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Wishingwell Records shirt

By Casali | Published 12/05/2010

It looks like loop88 is going to continue to make it easy for me. I love this.

“Here is your chance to win an OG WishingWell Records logo shirt size XL (fits like a Large) that was made in the late 80′s on Screen Star T-shirt brand. Original (not a bootleg) shirt is in amazing shape for being 21+ years old and the print is still intact with very light cracking.

Wishing Well Records Logo Tee=In 93’ or 94’, Pat Dubar had random boxes of WishingWell tee’s laying around and gave the merch to my friend Dave to sell on the Ignite tour for $10 a shirt if I remember correctly and to little old Igby to get rid of at Zeds records (Which Big Frank ran from Carry Nation). This shirt is from those box’s and the print on this shirt is still in amazing shape. This is a screen star shirt and very hard to find nowadays, the strange thing is there is not a logo printed on the sleeve, someone got to lazy to print it on there? Anyways, this is a true classic from one of OC hardcore’s finest Labels!! “

Real Or Fake, A Wish To Own.

By morgado | Published 11/09/2010

I’m told hottdogg9000 is a regular commentator here on TTD, and as such he knows: if you’re selling a bootleg, say so straight out. Or as he puts it:

WHAT DID YOU EXPECT STARTING AT 4.99$?

Let’s face it though: this is a good looking, and pretty damn accurate bootleg. The only flaw that Murphy or I can find is extra large space between the ellipses and the border:

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Casali could probably find you about 15 more, but all things considered, a totally fine looking UC shirt that you should have no shame in wearing.

Shhh, before Casali notices, check out this Uniform Choice Wishingwell Records tee. Casali has the market cornered on these tees, but if we tip toe around this one, he might not notice it. That gives you free reign to bid and win. Just keep your head down and bid. If you are lucky, he already owns this variation, and you won’t get into a stupid bidding war … 4 sided, original Wishingwell tee. You can’t go wrong there.

Sometimes the stories write themselves U.C. 4 sided

By Casali | Published 08/25/2010

My friend bleedingpowers has this original Uniform Choice shirt Wishingwell shirt and some other gems for sale on ebay right now. The auction description is AMAZING. I love a shirt with history….even weird history.

“You’re bidding on an authentic Wishingwell Uniform Choice t-shirt from the mid 80′s, I copped this one in a trade with Anthony “Pops” Pappalardo of In My eyes fame. While I wore this shirt to many a show the story of how Anthony came into this garment is far more interesting than anything that happened in it’s tenure with me. Since Anthony is such a wordsmith and quite the hardcore journalist (his 3 sentence Twitter post on what the last Animal Collective album sounded like still angers my hipster/art friends) I asked him to recount the story himself.

I got this shirt via trade through Edward Goodlife, he was doing a crucial couch tour and stayed at 38 Calumet street before it became evil. I had a Tom Knox Police Beat shirt that he wanted and he returned to his homeland with my shirt and promised to send me a 4 sided Use Your Head shirt complete w/Drugs and Booze the way to lose on the sleeve.

As a trusting edgemin and allowed him to do so knowing that I may never see said shirt. Months past and the shirt hadn’t arrived, I was beginning to wonder if I only trusted Edward because he was straight edge and had an accent. He assured me that he had sent the shirt months ago and felt terrible about it. I believed him and assumed my shirt had been lost in the mail.

That fall I moved out of 38 Calumet street. The top 2 floors were occupied by 454 Big Block and Ten Yard Fight and the bottom floor was Big Wheel Rec HQ. In between was a puerto rican family that constantly asked us for money for damaging their things because we shook the walls playing heavy metal causing their religious articles to fall and break. We paid them a few times and never once thought that all the CDs, Records and care packages being sent to us were being stolen by them.

They had a son who was about 8 years old who was playing on the porch, normally there’s nothing remotely amusing about a latin boy playing on the porch but he was wearing a 4 sided UC shirt causing Dean Baltulonis to die of laughter, Clevo captured this moment on Polaroid film, I still have the picture.

Suddenly I had a purpose, I knew where my sought after shirt was, Edward had kept his word and I was going to reclaim this t-shirt. After a quick phone call I charged down to 38 to confront his father who had a puffy Pedro Martinez mullet. “No no…eeess no you shirrr that hee shirrr” he said before passing me onto his wife who spoke better English.

“If that’s not my shirt then how do I know what size it is, that he’s wearing it backwards and that it’s on a screen stars (maybe jerzees) t-shirt” I asked. She then pulled the most classic bad parent move, she grabbed him by the collar, discovered the tag showing it was on backwards and then beat the kid for stealing my shirt. Throwing your kid under the bus is always a good way to save face.

