UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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The nicest thing about having a small, home-based t-shirt business is that, because my husband and myself run it on our own, we correspond with our customers ourselves and thus get to meet a lot of wonderful people from all over.

One of which is Mandee whom I've had the pleasure of corresponding with for sometime now. You see, she owns a "Jason is My Idol" fan shirt that carries one of our favorite but discontinued designs:


(Sorry about the watermark. We have to take extra precautions now because design piracy is becoming rampant of late...)

Today, she sent me this piece of wonderful news - she met Jason Castro. Part of her email goes:

I met Jason Castro on Aug 13 @ Philadelphia's Wachovia Center. My friend and I wore the "Jason Is My Idol" cartoon drawing t-shirts that were available on your site for a limited time. When Jason got to me, he took a double take at my friend and I, looked back at me and was like "I LOVE those shirts... where did you get them?" So I told him I had gotten them on-line, but that they were no longer available. He replied that he REALLY liked them. And even after I took my picture with him and talked to him, he moved on to my friend and spoke to her for a bit, studied her shirt again and said once more that he really liked the shirts!!!!! I thought you'd enjoy that! Approval from the man himself!!!

Yes Mandee, I totally did enjoy that! How wonderful to have approval from Jason himself. Thank you so much for remembering to share that info with me, we at Poptastic truly appreciate your thoughtfulness!


Mandee and Jasonnnnn

Mandee went on to say that David Archuleta and Brooke White showed appreciation for this shirt too. Ooh, how exciting! If only they knew that we made fan shirt designs for them as well, LOL. :)

Meanwhile, what we do have in our shop is the now-iconic (thanks to MTV's John Norris AND Castrocopia) "Jason is My Idol" design which features a folk guitar (or a ukulele, if you will. It kinda looks like it too) and the words "Jason is My Idol" in light blue and green.



See the different colors and styles here.

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The Official Jason Castro t-shirts however are available HERE. Proceeds of these shirts will go to Jason's choice of charity.

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We have more pop culture graphic tees @ PoptasticTees.com

A few days ago, we posted a photo of David Cook fan Elizabeth wearing our "Word Nerds Rock" tee. This weekend, it's the Archie fans' turn in the Poptastic limelight:



The lovely Sophie is wearing our "Archie is My Hero" Jr. Jersey Shirt


More t-shirt styles & color choices are available HERE.

Jenny also very kindly gave us permission to post the following photo of herself and her friends taken at one the Idol summer tour venues. Aren't they cute?



Starting from the left, the girls are wearing an "Archie is My Hero" Jr. Jersey Shirt (same as Sophie's above) and a "No One Sings it Betta Than Mistah Archuleta" raglan.


More t-shirt styles & color choices are available HERE.

Okay, so we have photos of Cookie and Archie fans. Now I'm calling all Jason Castro fans to send in your photos wearing our top-selling "Jason is My Idol", "Dreadhead", or "Dork Dance" tees! Come on over and reprazent. :) (MTV's John Norris is excused, of course.)

It's always a pleasure to see our customers happy with their purchases. If you're one of them, please don't hesitate to send us your photo wearing our merch.

UPDATE: ALL of our Jr. Jersey ladies' shirts are on SALE! Use coupon code 4JRJERSEY. Click HERE to see all the Jr. Jersey designs.

Related links:
- American Idol 7 Summer Tour T-shirts
- Idol shirts @ Poptastic

(Jason Castro singing Gnarls Barkley's Crazy - via youtube)

How can we not blog about Jason? He was definitely one of our favorites on AI this season - I mean, what's not to love? Good looks and great personality, check. Beautiful singing voice, check. Spunk and originality, check check check!

Poptastic also had a blast designing shirts for his fans. In fact, in our one and a half years running a t-shirt shop online, never before have we had one shirt by us - let alone two - appear on international TV. In the same month at that.



There you have it, that's the power of Jason Castro.

