{"id":253,"date":"2010-10-15T20:52:27","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T20:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memetictees.com\/blog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2010-10-15T20:52:27","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T20:52:27","slug":"william-gibson-and-the-chatsubo-bar-t-shirt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memetictees.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/william-gibson-and-the-chatsubo-bar-t-shirt\/","title":{"rendered":"William Gibson and the Chatsubo Bar T-shirt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"William Gibson meets a fan wearing a Chatsubo Bar T-shirt from Memetic Tees\" src=\"http:\/\/memetictees.com\/blog\/images\/William_Gibson_Chatsubo_bar_Neuromancer_T-shirt.jpg\" title=\"William Gibson meets a fan wearing a Chatsubo Bar T-shirt from Memetic Tees\" class=\"aligncenter\" width=\"628\" height=\"392\" \/><br \/>\nWhen I designed the Chatsubo Bar T-shirt back in 2008, I couldn&#8217;t have imagined that someday Mr. William Gibson would see one of them. <\/p>\n<p>My jaw dropped when I saw this picture posted to my Facebook wall by Blake wearing his Chatsubo Bar T-shirt at a reading of Mr. Gibson at the University of Calgary in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>What can I say? I admire Gibson and my designs are the result of my passion for the worlds he creates. Have you seen his funny expression?  He looks like a great guy. I doubt that I\u2019ll ever have a chance to be that close to him, but I am delighted that one of my designs -a tribute to his work- had that privilege.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I designed the Chatsubo Bar T-shirt back in 2008, I couldn&#8217;t have imagined that someday Mr. William Gibson would see one of them. 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