As a guitar player, I find this shirt RIDICULOUSLY awesome. As a left-handed guitar player, I find it RIDICULOUSLY unfortunate that there isn’t a left version available. I’m not crying though, I still see myself buying it.

This tee is for anyone that’s ever air-guitared their way through a solo, whether you play for real or not. It’s subtle enough to look like a plain tee at first, and bold enough to tell everyone you’re ready to party.

For those about to rock…we salute you.

Go grab this sweet tee at LuckyThreadz for $16.

I have a friend who’s a bit of a typography nut, and this is the kind of tee I think he’d appreciate. It sort of reminds me of those shirts I see that say “MONDAY” on them or another day of the week. It’s so obvious it’s funny. They put “Helvetica” on the back too, near the neck, like it’s a skateboard logo or something.

I came across these on Graniph. The have a few other shirts where their description mentions the “bold Helvetica typeface.” I think these guys have the hots for the font and probably wear this shirt themselves.

If you view the site in Japanese, this shirt is only 2,100 Yen, which is something like $19.62. If you view the site in English, it’s $28. Hmm. I’m sort of wondering where they ship from. Once you take the foreign currency transaction fee into account (that your credit card company will charge you) I’m wondering if it isn’t cheaper to buy in Yen.

Alright, I’ll admit up front that I’ve had this shirt for about a year now. It’s a comfortable fit, and the fabric is soft. It doesn’t feel heavy like you’d expect a shirt with this much print to feel. It’s as bright as the day I bought it even though it’s been through a ton of wash cycles. You WILL stand out wearing this shirt. Everywhere except a Van Halen concert, of course. None of that’s why you’d buy this shirt though.

The artwork is based on Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein guitar, painted in black, red, and white. 5150, which is over the left breast, is supposedly the LAPD radio code for “criminally insane.” Van Halen has used this ambiguous number for years, with a song, album and his studio bearing the digits.

Even if you’re not a Van Halen fan, hear me out!

The real beauty of this shirt though, is that you don’t have to be a Van Halen fan. Unless someone knows what they’re looking at, they won’t get it. It doesn’t say Van Halen anywhere. It’s just a very unique shirt to anyone that isn’t familiar with VH.

The Van Halen stripe shirt is available from tshirts.com for $20.

Yesterday I came across a themed shirt site, wearscience.com. The designs here are the work of Jeremy Kalgreen, who I’m sure to write about in the future. Each one of these shirts celebrates better living through science in a fun and juvenile sort of way. Some are fictional (duplication of women, anyone?) and others are quite realistic (using thermonuclear weapons to blow a lot of shit up at once). Each shirt is available in a few different color schemes, ranging from $18.49 to $25.49. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Science! shirts are available at wearscience.com and start at $18.49.