So this weekend I made a last-minute decision to check out Spike Lee’s huge “Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson” event. Coming up on wash week, I figured it would be a good time to rock my new Stuyvesants tee. As soon as I got to the park I started catching random stares from people. At first, I attributed it to the usual doppelgänger, ‘you look familiar comments’ I’ve been getting from people since high school (#SMH). But then some dude came up to me asked about my shirt. A few minutes later another dude came up to me & asked to take a picture of me; er um — the shirt. Then a few ladies came up and inquired about it as well. This pretty much continued throughout the entire day. Needless to say, it seemed folks were really eying my shirt. Totally unexpected — but the best part about it was having a chance to put a few new people on to The Stuyvesants record. Hopefully, they’ll actually end up checking it out.

The project has been growing in a really organic way since we released it. People have been finding out about through all different types of outlets from twitter, to radio shows to plain ole word-of-mouth. 3 months later there still seems to be a good amount of people just now discovering it and showing love. That’s something neither me nor Darien ever expected. If you’ve mentioned the record to anybody at all — Thank You.

Anyways, I say all that to say that we’ve finally got a store; albeit a small store, set up for the Stuyvesants’ tees. Check it out here and maybe pick up the new shirt while you’re at it. If you catch a couple of stares from people you don’t know, make sure you put them on!

Oh & http://thestuyvesants.com

Sidenote: Happy Birthday Golnaz!

Yes you heard right! Scott over at iso50.com (I’m addicted to his blog, and his design taste) is designing a poster for Barack Obama’s campaign. He’s been keeping the actual design under tight wraps since he first mentioned it a couple of weeks ago, But today he’s released some sneak peeks of what the poster looks like in the middle of the printing process. The poster is being printed at Continental Colorcraft in LA which from the pictures looks like a CRAZY production house — No Games, No Gimmicks. I know I’m coping one when it comes out.

As you probably already know I’m a pretty heavy supporter of this guy so to help raise some funds for the campaign, I am selling some custom designed tees (and more). Also, 3/4 of the proceeds will be donated to his campaign.

Spread the word and also educate yourself. Here’s a pretty good site that sheds some light Obama’s political views and stances. It’s a bit biased in certain areas but facts are facts (most of the time). You don’t have to be as knowledgeable as this guy but the more you know the better. It’s time for Change.

Shouts to Patrice, Cathleen, E and Alia for the support!