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I Listen to Bands That Don't Even Exist Yet.
Design by Evan Ferstenfeld
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About the artist
- Name
- Evan Ferstenfeld
- Nickname
- aka FRICKINAWESOME
- Hometown
About the design
- Printed with: a chino additive for softness and plastisol ink
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KBiggs99 on Jul 1, 2011 at 22:45:27
ahhhh! I'm in love! this is wonderful!
Trimm Trabb on Jun 19, 2011 at 10:54:05
*applauds*
Well said FRICKINAWESOME. No one complained years ago, anyway not from what I saw when I bought the shirt. Ofcourse it's a joke that many people could've made, but if they didn't like it, they shouldn't have voted for the shirt and gotten it printed.
I could complain on many threadless designs that they are ripoffs of some shirt that was made years ago, but it's pointless. People like it, they vote and they buy it. If you don't like it, go and buy some other shirt.
FRICKINAWESOME on Jun 16, 2011 at 15:35:00
To all of you who have said they've heard this joke or come up with this joke before:
I guess there are many iterations of this kind of non-existent based humor, yet no one has provided an example pin-pointing this precise version of the joke I came up with independently for the Threadless tee. I've come up with over ten thousand slogans by now, and I'm sure at least a couple dozen might have been thought up by someone else as well, it just happens sometimes when enough people are concentrating on the same topic. Funny, since I made this slogan around 2006-early 2007, for the first three-four or so years this design was out, NO ONE made any accusations about this being anywhere but from myself, and now suddenly I've ripped this off from everyone whose ever come up with a joke. Oh please, lol.
I pride myself on coming up with completely original material in my slogans and collabs, and I think I've proven I don't need other people's jokes to get slogan/design prints, so seriously y'all need to chill out. I never saw a Zack Galafinakis stand-up until last year, and it wasn't the one you were talking about boombip. Anyways, that joke you mentioned is getting at a more straight-forward, different concept than what my slogan is, although it touches on some of the ways I was trying to take the piss out of hipster music fans.
The fact is, I never thought this was nearly my best slogan, but Threadless picked it, it became VERY popular, and I am forever grateful to Threadless for this slogan "launching" my career and making me think I can maybe one day make a living doing whatever the hell is is I do here. I'm glad many of you enjoy it and I will continue to have no shame in claiming that I created this slogan.
Toodles!
Pank Mama on Jun 15, 2011 at 00:40:42
It's okay, all of you who're worried about Evan copying comedians. Another comedian just tweeted this joke, like, yesterday. I came on here, all in a huff, to tattle on him because this has always been one of my favorite shirts. Point: it's a funny joke, let's not get too excited.
CiCiTheFirst on May 23, 2011 at 12:36:35
i love this
its friggen awesome
Buniah on May 14, 2011 at 19:45:26
This is the best line ever! Wish it was offered in other colours. b
discorporated on May 8, 2011 at 15:27:19
Well, boombim, Zach might have used this in his standup years ago, but I doubt he said it publicly before 1993, which is when I first made this joke in the form of "I like them before they even existed!" ...it's really a young person thing (I'm old now) and probably thousands of people think of it on their own every year. Still, it makes me sad that I didn't win $500 for this slogan. ALL of my slogans are fantastic, but I guess you only win if you get a game plan with 20 or 30 of your closest friends on Threadless supporting each other. F that.
boombim on May 3, 2011 at 04:02:31
Zach Galifianakis did this joke years ago. It was used in his standup. You can google it.
"I like to go into really hip record stores and ask for CDs of bands that have never existed"
I ran across it in a youtube video that was dated either 2006 or 2007 by the uploader which means the joke is most likely even older than that. I couldnt find it again because theres so many..but its his joke for sure. You should pay him some kick back for ripping off his material and making money from it or at least give him credit!!
nessernet on Apr 29, 2011 at 15:53:55
I listen to bands that never WILL exist! HA! IN YO' FACE!!!!!!!!!!
noisewithoutnoise on Apr 27, 2011 at 17:49:03
Hahaha This is hilarious!
Lildecoy on Apr 12, 2011 at 21:44:47
im loving this!!!!!
summeropoly on Apr 11, 2011 at 19:33:23
yes, yes i do. :)
greenescalator on Feb 6, 2011 at 15:17:09
nice
FRICKINAWESOME on Jan 8, 2011 at 05:03:00
Thanks for the comments, well, comment FknGenuine, just came to buy a girly tank top for someone and saw this post:
author SpencerG
on Nov 1, 2010 at 15:06:44
twas a hipster kitty poster but alrighty
Never heard of that site but I came up with this slogan in early 2007 I think, when was that comic created?
thatjessicagirl on Jan 6, 2011 at 16:12:01
The short-haired girl's face in the first picture is EPIC.