I got really drunk and bought a shirt at a gig where the band was playing, and I want to get some worth out of my purchase.

I don't know what to think. I've got a xiu xiu one and a mars volta one, but thats cuz they've got freddie mercury's head and a golden head on them, respectively. I like head.

we live in a strange world.

they're often printed on lovely american apparel.
they look cool.

-it's a potential way of making friends.
-the designs are often pretty.
-i don't like most other t-shirt 'styles' I guess.

I LIEK THIS BAND, IF YOU DO TOO, YOU MIGHT LIEK ME

also, it can be a step up from a random mish-mash of patterns, or nothing, and thus is visually appealing.

if they're actually nice shirts... you knowz it.

and say 'You have good taste in music. Let us be best friends forever'

This will never happen the other way round though.

it is used as a way of expressing one's identity and all that bollocks. i think i wear them because if i love a band a lot i will just treasure whatever merch/effects i've got and want to wear it all the time.

i like the designs on them. like, i won't wear a t shirt that just has the band name or whatever, i like interesting drawings and artwork on them.

If I spotted someone wearing a 'Boris' t-shirt for example, I'd know instantly that they weren't my type of person, and thus I wouldn't have to bother with them at all.

I once got a girl's number after she liked my white sonic youth 'goo' tshirt. Girls seem to like that one.

(at least to a certain type of person, I guess) so they might feel compelled to come and talk to me. Although I do like the look of the ones I wear and they're reasonably cheap, which helps.

they have cool designs on. I'm wearing a rolo tomassi one just now that has a drawing of a cat with loads of birds coming out of a hole on the cats back. pretty awesome.

i also wear them in the hope that someone might be all liek: HAI OMG U LIKE ____ ME TOO LETS BE FRIENDS

i only buy band t-shirts with really nice, interesting designs, not just something with the name written across the middle.

and i like to show off my amazing music tastes, and on dress down friday at work people in the office go "who the fuck are Pissed Jeans/Copy Haho/Johnny Foreigner" etc

I buy them because of the designs and if i'm particularly obsessive about a band just to support them.

every time i see them.

Also its a good way of supporting a band you like as its a) free advertising for them, and a lot of the time people will ask you what your tshirt is about so you can tell them about this awesome band... and b) bands make some money from merch sales, right? i have no idea what kind of mark-up is involved but again, i like to make sure bands i like can eat and stuff!

but i have a lot. i wear them so that people can identify me as someone who is part of their SUBCULTURE. and to make boys talk to me.

cos i want to support the band by buying their merch?

but only because t-shirts do not suit me, at all. i wish band t-shirts came in more styles than just 't-shirt'. like, i don't know, band dresses. or something.

and yes, i'm incapable of getting my feelings across using the tried and tested method of speach. you win.

they look pretty and they're usually good quality too, i'm wearing the same ¡forward, russia! tshirt i'm wearing in my profile picture, and that was taken over a year ago.

other tshirts just don't compare.

Or naked. I'm a lazy clothes buyer. They never fit right tho...

Is that Lawrence in the snow on your profile KssinKs? I miss Lawrence...

them before I discovered how rubbish music was (I still do if I have few clothes left). Largely because they required little thought.

Now, in a similar line of wearing stuff, I tend to just wear shirts and dark jeans. I really can't be arsed making any effort beyond that.

it absolves me of the need to buy their records rather than just downloading them as i'm supporting the artists directly and not their evil record labels AM I RITE GUYZ?

It's sort of like saying it's the most interesting thing about you, and how you define yourself. I don't know, I suppose I always see it as being almost confrontational. I'm not so sure if that makes sense, mind.

and most of mine are pretty.

apart from that plain t shirts....some bands have nice logos.

but I've realised that a lot of people are cynical about these things nowadays.

the only semi clean tee i had yesterday was a dk one...but i covered it up in a hoodie in case i looked liek aposer..but i hyperventilated.

and i like the way they look, and i like supporting bands i like by buying their t shirts and stuff. And its nice when someone says nice t shirt and you can feel part of a smug little club, it also helps identify is someone has similar interests.
And i just like to show off that i like fairly obscure straightedge hardcore bands.

but for me there is two pieces of thinking beyond my purchase of a band t-shirt 1) do i like the band? 2) will the t-shirt suit me?
i take it for granted that i'll buy clothes that fit me