Back in our school daze in Minneapolis we made many a friend. One of the good people we met in class was a hardscrabble kid by the name of Jason Miller. Every now and again when I stop in to shoot the shit with Minneapolis legend Jon Baugh at his Target office that overlooks the city, I’ll drop over to to get a handshake from Jason in his equally extravagant Target office setting. Always good for some inspiring chatter. Mr. Miller not only shines in the design field, but also in the rock field. You need to check out his band The Evening Rig. One of Minneapolis’ shining stars, that band has been on constant rotation on the DDC Factory Floor. But, let’s dim the lights for a minute and talk about the shot Jason sent in. Here he is in Iowa City, and this is what he had to say, “This is what happens when you play The Mill in Iowa City and they pick up your never ending bar tab.” Hammered. Tanked. Blitzed. Shitcanned. Call it as you will. And all the time, friends, in a DDC “Death Black” Action Cap. Goddamn. Raise yer drinks high and toast this kid!

Little Milo gets is done with a DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap.” Starting them off right. Something we do. We believe the children are our future, man. Look at that little man: “Happy as Portland is wet.”

A confident, determined Adam Haynes gets down and dirty in his Central Oregon attic in his long out-of-print “DDC Pertinent Information” T-shirt. Watch out for those Black Widow spiders down there, man. That High Desert shit always had me on my nerves in basements or whatever during my time in Bend.

A cute-as-a-button Melissa Laine Scotton soaks up some sun on a East Coast beach in a DDC “North Lock Torso Cover.” Atta girl. Perfect eyebrows, man, perfect.

Tyler Fannings gets real sweaty somewhere in Alaska in a “Carhartt category” DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap.” But don’t let the “frontier spirit” that’s attached to the mere mention of that state fool you. He’s a a goddamn city slicker if there ever was one: Environmentally-educated, of good character and pretty lethal when it comes to making a slab of prime rib. A THREAT TO ALL WHO READ THESE WORDS: Anyone fucks with Tyler, and they fuck with the entire DDC enterprise. Seriously.

Somewhere in Mexico, in some sort of beach bungalow, Brad Sheuffele of Coal Headwear beats the night heat in a nice-fitting DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover.” Hell of a last name to spell, and an even harder guy to beat in the good ol’ character department. A champion. A brother.

A freshly-Portlandized Mark Phillips gets pretty Middle Eastern in a DDC “North Lock Torso Cover” in the very-American woods of Northern Michigan. Glad to have you out here with us, man. Heck yes.

High above the glimmering, manic, concrete expanses of urban Los Angeles, Arlie John Carstens takes in a big ol’ breath of cool, crisp mountain air and holds still for the camera. Behind him the sun sets, but by no means is his day over. A creature of the night, Mr. Carstens can fight off the sloppiest of drunks, organize and shred a moving set of rock tunes and isn’t afraid to hike high into the the dark, mysterious peaks of Southern California’s Angeles mountains. All the time, in a “Black Death” DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap,” no less. The Black colorway seems to fit this gore-goth shadow lurker pretty good. Wow. We are proud of you.

Speaking of Arlie, every single one of Arlie’s lady friends are absolutely stunning. Smart, enchanting, smelling pretty good, worldly and “real easy on the eyes.” All of ‘em. We sense a pattern here with this guy. Here’s “Baby Kelley” in a “Black Death” DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap,” high in the hills somewhere, feeling a bit down, but definately on her way back to the top. It’s about time we had a looker in one of our products, I mean, for Christ’s sake, scroll down to any one of the trolls in this Merch Gallery and mumble, “Gawd, poor guy,” whilst shaking yer head.

An all-weather Matt “Kansas City Bottoms Crawler” Stiffler, high atop a Chugach peak, lost in the Alaskan wilderness, near death, properly layered in a trusted “Death Black” DDC “North Lock Torso Cover.” He owes his survival to this shirt, and this shirt alone. Well, some wit and luck, too, but, mainly the shirt, man. Glad you made it.

Well, well. We find ourselves stumped with this one and at a loss for words. A rare occurrence around here. In the middle you’ve got Chris McCoy, properly outfitted in a DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover,” like he should be, shitfaced on some cheap booze or lighter fluid or something, yukkin’ it up with a couple of pigs in combat gear. What is it with these guys and and the hair products? Dicks.

Gary Winberg gets “all tropical and shit” somewhere on an island far away in his DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover.” These threads work in all climates, and here’s yer proof, goddammit. Oh yeah, “Coconut milk.” Just thought we’d add that one for the hell of it.

Cool and collected brother Nazarin Hamid, Chicago, Ill., in the “DDC Foam Trucker” (discontinued) and the DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover.”

A “very beardy” Billy Fowks, Brooklyn, NY, in the a DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover.”

A revved-up Paul Brown, Southern California, in the a DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap.”

Completely pickled on cheap Chinese beer, brothers Styk and Fank, Seattle, Wash., in a well-worn DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap.”

A road-worn, weary Ryno in a “Black Death” DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap.” Not to be fucked with.

A “peaced-out” Chad Waller in a classic 1998 “DDC Anvil T-shirt” somewhere on location in Northern Michigan. Photo by: Derek Denoyer.

Christian Didrichsen comes in a little sorta Hobbit-ish, along the lines of good, strong, loyal Sam Ganges, Middle Earthin’ in a “Carhartt-flavored” DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap.” One of the last good things in Southern California, this kid is.

A profane, un-called-for Bryan “Whitebread” Haker in a classic 2003 “DDC Pertinent Information” T-shirt, deep in the heart of the MInneapolis urban landscape.

A “mountain-air’d” Mike Kirkpatrick hikes up and above the Anchorage expanses in his DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap.” Little Harper catches a ride.

An “extra-balled” Ryan Coulter, Portland, Ore., give thanks to the Gods of All Things Pinball in a DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover” in Las Vegas, in the “dealer wins” heat.

An biomolecularly-protein’d Harry Brumer, Stockholm, Swed., takes no prisoners on a stretch of coping in a well-fitting, very orange DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover.” Harry’s still got it, man. So good.

A stoic, proud Finlay Wallace hangs it all out in a DDC “Anvil Strength Torso Cover”, DDC “Factory Floor Issue Action Cap” and keeps shit lined up with a DDC “Field Notes Brand Six Inch Ruler.” Not to be fucked with. Got it? You better be clear on that one.

Way up in Washington state, deep in the woods, past the hustle and bustle of the Seattle cityscape is Styk’s house, and, in connected to that house is a garage, and, in that garage is a series of tool chests, and, in those tool chests are junk drawers of sorts, and, in one of those junk drawers, you’ll find a DDC “Spare Change Containment Apparatus.” Really. Fuck yeah.