"Great thinkers parodied as band shirts" is a bit cumbersome for a title.
August 10, 2011 11:37 PM Subscribe
What is a good name for my new "Great thinker" / "Band T-Shirt" mashup website?
So my next t-shirt project is going to be a collection of parody band t-shirts with a famous band's logo replaced with the name of a great scientist / philosopher / artist.
Click here are some examples.
Since it seems the way society views "scientist" or "academic" is pretty much the opposite of "bad ass" and "rock star" I thought it would be funny to merge the two. All I need now is a decent name!
I could just do something simple like 'Geeks Rock', and I've also had 'I love Geek Mythology' suggested. I could settle for one of those, but I can't help but feel there is an even better title out there somewhere. Bonus points if the corresponding domain isn't registered yet.
Any ideas?
So my next t-shirt project is going to be a collection of parody band t-shirts with a famous band's logo replaced with the name of a great scientist / philosopher / artist.
Click here are some examples.
Since it seems the way society views "scientist" or "academic" is pretty much the opposite of "bad ass" and "rock star" I thought it would be funny to merge the two. All I need now is a decent name!
I could just do something simple like 'Geeks Rock', and I've also had 'I love Geek Mythology' suggested. I could settle for one of those, but I can't help but feel there is an even better title out there somewhere. Bonus points if the corresponding domain isn't registered yet.
Any ideas?
Great THINK-shirts
posted by philip-random at 11:57 PM on August 10, 2011
posted by philip-random at 11:57 PM on August 10, 2011
Monsters of Grok?
posted by Monsieur Caution at 12:20 AM on August 11, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by Monsieur Caution at 12:20 AM on August 11, 2011 [5 favorites]
Response by poster: Wow, I love monsters of grok. Brilliant. I'm just worried that 'grok' might not be well known enough a word these days to risk using in the title.
posted by Jezztek at 12:35 AM on August 11, 2011
posted by Jezztek at 12:35 AM on August 11, 2011
Heavy Mental? :)
posted by Monsieur Caution at 1:09 AM on August 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by Monsieur Caution at 1:09 AM on August 11, 2011 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: He he, I like both Rock of Sages and Heavy Mental a lot too.
posted by Jezztek at 1:59 AM on August 11, 2011
posted by Jezztek at 1:59 AM on August 11, 2011
Röckademicäl. The domain name Rockademical dot com is not registered, and the word "Rockademical" currently has only one hit on Google.
posted by iviken at 5:36 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by iviken at 5:36 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
I'm just worried that 'grok' might not be well known enough a word these days to risk using in the title.
Your audience is people who would be interested in t-shirts conflating classic scientists and intellectuals with (mostly) 70s and 80s rock icons. I think they'll get "grok".
Though Heavy Mental is pretty awesome too.
posted by nanojath at 6:35 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Your audience is people who would be interested in t-shirts conflating classic scientists and intellectuals with (mostly) 70s and 80s rock icons. I think they'll get "grok".
Though Heavy Mental is pretty awesome too.
posted by nanojath at 6:35 AM on August 11, 2011 [1 favorite]
Shirtacular.
posted by John Farrier at 9:22 AM on August 11, 2011
posted by John Farrier at 9:22 AM on August 11, 2011
The IFC Center theater sells some very similar designs under the name Cinemetal.
posted by RogerB at 9:29 AM on August 11, 2011
posted by RogerB at 9:29 AM on August 11, 2011
Response by poster: Awwwww man, that sucks. I knew people had done similar one-off shirts before like this beiber / danzig and metadata / Metallica, but I hadn't seen those IFC shirts before.
Well, I guess I've got to decide if it is even worth proceeding now.
posted by Jezztek at 10:46 AM on August 11, 2011
Well, I guess I've got to decide if it is even worth proceeding now.
posted by Jezztek at 10:46 AM on August 11, 2011
I'm thinking nerd name/metal name crossover:
"Brian Maiden's T-Shirt Emporium" or "Ian Maiden"
re: your last post, it's not the same and anyway I think your idea is more on the mark to do with over laps of cultures.
What if you called it "Cramstein" and had a summary of that thinker's key ideas on the back of each t-shirt?
posted by pmcp at 10:55 AM on August 11, 2011
"Brian Maiden's T-Shirt Emporium" or "Ian Maiden"
re: your last post, it's not the same and anyway I think your idea is more on the mark to do with over laps of cultures.
What if you called it "Cramstein" and had a summary of that thinker's key ideas on the back of each t-shirt?
posted by pmcp at 10:55 AM on August 11, 2011
Response by poster: Ha! I like the Cramstein idea a lot (with basically cliff notes on the back), but for cost reasons I can't really afford to do a print on the front and back without jacking up the prices to near $20 a shirt (instead of $16ish).
posted by Jezztek at 11:00 AM on August 11, 2011
posted by Jezztek at 11:00 AM on August 11, 2011
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I know, I know, they're not all scientists, and I'm not sure what exactly "paper" is supposed to mean, but it sounds kind of awesome, fits in with your existing brand, and the .net version of the domain is unregistered.
posted by dersins at 11:54 PM on August 10, 2011