Sad news: TMZ is reporting that Adam Yauch (a.k.a. MCA, one third of hip-hop luminaries the Beastie Boys) has passed after a lengthy battle with cancer. Le sigh…

Thankfully, the music will live forever.

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The Mean Jeans (Portland, OR) bang out fast, buzzing punk rock with a wry brand of humor. Their new album, “On Mars,” was released last month on Dirtnap Records and its infectious single, “Anybody Out There”, has received a clever, DIY video treatment that ponders that very question. Bonus points for the custom props sourced from the thrift store, the candy-colored palette and those wonderful laserdiscs, future tech whose time has come and gone.

As directed by local filmmaker Brett Roberts.

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Sean Collins — music journo, comic book professional, and t-shirt curator — weighs in on the newest episode of Game Of Thrones for the Music Television network AND he does so in our Stephen King Rules t-shirt (video embedded below).

LIKE A BOSS.

We previously interviewed Mr. Collins in 2010. Read it here.

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Another week, another clever Val Kilmer meme…

Via: Buzzfeed

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Pictured below: It Goes To 11 reader Maya D. (right), in her Toxic Waste tee, with Chris Knight Val Kilmer (center) at this year’s C2E2.

''Let me take this moment to compliment you on your fashion sense...''

Maya also sported a pair of our classic bunny slippers to compliment her look!

''A girl's gotta have her standards... ''

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New at our sister site, Bunnyslippers.com: Red Bird Angry Birds slippers!

Flush With Plush

Fly into comfort with a new pair today!

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I’m generally loathe to drag my personal life into this space, but yours truly had the good fortune to holiday in beautiful Vietnam last month and I return with stories to share and advice to dispense. Obvious highlights included the exotic street food (both yummers and inexpensive), the beaches (absolutely stunning), the historic and cultural attractions (sobering but shot through with a potent optimism), and the moto-madness that gives pulse (and soundtrack) to the country’s largest cities, Saigon and Hanoi, but naturally enough, I also mixed in a bit of t-spotting on my travels.

From humble tourist tees to curious, lost-in-translation slogans to bootlegged street gear, I’ve compiled 15 of my finds below (in no particular order, mind you). Some are directly topical, others a bit less so…

1. If any one t-shirt dials in the manic quality of life on Pham Ngu Lao, the hub of Saigon’s backpacker district, this is it.

Just Say No

2. Purchased by the author as a keepsake. Total price: $80,000 dong (VND), or roughly $4 (USD).

''Speak politely to an enraged dragon.'' -- J.R.R. Tolkien

Detailed closeup:

Keep the dragon close to your heart.

3. BURN!

Death Before Disco

The shirt below, purchased in Hanoi, advertises a location that doesn’t exist (and, hence, the appeal).

Oriental Beat

5. On a related note, here’s a reproduction of an early Threadless joint, The Communist Party. The blank’s color is off (red, not brown) but the print itself was a reasonably close facsimile of the original. The irony — Communist bootleggers reappropriating their political iconography as spoofed by American Yankees, all for profit — was not lost on this observer. Everybody’s selling something…

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Also available in tote form:

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6. “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.” — K. Marx

The Original Tee Party

7. Mario, as filtered through heroic agitprop. This one’s for our friend Coty Gonzales.

Pipe Dreams For A Better Tomorrow

8. A just question.

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9. Likewise, one wonders if there’s a disconnect here between the model and the message.

Putting the pun back in punk...

10. The meaning here is lost on me, but the panda-on-bicycle motif is plenty adorable.

Bear With Me

11. Snake isn’t a particularly popular dish in Vietnam, but it is available at select locations (generally those with a Russian clientele). Alas, I opted for crocodile (which, conveniently enough, tastes like “chicken-fish”).

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12. Double trouble.

Tanked To The Top

13. One final souvenir. I thought the arrangement here was particularly clean.

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14. It’s a small world: on my last day in country, I spied a fellow Portlander (Oregon) garbed in a Clyde Common tee, a restaurant of growing repute.

''Domestic & Foreign Cooking''

15. Admittedly, this last design isn’t a proper tee (no need to get all knit picky, now is there?), but is included here for the eye-popping pattern (and her wonderful, goofy smile).

Rock Stars

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There are mash-ups and then there are mash-ups. Take the one pictured here, which cleverly yokes Link and Luke (of Zelda and Star Wars fame, respectively) around a phonetic pun.

