Geek Apparel of the Week: Turn It Up, Soundwave
I had an unspoken rule with myself not to feature any faux-distressed, fake-’80s T-shirts in “Geek Apparel of the Week,” but damn if this hasn’t broken past my emotional defenses:
I approve of an ’80s cartoon shirt that doesn’t explicitly mention what show it’s from, and I always approve of Soundwave. The shirt is $22, and available here at 80stees.com. The real question is: Can you wear this shirt and be as cool as 80stees’ shirt model?
Frankly, no. You cannot.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.