I know this is a better fit over at teetilldeath.com but I just had to post it. It’s funny to know the direct source for a bootleg. In 2008 Anthony Popalardo and Nate Nedorostek released their beautifully put together visual history of American hardcore titled Radio Silence.
Within these lush pages an image of the classic Chain X of Strength t-shirt appears with a twist: ZOMG, it’s tie-dyed! It’s not rare, it’s not original, Malcom tent was tie-dying shirts one day and decided to give one Chain shirt a hippie bath. Anyway, I’m sure Radio Silence is the inspiration for this dude’s auction. Argentinean bootlegger extraordinaire Axel_ Edge didn’t even get the coloring right.
Life imitates art. Wait, did art imitate life since the shirt existed before it appeared in the book? I’m pretty sure this is a causality dilemma. One needs to embrace the logical fallacy of the metaphorical view which sets a metaphysical ground for the dilemma: therefore, one cannot exist without the other. Glad that’s settled.
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Also, buy some of this dude’s auctions. I hope he uses the money to buy some new bedsheets. Gross.
