{"product_id":"color-bars-dinosaur-jr-import-tee-white","title":"Color Bars x Dinosaur Jr. Import Tee White","description":"Japanese Pressing, Six Tracks Down the Back\u003cbr\u003eIn record stores, Japanese imports have always held a special status: titles rendered in katakana, tracks you can’t find anywhere else, editions collectors dig for crate after crate. This tee pays tribute to one of them. The Wagon first came out as a single on Sub Pop in June 1990 before opening the Green Mind album, and its lyrics were inspired by the station wagons the band used to get around in its early days. Japan got its own CD version on January 25, 1991, through WEA Music, with “Throw Down” added specifically for that edition. On the front, the cover art is reproduced at roughly CD jewel case size: a dark plush gorilla and a smiling white plush cow sitting in the grass, the band name and title scrawled in magenta, and the band and record names running vertically in katakana down the side. The back carries the handwritten tracklist in forest green ink, each title paired with its Japanese translation, right down to the little scribbled dedication under the last track, in memory of a car totaled while the Bowie demo was playing. That “Quicksand” is actually a reworking that blends David Bowie’s “Quicksand” and “Andy Warhol,” with altered lyrics. For Color Bars, it all comes full circle: the song even soundtracked one of Rob Dyrdek’s early video parts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA white tee is unforgiving, and that’s where fabric weight makes all the difference. At 7.5 oz of heavyweight jersey, the fabric stays opaque, shows nothing underneath and doesn’t highlight every crease the way lightweight white does. The oversized fit hangs straight with dropped shoulders, a boxy body and wide sleeves. The tall, tight ribbed collar keeps a clean round shape. Going with a small graphic centered on the chest rather than a big front print lets the white breathe and keeps the front low-key, with the full story saved for the back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhite means frequent washing, and a knit this dense handles it without breaking down. The fabric doesn’t thin out, the collar doesn’t go wavy and the seams stay straight even after dozens of cycles. On the body, it has real hand without feeling stiff, and it softens up over time. This is the white tee you keep when the others have yellowed or lost their shape.","brand":"COLOR BARS","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":59122034573576,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":59122034606344,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":59122034639112,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":59122034671880,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"XXL","offer_id":59122034704648,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/5700\/8392\/files\/color-bars-dinosaur-jr-import-tee-white-front.webp?v=1793885928","url":"https:\/\/empr.store\/en\/products\/color-bars-dinosaur-jr-import-tee-white-en","provider":"EMPR.store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}