Dirts and their (T-)shirts

[DoctorRad]

I've been meaning for years to do myself a t-shirt to wear to UW gigs saying "Dirty Lipstick Boy", and now we've got tickets to the Manchester Apollo gig, my ex-other half is planning on doing "Dirty Epic Angel Babe".

So I thought this might be a good way to celebrate our love of the band and get our creative juices flowing, to pick a name beginning with "Dirty", and print / stencil / draw / embroider / otherwise embelish a shirt or t-shirt to wear to the appropriate gigs. I think this make a great 'Oh, you're a dirt too' calling card, as well as an interesting and international collaborative art project: The DirtShirts Collective.

Comments? Futher ideas?

Peace,

Dr. Matt...
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[BufoBufo]

Cool idea. I know http://www.spreadshirt.net (click Create) lets you ping them off a design/text and they turn it into a super-duper bespoke T for you; I've bought from them plenty of times - very quick turnaround and the quality is top bollock.

Only thing is, surely everyone'd just have DirtyNumbAngel (I know I would!) :)

[DoctorRad]

Only thing is, surely everyone'd just have DirtyNumbAngel (I know I would!) :)

Yeah, I was toying with DirtyNumbAngelBoy too, but will anyone be brave enough to go for DirtyWetTrampoline or DirtyWarmMachine, I wonder ;)

[BufoBufo]

DirtyMoney?
DirtyProtest?
DirtyDenDead?

Possibilities are endless. DirtyBomb gets my vote at the minute ;D

[DoctorRad]

DirtyMoney?
DirtyProtest?
DirtyDenDead?

Possibilities are endless. DirtyBomb gets my vote at the minute ;D

The idea was that the bits after 'Dirty' would be from UW lyrics, but who am I to limit your creativity?

[BufoBufo]

DirtyLikeARazor
DirtyPayingSenselessGeezer
DirtyFeedTheAnimal
DirtyOilInADrum

Shotgun :)

[gaborez]

ladies and gentlemen, the official dirty t-shirt for 2007 should say:

DIRTY with bells


i thank you... :)

[lloyd]

'design' I did for a personal shirt some years ago
http://members.home.nl/lloyd/Underworldshirt.jpg

[Icke]

I'd take "Dirty old man einstein crazy in his attic"

DirtyOldManEinsteinCrazyInHisAttic

dirtyoldmaneinsteincrazyinhisattic

dir ty old man ein stein cra zy in his at tic

dirty oldman einstein crazyinhisattic

[King of Snake]

we should just have a generic shirt with "...... is DIRTY" on it and then everyone can fill in their own name or forum nick with a felt marker :p

[crazysugarboy]

we should just have a generic shirt with "...... is DIRTY" on it and then everyone can fill in their own name or forum nick with a felt marker :p

As I now have some cool photos of the lasers @ Wild in the Country, I am planning on getting a High St outlet to print me a t-shirt with said photo plus text along the lines of "crazysugarboy - dirty for ever!" (or similar). I will be wearing it at the roundhouse gigs:)

[BeautifulBurnout]

I am thinking of quite a simple one for the Roundhouse (and HMH/ILT). Lyrics on the front, keep it dirty on the back.

This time I am gonna make sure and get SMALLER shirts though - the ones I made in '05 were way too big.

[crazysugarboy]

I am thinking of quite a simple one for the Roundhouse (and HMH/ILT). Lyrics on the front, keep it dirty on the back.

This time I am gonna make sure and get SMALLER shirts though - the ones I made in '05 were way too big.

That sounds like a cool idea - the lyrics that I wd have to print, cos they send shivers down my spine every time I hear them, are "These are the rails, and these are the weeds, that live in the cracks, at the back of the world"

Where is the back of the world? Is it that magical place that you very occasionally discover without meaning to - turning left rather than right - and you suddenly find yourself in an almost enchanted place, utterly silent with a hint of frosty mist, and just the tiniest hint of caged malevolence. I have been in those places on a couple of occasions and that track totally sums up the emotions that I experienced.

[patrick]

we should all join http://threadless.com/ and submitt some underworld/dirty designs (and then all of us vote for them)... althoughi guess the only problem there is that people that don't know what dirty is can buy them (although it might introduce it around too)

[crazysugarboy]

Cool idea. I know http://www.spreadshirt.net (click Create) lets you ping them off a design/text and they turn it into a super-duper bespoke T for you; I've bought from them plenty of times - very quick turnaround and the quality is top bollock.

