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Why Do (current) Pj Shirts Suck

billyshearsbillyshears Posts: 71
edited April 2008 in The Porch
first) they need to rerelease the alive shirt. it is timeless and certainly one of the most well known images of rocknrollia
second) all the new shirts are terrible!!! if you disagree, well... your wrong! they either have an ugly color or the graphics are, well , stupid not to mention the pearl jam script is always either too small or too distorted but always illegible!!! PJ are one of the most fan-friendly bands of all time it would be nice (although i suspect they don't care about t-shirts) to have something you can wear with pride (Endless Summer was pretty good and Avocado as well)..
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I think the new shirts are cooler.
  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,602
    I like the designs, although I wish they had more white and grey t's. Doesnt always have to be bright blue, red, or green.

    I think just the inconsistency with sizing has been my issue. Some XL's are too small for me, while some L's fit roomy.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Vedd Hedd wrote:
    I like the designs, although I wish they had more white and grey t's. Doesnt always have to be bright blue, red, or green.

    I think just the inconsistency with sizing has been my issue. Some XL's are too small for me, while some L's fit roomy.


    And some XXL's feel like a XL.
  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    the main problem is the paper thin material they use lately...

    my favorite is still the first 10C shirt with the pic of mookie on it... i wear that one all the time... followed by my orange binaural ape/man shirt...

    the best one recently is probably the gimme T... nice color and the PJ is pretty subtle for when i dont wanna scream "OBSESSIVE GEEK" :D

    basically i wouldnt mind an oldschool return to form... make it look like something jeff screenprinted himself... ditch anything from BK!
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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,602
    sgossard3 wrote:
    the main problem is the paper thin material they use lately...

    my favorite is still the first 10C shirt with the pic of mookie on it... i wear that one all the time... followed by my orange binaural ape/man shirt...

    the best one recently is probably the gimme T... nice color and the PJ is pretty subtle for when i dont wanna scream "OBSESSIVE GEEK" :D

    basically i wouldnt mind an oldschool return to form... make it look like something jeff screenprinted himself... ditch anything from BK!


    Yeah, I must say, I like the thicker shirts too.

    My Yield shirts have all stood the test of time, but my "patriot" shirt from 2004 is on life support.
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  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    This would make a decent shirt. They should really hire me to do this. :)

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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    swallowedwords wrote:
    This would make a decent shirt. They should really hire me to do this. :)

    http://www.rawpixels.com/pj_shirt.jpg
    ok whos gonna break the news to him?...
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  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    sgossard3 wrote:
    ok whos gonna break the news to him?...

    C'mon, it's better than anything else in the Goods section :)
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  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    Their shirts do suck
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  • blondieblue227blondieblue227 Va, USA Posts: 4,509
    hope maybe they do the orange surfboard on a white shirt. all i saw was black in DC.
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  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    At least mine is clean and simple, the way a good American shirt should be, damnit.




    :)
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  • billyshearsbillyshears Posts: 71
    THATS EXACTLY THE SHIT IM TALKING ABOUT (although i would flip fron/back) put that on black and ill give you 18 dollars
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Bring back the Binaural tour tops!!

    check that:

    the eddie designed shirt with the etched bombs/pineapples

    and my all time favortie the Blue evolution shirt (which may be from the yield tour)
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  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    billyshears wrote:
    THATS EXACTLY THE SHIT IM TALKING ABOUT (although i would flip fron/back) put that on black and ill give you 18 dollars


    I was thinking about designing my own PJ Shirt and getting it professionally screenprinted. Gonna need something good for June.

    Something like this:

    http://www.rawpixels.com/bluePJ.jpg
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  • pjfan85pjfan85 Posts: 124
    The T-Shirts on this site suck, except for the Mookie one. The concert T-Shirts seems to be good, though (or at least they were during the '05 Canadian Tour).
  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    I'd like to make one like this:

    http://www.rawpixels.com/bluePJ.jpg
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    http://www.twofeetthick.com/tft/readArticle.action?id=13

    my alltime favorite! the GR "ride the fuckin 6 pack shirt"! ive been looking for one of those forever... anyone happen to have one for sale??

    i just want something simple like that... i love the green on white...

    people love vintage shirts... why not just make the new ones look like that


    oh and the "tree of life" shirt is pretty solid too... i like the bold yet simple font on the back (like my soundgarden "fuck happens" shirt which is impossible to ever wear out of the house :D)
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  • mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    sgossard3 wrote:
    [url]oh and the "tree of life" shirt is pretty solid too... i like the bold yet simple font on the back (like my soundgarden "fuck happens" shirt which is impossible to ever wear out of the house :D)[/url]

    good read - just dug out a tree of life shirt i have had in my closet for years...had forgotten about it...think it is new
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    I would like some made on American Apparel women long-sleeve shirts. They fit well. I don't really like boy cut shirts, and the girl ones in the past have been too short. I like a thin material myself.
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  • kh65kh65 Posts: 946
    The best shirt EVER is the one with the playlist "taped" on the back. EVERY time I wear it someone comes up to me and tells me I have something taped to my back. I expect it to happen now every time I wear it.
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  • joint in a treejoint in a tree Posts: 392
    kh65 wrote:
    The best shirt EVER is the one with the playlist "taped" on the back. EVERY time I wear it someone comes up to me and tells me I have something taped to my back. I expect it to happen now every time I wear it.


    lol, No Code tour.

    solid shirt, holding up very well for a 12 yr old shirt.
    Like a previous poster said, i have shirts with much less wear from 04 and later that are practically retired.
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  • yakko69yakko69 Posts: 131
    Does anyone have the green shirt where it says PEARL JAM in an asian style writing back from the late 90's? It is my favorite shirt of all time, but mine is so worn out from the amount of times I've worn it. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
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  • TimansTimans Posts: 34
    I have the green disease shirt and like it.

    Thick material, simple, nice colour.
  • NewmanUSPSNewmanUSPS Posts: 243
    I have 46 unworn PJ tour shirts... I've been collecting them forever and have never worn them.
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  • SBC03SBC03 Posts: 502
    I like the fist with boltz t from the last tour.

    my fav is the orange gorilla t

    huge difference between the ITW and the orange t

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  • yellowled24yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    well! I wore my Avocado shirt about two times and had to stop as it had shrunk and stretched...now its got pride of place...hanging up in our kitchen :)
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  • stupidcorporatewhorestupidcorporatewhore Posts: 761
    Timans wrote:
    I have the green disease shirt and like it.

    Thick material, simple, nice colour.

    agree, I like the bandwagon shirt too.

    hated most of the tour shirts through the years, though I love my avocado thermal.

    I don't understand why ames bros can make great posters but they cant design a cool shirt.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    My favorite is my Mansfield '03 shirt - black w/ yellow soldiers carrying guitars. Awesome shirt.
  • marker2727marker2727 Posts: 91
    billyshears wrote:
    not to mention the pearl jam script is always either too small or too distorted but always illegible!!!

    It believe they do this purposely. It says pj without saying PEARL JAM scrawled across your chest.
    billyshears wrote:
    first)(although i suspect they don't care about t-shirts)

    I believe they do care and that is why pearl jam is written small or blends into the image. It’s just perfect in my opinion.

    I do agree, some the Ts in the goods section I'm not to fond of.
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  • Im still hereIm still here Posts: 826
    just got my Green Disease shirt and I'm happy as hell

    i don't know what the fuck your problem is

    .......smoke more weed, ok?

    the shirts will be way cooler then

    hahahahahahahaha

    this is by far the most out there thread I've seen in awhile

    those 10c T shirts rock
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