7) Who makes the Net-Head T-shirts and how do I get one? (Grateful Dead)
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This article is from the Grateful Dead FAQ, by John J. Wood, Eric Nay and Ihor Slabicky tcgdd@hotmail.com with numerous contributions by others.
7) Who makes the Net-Head T-shirts and how do I get one? (Grateful Dead)
Maya has rarely done them more often than once a year (and I don't blame
her). There's usually an announcement in the fall indicating a new
run and giving the pertinent details, if she does one. Be patient, be kind.
Nethead shirts are a labor of love for Maya, not an obligation.
Here's the most recent announcement...
From roserunr@noller.com Mon Sep 11 10:57:00 PDT 1995
From: roserunr@noller.com (Roserunner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.gdead
Subject: Nethead t-shirt run
Keywords: nethead t-shirt
Message-ID: <1718-PCNews-125beta@noller.com>
Date: 8 Sep 95 19:58:58 GMT
Organization: Lunatic Fringe Velocity Freaks
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Due to popular request, Maya has agreed to do another run of nethead
t-shirts. I have received some really kind e-mail suggesting that Maya
and I can contribute to keeping our scene active and vibrant by making
another batch of nethead t-shirts.
It's been 23 days since Jerry died. I'm getting choked up trying to
compose this, so I'm gonna stop and just attatch the t-shirt run
announcement.
Keep in touch,
Roserunner
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Here's the announcement about nethead t-shirts. I hope it
answers all your questions. Please read the whole text before
sending questions to me. As it is, I answer almost half the questions
by simply re-sending this announcement. If you still have any questions after
reading this, please e-mail me at roseruner@noller.com and I'll address them.
PURPOSE: Meet'n'greeters so folks can find other netheads in crowds.
Otherwise, a couple of netheads might just stumble^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hglide
gracefully by each other. Basically, this is a home brew method of
spreading smiles far and wide.
DESCRIPTION: Mr. Bones is at a terminal. He has a garland of roses on
his head. He's turning to look over his right shoulder, and raising his
hand in greeting. The terminal has a lightning bolt down the middle,
with one side of the screen being red and the other blue. Over his head are
hand composed letters forming the word "Nethead". Below Mr. Bones is
a crescent of red roses with green leaves. The design uses four colors.
On the back of the t-shirt is says "Nothin' left to do but :-) :-) :-)"
A kind soul scanned a t-shirt and stored it at the berkeley archive site
(gdead.berkeley.edu \pub\gdead).
The t-shirts are 100% cotton. Preshrunk. Major brand (Fruit of the Loom
usually). The design is printed on a white t-shirt. White is easier to
find in a sea of tie-dyes, or a dark room. Besides, we could never dye
them just _exactly_ the way every "picky deadhead" would want it ;-)
Kids can get by with a size Small, btw. They make grate jammies ;-)
The design is about 12 inches across, so it won't fit on a "real" kid's
size t-shirt.
HOW TO GET ONE (or more):
An American Express money order is must for foreign orders, as banks have
become much more reluctant to deal with foreign personal checks, recently.
Also, foreign orders need to send $US22, which includes an extra $2 for
shipping. Postal or American Express money orders can also be used.
If that's a problem, we are open to considering trades of local stuff
for nethead t-shirts. Think of chocolate from Switzerland, or lace
>from Belgium, or something along that line.
Maya has never had a bad check from a nethead. so she'll keep on
accepting them, as long as the check is drawn on a U.S. bank.
Besides, if anyone should send rubber instead of paper,
they would generate a huge amount of bad kharma. That much bad Kharma
would prevent them from being able to score a show ticket for at _least_
a whole year.
Maya saves each and every t-shirt request forever. Send something,
(a receipt from a Chinese (or other) restaurant, a cookie recipe with your
SIZE on the back, a copy of the cover of your dissertation, a piece of paper,
a picture of a dancing elephant at the National Zoo, a tape label (attached
to a tape is OK too ;-) ), the doodling from that boring required class
you just got out of, by now you get the idea)
with (at least) the following information:
Name
Address
Size (Can't make one for _you_ without knowing
what size _you_ wear)
Phone Number (in case of some glitch)
$US 20 per t-shirt
(make checks out to Maya Baldwin)
to:
Maya Baldwin
5421 Douglas Lane
Sebastopol, Ca. 95472-2112
DEADLINE for nethead t-shirt requests is Bobby's birthday 10-15-95.
We'll have the t-shirts in the mail on or about 11-15-95.
Don't forget to INCLUDE YOUR SIZE.
XXL is no problem. Please e-mail me if you need an even bigger size,
and we'll try to work something out. T-shirts that are too large can be
easily shrunk by washing in hot water, btw. The t-shirts are pre-shrunk,
but they _are_ cotton, which naturally shrinks when washed in hot water.
Preshrunk t-shirts shrink less than non-pre-shrunk, of course.
QUESTIONS: I'm Maya's net.I/O.Port :-)
My e-mail address for any questions is: roserunr@noller.com
If something comes up and you need to talk to Maya directly,
call (707) 887-9017, while the Sun is shining in California.
Did I mention that it's important to tell Maya the SIZE t-shirt you
need?
CONFIRMATION OF REQUESTS:
This is a little "operation" and we're quite busy with our regular
lives, so we don't send out confirmation of every t-shirt request.
There just isn't enough time in the day. We'd like to, but just can't
pull it off. If you are concerned about the arrival of your request,
please e-mail me and I'll consult with Maya then tell you if she has it
yet. I can deal with a few requests on a sporadic basis easier than
contracting to come in every day and send out a bunch of e-mail
confirmations. After all, my boss thinks I use this machine to develop
his products ;-)
It's really amazing how much interest there is in our meet'n'greeters.
It isn't a business, and we can't spend all our time on it. We hope you
understand where we're coming from.
These t-shirts are intended to help folks find each other, regardless of
how they communicate through cyberspace. The access method/net isn't
important, the communication is. Therefore, please feel free to distribute
this nethead t-shirt offering announcement to any list/machine you feel
would have an interested audience on it.
--------------- Context of nethead t-shirts presented below --------------
We're just a couple of, um, ah, "experienced" hippies hoping to make it
easier for folks to make connections at shows. The nethead t-shirt was a
spontaneous creation of my wife, Maya, a few years ago. When I first wore it
to a show Dave Gans, Marty Lefkowitz, and Rea Simpson saw it and I met
them for the first time. If I hadn't been wearing the nethead t-shirt,
I would have just walked by them in the crowd, and our meeting might
not have happened.
At the same time, there was a lot of net.discussion about somehow making
a r.m.gdead t-shirt of some sort. Somebody mentioned the nethead t-shirts
Maya had made. Things snowballed from there. Now Maya tries to keep a
few t-shirts around, so we can send one out real soon after we receive a
request. If there's going to be a delay of more than a couple of weeks,
I'll get back to you and let you know about it. Please be a bit
patient with us, as this isn't anything resembling a business.
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Lookin' for adventure / In whatever comes our way" -Steppenwolf
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