http://blog.undergroundshirts.com Underground Printing's attempt to articulate the goings-on in the world of apparel - and some other stuff too. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:51:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Everyone knows that UGP loves its old school hip hop (check out this concert co sponsored by UGP Morgantown): But lately, UGP has been the place to go for up and coming rappers. The latest is 6'6 240 (yeah, thats his name too). A local rapper from Morgantown, WV - he ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/10/14/the-gold-n-blue-2010/ I love it when UGP employees do cool things outside of Underground Printing (and inside Underground Printing). I found out today that one of our graphic designers, Ryan W. who is a very talented artist, won the "How Sweet the Sound" Community Art competition and had his art selected to ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/10/08/how-sweet-the-sound/ If you have ever seen the show "Shark Tank" on ABC, you know that there are a lot of long awkward pauses, that Kevin guy is a real jerk, and you need confidence, good negotiating skills, and a great product/company to get your investment money. Luckily UGP customer Sawyer Sparks, ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/10/07/swimmin-with-the-sharks/ From time to time, Underground Printing gets requests for custom printed apparel from our troops while they are overseas. Its an honor and a privilege, and we are proud to do it. However, usualy, we never get to see our shirts in action. But the men and women of FOB ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/09/03/ugp-supports-fob-farah-and-all-our-troops/ Who is Yaoki Ishii? And what does that have to do with UGP? Yaoki Ishii (see below) is currently the 989th ranked tennis player in the world. He hails from Japan, and from the looks of his picture, has an amazing serve complimented by excellent fashion sense. Underground Printing (see below) is ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/08/12/we-are-the-yaoki-ishii-of-fast-growing-companies/ Earlier this year we posted a story about Jason.  He had the inspired notion in 2009 to sell himself for money [hey, it's a recession!] His site www.iwearyourshirt.com started with the idea that he would sell "ad space" on himself, in the form of advertisers'  t-shirts. He would wear a ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/08/11/follow-up-what-do-you-do-with-365-t-shirts/ Last week while Reej was out, Live! with Regis and Kelly held a contest called "Local to Live" where Local TV hosts and anchors had a chance to be Kelly's co-host. Cities where two of our stores are located were represented: Jason Colthorp out of WILX-10 in Lansing and Jeff ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/08/10/kzoo-represented-on-regis-and-kelly/ You may have heard of Dancing with the Stars but Dancing with the...Professors? This hilarious idea comes from customers of our Indiana store, who use the event to showcase their talents for the hometown crowd. Below you can see them sporting custom printed track jackets and showing a Professor how ... http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/08/06/dancing-with-theprofessors/ Check out all our stores on Twitter for the latest in deals, promotions, giveaways, and the daily goings on around town! @UGPDinkytown - Minneapolis @UGPintheZoo - Kalamazoo @UGPDubV - Morgantown @UGPWisco - Madison @UGPSteelCity - Pittsburgh @UGPBoilermaker - West Lafayette @UGPChicagoland - Chicago-land @UGPHouseofPaign - Champaign @UGPEastLansing - East Lansing @UGP_IU - Bloomington @UGPGoBlue - Ann Arbor http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/07/30/ugp-on-twitter/ We're going to replace that ceiling tile one of these days, we swear. http://blog.undergroundshirts.com/2009/07/13/ugp-co-founder-rishi-narayan-interview-with-blake-from-actiontalkcom/