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OPEN A VEIN.For all T-shirts, the designs are printed 10" X 10"
(ten inches by ten inches square) in full color on
high-quality shirts. The design area of the T-shirt may
seem a little stiff when you receive it, but it will
soften up after the first washing. For all other items,
the designs are printed in relation to the item's size.
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We cannot
indisputably attribute this quote to any one author, but
it seems likely to have come from composer, lyricist
and accomplished pianist Walter Smith who was born in 1885
and died in 1968. He wrote and copyrighted well over 200
songs. His career was at its peak in the late 1910's and
1920's but when the depression hit, the good times were
over. Smith remained prolific writer, and though never impoverished, struggled
financially for the rest of his life.
OPEN A VEIN (FRONT) Writing can be so bloody
painful! As Walter Smith put it, "There's nothing to
writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open
up a vein." His letter, complete with bloody thumbprint,
sits above a magnificent antique typewriter dripping
blood.
OPEN A VEIN (BACK) On the back, an antique pack of
Gillette razor blades.
