I saw this guy’s shirt and ran up to him, screaming, “I LOVE FORLORN CANDY CORN!”
I explained that I was a fan of the wheatpastes and whatnot we see around SF (and elsewhere) from time to time, and he explained that they’re all done by a dude from Austin (which we already knew I guess), and that a local Austin company called Industry decided to throw it on a t-shirt. Bomb.
What a cute couple though, right? I think we’d just watched Ted Leo and were getting ready to head up the hill for !!!.
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Looks like you covered so much ground during SXSW! All over Austin you used to see candy corns and I know he’s hit the Mission too. Circus Gold is the blog by Matthew Rodriguez aka Briar Bonafacio aka candy corn guy.
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They need to get that online store up and running, because I am buying the shit out of this shirt.