"Artie Shaw Is F.M.O." Help!

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Eyeball · #1 Post by **Eyeball** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:38 pm

I saw this on some young guy's sweatshirt while I was driving down Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles maybe 20 years ago.

He had also stenciled the sillouette of a clarinet on his shirt.

I didn't know what it mean than and I don't know now.

Anyone know?

Ryan · #2 Post by **Ryan** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:54 am

My guess is that it means "For Members Only". He was probably a fan.

Apparently there is a jazz label called FMO as well, though I doubt there is any connection from what I looked up.

Eyeball · #3 Post by **Eyeball** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:00 pm

That's a valid guess, but it doesn't make much sense to walk around with a 'secret' sweatshirt on. Why bother?

Ryan · #4 Post by **Ryan** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:15 pm

I dunno, maybe becuase he was a GIANT, FLAMING, MUSIC DORK.

Really though, does it matter? What's the point of speculating?

djstarr · #5 Post by **djstarr** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:20 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMO

I like the idea of Artie Shaw being a "Fast Moving Object"

Mr Awesomer · #6 Post by **Mr Awesomer** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:47 pm

Eyeball wrote:That's a valid guess, but it doesn't make much sense to walk around with a 'secret' sweatshirt on. Why bother?

You mentioned this was 20 years ago... a time when many people walked around with 'secret' jackets on marked for "Members Only."

(worse joke ever)

Swifty · #7 Post by **Swifty** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:58 pm

Eyeball wrote:That's a valid guess, but it doesn't make much sense to walk around with a 'secret' sweatshirt on. Why bother?

*chortle*

Eyeball · #8 Post by **Eyeball** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:36 pm

Ryan wrote:I dunno, maybe becuase he was a GIANT, FLAMING, MUSIC DORK.

Really though, does it matter? What's the point of speculating?

Yeah. Why wonder about anything. How dumb.

julius · #9 Post by **julius** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:38 pm

Artie Shaw is fucking me over!