Since I was old enough to go to concerts I am totally crazy about T-shirts. Today is a sad day, because I had to get rid of some, as my dresser is totally cramped and T-shirts are not supposed to be worn forever. Let me show you some of the most honourable T’s as I am wearing them the last time today and the stories behind them.

(Please excuse the awkward posing on the photos, I had to hold the camera myself while taking the picture in the mirror.)

Purchase Date: Fall 2000 This is the mother of all my band shirts. I remember that Jimmy Eat Worlds debut “Clarity” was just released and I was totally blown away while listening to it in the university’s computer room. (This might still be the best album ever to me, even after six years.) Spontanuously I decided to go to the concert that evening, it was a Tuesday. They were totally upcoming, not the major band that they are nowadays. It was one of the best gig experiences I ever had. Only a small crowd and the band members were so flabbergasted by the audience feedback that they gave it all away. Still shivers down my spine. Death by: worn too often

Purchase Date: early summer 2001 I bought this one in early summer 2001 in San Francisco, while staying as an Artist in Residence with the Futurefarmers. It sports a birdy design by Amy Franceschini, its founder. These months in SF still stick, personally and in my work ethics. Hard to give away… Death by: too pink (Although I wore it often with pride.)

Purchase Date: early summer 2001 Next door to the Futurefarmers there was Citizen 7, Subversive Streetwear. I got this post-modern hippster-graphic-tee there. This is so San Francisco 2001… Death by: too baggy. (Or maybe I lost some weight since then?)

Purchase Date: August 2001 That ones a classic. I got it (obviously) in Yellowstone National Park. Still an icon to me, a reminder of this awesome journey across the states from SF to NY. Death by: laundy

Purchase Date: Spring 2003 This was one of the first shirts I got from Threadless. Great company, great shirts, I was a regular for quite some time. But unfortunately they do so well now that the good designs are sold out in days. Too fast to get a decent pack together to order from europe… Death by: print-fade-out

Purchase Date: summer 2003 This is the merch shirt of the first Mo’ Horizons CD I designed the packaging for. I really love the way it is screen printed over the seams. It reminds me of those early years at the Warriors in the old office downtown. Death by: out of fashion (Look at those cuffs…)

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