I diedddd!!!so is this. why did no one like this? you like that stupid map but not solid punx satire? fuck yall
The life of some inside jokes goes so far.
A Note on the Origins of the SQRM Trash Bag T-Shirt.
Several months ago my old friend from Amherst, Geoff Miller, rode his scooter to the SQRM show at my house (then, Stolen Sleeves Collective). It was cold as shit and being the utilitarian he was, he wore a garbage bag as an extra layer of wind-resistant clothing. [Mind you, this is a guy who built a secret foldable cot into his workbench so he can sleep in his shared industrial studio somewhere on N10th St. rather than a real house - shhhh]. Metal Mike (recorded here), the drummer of SQRM, joked that the band should make shirts out of trash bags instead. Youth Attack Records took him up on the challenge, quickly selling out of the infamous, silk-screened trash bag shirts. A punk rock meme was born, as well as $100 Ebay exchanges.
Here is Geoff’s account via my voicemail - the audio is a little choppy, but “oral history” don’t need to be pretty.
Recorded in Brooklyn, NY, August, 2010.
