I designed this wordmark to mark the 25th anniversary of a musical group.
The "SPL" in the logo not only reflects the band's name - splatterkep - but also refers to Sound Pressure Levels. You can see a SPL sine wave run through the logo, reflecting the loop-based nature of much of what the band offers.
The arrow in the sine wave points to an LP (itself a nod to the band's influences as well as the word "platter" in the middle of their name.)
Finally, the arrow + red + white + blue + the circles = a nod to The Who.
If you lived in the District in 1971-1972, you'll remember a huge rivalry between fans of Redskins quarterbacks Sonny Jurgensen & Billy Kilmer. They were both gods.
This slogan was printed on bumper stickers sold throughout DC, MD & VA. They were slapped on cars, park benches, barwalls, anywhere anyone might offer an opinion.
What's yours?
You can also buy an "I Like Billy!" tee-shirt.
I'm down to my last pair of Chucks after buying 10 pairs in 2003, when Nike bought Converse.
I was worried then that the former'd put their swoosh on the latter. They didn't though, and while I'm out, I am not going to buy any more.
Instead? I recreated from scratch a Chuck Taylor logo from the 1960s and tweaked the name. Look and feel and typography is vintage.
When baseball was worth a damn, I was of course an American League fan. Here is a 1917 White Sox Team Logo, reimagined. Like sex, Chicago according to Nelson Algren is "a rigged ball game."
Back when music was good, we listened to this. In re-imagining this 1980 sticker from a rock station stuck on a high school binder, I smote the lame acts in the original and replaced them with gods.
After being thrown out of high school in 1981 I worked at a place which did backstage catering for all the bands that came to play @ CapCentre in Largo, MD, in this case: Queen.
These backstage passes got us everywhere in the arena, and over a year-and-a-half I got to meet Freddy Mercury & Brian May; Van Halen; The Who; Ozzy Osbourne; Richie Blackmore; and others.
This lovely tee shirt is based on a reconstruction of a 1911 baseball card from the Library of Congress. Play ball, and give this tee to a baseball fan.
"Trust In God & Keep Your Powder Dry", or, "Always be prepared to take action yourself if necessary." I came across the phrase soon after watching Magnum Force, that was that, the .357 image was fully-formed.
"Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well to tell you the truth in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself.
But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world and would blow your head clean off, you’ve gotta ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky?” Well, do ya, punk?
45rpm adapter, No. 2: If you don’t know what this is, buy it & wear it & at least pretend you’re cool.
DELETE YOUR MP3 COLLECTION, SMASH YOUR SCREENS, SHRED YOUR CDS, LISTEN TO VINYL. IMPROVE YOUR LIFE IN DOING SO.
What The Hell Kind Of Clown Are You?! mask
1902 Phone Book
45 RPM Adapter
XTC Go 2: Stop Reading Now!
Space Invaders: Game Over
Space Invaders: Villains
Chicago 1917: The Real National Pastime: Mask
Oh Hell, or Hello?
Cat Whiskers
NietzscheIs Dead – GOD
1916: US Liberty Dime Mask
Disco Still Sucks
