If you've been admiring the wardrobe of Brendan (Reid Scott) on the TBS comedy series My Boys, well, no wonder: the guy's a walking monument to the allure and variety of WF tees.
In the array above, you can see him pictured in our Johnny Ramone Chatterbox tee, Frank Zappa Rental and Joey Ramone Capitol Theatre. TBS has even provided a helpful gallery of Brendan's shirts, with commentary far wittier than anything we could generate here; if you peruse it, you'll also see this TV hunk in our Gram Parsons Flying Burrito Bros. shirt, Frank Zappa Radio Clyde and more.
Frankly, we couldn't ask for a more appealing model. But we like to think these shirts can make anyone look like a sitcom hottie. Slip one on and you'll see.
A lot of pop artists are routinely dubbed "true originals," but how many of them combined the wit and street-level insight of Charles Dickens, the bawdy rhymes of music hall, the confrontational stance of punk rock and disco's relentless party groove?
By our calculus, only one.
His name was Ian Dury, and once upon a time he hit the scene (backed up by his riduclously hot band, The Blockheads) with inspired tunes like "Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll," "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick," "What a Waste," "Wake Up and Make Love to Me," "Billericay Dickie" and "There Ain't Half Been Some Clever Bastards," instantly raising the bar for pop rhyme, expanding the palette of punk and teaching smart-aleck kids with funny hair how to dance.
Don't believe us? Check it out, mate:
Before he was felled by cancer in 2000, Ian Dury completed a fleet of brilliant recordings, acted in films, wrote a stage musical, turned down an offer to write the libretto for the eternal musical Cats, served as an ambassador for UNICEF, and spoke out for AIDS awareness, the rights of the disabled and, most especially, Cancer Bacup, a charity that has since become part of Macmillan Cancer Support.
We're celebrating this great artist and stand-up bloke on the anniversary of his departure by offering 10% of all his shirts -- and by donating 10% of the proceeds to Macmillan Cancer Support. Just use the coupon code RAZZLE at checkout when you order the dashing Blockhead, the boldly checked Taxi or exotic Antigua.
The ravishing creature pictured here in our I'm Not Johnny Ramone tee is a return visitor to ye olde WF blog. Singer-songwriter Alice Peacock once modeled our Debbie Harry "Punk" shirt, and we rhapsodized about her songwriting chops, spectacular voice and wonderful charity work (not to mention the fact that she's, well, easy on the old eyeballs).
Alice is currently touring in support of her new album, Love Remains, a rollicking tribute to the classic country-rock of yore that retains her signature blend of optimism and yearning. It's a testament to the emotional potency of well-crafted, unfussy songs, played and sung with real feeling. You should buy it.
And just as we riffed on Alice's un-Punk nature in that prior post, we hasten to note that while she bears no discernible resemblance to Johnny Ramone, we like it when she lets her badass side out. And we'd love to hear her sing "Blitzkrieg Bop." But maybe that's just us.
Happy St. Patrick's Day.
If you're reading this a day or two before the actual holiday and wondering why we're celebrating a bit early, well, feast your eyes on some very rock 'n' roll ways to wear the green this year:
That's right, our John Van Hamersveld Crazy World Ain't It, Frank Zappa Rental and Iggy Pop Dublin Sound shirts -- in Irish-appropriate green only -- are all on sale for a mere $35 until March 20. Just enter coupon code "Slainte" when you check out.
So get your Irish up in style, and have something green you can wear all year 'round.
And while you're celebrating St. Patrick's Day, why not enjoy some Irish-flavored rock 'n' roll? We recommend a green mix of Van Morrison, The Pogues, Thin Lizzy, U2 (we just heard a track from the new one that's freakin' brilliant), The Boomtown Rats, Stiff Little Fingers and Black 47. Oh, and take it easy on the Guinness; we don't want YOU looking green.
The blogosphere, as we understand it's called, is rarely as inside as this: We're running a photo from another blog (DrivenByBoredom.com - thanks, guys) featuring the author of still another blog.
But it's only because we want to point out that Jennifer Kellas of Themusicslut.com wore her very attractive WF Queen Tour '75 shirt to a singles party for bloggers in New York City.
We like the name of Jennifer's blog, and we think she looks foxy in that tee.
The fact is, our humble shirt company has gotten a huge amount of support from the, er, blogosphere -- and we're feeling pretty great about it, because let's face it, these folks could write about anything. Some of them are even driven by boredom!
It's hard to imagine HotMamaDaily.com's Tracy Hopkins being bored, given this bit of impromptu e-voguing in our Debbie Harry "No Pictures" shirt. If this picture is any indication, she is able to stay amused under the most stultifying conditions. And to stay adorable while doing so.
Tracy wrote some really nice things about WF that made us blush just a bit.
It would be impossible for us to thank each and every blog that's written about our gallery of wearables, but know that we're grateful for the mentions and really want to know what you think.
Especially as we're about to roll out a truckload of new designs (keywords: Elvis! Keith Moon! Nudie Cohn! More Kurt! More Rod! More Joan! More Strummer! Mikey Dread! Derek and Clive!).
Stay tuned, my bloggy (and non-bloggy) friends. And do follow us on Twitter, won't you? We promise not to tweet too annoyingly.
So much has been going on, including a flood of bloody incredible new shirts, that we've been a bit remiss, dear readers, in tracking appearances by Worn Free shirts in the media. Allow us to pick up the thread, as it were, as regards Brit TV superstar Dave Berry, seen here at the NME Awards in our Kurt Cobain Daniel Johnston "Hi How Are You" tee.
For those folks on the yank side of the pond, Dave is a big deal, one of those presenters you see everywhere. A staple of MTV UK and TRL UK as well as such Channel 4 fare as Football Anthems, HomeMade, I'm With The Band, Take Away My Takeaway and The Deadly Knowledge Show, he's also done a raft of programs (or programmes, to be precise) for BBC 3, ITV 1 and 2 and much more.
He's seen here with comedian/DJ and TV host Alex Zane, in a nearly blinding display of English cuteness.
Stay tuned for more news about famous wearers of our shirts and a boatload of designs originally worn by Elvis Presley, Rod Stewart, Joe Strummer, Jeff Buckley, Mikey Dread, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and many, many more.
Oh, and won't you follow us on Twitter? We're new to this tweeting business and would feel more comfortable knowing you were there.
