it's been too long...

it's been too long... i told you i was goin to do this once a week, i told myself that too

Date: 28/1/10 - 5/2/10

Outlet: threadless.com
Size: small
Colour: skateboard purple
Price: free! ( a gift from nicky bear)
Why: because she loves me
Spotted: eating a kebab at bizzler, across from the ford factory in campbellfield


this tee entitled dead shred really encapsulates the modern artform that tee shirt design has become. And also it has a freaking mummy on a skateboard!

i had a pic of the awesome kebab i ate but somehow i deleted it from my camera. at least once a month my good pal scotty drives from burwood to eltham, we then drive from eltham to campbellfield in order to partake in perhaps the best kebabs in melbourne. It may be a twenty minute drive each way but for $5.50 you get a can of coke (or soft drink of your choice) and a kebab that is easily a foot and a half

it is an accomplishment to finish this meal and a mighty disappointment if you fail. Sometimes it hurts but most of the time it hurts just thinking about how long its been since your last kebab. I told myself i'd eat them more often. If bizzler made a tee i'd move to Tijuana and make it my wife... and then i'd make it my tee of the week

my name is Alex

it has been 10 days 11 hours 12 minutes 32 seconds since my last kebab...

a tube of magic sugar free goo...

like myself and my ex girlfriend, january and I are over and now its time to start dating her sizzling hot neighbour febuary, what have we learned? probably nothing

but damn we looked good doing it...

Outlet: Savers Greensborough
Size: Small
Colour: non conformist black
Price: $5.99
Why: is this not the coolest/zaniest tee ever??? ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
Spotted: in the city on a thursday night partying like an animal


Damn can this shirt party! when i left the club at 2am my tee was wearing sunglasses, doing tequila shots, ripping up the dance floor and breaking hearts

word on the street is he partied all night, spent all his money, stole a car, punched a cop and got home at 10am smelling of booze cigarettes and cheap perfume like a drunk ashtray in a stripclub and now he's a cage fighter too, just like ryan from the O.C.

just another day in the life of a sunglasses wearing monster strawberry motherf***er with a "can do" attitude and a tube of magic sugar free goo.

now back to the boring stuff, a wrap up of the first month of one-tee-a-week
I now have:

• 4 new tee's

• $28.97 less than i would otherwise have

• a greater love and respect for the pieces of material that cover my chest

with $12.03 spare in the budget i am trying to expand my range of stores but with some of the best finds ever, savers will be hard to beat for title of "best tee" for this calender year

next time its personal

Alex

Chinese new year/ The Noodle shop

Part III of the one-tee-a-week party sensation

Date: 14/01/10 - 21/01/10
Outlet: Pho Thu The, noodle shop (near cnr Victoria st & Church st Richmond)
Size: Medium
Price: $10
Why: because the soup noodles here are the best
Spotted: at the chinese new year festival on Victoria st Richmond, ripping out some acoustic tunes for the locals


Amongst the rides, fireworks and carnival atmosphere that is chinese new year the sounds of badly played punk acoustic covers could be heard. In the short break between vietnamese pop karaoke and the firework display we rocked out, shamelessly advertising the great soup noodles on offer. This tee will forever remind me of three things.

1. my first paid gig
2. wicked soup noodles
3. that only a tee could commemorate this great occasion

so we're gradually catching up on the first month of one-tee-a-week, be prepared for the double sided maddness of january's final shirt. Its bold, its bright, it makes no sense

till next time

I am Alex Tan,
I hold the donkey kong high score on the homemade
arcade machine in Ben Moore's basement,
for now that's enough...

part two... only 50 more to go

Date: 7/1/10 - 14/1/10
Outlet: Savers Greensborough
Size: Small
Colour: Bold yellow
Price: $6.99
Why: this sparky little number has elastic underarms specially designed for flexibility, the only thing missing? BYO mustache and sweat bands
Spotted: The australian open circa 1980



well we're into the second week of the year and still under budget, thank the tee shirt gods (or your equivalent deity) for savers. Shout out goes to the combined university northern turtles for winning the
hockey and also to the Folkers brothers who have offered to donate some tee's to the cause. so if you see a wicked tee for sale, take a photo post it here so maybe i can buy it... if its cool enough for me.

in a few days when i finally get caught up on january's tee's i plan to delve into the depths of my collection to show you some of my best, some of my worst, some favorites and some of those fashion faux pas moments we've all had...

so until week 3 or the end of the world
beg, cheat, lie and steal
in the name of progress
andre agassi
and awesome tee shirts


Alex

Januray 1st-7th, New years eve & Radelaide!

the first installment of one-tee-a-week...

this first shirt is entitled "new beginnings" it should probably be called "i hope this makes me famous" in fact yeh, lets just call it what it is...

Date: 31/12/09 - /1/10
Outlet: Savers Greensborough
Size: Small
Colour: Coca Cola Red
Price:$5.99
Why?: I've always been a coke kid, never stooping to the level of pepsi or LA or any other imitation cola
Spotted: at a mexican themed new years eve party, smoking a cigar and quite possibly enjoying an icy cold coke.



So i bought this shirt on new years eve. An instant classic, pretty sure i'll be purchasing more than a few tee's from savers, i always seem to find something i like and its good for the most random tee's ever.


till next time... buy a new tee, or a second hand tee, or steal your mate's tee the one you've had your eye on for a while

send me a photo

because i love tee's

peace...

Alex

For love, or...

So, this is it...

the beginning,
of something great i hope
but no, it does not need to be great, but rather an expression of love, love for Tee Shirts

Method:

• to buy one tee shirt each week for the duration of 2010 ( i know its feb already but i've been stocking up)

• to let the world know where i purchased this shirt and also where i've worn it

Limitations:
A budget of $20 a week
because i believe that paying anymore than this amount should leave you feeling ripped off and too embarrassed to wear you $200 stevie or ed hardy Tee

Reason:
Why...........?