favorite FIC shirt is Stephen King Rules! I work for Fright Rags which is a Horror themed t shirt site. A year or so ago, I was at Monster Mania in NJ and my friend Sean of VHSPS.com was wearing it. I almost had a heart attack! I could not believe the amazing shirt from my childhood was there in the flesh! Within an hour of getting home I had ordered it. I wear it at my dayjob when we have dress down days (it’s an office I work in haha), and literally every single person who takes a second to read it says “Yes, he does.” Granted those business types have no idea that this shirt is from The Monster Squad, but it also gives me a kick to have stuffy executives spouting their love for Stephen King (and of course the shirt)! Thank You for making one of my top 5 shirts of all time… which says a lot, since I work for a t shirt company myself, haha.”
All of which pale in contrast to Jason’s testimonial, who notes that said shirt saved both his relationship and Christmas:
“My girlfriend and I were watching The Monster Squad around the holidays, between Thanksgiving and Christmas I think. She had never seen it before, but the second she spotted the “Stephen King Rules” shirt from the film, she loved it (she already loved Stephen King, go figure). Anyways, after the movie, the only thing she would talk about for at least a week is how bad she wants a copy of said shirt for Christmas. I tried to explain it would be hard to find and it was probably made custom just for costuming purposes, if only to buy myself a little bit of time, and hopefully surprise her for our first Christmas together. If not for you guys existing and making such awesome shirts, Christmas may have been ruined and I may not be engaged. Thanks for being so awesome!”
Blushing. Yes we are.
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