VINTAGE GRATEFUL DEAD ARTWORK

Last week the legendary band The Grateful Dead, opened up their vast archive of artwork and media to the general public.  The online collection contains 45,000 pieces of digital content, from photographs to poster art, to ticket stubs.  Worth a look - these posters are just a taster of the insane psychedelic art on offer...

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Images via gdao.org

TASTEMAKERS TOUR

We mentioned earlier this week about an exciting collaboration we have in the works with Johnny Cupcakes...want to know more? Check this out....
 

ZUMA IS A MINATURE HERO!

He's at it again...just when we thought our Gap kids collection couldn't look any cuter, along comes mini fashionista Zuma to prove us wrong!

He spent a day at the beach with doting mom Gwen Stefani, wearing our Junk Food loves Gap Kids Spiderman tee that he had customized into a sleeveless top! Very cute Zuma....very cute....pick up the tee here!

Is it Spiderman? No its Zuma! Pick up his Spiderman tee @ Gap kids

Images via Just Jared

MTV RETRO-MANIA

Since its launch in 1981, MTV has been a trail blazer of pop culture and a staple TV channel for teens everywhere.  It seems crazy to imagine it now in a world where we are bombarded with current music information, but pre-MTV, there was no outlet for new music, videos, concert info...etc.

From its humble days playing music videos, MTV has continually evolved from its original idea of 24/7 music, to creating innovative and iconic programming such as TRL, Singled out, YO! MTV Raps, Beavis & Butthead, Daria, The Real World and The Hills, to more recent hits Teen Mom and The Jersey Shore.  It was MTV who were at the fore front again with the influx of reality shows that became popular this decade, and they are now responsible for a network of stations from VH-1 to MTV2 to variations worldwide.

Some things you may not know about MTV.....

• MTV launched on August 1st 1981 with the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll," spoken by John Lack, and played over footage of the first Space Shuttle launch countdown of Columbia.
• The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star"
• In 1985, in protest against the station, the Dead Kennedys released a song in 1985 titled "MTV, Get Off The Air"
• The first MTV Video Music Awards show aired in 1984
• The MTV logo was designed in 1981 by Manhattan Design, a collective formed by Frank Olinsky
•  In 2010, a study by the GLAD found that of 207.5 hours of prime time programming on MTV, 42% included content reflecting the lives of gay, bisexual and transgendered people.
•  The channel's most popular image and branding campaign, "I want my MTV!," was launched in 1982

In celebration of their history of awesome programming MTV are launching 'Retro-Mania', showing select episodes of Daria, The Hills and Laguna Beach from 9am-12pm until August 3rd!! Nice!!!

MTV is here to stay, constantly evolving to stay our number one source of music and pop culture entertainment!

Junk Food Hamburger tee and Legs MTV tees

Retro MTV beach party Junk Food tee

MTV kisses tee and checkered MTV slub tank

Judah Friedlander in Junk Food MTV hamburger tee in this month's Maxim magazine

Yo!: The Story Of Yo! MTV Raps (Documentary) (2012)

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DO YOU LIKE CUPCAKES?

Exciting news on the horizon for Junk Food and Johnny Cupcakes t-shirt fans....check out Johnny Cupcakes blog post about our Tastemakers Truck Tour....stay tuned for more info... ; )

MONOPOLY STREET ART

Came across this interesting street art during my daily perusal of the art blogs - Street artist Bored, based in Chicago, took to the streets and turned them into a real life monopoly board.  Once tracked down the street artists explained that “the goal of this entire project has been to present something different than a stencil painted on the ground or a poster pasted to a wall. Something 3-dimensional that can be picked up, beaten down, kicked, yanked, grabbed, and broken. And if someone ever put forth the effort to remove it, like a weed it will always grow back. And if left alone it will evolve into something different.”

We are definitely fans of street art that pushes the boundaries in this way - who said it had to be a spray paint mural on the side of a building anyway? The emergence of more and more 3-D based art in cities is really exciting, and of course we here at Junk Food have a special place in our hearts for Monopoly, so this really hits the spot!!

Junk Food Monopoly tees (top left to right) - Pay up Sucka $34, No Way tee $32, Your place or mine $34

Source: Colossal

KENDALL & KYLIE COVER SEVENTEEN MAG IN JUNK FOOD

Kendall and Kylie Jenner, little sisters of the famous Kardashian clan, grace the cover of Seventeen Latin America this morning, proving that they are stars in their own right!  The girls excitedly tweeted this behind the scenes shot! Kendall look stylish in our Junk Food Originals "Good Girls go to Heaven, Bad Girls go Everywhere" tank, and lucky for you its available on our online store in the sale right now! Get it while it's hot!

Image via KendallandKylie.celebbuzz.com

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