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This new song by the Vaccines is the jam and I cannot stop listening to it over and over.  And over.  Did I mention and over?

You know how we say that nearly every one of our orders goes out within a day?  Two at the most?  Well, we do say it.  Because it's the truth.  And here's the proof of it.  Photo evidence!

Boxes of himynameismark merchandise being sent out the door like doves of peace, bringing happiness and joy around the world.  To all the corners of the globe. By the way, "corners of the globe" is a misnomer.  A globe has no corners, being a sphere and all. But people say that, too.  I guess some people are just liars.

Some of our favorite TV shows are in between seasons.  Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Mad Men. They're all gone for now, leaving a giant hole in our TV-viewing hearts.  So we went searching for summer programming, and here are our discoveries.

RAY DONOVAN

Naomi Watts's partner stars as the man in LA who can fix what you need fixed, provided you've got the fame, the money, or the connections.  Kind of a private eye to the stars.  You wake up in a hotel room next to a woman who's died of an overdose?  Ray Donovan is your man.  You're a rising star with a persistent stalker lurking outside your Malibu beach house?   Get me Ray Donovan.  But it's not all TMZ and spurning the advances of starlets.  Ray's family itself suffers a dark past.  Angelina Jolie's dad plays the patriarch of the Donovan family.  Just released from a long stint in prison, his return heralds a dark cloud descending on Ray and his brothers.  It's like if the Wolf from Pulp Fiction were a character on Entourage, transported into an episode of the Sopranos.  Showtime.

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

To begin with, this premise is wearing thin.  Fresh out of college, a young woman falls in love with a lesbian drug runner from a large cartel, transports a suitcase full of drug money through the Brussels airport, eventually separates from her lover, finds the man of her dreams, gets engaged, only to have her past catch up to her ten years later, leading to her arrest and incarceration, where she struggles to find her way in prison life, stay connected with her fiance, and keep up her business of creating artisinal hand soaps and lotions.  Typical.  Netflix.

LUTHER, SEASON THREE

Luther is a cop with a troubled past, whose heart is in the right place, but sometimes he pushes the edge of the law to get results.  Are there any TV shows where the cop DOESN'T have a troubled past or push the edge of the law to get results? Where's Human Resources at these precincts?! Shouldn't someone vet these investigators before they get their badges?  Season Three finds Luther back doing what he does best: stopping the worst that society has to offer.  With the spectre of Alice Morgan gone (maybe), there's a new woman in Luther's life, and things are looking up.  But there's something hiding in the shadows.  A fellow officer intent on bringing Luther down.  Many of the monsters Luther stopped over the years have ended up dead, and this officer is determined to expose Luther as a cop-gone-mad.  A killer.  He'll use those nearest and dearest to Luther to bring him down.  As always, Idris Elba is incredible.  BBC.

Welcome to the launch of hi my name is mark.

Step on in, have a look around, check out the site.  This is just the beginning of a long journey.  Today in our shop, you'll find our initial collection. The basics.  The essentials.  Each month new products will be added.  Limited edition items, collaborations with artists and brands we admire and respect, cut and sew clothing, accessories, everything.  Everything we create will be held to the highest quality standards and bear with pride the hi my name is mark name.  Thanks for your interest and support, let's do rad stuff.

A lesson in textile printing.

Water-based and Plastisol 

Water-based inks use dyes or pigments with water as the solvent. Another form of water-based ink is Discharge ink, which we use on our darker color shirts. These inks sink into the fabric of the garment and offer that soft, comfortable touch that feels like you've owned this shirt for years.

Plastisol is a PVC (polyvinyl chloride) based system that uses thermoplastic ink that must be heated to a very high temperature (around about 300°F to 330°F) to cause the molecules of the PVC resin to solidify. Plastisol sits on top of the fabric, hence giving it a heavy, stiff feel.

Plastisol has long-been the industry standard for printing tees as it's user-friendly, predictable and has few variables, creating a lower margin of error. Water-based printing is more of an art form. We believe it allows for more creativity and simply feels and looks significantly superior.

HMNIM prints our tees using only water-based or discharge inks. We never use Plastisol. We believe it's worth spending the extra time and money to deliver a quality product that we're proud to create and you can be proud to own.

Take a peek behind the scenes of HMNIM. It's like going backstage at a concert, except there's no music, no party, no crazy people. Ok, it's nothing like going backstage at a show. It's just a look into how a shirt gets made. Unless you're a graphic designer, then it's exactly your idea of a backstage pass. See what we did there, we got this post back on point with the backstage analogy. Now that's some fine blogging.