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My name is Chris. I make original counter propaganda t-shirt designs. You can see and buy them on my website CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS . I have been a media activist since 2000.

I also print CUSTOM T-SHIRTS with YOUR design. Also hoodies and other clothing can be printed. Best prices, fast turn around, and high quality. 12 shirt minimum. More importantly I'm a real person, an independent printer with a fucking conscience... not some mechanized, souless, corporate death machine. Pricing is available on my website here: SCREEN PRINTING . Or you can request a quote .

On the personal level, I am a thinker but I also like to have crazy, raucous fun. I love loud music when its a good rockin' band like the Stooges.

I am a local, independent artist and activist who uses the medium of t-shirts to help counter the propaganda in the mainstream and rightwing media. I have been making and distributing my political t-shirts nationally since 2001. I have lots of categories of shirts such as anti-war t-shirts , media reform t-shirts , police brutality t-shirts , gay marriage t-shirts , anti-bush t-shirts , pro choice t-shirts , and protest t-shirts , among others. The aim is to have people wear them on the street and cause some cognitive dissonance in the minds of the public at large.

My signature " Will Kill for Oil " Â© t-shirt was featured in the new hardcover book by Milton Glaser titled "The Design of Dissent." You can see this and other designs of mine on my website WWW.CONTEMPL8.NET .

My Interests

independent media, custom t-shirt printing, screen printing, band t-shirts, designing t-shirts, people, counter propaganda, protests, speaking out, working for change, politics, fun, freedom, creativity, dancing to funky music, travelling...

I'd like to meet:

People who produce things, creative people. Let's build off of each other and make a greater sum than our parts. You don't have to be some hot shot, but you have an open mind and like to explore. You find your way out of the ruts in the road before the ruts get too deep to get out of.

Music:

The Stooges, New York Dolls, The Damned, The Spits, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, Digable Planets, David Bowie, Michael Yonkers Band, Velvet Underground, The Blind Shake, Devendra Banhart, The Clientele, The Monks, James Brown, Buena Vista Social Club, Bob Dylan, The Walkmen...

Movies:

The Battle of Algiers, Alphaville, Donnie Darko, I F Stone's Weekly, Mulholland Drive, 12 Monkeys, This is What Democracy Looks Like, Office Space, Jacob's Ladder, Waking Life, The Ride, Citizen Kane...

Television:

PBS Nature, PBS NOW, PBS stuff, Simpsons

Books:

Tropical Nature - Life and Death in the Rain Forests of Central and South America, Catch 22, The Jungle, Vonnegut stuff, Kafka, Crime and Punishment, 1984, The Trial

My Blog

antibacterial digital toasters

could it be that a generation raised on antibacterial digital toastersembraces robots and everything that is cold and dead including death itselfand pushes away everything that life and their future, ...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:41:00 PST

Global Dimming!!!!! This is BIG!!!!

Okay dispite the fact that MySpace has no appropriate category for something as basic as "science", I am going to talk about this thing called "GLOBAL DIMMING".Yeah, so global warming may well fuck us...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:40:00 PST

Patriotism Does Not Necessitate War Support

A patriot does not necessarilly favor war. They favor whatever leads to the continued existence of the people and the land that they love. When war could lead to the annihilation of the people and l...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 05:32:00 PST

Benefit of Hope

A new local Minneapolis organization called Benefit of Hope is putting on benefit shows with bands and other performers to raise money for children in dire situations. So, you get a great night of en...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:31:00 PST

Planned Parenthood Donations

CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS donates a whopping $5 per Pro Choice shirt sold. While other t-shirt companies are content to say we donate 1% of sales of this shirt to that charity, CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS gives 30% ...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:44:00 PST

Save the Internet. Seriously!!!

Save the Internet Seriously!!! The cable and telephone companies are lobbying Congress to give them the right to slow down or block websites that do not pay them extra money. Pretty soon all you get o...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 06:56:00 PST

Sister's Camelot Needs Bus Engine Rebuilt

Hey folks, Sister's Camelot is a local food activist group that gives away about a million dollars in free organic food to the public each year. They do most of their distribution with the...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:53:00 PST

New Pro Choice T-Shirts

I just released a new original Pro Choice t-shirt design that I created into the wild about a week ago. I've wanted to have a Pro Choice t-shirt for a long time, but I wanted to come up with som...
Posted by CONTEMPL8 T-SHIRTS on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 11:46:00 PST