Our favorite fashion blogger, Makeda from the Glamazon Diaries, rocked out our t-shirt for the Best Dressed Madison of DC. Thanks for repping us. You make that shirt look good.

She's wearing an-out-of-print, limited edition King of Pop t-shirt.

If you needed any reminder of what made Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, go watch "This is It." The movie, produced from raw footage of practices and rehearsals, sheds a rare glimpse on Michael's brilliance, strive for perfection, and love of his fans.

We just got an email from a fan saying they saw one of our guys shirts on the TV show "So you think you can dance" last night. We're finding out more details--like which guy wore it, which t-shirt it was and whether or not he can do the moonwalk.

The season started less than a month ago, and already two dancers have worn our t-shirts. (Check out the other t-shirt on so you think you can dance). I'm not sure what it is, but it looks like there's a direct correlation between being a good dancer and wearing Crooked Monkey's graphic t-shirts.

Maybe we should come out with a commercial, where Michael Jackson is trying, trying to dance. But he just can't get the rhythm, the timing, the moves right. He throws on one of our t-shirts, and bam, he's moon walking and side walking all over the Apollo theatre. How should this commerical end?

In celebration of Michael Jackson's 51st birthday, my roommates and I are throwing a "Michael Jackson Birthday Bash." We sent out the invite over a month ago to ensure that there's going to be no excuses. It'll be the best party ever thrown at the Taft Suite.

My brother, AKA DJ Shnooms, got me the entire catalog of Michael Jackson songs--all 450 of them. Everything from the Jackson 5 to the Jacksons to his solo years. I've got the pleasure of listening to it now and separating it into playlists. I'll post the playlist for you when I'm done.

There's so much awesome Michael that most people didn't even know exists. This party is going to be full of, "Michael Jackson sings that song."

Everyone's getting excited for their outfits. Marielle will be creating a whole new wardrobe--she's picking up some penny loafers, big white socks--and sprinkling them with some glitter--Black short pants, a white MJ shirt, and a fedora on top.

We've even got Alex Feder, of the XYZ affair, coming down from the Big NYC.

We've really appreciated all the love for our MJ shirts. It's meant a lot to us because of how meaningful these are to C monkey.

We've gotten a ton of emails and a good amount of bloggers writing about our Michael Jackson T-shirts.

I'm going to repost some of them here for you to see:

Jessica from Toronto wants us to sell to Toronto so she can pick up an MJ shirt:
"I would love to be able to buy one of your MJ shirts if you did relocate to Toronto. Great site though, keep it up, loving the shirts!"

Bloggers:

-My favorite post came from Karen Watkins of the MoCoScene. She read our blog post, Mourning Michael and wrote:
"Micha Weinblatt says in his company blog June 26, 'Since news broke of Michael's passing I have been teary eyed and at a loss for words.' But not for ideas. The master of the wicked double entendre quickly came up with four simple, hip T-shirts in homage to the great one - with V-necks, a first. Straightforward sentiment from Crooked Monkey, another first and an aesthetic winner."

-Coty Gonzales did a top 10 of MJ shirts. Our I heart MJ shirt was # 1! Thanks.

-Kelsi Smith from Dedicated Follower of Fashion called our Michael Jackson t-shirts "gems."
She added that our Michael Jackson shirts are "stylish [and] a genuine tribute from a company that has always been influenced by Michael Jackson since their launch in 2007 (you can watch their monkey bust a groove and do the moonwalk here - click on the speaker).

-Northern Virginia Mag wrote:
"You know I’m a huge fan of locally-based crookedmonkey.com" And added: "I couldn’t be happier to let you all know about Crooked Monkey’s new shirts designed in honor of the music legend who, according to Jessica Kades, has long served as an inspiration to the company."Dexie Wharton wrote that we were the first place she checked for MJ shirts.
"They didn’t have them last week because as I found out yesterday from one the CM folks, they were making sure the shirts look perfect. I think you won’t be disappointed with what they came up with."

Thanks everyone. Good work Jessica on contacting these blogs.
And go ahead and check them out for yourself. Our guys Michael Jackson t-shirts. Girls Michael Jackson T-shirts.

We realize that since Michael Jackson's passing every single one of our blog posts has been about the King of Pop. So why change a good thing?

This week's song of the week is a remix of the Jackson 5 "I want you back" song by Ztrip. The video reminds us of how cute, innocent and adorable Michael was before the media ripped into him.

Don't forget to check out our Guys Michael Jackson V neck T-shirts and Girls Michael Jackson V Neck t-shirts

I heart MJ V neck Guys t-shirt
King of Pop MJ Sunglasses V-Neck Guys t-shirt
Michael Jackson Sunglasses V-neck Guys Shirt
Michael Jackson Silhouette Tribute Guys V neck Shirt

I heart MJ V neck Girls t-shirt
King of Pop MJ Sunglasses V-Neck Girls t-shirt
Michael Jackson Sunglasses V-neck Girls Shirt
Michael Jackson Silhouette Tribute Girls V-neck Shirt

The other day we wrote about the process of producing Michael Jackson tees. Since we loved him so much, we wanted to make sure that we were making the best MJ shirts out there--the ones that would honor Michael the most.

We've done it. Go check out our Michael Jackson girls shirts and our MJ guys shirts. For the first time ever, we've printed them on V-necks. Let us know what you think. These shirts mean a lot to us.

We created 4 guys and 4 girls Michael Jackson Shirts.

I heart MJ V neck Guys t-shirt
King of Pop MJ Sunglasses V-Neck Guys t-shirt
Michael Jackson Sunglasses V-neck Guys Shirt
Michael Jackson Silhouette Tribute Guys V neck Shirt

I heart MJ V neck Girls t-shirt
King of Pop MJ Sunglasses V-Neck Girls t-shirt
Michael Jackson Sunglasses V-neck Girls Shirt
Michael Jackson Silhouette Tribute Girls V-neck Shirt

They are all printed on Unisex American Apparel Deep V neck t-shirts. For guys, you should order the size you normally order. But for girls, you should order one size lower--if you usually order a Small, then get an XS (b/c they're unisex). If you usually order a medium shirt, then order a Small Unisex v neck. Hope that makes sense!

The great thing about Michael Jackson is that his songs transcended genres, generations and all other boundaries. From ABC to Thriller to Bad to Black and White, Michael produced wholly different types of music--and it was all awesome. Here's a remix we found to "Bad" by David Guetta. The video is great cause its a medley of Michael's moves. Enjoy.

Since news broke of Michael's passing I have been teary eyed and at a loss for words. I never got to see him in concert but watched him on TV whenever I got a chance. I did have the pleasure of videotaping his Madison Square Garden Concert, and watching it over and over again. I put my favorite video of his below, Smooth Criminal.

He loved his fans more than anything else in the world. That kind of mutual love--between an icon and his fans--is so rare. But now we are left to mourn alone.

He was planning a huge concert series in London. Turns out he was just practicing for his debut with God.

RIP Michael.

This is an awesome song for three reasons: 1)Akon is in it. 2)Michael Jackson is in it. 3)Both Akon and Michael are in it together. Enjoy "Hold my Hand" by Akon, Ft. Michael Jackson.

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Hold My Hand - Akon (ft. Michael Jackson)