Stories By Jimmy J
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News
A New Vintage Clothing Marketplace Called ‘Bidstitch’ Is Coming
April 19, 2021There have been rumblings for a few weeks in the vintage community about a new platform...
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Hip-Hop
The Crypto-Clueless Person’s Guide to Minting a Vintage T-Shirt as an NFT
March 24, 2021FULL DISCLOSURE: I only started paying attention to NFTs about three weeks ago. I am not...
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News
RIP Defunkd Marketplace 2011-2018
May 16, 2018Dearest Users of Defunkd; Sadly, we’re closing the marketplace portion of our operation. There’s a combination...
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Brands
The Screen Stars Tag Timeline: 1970s Through 1989
December 6, 2016Screen Stars is the most recognizable vintage t-shirt brand from the 1980s and likely the heaviest...
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Tees
Jesus Appears on an Iron Maiden T-Shirt
October 6, 2016We’ve seen claims of Jesus’ image appearing in everything: bread, potato chips, mud…and even a piece...
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News
Let’s Be Good To Bad Otis
August 11, 2016In legendary vintage t-shirt artist news, Greg Link aka Bad Otis, suffered a series of strokes...
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Movies
What’s The Holy Grail of Star Wars T-Shirts?
December 20, 2015Han, Leia, and Luke are back. The box office is booming. Fans and critics are raving....
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Celebrities
The Life & Tees of DJ AM
August 3, 2015In 2009 I was lucky enough to interview DJ AM about all things vintage tees. What...
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Interview
Hangin’ Tough
May 14, 2015From time to time I track down some of the world’s most notable vintage t-shirt collectors...
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Celebrities
Beastie Barry
November 13, 2014This week’s episode, Big Baby Ball is by far our favorite episode so far. Is it...
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Celebrities
Love is a Mixtape
September 25, 2014The Goldbergs have returned! Back in May I geeked out and watched every episode from the...
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News
Etsy Joins Our Washington Ban!
September 9, 2014Wooo whoooo! Back on July 27 we penned an open letter to Etsy inviting them to...
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Celebrities
Shazbot!
August 19, 2014I don’t usually get choked up when a celebrity passes, but Robin Williams is an exception....
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Tees
Who Is A. Curtis Greeley?
July 28, 2014It’s a damn good question and maybe you can help answer it! Our most recent vintage...
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News
Dear Etsy re: Washington’s R-Word
July 27, 2014Dearest Etsy, Hi, I’m Defunkd. Not sure if you even know I exist, but, in the...