With that said, shirt is pretty thin due to it’s age, and has a few small pushpin sized holes in hardly conspicuous places, not at all detracting and still looks cool. The tag has long come off but rest assured this is the real deal (I’ve had and seen a few of these). Fits like a medium should and it’s so perfectly broken in your girlfriend will want to sleep in it (that’s okay though)”

WTF? Youth Of Today Wishingwell Cock Rip shirt BIN

By Casali | Published 08/18/2010

I shall start this post by saying that I usually try not to slag on a seller or their auction, but I just can’t help myself here. What you are looking at here is a Youth Of Today Wishingwell shirt. A few observations right from the start. First of all, there is no tag. Without a tag, there is no way to verify if it is an original. You can hold it up to an original all you want, but you still can’t verify it.

Secondly, the seller states that

This shirt is definitely one of the top 10 hardcore shirts of all time, now is your chance to get one that is not a crumby Euro boot…

Yep, buy this shirt with holes in it INSTEAD of a crappy Euro boot which may be in perfect shape. Oh and about that hole, it is a little phallic looking eh?

Do Not Want!
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BIN Uniform Choice 4 sided wishingwell records shirt

By Casali | Published 07/17/2010

It has been awhile since we have seen a 4 sided Uniform Choice shirt around these parts. This one looks like it is in good condition, and has the shirt tag. Prices on Wishingwell gear is odd. They have been scarce lately, and they have been going for fairly cheap money. I don’t expect that anyone is going to click the $140 Buy It Now, and I imagine you can grab this for under a hundred.

PS. patrick166 -> nerveagent -> patrick166

ONE SHIRT-Jeff Terranova

By Casali | Published 07/02/2010

Our latest installment of the One Shirt series is brought to you by Up Front’s Jeff Terranova. We hope you enjoy!

“This was a tough one, but I would have to go with the Uniform Choice “Use Your Head” 4 sided Wishingwell Records shirt.

Growing up and going to shows on the east coast, it was pretty easy for me to get my hands on t-shirts by all of the east coast bands. I remember seeing the UC Wishingwell shirts and being blown away by them and needed to find a way to get my hands on them. Long before Up Front had the opportunity to travel the US and meet people and trade t-shirts, Jon Up Front and myself both decided to mail order direct from Wishingwell Records. We had been seeing their ads in tons of zines and we both owned the UC “Screaming For Change” LP, so we felt confident that they were legit. We both ordered one Straight and Alert and one Use Your Head t-shirt around the same time. After a few weeks of excitement waiting for the shirts to arrive, a month passed, then two, then three and we were both getting pretty bummed out at this point and figured the shirts would never arrive. I honestly cannot remember exactly how long it took, but Jon’s shirt arrived via UPS, which was weird for me because at that point of my life I was used to being excited about the mailman, so now my focus was on a brown truck pulling into the driveway. I waited anxiously every day and looked out my bedroom window anytime I thought I heard a vehicle in the driveway. Then one day when I was least expecting it, that magical brown truck pulled into the driveway and I ran to the door and signed for a box of vitamins for my mom, what a let down. A few more weeks passed and I started thinking that maybe my order was lost and my shirts were never going to arrive, I pretty much gave up all hope. Then one day I came home and my mom had left a package for me in my room and I couldn’t believe it, they had arrived! I opened the envelope and all I could smell was brand new screen printed t-shirts and man was I psyched!

I have sold the majority of my t-shirts over the years, including the UC “Straight and Alert” and other UC/Unity/Wishingwell shirts that I acquired, but I just cannot part with my Use Your Head shirt… there is something about that shirt design that is amazing to me!

The Power Of Expression

By b. murphy | Published 05/20/2010

Anyone find Casali a black WW Bl’ast tee yet? He’s still looking…

Perhaps to tide him over, you could buy this boot of of hottdogg9000, and send it his way. Better yet, buy it and keep it for yourself. Then one day when he really needs it, you’ll have something to hang over his head.

Not sure why he’ll need a mid 2K boot, but hey, you never know, right?

Uniform Choice shirt

By Casali | Published 04/03/2010

If you are looking for a real Uniform Choice shirt and don’t want to shell out for a 4 sided, this might be the auction for you. From talking to the seller, this is a 2 sided shirt. Fear not, because Wishingwell did in fact make 2 sided shirt. The seller also told me that it is a screen stars brand tag which is consistent with this design. Seems legit enough to me, but I would ask for a picture of the front print before purchasing. Could be a cheap scoop!

Unity Wishingwell hoodie

By Casali | Published 03/09/2010

I own a few white hoodies and have faced the fact that they are just not for me. There is no way you can successfully eat a whole pizza while wearing one without ruining it. This sweatshirt is a perfect example. Now how do you suppose you will get that front stain out? I am assuming that you could probably have your Nana bleach the piss out of it. I would also assume that because of the stain, it will go for a much lower price. Then you won’t feel so bad when you turn it pink or all the print falls off.

*Bonus points awarded in our photo contest to anyone who can successfully recreate the back print of this shirt.