Tee Shirt Museum and Jim O'Bryan In Today's PD

Kenneth Warren · Post by **Kenneth Warren** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:50 am

Congratulations, Jim and the whole museum team, on an enjoyable interview and great photo, which managed to capture among many others a Lakewood Observer Tee Shirt in all its brand-building power.

Kenneth Warren

David Lay · Post by **David Lay** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:14 am

Congrats Jim and all!

dl meckes · Post by **dl meckes** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:37 am

Here's a link to the interview for those who don't get the Sunday PD:
http://tinyurl.com/2hvhxd

Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:47 am

David Lay wrote:Congrats Jim and all!

David

Thanks for the kind words.

But this really should be.

All, and the other guy Jim. I shouldn't have even been in the photo.

This was an idea, and a ton of work by DL Meckes. This was during a time we tested many of the theories that would be used on other sites, and in the Observer Project. It usually went like, "Hey DL I have an idea..." She has been a best friend since Kindergarten. I cannot even imagine how many times she has heard, "Hey DL what do you think about..." Which equals, DL how much of your time may I borrow. Priceless in my life, but I am blessed with friends.

When it was first launched it caused enough of a stir, that people actually wanted to build the building featured at the site, next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I declined the offer, and others. At some point sanity has to step in.

Recently Tom Mulready of Cool Cleveland dug up the site and asked me about it while having a coffee at Phoenix Coffee. I believe he loved the urban legends as much as the site and put it in his e_letter CoolCleveland.com. It was reborn. To subscribe to Cool Cleveland mailto:coolclev@add.pr00.net

But it really needed a quick upgrade. DL's business 4Design has been very busy since the launch of the Observer, so we called on Webmaster Dan Ott, now employed at my graphics company, to redesign the actions of the site, taking full advantage latest technology. Dan turned it around in one weekend.

Charley Newcomer, came in as the asst. curator for a period of time, and has once again taken up the duties. He runs the T-Shirt company AGS PrintWear, and is the drummer in SkinnyMoo.

So this is very much like the Observer, and a key to life. Surround yourself with talent better than you, give them enough room to do their thing, make it fun and magic happens. I am just lucky that they are also my friends too.

DL, Dan, Charley, Deb, all of those who have sent and will send in tshirts. This one if for you.

Thanks.

.

Gary Rice · Post by **Gary Rice** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:11 am

What a great idea Jim, and all concerned!

I've already sent out notification of this outstanding article to quite a few people on my e-mail list.

Three cheers for Jim, and all the great ideas coming out of our wonderful 'Wood!

Heidi Hilty · Post by **Heidi Hilty** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:31 pm

Great to see the article; yet another piece of Jimmyville comes to fruition thanks to all the talent to whom our esteemed publisher has become endeared.

Dan Slife · Post by **Dan Slife** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:10 pm

Jim, you are the Brandmaster. Well done.

Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:02 am

Brand grows.

http://t-shirt-alert.com/youre-history

FWIW

dl meckes · Post by **dl meckes** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:18 am

Enhancing the myth...

Gary Rice · Post by **Gary Rice** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:43 am

Myth-smyth.

Camelot worked for JFK, didn't it?

Oops, how many on this post even REMEMBER JFK?

Still, I liked one of his campaign songs:

"...'Cause he's got high hopes"

Scott MacGregor · Post by **Scott MacGregor** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:16 pm

Walt Hopkins would be very proud. In fact, I think he'd actually take all the credit.

"Group 30 kid makes good- thanks to progressive teacher's left brain approach."

If we send him the article now, maybe you'll make it in time for his next newsletter.

Bill Davis · Post by **Bill Davis** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:32 pm

Scott-

Classic.

Would that be Walt's July 7th, '07 issue?

Scott MacGregor · Post by **Scott MacGregor** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:21 am

No, I think Walt puts out a issue every May in commemoration of the famous Group 30 Baker Trail expedition-- where as we all remember, Walt, camouflaged as a bush wearing a smokey the bear hat and on the trail of rare fungus, was inadvertently confronted with a naked girl holding a tube of Cheez Whiz for the first time in his life. If I recall, Walt made a lurch for the Cheez Whiz.

The salacious entry made by tent candlelight into his backpacker's journal on that long ago night blossomed into a full blown annual newsletter and backyard round circle where everybody has to tell the others where they met Walt for the first time, what did they think of Walt's cooking, his pants, etc.

I believe that a straight line can be drawn between Walt's experimentations with the hopelessly young and freaked and Jim's T-shirt Museum.

Way to go Obie-all this time I felt that Group 30 marked me as a loser for life until you showed us the way.

Jim O'Bryan · Post by **Jim O'Bryan** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:27 am

Scott MacGregor wrote:I believe that a straight line can be drawn between Walt's experimentations with the hopelessly young and freaked and Jim's T-shirt Museum.
.

Scott

Walt and the school system should have been sued for what he did to us.

I see a much cleaner and straighter line from Jim Burton to the T-Shirt Museum.

Jim allowed us to dream.

Walt made us live his nightmare.

peace

.

Scott MacGregor · Post by **Scott MacGregor** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:40 am

I think that's what I'm trying to say in my own wise-ass way.