t shirt graveyard 6 - foetus thaw shirt

in honor of my previous foetus post, here is one from the closet: a premium boner-inducing foetus shirt from 1988/9. i got this shirt on ebay back in 1999 or 2000, whenever i was experiencing my first peak of foetus obsession. THAW remains my favorite foetus album, an unparalleled aural excursion into sleaze and pitch black humor that can simultaneously titillate and terrify with the best of them. this shirt is totally rad, i just wish it were a bit bigger, as it's from the era whenever a large shirt fits more like a modern small shirt would now. 

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t shirt graveyard 5 - angels of light tour shirt 1999

i bought this shirt the first time i saw the angels of light in june of 1999.  they played the downstairs area of fitzgerald's, back whenever it was known as zelda's. it was a fantastic show, as can be imagined. i really don't think i've worn this shirt more than 2 times my entire life, although upon examining it just now, it seems as though one of those occasions was to a gwar concert (thus the red stains near the pits).  what was i thinking?  this was the first appearance of the buck knife logo.  apparently every single shirt was autographed by m. gira for that tour. not surprisingly, it is one of my most prized possessions and an obvious focal point in my t shirt graveyard. 

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t shirt graveyard 4 - young god records shirt

i bought this shirt at the angels of light 2nd houston show at rudyard's in february of 2001 (i think).  this one was incredibly minimal, just the logo of the buck knife that was being used as an icon for the label at the time. not much to say about it, although it is worth mentioning that the shirt seemed to confuse people for some reason.  

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t shirt graveyard 3 - swans omnipotent

i think this was the 2nd swans shirt that i bought through their website in mid 1999.  this one got much love from me, i wore it once a week at least during my sophomore year in high school, so it's paper thin and stained as well, not to mention some small holes for 'ventilation.' this design was also incredibly minimal yet all consuming (* cymbal crashing*).  i had a fun time explaining what the words meant to people who somehow managed to get to 10th grade without reading a book.  the back had the YGR label with the previously shown icons.

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t shirt graveyard 2 - swans great annihilator

this is a long sleeve shirt i bought through the swans.pair.com site in late 1998 or early 1999. it was my first swans shirt. i used to wear this religiously in high school, which is amusing to me not only because 'the great annihilator' wasn't even close to my favorite SWANS album, but also because there is only a small window of time each year in texas whenever the weather allows you to comfortably wear a long sleeve shirt anyway.  i really liked the color scheme and various 'historical' SWANS icons on the sleeve and on the back. i think there might have been a short sleeve version as well.  i don't wear it too much because i sweat way too easily in it.    

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t shirt graveyard - swans time is money

here is a vintage swans GREED / HOLY MONEY era shirt that i bought on ebay at least 7 or 8 years ago.  i paid about $25 for it at the time.  sadly, i never wear it cuz it's a bit delicate and it's very thin.  i ADORE the design, it's got that early brut minimalistic style that all SWANS merch apparently had back in the mid 80s.  

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