Tune in to your television these days and you may notice something different as you TIVO your way through commercials - those blurs no longer have politicians on them. Yes it’s true, another election season has come and gone. Whether your candidate won or lost, we at UGP hope your took the opportunity to participate. [...]
Our Cyclotron’s in the FRIB
Published in October 17th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
If you got all excited when you saw the title like I did, just a heads up, the cyclotron is NOT the same thing as the carnival ride that spins around real fast and you stick to the carpet covered walls. However, if you were walking around the campus of Michigan State University yesterday, you [...]
Madison’s Got Game
Published in October 1st, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
“If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the scoreboard says at the end of the game, in my book we’re gonna be winners”
- Gene Hackman as Coach Norman Dale, Hoosiers
The state of Indiana may have claim to the [...]
Oh I get it, the “Purple” Line Stops in Evanston
Published in September 12th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in New Stores
Northwestern University, the purple terror of the Big Ten, is home to the newest Underground Printing location. The school may be a bit hard to find (the name is a little misleading - dont head to Washington state like i did, it’s not there) but if you learn your CTA maps and don’t get stuck [...]
U-S-A, P-V-K!
Published in August 18th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Cool Shirts
Our Olympic printing tradition this year continues with the custom shirts we printed for 2008 Olympian Peter Vanderkaay. Peter took the Bronze medal behind Michael Phelps and Taehwan PARK of South Korea in the 200 Free, and took home the Gold in the 4 x 200 Free Relay along with teammates Phelps, Ryan Lochte, and Ricky [...]
Putting the “T” in Election…(also “voting”)…. (and “politics”)
Published in August 7th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
That’s right, its hanging chad season again! Politics can be a touchy subject, and there are a lot of hot button issues this year, as there always seems to be. However, one thing remains abundantly clear: candidates are pro T-Shirt. Elections are yet another forum where the power of the t-shirt can flex its muscle, [...]
RV There Yet?
Published in August 5th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Cool Shirts
Flugtag is a German word that means “Flying Day”, at least according to the makers of Red Bull, who have sponsored the events since 1991 in 35 countries around the world. This year featured three American Locations, in Portland, OR, Tampa Bay, FL, and Chicago, IL. The rules of Flugtag, at their most basic, are [...]
Pirates Trade Jason Bay for UGP Store and Player To Be Named Later
Published in August 1st, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in New Stores
In a blockbuster three-team deal, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded star left-fielder Jason Bay to the Boston Red Sox last night. Manny Ramirez left the Bo Sox , headed to L.A. to play for the Dodgers and skipper Joe Torre, ending a rocky relationship with Boston management. The Pirates received a bunch of guys you may [...]
Picture This: Thank You for Being A Customer!
Published in July 28th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Cool Shirts
We at Underground Printing take a lot of pride in our customers, their creativity, and their devotion to the events that brought them to us. Sometimes that’s a charity raising money, sometimes it’s a campus group raising awareness, and sometimes its a going away party with custom t-shirts featuring kanagaroos whose heads have been replaced [...]
American Gladiators no match for Florentine’s Jousting, T-shirts
Published in July 27th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
Monday Night Football may stil be a few weeks away, but it doesn’t mean you have to spend your evening fixing the lawnmower. Hard hitting action still lives on Monday nights on NBC with the revival of American Gladiators. This week’s semifinal pits winners from the first season in head to head competition -Â with [...]
Twin Cities get Neil Diamond, Newest Underground Printing Store
Published in July 27th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in New Stores
Fans of all ages crowded into St. Paul, MN’s Excel Energy center last weekend to take in the dulcet tones and smooth melodies of the “greatest songwriter of this or any other generation” - Mr. Neil Diamond. Expectations were high for renditions of “Forever in Blue Jeans”, “Sweet Caroline”, and “I am, I said.” But [...]
City of Lansing, music fans find Common Ground
Published in June 30th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
The state capitals. As children, we memorize them to some peculiar tune in order to pass our U.S. Geography quiz. As adults, we praise and lament them as the source of all that is great and woeful in our state governments. For the body politic of Michigan, it’s also one more place to R-O-C-K. ( [...]
Diver makes tiny splash, big impact on U.S. Trials
Published in June 25th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
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NO RUNNING AROUND POOL AREA. Unless you just earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team headed to Beijing for the Summer Games like Underground Printing customer and friend Christina Loukas did last Saturday. Ok even then, be careful. For most of us, “diving” consists of cannonballs, belly flops, and the little-kid-slow-motion-fall-off-the-edge-of-the-pool. For Christina it [...]
Modest Mouse comes to Rothbury Music Festival, bringing buffalo
Published in June 19th, 2008
For those of you in the Midwest looking for a summer music extravaganza that doesn’t involve the word “palooza”, this year’s Rothbury Music Festival on the shores of Lake Michigan should provide an ample solution. Modest Mouse has joined a star-filled, talented, and eclectic mix of artists heading to Michigan’s left coast July 3-6th. Underground [...]
Olympics Spelled with Silent H
Published in June 16th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
If you were watching Sportscenter this morning, you probably caught Rick Reilly’s piece on the U.S. Open (he should really stick to writing) and the highlights of the Mets/Rangers double-dip (hooray for sub-.500 baseball!). What you wouldn’t have seen were highlights from last night’s dramatic U.S. Olympic Wrestling Trials. Of particular note was the outcome [...]
Cover Band Shirts
Published in June 12th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
Have you ever looked at your coffee table, surveyed your collection of periodicals, and wished the whole world could know how interested you are in people, and time, and popular mechanics? Well if you read Rolling Stone and have mainstream taste in music, your wish has been granted! Macy’s has teamed up with the magazine [...]
Coverseation Piece
Published in June 11th, 2008
Converse, a brand best know for Chuck Taylor’s hightops and helping Michael J. Fox elude 1950’s roadsters, has seized upon the resurgence of the Celtics/Lakers rivalry as an opportunity to bring us back to the 1980s and the days of Magic and Bird.
Distributed outside the arena in Boston, these vintage style shirts bring a [...]
Hot Wings and Red Bull
Published in June 10th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in Random
Hot market printing means a lot of shirts and not a lot of sleep, but following the Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Championship last Wednesday night, that’s exactly what many members of the UGP staff found themselves doing. Following the Wings’ 3-2 victory in Pittsburgh, the Underground Printing staff hit the presses, producing thousands [...]
Top 40 Countdown
Published in June 9th, 2008
Posted by Underground Ryland in awards
It’s Casey Kasem time at Underground Printing! This year’s Impressions Magazine national rankings came out, and UGP made the Top 40 for the first time. Impressions is the screenprinting industry’s go-to publication, so we’re proud to have moved up yet again this year in their list of top volume printers. Ranking is done by [...]
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