Only thing is, surely everyone'd just have DirtyNumbAngel (I know I would!) :)

Have just designed and ordered my t-shirt from spreadshirt - will report back, with prob link to a flickr pic, when it arrives:)

[BeautifulBurnout]

Had a look at this site. I can get what I want for £13.50 plus postage, which seems well reasonable. Bookmarked! :D

[BufoBufo]

Being a natural-fibered lazy git, I cheated and just bagged a Bruce Lee promo T off eBay instead. If I was any good with Photoshop etc I'd have cobbled together a snazzy custom UW jobby, but hey ho. Dirty Resonator would've been the nadgers.

If only there was some way of magically getting my Second Toughest T off its last legs. New Vanish MaxiAction, maybe? ;)

[BrotherLovesDub]

does anyone have the jpeg or link to the japanese Lovely Broken Thing t-shirt? i want to have one made here.

[crazysugarboy]

Have just designed and ordered my t-shirt from spreadshirt - will report back, with prob link to a flickr pic, when it arrives:)

My t-shirt arrived today - just 5 days after submitting the design:) I am very pleased with the result - will probably order anoher one soon-ish. Here are sum pix http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/828317799/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/828317851/

[BeautifulBurnout]

My t-shirt arrived today - just 5 days after submitting the design:) I am very pleased with the result - will probably order anoher one soon-ish. Here are sum pix http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/828317799/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/828317851/

Nice shirt - and lovely pic on it too.

I am gonna get one done just as soon as the government pay me the legal aid they owe me, the bast*%$s :p

[crazysugarboy]

Nice shirt - and lovely pic on it too.

I am gonna get one done just as soon as the government pay me the legal aid they owe me, the bast*%$s :p

Many thx bb:) I hope Gordon B and his pals cough up the readies

[BrotherLovesDub]

My t-shirt arrived today - just 5 days after submitting the design:) I am very pleased with the result - will probably order anoher one soon-ish. Here are sum pix http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/828317799/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/828317851/

i thought the lyrics were "at the edge of the world". haven't heard it for a while though so i'm probably wrong.

[potatobroth]

i thought the lyrics were "at the edge of the world". haven't heard it for a while though so i'm probably wrong.
i believe its both. i remember hearing it differently when karl sang it and when juanita(?) spoke it.

[//\/\/]

'lipstick-fodder' is a phrase i hear (though it probably isn't) in 'push upstairs'; i'll be having it frontside, with my sig scrolling across the back...

(and maybe 'i'm dirty' on the sleeve!)

[TheBang]

i believe its both. i remember hearing it differently when karl sang it and when juanita(?) spoke it.
Definitely "back of the world". It's on "Hard Vibe" from the Benicassim show, for example.

When did Karl sing it?

[Camiel]

Nice shirt - and lovely pic on it too.

I am gonna get one done just as soon as the government pay me the legal aid they owe me, the bast*%$s :p

Now, now, I was a little shocked when I read this. I happen to work in the field of legal aid, but not in England.

[darktrain]

Definitely "back of the world". It's on "Hard Vibe" from the Benicassim show, for example.

When did Karl sing it?

Always Loved a Film from the Lemonworld broadcast May '06.
(where it was "edge of the world" :p)

[TheBang]

Thank you kindly. I don't listen to the radio webcasts that much. Digging it up now...

[potatobroth]

Always Loved a Film from the Lemonworld broadcast May '06.
(where it was "edge of the world" :p)

thank you. i would have been listening to every live show i have looking for this until i found it. you saved me many frustrating hours.

[crazysugarboy]

2nd designed shirt from spreadshirt.net on its way. Will post links to flickr pix when it arrives and maybe fellow dirts who are attending the London Roundhouse gigs can suggest which is best:)

(knowing me, I may even design a third:eek: )

[BeautifulBurnout]

Gordon coughed up! Just made mine. Words only, no pix, but I think it will look neat :)

[King of Snake]

ok I guess I'll have to use my l33t artskills and make a shirt too...

[crazysugarboy]

My 2nd t-shirt from spreadshirt.net arrived today - here are some pix:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/975603487/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/975603553/

Any comments warmly welcomed:)

[BeautifulBurnout]

Mine arrived today - here it is

Front (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10896929@N08/977073912/)
Back (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10896929@N08/977074128/)

You can't see the colour very well cos of my crap integral cam on the laptop here, but it is fuscia pink on black. And it only cost me £15 including postage. Happy? Not 'arf! :)

[crazysugarboy]

Mine arrived today - here it is

Front (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10896929@N08/977073912/)
Back (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10896929@N08/977074128/)

You can't see the colour very well cos of my crap integral cam on the laptop here, but it is fuscia pink on black. And it only cost me £15 including postage. Happy? Not 'arf! :)

Cool shirt BB :) Nice simple lettering, not dissimilar to u/w artwork.

