Make Or Amen Break It Tee

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Make Or Amen Break It Tee

It’s available when you subscribe to the world’s only wearable t-shirt magazine… yes it’s printed on a t-shirt! I’ve written about T-Post.se before, Buy Tees and T-Post have even run a competition in the past. But if you’re still confused you should check out their rather amusing video here. But what’s most fascinating about the Make Or Amen Break It tee is the story behind the design.

It all starts with a 1960′s band called ‘The Winstons‘, they had an enormous hit – it was a Grammy winner – but on the B-Side was a song called ‘Amen Brother‘ which lay dormant and ignored by the masses for decades, literally decades. When Hip Hop came along so did the dubious art of sampling, a backbone of the sound of many major players in the scene by the 1980′s.

So here’s what happened, NWA discovered this little known gem and exploited it for all it’s worth. It’s a minuscule 6 second break by The Winstons’ drummer G.C. Coleman who died in 2006 and it changed the face of Hip Hop forever. If you think of all the DJs and bands that have sampled this track it makes you wonder. If only Coleman had had a decent lawyer he’d have probably been able to buy out the whole of the music industry with all the royalties. The man who created the most famous drum loop in history died as a virtually obscure musician.

You can read all about this story on T-Post’s latest t-shirt issue or take a look at their article at http://t-post.se/past-issues/item/root/make-or-amen-break-it.

Mind blowing.

Congratulations T-Post Winners!

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     free t-shirts, t-post, t-post.se, t-shirt contest, t-shirt magazine, t-shirt winners

For those who read about our recent contest in association with T-Post.se (the only wearable t-shirt magazine in the world), you’ll be well aware that the random draw took place today. So to put all those waiting with baited breath for the results, without a due, (drumroll please!), here are the three winners of 3 x 3 months subscriptions to T-Post!

Random Draw Results are:-

1) Konstantinos Antoniou Chrisafis.

2) Joanne Loh

3) Mackenzie Weiland

Our congratulations to the three winners whose details are being forwarded to T-Post (as I write) and who will be contacting you in the coming days regarding your fabulous prizes. Our commiserations to all those who entered the contest and failed to win :( We had over 90 entries however a vast majority didn’t seem to get the right answer for some reason. Which is surprising as it was as follows:-

Q) Which anniversary will T-Post’s next issue be celebrating?

A) The 50th!

Normal service will be resumed shortly here at Buy-Tees.net. We really will have to create a contest section for the blog seeing as this particular competition was so popular. I’ve had the misfortune of twisting my back on Friday so I will be keeping this post brief, however look forward to more great reviews soon…

One last note of thanks to the fabulous people at T-Post and their generous gift of 3 x 3 month subscriptions to their amazing and truly unique magazine. Do make sure you check them out at www.T-Post.se – well worth the money for those who lucked out!

Free T-Post T-Shirt Magazine Contest!

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     free t-shirts, t-post, t-shirt contest, t-shirt giveaway, t-shirt magazine

If you’ve read the recent review at Buy Tees featuring T-Post T-Shirt Magazine you’ll already know about their amazing concept and of course their highly innovative t-shirts. Well we’ve just had an offer from T-Post we couldn’t resist, they are letting us give away 3 x 3 month subscriptions to T-post.se for free, that means each of our winners will receive 3 free t-shirts, each worth ‚Ǩ26 (including shipping) – all three prizes total a whopping great ‚Ǩ234/$350 value!

If you want a chance to win a free 3 month subscription to the fabulous T-Post Magazine simply email us your answer to the following question:-

“T-post is celebrating an anniversary next release. Which one?”

Email your answer along with your name, address and size (Men and Women S to XL) to submissions@buy-tees.net (mark the subject as “T-Post Contest”). In ten days (29th November) we will randomly pick three winners and announce them here! So get cracking now and post us your answer. If you need a reminder of just how good T-Post’s tees are check these out!

Hurry this offer won’t last long – well 10 days actually.

P.S We know this isn’t a review but hey it’s our first proper giveaway so I am sure you can forgive us for making this fab news a featured post!

P.P.S We’re getting a lot of people desperate to find the answer so here’s a clue – try reading up the T-Post news at http://www.t-post.se/community :D

Wearable T-Shirt Magazine

admin    T-Shirt Reviews     Jeremyville, t-post, t-post.se, t-shirt art, t-shirt editorial, t-shirt magazine

It was bound to happen, if you took a straw poll of all the people in the world who wear t-shirts and read magazines, tens of millions at the very least would fall into that particular category. That’s why T-Post.se have been doing so well, they’ve seen a niche, a formerly and utterly ignored niche, and conquered it. Of course they’re not selling t-shirts printed with a t-shirt magazine, that would be mad (wouldn’t it? lol). Their stories feature everything from the medical condition sexsomnia to negotiating a war to a nostalgia for cassette tapes, exploration, super drugs, privacy and voyeurism, my all-time favourite author Charles Bukowski and even a pet subject of mine human devolution. Devolution is a term that economists and bankers often bandy about, but it’s rare to see anyone else (other than yours truly) bring up the term in this context.

I only came across T-Post the other day, my partner Christina stumbled upon an article about the label at Annie Spandex, (one of our favourite indie fashion blogs out there), and I have to admit the concept is startlingly impressive. What’s more their challenging magazine topics and editorial finesse are backed up by a fantastic selection of top of the line illustrations and designs. Rest assured when it comes to style T-Post don’t take their eye off the ball for a minute. This is one of those rare occasions where I’m tempted to pry an interview out of this brand, at least one person running the show has to have a rather, how can I put this, ‘left field’ mind to conjure up this supremely logical yet surreal idea for a t-shirt company.

The natural extension to the idea of themed tees and themed collections is here, T-Post is a logical progression on the thinking behind all the themed contests and competitions available at so many t-shirt sites and communities these days. They have some great artists under their wing including Patrik Soderstam,Andy Rementer, John Nordqvist, Steven Burke and the absolutely crazy Jeremyville. I can assure you I know ‘big’ when I see it, sometimes I wish I was rich (amongst other reasons) just so I could invest in companies like this. On paper their business plan may seem insane, I’m sure they’ve had their run of doubting Thomas bank managers in their time, but I for one can see T-Post taking off in a big big way.

Let’s browse this veritable library of challenging art shirts, a feast for both the eyes and the mind!
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