T-Shirt of the Week: Re:Boot Polo

Not a T-Shirt in the strictest of sense, here we have the "Re:Boot Polo."
This shirt was available for sale during the "Re:Boot Tour" back in 1998-1999.

It is heather gray cotton with collar and sports a nice modern Front 242 logo on the left breast pocket area.
This is certainly one way to bring a Front 242 presence into the workplace or when the instance calls for dressier clothes!
I actually where this shirt quite often! This particular shirt was purchased at the Atlanta show, which I have posted much about previously.

Re:Boot Polo shirt

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Bootleg of the Week: Re:Boot Rochester, New York CD-R

After a bit of a hiatus/holiday...we shall return to the world of 242!

Here we have another of the many bootleg discs/recordings from the Re:Boot tour era. This was probably the first tour in an era where bootlegs became much easier to obtain, create, and circulate.

This is another fine recording made by a fan, as advertised as an "Audience Recording: CSC --> WMD-3 --> CDR from Master" from the show in Rochester, New York, August 14, 1998.

The sound quality is very good and is on par with other bootlegs from this tour and the official Re:Boot release itself.
The fan-made art is exceptionally well-made and captures nicely the Re:Boot theme and images of this era in 242 history. The noted exception being that the disc image itself is borrowed from the "Tyranny Tour" era!

Track Listing:

1. Happiness
2. Masterhit
3. Motion
4. Moldavia
5. Melt
6. Soul Manager
7. Im Rhythmus Bleiben
8. Crapage
9. Religion
10. Head Hunter
11. Welcome To Paradise
12. First In/First Out
13. Punish Your Machine

Re:Boot Rochester, NY Picture Sleeve

Re:Boot Rochester, NY Jewel Case Insert

Re:Boot Rochester, NY Disc

Poster of the Week: ReBoot 98 Minneapolis, MN

Here we have an interesting poster from the Re:Boot '98 Tour. This was a "comeback" tour of sorts as Front 242 had returned with its newly updated ("Re:Booted") sound and an extensive tour across the United States followed.

Here we have a poster from the August 21, 1998 show at "The Quest" in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Apparently this club was originally started by Prince. Unfortunately it now appears to be closed, or has changed names over the last decade. Here is an article about its passing:
http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2007/01/rip_the_quest_nightclub.php

This black & white poster measures 11 by 17 inches and is printed on regular paper stock. I refer to this and other posters like it as "242 Mash-up." Here we see design elements from several different Front 242 eras, thrown together. Personally I am not a big fan of mixing these elements.
This poster is somewhat of a departure in that most of the Re:Boot Tour posters featured  the beautiful artwork from the CD release. Also the opening act was "And One"...whereas Project Pitchfork opened for much of the tour.

Re:Boot '98 Poster, "The Quest' Minneapolis, Minnesota

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T-Shirt of the Week: Re:Boot Rotor

Here we have an example of the Re:Boot Rotor T-shirts. Sometimes these are still offered for sale by Transmission 242, often in different colors, or with slightly different variations of the 242 logo.

This particular shirt was purchased way back in 1998 during the Re:Boot Tour. It was my first shirt that sported the new 'modernized' electro 242 logo. The star is a nice touch and I still occasionally find myself wearing it, as I favor these "ringer" T-Shirts...

Re:Boot "Rotor" T-Shirt

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