{"id":359,"date":"2008-08-12T10:51:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T10:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/fake-band-shirts-at-usa-today.html"},"modified":"2008-08-12T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T10:51:00","slug":"fake-band-shirts-at-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/omeoflittlefaith\/2008\/08\/fake-band-shirts-at-usa-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Fake Band Shirts at USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>I was genuinely surprised<\/span> yesterday to hear, courtesy of my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/bryanallain.com\/blog\">Bryan<\/a>, that my dorky little side business, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fakebandshirts.com\/\">FakeBandShirts.com<\/a>, had been mentioned by the ridiculously awesome <a href=\"http:\/\/popcandy.usatoday.com\/\">pop-culture blogger<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/community\/profile.htm?UID=c5ac6b086f4787de\">Whitney Matheson<\/a> at USA Today (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.usatoday.com\/popcandy\/2008\/08\/real-shirts-fak.html?csp=34\">Real Shirts, Fake Bands<\/a>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fakebandshirts.com\/images\/g_canine.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;float: right;cursor: pointer;width: 156px;height: 156px\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fakebandshirts.com\/images\/g_canine.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Thanks, Whitney, for the shout-out.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Bryan, for calling it to my attention.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justinshumaker.com\">Justin<\/a>, for coming up with the &#8220;Canine Doubletake&#8221; name, like, more than a decade ago, and for letting me make a shirt of it.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all the emailers suddenly showing up with ideas for new fake band names.<\/p>\n<p>Wanna know more about the concept? <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jasonboyett.com\/2008\/05\/contest-fake-band-shirts.html\">Read this<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fakebandshirts.com\/faq.html\">Or this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have your own idea for a Fake Band Name? <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.jasonboyett.com\/2008\/06\/we-have-winner.html\">You missed the official jasonboyett.com contest<\/a>, but feel free to submit them in the comments. 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