Back in the day people often learned about music they liked by listening to the "radio". It's that thing in some older cars that only plays commercials, and if you're a rock and roll fan, sometimes as many as 5 different songs between the 15 minute sets of commercials. People used to hold down middle class jobs at radio stations, some of them were stupid enough to stick with it to the bitter end when the 5 or so companies that own every radio station in America used a global pandemic as an excuse to automate the last of 'em out the door. But enough of me bellyaching.
I have some shirts I've collected over the years I suspect might be worth $$$. I could sure use it right now.
This, for example, is Sub Pop "Loser" shirt #3. How do I know it's #3? Because I was covering Dan House's direct to record store sales job at Sub Pop while he was on tour with Skin Yard, when the late Jay Bob Horstein walked in with his test silkscreening and threw one to Jon Poneman, one to Bruce Pavitt, and the next one to me. As you can hopefully see, it was well worn, surviving the 1988 Chemistry Set/Pure Joy van tour.
This is the shirt Pearl Jam distributed as they changed their name from that of bass player Jeff Ament's fave NBA player "Mookie Blaylock" to "Pearl Jam", which is of course a nickname for jism. This shirt's in pretty good shape.
This one came to KXRX in advance of MTV's "Live and Loud" event December 13th 1993, staged in an empty pier on the Seattle Waterfront with The Breeders and Cyprus Hill. Pearl Jam were supposed to be on the bill, but backed out last minute...I think Ed got sick. Heavily worn longsleeve.