Semi -OT: Grateful Red

[Brooklyn Zoo]

NO MAS and awesome sports-themed clothing company has created a shirt honoring Bill Walton and his passion for the Grateful Dead. I don't care about either myself, but the shirt is pretty cool and I thought there might be some interest here. Story and link are below.

"When one thinks of the Grateful Dead, thoughts don’t immediately turn to the Boston’s professional basketball franchise. But the link between the two outfits is strong, a connection that largely hinges on one man, the Dead fan/Basketball Hall-of-Famer Bill Walton, affectionately known in Dead circles as “Grateful Red.” Walton has attended over 650 Dead shows in his life, including a few of the record 24 performances that the band played at the old Boston Garden. During Walton’s three-year stint in Boston from 1985-87, he gave Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart a Boston starter jacket, which Hart went on to wear in the video for the Dead’s biggest hit, “Touch of Grey,” forever sealing the Beantown/Dead universal state of harmony. We celebrate that harmony with this t-shirt, a fan tee from Walton’s Boston years that we found in a thrift store and lovingly reproduced. "

http://www.nomas-nyc.com/product_greatfulred.html

[Scalamental]

damn, to bad it's 36 big ones.

[MyInsatiableOne]

Even though the Dead suck, this is a cool shirt!

[tombattor]

Eh... I thought Red was for Auerbach. I have no interest in anything Walton.

[MyInsatiableOne]

Eh... I thought Red was for Auerbach. I have no interest in anything Walton.

Good point...plus, it's the Grateful Dead...yech!

[greenbeans]

I'll light up a big ol fatty while wearing the shirt in honor of you, MIO. lol, Maybe I'll even listen to NPR while doing so.

[MyInsatiableOne]

I'll light up a big ol fatty while wearing the shirt in honor of you, MIO. lol, Maybe I'll even listen to NPR while doing so.

^I thought you liked me?