The PIPCO T-Shirt

Mudshark_Baby · **Joined:** Sat May 17, 2003 4:52 am **Posts:** 2

Oh it has always been my wish to own a PIPCO t-shirt but with the lack of them about, my girlfriend went one better.

She got a green t-shirt and a white t-shirt and got a seamstress to take off the collar and cuffs then sew them back on the other one to make up the correct combination of collars.

Then off it went to the printers to get the lettering on.

My Avatar pic is a bit small so I will post a bigger version once the forum allows me to post it (i.e. after 2 posts without URLs to images)...

MB

BBP · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2007 2:25 am

Mudshark_Baby wrote:

Oh it has always been my wish to own a PIPCO t-shirt but with the lack of them about, my girlfriend went one better.

She got a green t-shirt and a white t-shirt and got a seamstress to take off the collar and cuffs then sew them back on the other one to make up the correct combination of collars.

Then off it went to the printers to get the lettering on.

My Avatar pic is a bit small so I will post a bigger version once the forum allows me to post it (i.e. after 2 posts without URLs to images)...

MB

Looking good!

Cranky_Viola · **Joined:** Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:44 pm **Posts:** 807

Mr_Green_Genes · **Posted:** Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:42 am

What a fine girl!

Why don't you post a full blown version here?

http://www.zappa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8954

Eric Vaxxine · **Joined:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:21 pm **Posts:** 467

I have a PIPCO T-Shirt, but what does it's wording actually mean?

la_biesta · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2007 6:45 am

Basel · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:16 am

Eric Vaxxine wrote:

I have a PIPCO T-Shirt, but what does it's wording actually mean?

the forum now all, look there --> http://www.zappa.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1807&highlight=pipco

Nack Blapkin · **Posted:** Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:50 pm

I don't understand why you would want a PIPCO shirt. Sure FZ wore one on the Lumpy Gravy cover but, it's not really the most inventive shirt. Am I missing something here?

ImTheFloor · **Posted:** Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:42 pm

I think it's pretty snazzy looking, and I'd wear it.

I don't know anything about fashion, but I think it's cool...

SwaggartDecisions · **Posted:** Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:57 pm

Nack Blapkin wrote:

I don't understand why you would want a PIPCO shirt. Sure FZ wore one on the Lumpy Gravy cover but, it's not really the most inventive shirt. Am I missing something here?

How dare you? The PIPCO shirt is to be worshiped and a true original little league specimen is worth tens of thousands of dollahs... :wink:

Eric Vaxxine · **Joined:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:21 pm **Posts:** 467

My PIPCO t-shirt label reads...
100% cotton.
Made in USA.

I acquired it in 1996, given to me by Julianne Regans
tour manager (while with her the on the MICE tour UK).

Worth much?

snappleduck · **Joined:** Sat Mar 10, 2007 6:32 pm **Posts:** 2

I presonally think the barfko swill shop sould remake the PIPCO shirt

SwaggartDecisions · **Posted:** Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:30 pm

Get your "Frog Hollow Day Camp" shirts:

http://www.wornfree.com/frank-zappa-fro ... shirt.html

Spiffy!

Fred_Zappelin · **Posted:** Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:14 pm

Fuck that "Worn Free" place. What a ripoff. I would never give them $40 for a shirt, and I like that Hot Rats one too.

They actually sell a plain blue t-shirt with no print, because Jim Morrison wore one.

You can buy the same fucking shirt made by Hanes or Fruit Of The Loom at Walmart for $3. Unreal.

The only people who wear/buy those "Worn Free" shirts are celebrity/Hollywood douches who want to look hip when they're on some talk show or out in public.

SwaggartDecisions · **Posted:** Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:43 pm

Fred_Zappelin wrote:

...The only people who wear/buy those "Worn Free" shirts are celebrity/Hollywood douches who want to look hip when they're on some talk show or out in public.

Wrong. I'm a non-celebrity douche who probably won't look hip whatever shirt I wear, and the chances of ending up on a talk show are pretty slim too.

I wanted the thing to see if anyone on the street would recognize it. It would have been my $40 social experiment.

In any event, it seems their customer service sucks anyway because I put in an order on 12/20 and the credit card never got charged and never heard a thing from 'em, so WTF anyway, right?

Eric Vaxxine · **Joined:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:21 pm **Posts:** 467

I am thinking about selling on my Pipco shirt, a Them or Us tour cut off
shirt and a 1982 Ship Arriving low grade scarf and well worn t-shirt.

Only because they just sit in my cupboard.

SuzyBrieCheese · **Posted:** Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:56 pm

Ive been eyeing the RENTAL shirt for a while, but then thought no one would know why the fuck I bought it (plus it would be a men's fit)
*I'm a lady* so won't put myself through the hassle right now with this on-line ordering shenanigans.

sabrinaIII · **Posted:** Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:40 am

SuzyBrieCheese wrote:

Ive been eyeing the RENTAL shirt for a while, but then thought no one would know why the fuck I bought it (plus it would be a men's fit)
*I'm a lady* so won't put myself through the hassle right now with this on-line ordering shenanigans.

That's the very reason why I want a Pipco shirt. Because, unless you were a Zappa person who had a certain amount of familiarity with him, you wouldn't know what it was about. It's so dada. I have two candidates for a Pipco shirt in my closet. They are baseball shirts in two colors. Not the same colors as on Lumpy Gravy and long sleeved, but wtf. Now I just have to find a tshirt shop to put the letters on. The one in the mall doesn't, I think there is one in a neighboring town that will. Once I make up my mind it will be done. he he he. I been procrastinating over this for a while...

Eric Vaxxine · **Joined:** Sat Aug 05, 2006 2:21 pm **Posts:** 467

Lets escalate this ... Where is that original PIPCO shirt FZ wore ... ?

Perhaps there is a closet in the Zappa Family
Laurel Canyon home where the original FZ garments
hang out?

Should a webcam be installed by the Rt Hon Gail Zappa
in said hypothetical wardrobe , thereby allowing us to
view such artifacts?

Would you rather see the original, or wear a copy?

And if we are going to get serious, what would
it take for a fan like myself to hold and drool over the
original Roxy tapes?

slime.oofytv.set · **Joined:** Sun Feb 16, 2003 7:29 pm **Posts:** 10257

eric vaxxine wrote:

Lets escalate this ... Where is that original PIPCO shirt FZ wore ...

... Would you rather see the original...

massagio · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:51 am

slime.oofytv.set wrote:

eric vaxxine wrote:

Lets escalate this ... Where is that original PIPCO shirt FZ wore ...

... Would you rather see the original...

Lumpy Gravy sessions?

Mr. Nice Guy · **Posted:** Mon Mar 31, 2014 11:18 am

calvin2hikers · **Joined:** Sun Aug 31, 2003 2:41 pm **Posts:** 16871

I'll bet Mr. Nice Guy is a vegetarian too.

Just a hunch.

Mr. Nice Guy · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:46 am

calvin2hikers wrote:

I'll bet Mr. Nice Guy is a vegetarian too.

Just a hunch.

Call any vegetable.
I'll bet calvin2hikers owns a recording of the Grateful Dead performing at Woodstock, 1969.

Gray_Ghost · **Posted:** Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:22 am

Mr. Nice Guy wrote:

calvin2hikers wrote:

I'll bet Mr. Nice Guy is a vegetarian too.

Just a hunch.

Call any vegetable.
I'll bet calvin2hikers owns a recording of the Grateful Dead performing at Woodstock, 1969.

"Everybody in this forum is a vegetarian, and don't kid yourself"....until they start cruising for burgers that is...

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