As you may have noticed, we try to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in the constantly unfolding universe of t-shirts. Apparently, electronic music guru and animal rights activist Moby is a fellow t-shirt conoisseur. He's holding a contest on Threadless.com where artists can submit their designs to win $2,000, a $500 Threadless.com gift certificate, a turntable, a bunch of memorabilia.

Submissions are supposed to be inspired by Moby's new album Last Night, but that's pretty wide open. We recommend a design that relates to the Disco Lies video. There's almost nothing as visually powerful as a chicken eating Col. Sanders -- just a thought. Although it doesn't say specifically, we assume that the winning design will be sold at upcoming concerts. It will definitely be sold on Threadless and you get $500 each time your design is re-printed.

[via PopCandy]

Did you know that this is National Sausage Week in the UK? But guess what? It's also National Vegan Week. (Obviously, the sausage people didn't talk to the vegan people...but I guess that shouldn't surprise me.) With both groups fighting for the bellies of the British public this week, I thought it would be fun to compare the styles of the spokespeople.

National Sausage Week has Carol Thatcher for a spokeswoman. I didn't know who Carol Thatcher was when I started writing this, but after a quick Google search, I found out that she is in fact, a British journalist, as well as the daughter of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As the BBC put, Thatcher adds a hearty, no-nonsense image to the meat product.



National Vegan Week doesn't have a official spokesperson, but veganism does its own boy-wonder Moby. Moby is an electronic musician and a singer. He is also the great-great-grandnephew of Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick. Moby lends National Vegan Week a trendy, but pale image to the meat-free lifestyle.

But which spokesperson has better style? Well, Thatcher is definitely tougher looking. But, Moby was once threatened publicly by Eminem at the MTV Music awards. While I like Moby's glasses, I have to admit the obvious disadvantage Thatcher faces the spawn of the "Iron Lady."

What do you think? Who has a better thing going: Moby and the Vegans or Thatcher and the sausages?