John Smeaton is a fan of the S.D.F.C.

We were alerted earlier this week to a BBC documentary called Make Me AN MP which documented Glasgow cult figure John Smeaton's attempt to became a bona-fide politician, during the recent Glasgow North East by-election. Mr Smeaton rose to popularity after he tackled a terrorist at Glasgow airport in the summer of 2007 and went on to enjoy cult status not just in Scotland but around the world. As you can see from the still above Smeato can be clearly seen to be wearing our Proudly Banjoing Terrorists t-shirt. Cheers Smeato.

Shocktober Tees For The S.D.F.C.

It's the most mysterious month of the year and to celebrate we've designed four special t-shirts which celebrate four of the most famous conspiracy theories in history. We have the JFK assassination conspiracy, the death of Marilyn Monroe, the Roswell Incident and the fake moon landing conspiracy. Enjoy.

The moon landing conspiracy theory t-shirt
The Roswell incident conspiracy theory t-shirt
The Marilyn Monroe conspiracy theory t-shirt.

The JFK assassination conspiracy theory t-shirt.

Two New Tees

WATCH TV & STAY ASLEEP

Here are two spanking new t-shirts currently available over on our website. The first is a parody of those Keep Calm And Carry On t-shirts currently doing the rounds spliced with a subtle reference to John Carpenter's cult sci-fi classic They Live. As you can see the second t-shirt was inspired by the wonderfully eclectic British weather.

MEANWHILE, BACK IN BRITAIN

Comic Con 2009

Our good friends over at Slashfilm.com produced some amazing coverage of this year's Comic Con in San Diego. Just to give all of us who couldn't be there a taste of how fanatical things can get David Chen filmed this short segment highlighting the length of the queue just to get in to the Futurama hall. Incidentally David was wearing our I Heart NNY Futurama tribute tee as he bravely waded his way through a veritable sea of nerds...except for the hot blonde who appears at 0.59, who apparently left the prerequisite Star Trek costume at home.

Check Out Movie Overdose

We just received this picture of the guys over at Movie Overdose who were kind enough to wear a couple of our Wire tribute t-shirts. Sam Unsted, John Doree and Tom Green review the latest cinematic releases and debate the finer points of being a film fan on their excellent weekly podcast. If by now you don't believe that radio is dead and buried then you haven't listened to podcasts like the Movie Overdose. Like films? Then listening to Sam, John and Tom is a no-brainer.

You can also follow the guys over at their Twitter page HERE

Trailers From Hell Is A Friend Of The S.D.F.C.

A while ago American comedian/writer/actor Patton Oswalt sent us a couple of pics of him wearing our Charley Varrick and Cutty's Boxing Gym t-shirts. To describe our reaction at the time as excited would have been a huge understatement, so imagine our delight only a few weeks ago when we received an e-mail from Josh Olsen, a long time friend of Mr Oswalt's, who is also a regular contributor to the excellent website Trailers From Hell. Josh kindly informed us that he loved the shirts we had sent Patton and so he ordered some for himself, explaining that he planned to wear them whilst filming a segment for the website. One of the tees he picked was our Gremlins tribute shirt Dorry's Tavern, which he loved and wanted to wear as an in-joke for the director of the movie Joe Dante who actually helps to run Trailers From Hell. A double whammy for us, a fan of our shirts wearing one whilst filming a segment for a website we frequent, which is also run by one of our all time favourite movie directors.

Fast forward a couple of months and Josh has now filmed the segment, which you can watch below, and as promised he wore the t-shirt, but what is even more mind blowing, for us at least, is the video he shot was for the Kentucky Fried Movie trailer, a film which we took inspiration from to set up The State Dept Of Fashion Corrections and the name of our fictional Warden In Chief - Big Jim Slade.
We're not sure if Josh is aware of this coincidence but it tickled us pink to make the connection. Be sure to check out the rest of the excellent website Trailers From Hell, which any self-respecting movie fan will adore.

N.B. The reason Dorry's Tavern shows up as being blue is because of the green screen behind Josh.

Patton Oswalt Is A Friend For Life

This pic is amazing for two simple reasons: 1) It features one of our favourite comedians and actors today and 2) he is wearing our Charley Varrick tribute tee. Hollywood comedian, writer and actor Patton Oswalt was gracious enough to send us this pic after we sent him out a couple of shirts knowing full well the man was a huge fan of the Walter Matthau cult classic Charley Varrick.

