Yearly Archives: 2006

Join or Die

Too much time to kill before boarding a plane to Germany, with some fabric and paint to spare, so I borrowed a design from Ben Franklin and got to work. Initially, I’d designed it with eleven pieces plus the head, … tell me more

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Americans All!

This one has been in the works since the game in Hartford in August, 2005. The day after that game, I was at work, which, at the time, was the Mass Historical Society. A coworker was arranging World War I … tell me more

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Kikaider

Romanized as Kikaida if you’re Hawaiian like Brian Ching. I really love the color blending in the eyes and head for this one. I did this at the suggestion of a dude from Hawaii on Big Soccer. Guy wanted to … tell me more

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Run DMB

All Magpie’s work, done because we’d long heard people making the Run-DMC joke and suggesting it as a banner, but never putting their money where their mouths are. Neat red straps with white snaps for contrast, and the color combo … tell me more

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Obey

Another Shep Fairey homage, using the staredown that promoted Gooch from “big dude, plays in Belgium I guess?” to “fuckin’ LEGEND.” Magpie painted most of this.

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Parappa the Midfielder

The US isn’t taken seriously by other countries as a competitor for soccer, so therefore the best way to get us to be taken seriously is to liken our players to rapping cartoon dogs*. The more I thought about it, … tell me more

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why we do this

Every once in a while you need reassurance that people want you around—Taylor Twellman, 5/6/06

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if you’ve been shafted and you know it, raise your hand

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look what arrived today

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on the occasion of meola’s hundredth cap

Had we not been busy last week with actual work, and had it not been a bit too rainy outside, this would have been painted and shipped to someone attending the evening’s game in NC.

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