Communication Breakdown

(Image source: Shirtoid)

We loved its playful quality so much that we reached out to the artist that developed the concept, Jeremy Henrickson. Our questions, and his answers, can be read below…

IG211: If you could be so kind, please introduce yourself (and any websites you operate/manage/contribute to etc. etc. etc.)?

JPH: My name is Jeremy Henrickson and I am a fine artist and illustrator from a suburb of Vancouver. My website with my fine art is www.artofjph.com. But to check out more of my tshirt designs one can visit [Redbubble].

IG211: I really love the Force Palm design. Talk a little bit about how you developed the concept behind it. Likewise, what’s the response been thus far?

JPH: I’m a big fan of pop culture and mashup t-shirt design; depending on the reference, cleverness and execution of course. I’ve wanted to do a Zelda shirt for a while but was waiting ’til I had an idea that I could really get behind. I liked how punny this concept was. That is what ultimately lead me to go with it. The response has been ok for that shirt in terms of numbers – but those who have liked it have liked it a lot so I’m happy.

IG211: Talk a little bit about artistic technique. Do you draw by hand or do you use an illustrating program? I see what I think are examples of each approach in your Redbubble store and I’m just wondering if there are benefits (or drawbacks) to each that lend themselves to particular designs?

JPH: I always start with a concept; just a rough sketch with the idea down on a scrap of paper. I refine that with sketches, sometimes many, to strengthen the concept and get the composition and elements correct. My choice for traditional means or digital programs to execute final artwork depends again on what I feel the concept of the image calls for. I suppose the benefit of using digital means is that you can make changes and have different iterations of your work. Traditional means are good because they are more tactile and there is less separation between me and my work.

IG211: It looks like Star Wars is something you return to often [samples here and below]. Speak briefly about the appeal, which only seems to grow with time.

''This station is now the ultimate power-up in the universe!''

JPH: Star Wars probably best personifies my love for pop culture. I think that it is funny how many references are made to seemingly every single moment in the Holy Trilogy. It’s almost like people who get the jokes earn right to entry into a special club; one of geeks and nerds who love all things awesome. I like making designs that have that kind of power.

IG211: Likewise, what are some other subjects that you find yourself coming back to? Also, could you list a few of your favorite movies?

JPH: When it comes to my fine art one subject I focus on a lot is women. The idea of the central female has always struck me as evocative and inspiring.

Another Sunset

I don’t show any of my work in that regard on Redbubble, but you can check them out on my regular site listed above. I am a pretty big movie buff and quote lines constantly throughout my day. Some of my favs are: Fight Club, The Incredibles, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Memento, The Fountain, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Pulp Fiction and The Empire Strikes Back.

IG211: Are there any t-shirt resources on the web that you’d like to recommend? I find myself on Shirtoid almost daily.

JPH: TeeFury is awesome, especially from a price perspective and it’s exciting to go back daily and see what the tee is. I like Threadless a lot too, they have some of the best designers creating really high quality stuff. A new one that I found recently is ShirtPunch. It works a lot like Teefury and is pretty cool too.

IG211: Feel free to add anything else you want here.

JPH: Just wanted to say thank you too fans of my work and those that have helped me along my career either through kind compliments or shirt sales. I promise to have more awesome designs and art work coming for many more years.

I also wanted to thank It Goes To 11 for having me. Cheers, you guys have been great!

IG211: The honor was ours, Jeremy. Thanks again for speaking with us!

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Easter is drawing closer (Sunday, April 8th, yo) and to mark the moment, our friends at From Hop to Pop have compiled a list of 26 designs themed around rabbits (punningly entitled, The Hare Necessitees).

Some are cute (predictably), some are chic, but others are curious, macabre and a bit further afield. Included in the mix are designs sourced from Threadless, Snorg, Shirtoid, Etsy, and points beyond…

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Two Val Kilmer sightings to report this week.

1. Val makes an appearance (as himself) in a new video for Tenacious D’s “To Be The Best,” embedded below.

No need to give away the treatment here, but he takes one for the team at the 2:24 mark…

Thanks to Drew Groove for the tipski.

2. In even more surreal news, Val will reportedly appear in the next Harmony Korine (Kids, Gummo) project, The Fourth Dimension (again, as himself, or a motivational speaker, named conveniently enough, Val Kilmer).

The pic embedded below, of Mr. Kilmer on a BMX bike of all things, was sourced from said film.

''Moles and trolls, moles and trolls, work, work, work, work, work..''

Watch the amazacrazy trailer below:

Cap tip: / Film

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