If for some inexplicable reason you're not familiar with Patton's work he was the voice of Remy in Ratatouille, has appeared in Reno 911, Starsky And Hutch The Movie, Blade: Trinity and is set to appear alongside Matt Damon in The Informer. Also be sure to check out his excellent stand-up albums Werewolves And Lollipops, Feelin' Kinda Patton and 222. Here's a taster of the man at work,(NSFW language).

Patton Oswalt: Stella Dora Breakfast Treats

Back To The Grind

After a brief time away researching new products, (Ahem, on holiday), the S.D.F.C. is now back to full working order and it's full steam ahead towards Spring. Full of optimism and inspiration we've just recently uploaded six new t-shirts to the website, click on the corresponding pictures below to teleport you to their product pages. We have no idea how long our new positive approach will last, but we hope that we can...oh for f**k's sake look at that, it's raining.

We Want Your Pictures

We're going to make this very simple. We want you to send us your pictures and in return we'll send you out some prizes.
The rules are as follows: Send the S.D.F.C. a picture of you, or your friends, wearing our t-shirts or hoodies and the funniest or most inventive two entries will win a prize. First place gets a t-shirt of their choice and second place gets a gift of our choice.

This month we have a copy of the brilliant Cormac McCarthy book The Road, which is soon to be a movie starring Viggo Mortensen up for a second place prize.
Send your t-shirt pics to info@bonaroo.co.uk and we'll announce the two winners in four weeks time. All of the pics we receive, (including non-winning entries) will be uploaded to our exclusive gallery at the S.D.F.C. Get clicking.

Hoddies Now £19.99

We've just added a couple of new hoodies to the S.D.F.C. and on top of the new products we've decided to slash the price from £24.99 to £19.99. We've been threatening to upgrade our hoodie range for some time and although we've only managed to throw up a few new products there are many more on the way. Please keep checking back regularly as we are determined to upload a rash of designs as soon as possible.

The Teen Wolf Hoodie is basically just a cross over from our Teen Wolf T-Shirt only it comes without the "Howard 42" backprint. The other new edition is the Farmington Barn Hoodie, (a tribute to the excellent cop show The Shield), which is also a direct crossover from our Farmington Barn T-Shirt, and is only currently available in grey, but rest assured more colour options will be added soon.

The February Freeze

This is the current view outside the S.D.F.C. right now. Gorgeous isn't it? There's something about a heavy snowfall which stirs the imagination and teleports you back to simpler less stressful times. The snow has been threatening to fall for some time now and after a week of just slightly cold weather the temperature dropped and the the white stuff came down. Apparently in Aviemore it plummeted to -18 on Sunday evening.

However, no matter how cold it is outside things have been heating up nicely inside, as we've been hard at work getting new designs printed and uploaded onto the website. You can view them below:

Lone Pine Mall - Back To The Future

V8 Interceptor Wanted - Mad Max 2

Jaws Cast List - Jaws

Last Of The Independents - Charley Varrick

That is all.

A Wonderful Evening Of Bleakness

I've been working my way through Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic book The Road over the past couple of days and last night, (with only 40 pages left), I managed to finish it. The basic premise centres around a father and his son struggling to survive as they travel down a single road, cutting through America which has been ravaged by fire and is now covered in a blanket of ash. Needless to say it isn't the feelgood book of the year but a total page turner nonetheless and possibly one of the best books I've ever read.

Feeling a little jaded and somewhat depressed after finishing the book I then watched the movie The Escapist starring Brian Cox. This is a British prison flick and to even briefly describe the plot would be giving too much away, just trust me and rent this movie. It has all the great elements of a prison escape story plus a lot more. There you go folks, read The Road and watch The Escapist...unless of course you are looking for a laugh.

Apologies

We realise that the radio silence on here has been deafening but that was mainly due to a hectic festive period in terms of work and socialising, but now with all of that over we can focus on keeping you guys updated on the latest developments at the S.D.F.C. We've released two new tees this week, (click on the pics for more info), one is a tribute to the 80s Sci-Fi classic Back To The Future and the other references Mad Max, (in a classified advert style). There is a reason for the basic design of the Lone Pine Mall tee as it's based on the original sign which you see in the film. Yes, we could have added a more detailed pine tree, made it look more artistic and pleasing to the eye, but as a fan of the movie and a friend of the S.D.F.C. pointed out, we would be doing the hardcore fans a disservice. The tee also subtly references an in-movie gag about the name of the mall, if you don't know it then we suggest you watch the movie again.
We have more designs on the way and around 20 current designs to be transferred onto our hoodie section so keep checking back for more regular updates. Enjoy.