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what's the most pointless piece of 'indie' merchandise you own?

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by guntrip

i have an azure ray coaster.

guntrip | 25 Jun '08, 22:52 | Send note | Report this | Reply

I used to have some China Drum condoms

they had the Drum tobacco logo on the outside, but were mildly subverted to read China Drum with the legend 'Extra Rough Shag' emblazoned below.


someone at uni

had a Jet lighter with "shine on" written on it

ps azure ray = win


part chimp ear plugs

used to have a broadcast plastic bag


I have ISIS earplugs

I don't use them since I got my ER20s though.


I have a knitted cursive purse

had to stop myself bidding on ebay for a microphones tarp


one of those silly los camp! cut out things

i also bought plasters ('cultural first aid') off of british sea power. they were pretty handy, though.


I have a bottle of Dodgy water

Promoting the ' Melodies Haunt You ' e.p


seconded.

or: if it's good enough for phil, it's good enough for me.


Dodgy Water

I'd love to meet the marketing guy who came up with that. And kick his face in.


I also have this

Plus the drummers sweaty towel from Phoenix 1994.


Brett Anderson's solo album

boom tish

(I don't really own it)


2 x British Sea Power coasters

and pencils too. they're useful though!

All badges. I never wear them, so they are fairly pointless.

Also i bought my girlfriend some los campesinos! underwear. indie-tastic!


I've got a Saddle Creek beer mat on my desk

I used to have a whole bag of Reuben frisbees


I used to have some Art Brut

Good Weekend condoms as well.


^ i have one of these too

(TCTC and all)


me

too


Travis Drumstick

worst
drummer
ever


I have a broken Graham Coxon's drummer's drumstick

It fell between me and someone else.


i'll see yr cooper temple drumstick

And raise you an Australian Pink Floyd drumstick.
actually i don't have that anymore.


i'm wearing my =w= green album era sweatband

for no reason at the moment.

also, here might be worth noting my Dharma Initiative MUG arrived yesterday.


photo plz


soon...

soon.

it's pretty amazing.


kings of leon

rolling papers
duke spirit matches
and of course, stellastarr* underwear


oh yeah

i also have some Zwan matches.


Now *that's* pointless

Surely they just fizzle out?


...


...


LOL!


if

they're like the duke spirit matches, they are flimsy as fuck, and thus incredibly pointless. it's okay though - they were free!


me too!

it's my most prized piece of indie merchandise :)


<33333

amazing! where/when did you get yours? mine is from the first time i saw them as well which makes it extra special <3


someone gave it to me

because i was like 'OMG LUPEN CROOK MATCHES' so sadly i've never seen him or the murderbirds :'(
i haven't heard any news from him in ages, is he still around?


aww :(

yeah they went on a mini tour in new york and came back with loads of new songs, quite a few of those are up on youtube and they hardly play older songs at all now it would seem.

join my group pls http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6890656371


:D i will do when i get home

ace!
I'd love to see them, but they seem quite elusive, or maybe i just don't pay enough attention to the indie news and stuff, but i never seem to hear anything about them. Maybe i will now thanks to your facebook group :D:D


i update with tour dates!

and if they play near you i'll even let you know, they should be doing more gigs again after the summer


aw, thank you! :)

yay!


rivers cuomo guitar pick

with the weezer logo on it. if only i could imbue it with songwriting skill and pass it back


Not particlularly "indie" (God I hate that word)

but I have a Slipknot frisbee, got it free in a metal magazine many years ago...


GIMME!


a kinesis wristband

it's more like an armband though, it either slips off my arm completely or up onto my bicep. Rubbish.


I have a Supergrass carrier bag.

It's white with the old orignal world globe logo on in blue.
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/5085/009.gif

I got it on the In It For The Money tour when I bought the t-shirt.


actually i still have

a hail to the thief bag somewhere


my birthday card from

belle & sebastian


franz ferdinand tea-towel

i don't like them but it looked quite good
in the kitchen

a box of coloured pencils from a band - can't remember who


i really can't think of anything!

other than t-shirts and DVDs, I am pretty much merchandise-free.

oh, i do have a B&S "waitress" poster framed in my spare room.


A christmas card from Oasis.

Some tatty QOTSA matches.
About a zillion shitty pin badges.


i've got that too

ha ha ha


I have a Christmas card

from OCS


I might still have that sort of thing somewhere. Blimey

Who kept all their Parlophone 'flavour of the label' things?


earthtone9 condoms

best before date was a few years ago.


I have a audio book of horror stories

distributed by W.A.S.T.E.

I think.


i have a strokes t shirt hanging about somewhere

also, my housemate once bought a coat from a site called 'that indie look'.


French Kiss Records Underwear

I got some múm rubber stamps and lost them a few weeks later too


British Sea Power kendal mint cake

got it from gig in 2003


Roots Manuva

king size rolling papers

Morrissey cufflinks


I remember that stuff!

Some hit me in the face, which hurt a bit, but the sweet minty taste was ample compensation.


For many a year i have

been tempted to eat the sweet minty goodness inside but I have come to the conclusion that 5 years on it may have lost all of its minty properties.


I had this

but I ate it :(.


viva voce kazoo

which now doesnt even work because of daniel GUNPOOP


lolz

deserved.


Not actually merchandise

but a piece of Trail of Dead drumkit.

I've got some Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster matches somewhere.


Morrissey's 16" pink shirt

but it smells beautiful.


saddle creek coasters

knitted cursive coin purse
criteria plectrums
[i think there's a theme here]

the most useful merchandise i have is a B&S flight bag. it's great as a cabin bag for long-haul flights!


Carter USM cycle cap

PWEI lighter.


I have a The Books oven glove

Not really pointless though. Actually very useful.


erm

Glass Onion (Travis before they were Travis) coasters.
My Life Story top trumps cards.
Not very indie but once had a Liberty X plastic frog.


some foals badges i got at a gig i went to last october

not interesting, but i didnt take them out the packet so kind of pointless.





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