[crazysugarboy]

Shirt no. 3 (for no. 3 @ roundhouse) is on its way

[holden]

Nice projects and products from the online sites!

i went through a phase a few years ago of making lots of shirts myself, using iron-ons. Quality tees available at craft store for $3, and then just the ink and iron on transfers (~$10 a pack), so each shirt probably only cost$5 to make. They've held up okay, although you can't really throw them in the dryer (lest they crackle and peel).

I made a couple other Underworld shirts ( a blue one with the beaucoup sphere and the text "The silence is pushing it around. A little sound in a little amp" was one of my faves). here's the one i wore to the NYC show, straightforward text that i cut out and ironed on:
http://brian.g.ruskin.googlepages.com/uw_no.jpg/uw_no-full.jpg

:)

[galama]

My 2nd t-shirt from spreadshirt.net arrived today - here are some pix:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/975603487/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/975603553/

Any comments warmly welcomed:)

Sorry mate, but that T-shirt reminds of something worn by a middle America granny with hew nephews on the front.
"RIP Penny Paterson aka Peanut" with a picture of some local ghetto hero in his meanest pose i've actually seen once. Next time add some punch to it, a different type maybe? Just an honest critique.

Here is mine (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/1474407420_3bd56f227a_o.jpg)
It's prolly gonna say: Dirty Touch Dirty Taste Flow In A River Of Sweet Cowgirls

i have one more design which is not for show right now. but you will see it when the right time comes.

[crazysugarboy]

Sorry mate, but that T-shirt reminds of something worn by a middle America granny with hew nephews on the front.
"RIP Penny Paterson aka Peanut" with a picture of some local ghetto hero in his meanest pose i've actually seen once. Next time add some punch to it, a different type maybe? Just an honest critique.

Here is mine (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1257/1474407420_3bd56f227a_o.jpg)
It's prolly gonna say: Dirty Touch Dirty Taste Flow In A River Of Sweet Cowgirls

i have one more design which is not for show right now. but you will see it when the right time comes.

That's fair enuff galama - methinks I shouldnt give up repairing books and documents for a living and become a t-shirt designer - however, I think t no. 3 is better

[crazysugarboy]

Here is t-shirt no. 3 (for friday's roundhouse and fabric coda)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/1479293662/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/1479294198/in/photostream/

[King of Snake]

lol
I like the Ricky on the grooove! one :)

[crazysugarboy]

lol
I like the Ricky on the grooove! one :)

why thank you king of snake:)

[crazysugarboy]

That bit on the live in tokyo cd just has to be one of my fave u/w moments and totally sums up why I think of this band every day:)

[crazysugarboy]

I have recently paid the fine people at spreadshirt.net to make me another Karl-inspired t-shirt.

A pic can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/3032406641/

I rather like the idea of walking down Witney High St. (or indeed any other High St. for that matter) knowing that only a handfull of people in the country know to what this references.

[phaseblue]

http://www.spreadshirt.net (click Create) lets you ping them off a design/text and they turn it into a super-duper bespoke T for you;

Thanks man!

This site is fantastic! I stayed up until 2:00am messing with designs last night and am playing with a shirt for darktrain.jp (as well as a few others)!:)

Can anyone recommend which T-shirt type is most similar to a good quality concert type shirt (Men`s Slim Fit or Summer Shirt)?

Matt

[jose m]

I have recently paid the fine people at spreadshirt.net to make me another Karl-inspired t-shirt.

A pic can be found here http://www.flickr.com/photos/at_the_back_of_the_world/3032406641/

I rather like the idea of walking down Witney High St. (or indeed any other High St. for that matter) knowing that only a handfull of people in the country know to what this references.


:confused::confused::confused:what? the film?

[rayray]

i think I need to make a shirt of this found object

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32225389@N02/3071048302/sizes/o/

but if you get to it first - cheers ! :)

[crazysugarboy]

:confused::confused::confused:what? the film?

It's from the 1996 live performance of Pearls Girl which phaseblue recently posted on darktrain.jp

[industri_studios]

It's also a direct quote from the 70s gang movie "The Warriors" (to which Karl, I'm sure, was making reference)...

[phaseblue]

It's also a direct quote from the 70s gang movie "The Warriors" (to which Karl, I'm sure, was making reference)...

Hey...I knew it all along...Karl killed Cyrus!!!:eek:

[crazysugarboy]

It's also a direct quote from the 70s gang movie "The Warriors" (to which Karl, I'm sure, was making reference)...

Oh, right. I've heard of the film (I recall vaguely reading about it when it came out) but have never seen it.