* Calling all Dreadheads, do send us photos of you wearing our shirts so we can put them in the gallery. :)

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

Related entries:
- Jason is My Idol tee on MTV News
- Jason's Vote Dread tee on MTV News
- American Idol Summer Tour shirt suggestions

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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We've been receiving a lot of requests from Jason Castro's fans to make a new design for the talented and lovable guitar and ukulele-strumming dreadhead. We were kinda out of ideas so we turned to the nice peeps behind top Jason community/news source Castrocopia for advice, and one of the suggestions thrown our way was a design that had something to do with Dork Dancing. Great idea!

Without further ado, Poptastic is proud to present "Jason is my Dork Dance King".







Click HERE to see all of the products, colors, and t-shirt styles the design is available on.

*Castrocopia readers/forum members get a special discount. Please leave a note at the comments section so I can send you the link to the special pick-up page.


If you're looking for the OFFICIAL JASON CASTRO SHIRTS, they're available here.

Related links:
- Poptastic's Jason is my Idol shirt spotted on MTV News
- Poptastic's Vote Dread shirt spotted on MTV News

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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Sort of belated news: another Poptastic t-shirt was spotted on John Norris of MTV News!


Here's the clip here wherein he talks about Twilight Tuesdays. (Incidentally, we also have TWILIGHT-inspired tees HERE).

The tee John is sporting is the "Vote Dread" baseball jersey in blue, pictured below.



Click HERE to find other t-shirt styles the design is available in.

Related links:
- MTV's John Norris wearing Poptastic's "Jason is my Idol" tee
- Poptastic's American Idol season 7 designs for the summer tour
- Poptastic's Twilight t-shirts

Update (May 20, 209) - AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 8 (2009) TOUR SHIRTS CAN BE FOUND HERE

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Take your pick from our eye-catching, original POPTASTIC Idol shirt designs in their respective summer tour colors that you can wear to show support for your favorite idol:

David Cook Idol Tour T-shirts: They come in RED and other great colors!


WORD NERDS ROCK - because our favorite word nerd sure does, doesn't he?


COOK IS MY HERO - guitar hero inspired design


Hungry For More Cook - for those who can't get enough of Mr. Cook

MORE HERE.

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David Archuleta Idol Tour T-shirts - they come in WHITE and other great colors


No One Sings it Betta' Than Mistah Archuleta - because Little David's voice is made of awesome.


Awwww!chuleta - wear this if Archie makes you go "Awwww!"


David's Arch Angels (blue) - For Archie's Angels!

MORE HERE

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Jason Castro Idol Tour T-Shirts - they come in BABY BLUE and other great colors!


Dreadhead - For Jason's ever-devoted Dreadheads!


Jason is My Idol - How can we leave out the design made famous by MTV's John Norris?


Crazy For Castro - If you're crazy for Jason, be sure to let him know with this design!

MORE HERE.

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Michael Johns Idol Tour T-shirts - comes in black and other great colors!


Michael Rocks - For fans of Michael's rockin' style


The Aussie Posse - Because he's 'the wonder from the land down under' OR 'the glossy Aussie'

MORE HERE

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Brooke White Idol Summer Tour T-shirts - comes in YELLOW and other great colors!


Go For Brooke! - Here's a design that's as sunny as her personality


Play it again, Brooke - 'Let it be' was my favorite performance of hers - here's hoping she'll play it again for the tour!

MORE HERE.

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.
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We've got a brand new t-shirt design for your (and Poptastic's) favorite singing dreadhead Jason Castro!


Dreadhead 2.25" Button



Our "Dreadhead" design features a hand-drawn logo peppered with elements inspired by some of the songs Jason sang in the past weeks (a rainbow for Somewhere Over the Rainbow, a car for Travellin' Thru, and clouds for Daydream) and if you squint, you will find a little cartoon of the dreadheaded heartthrob and his guitar somewhere on the right side.


Dreadhead Jr. Spaghetti Tank



The design comes in various shirt styles and colors and is available on buttons, caps, totes, teddy bears, and other fan gear too.


Dreadhead Cap



The breezy, summery design makes it a perfect choice for wearing to the idol tours!

See more shirt styles and color options HERE.

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Other Jason/AI7 designs (including the "John Norris Jason is My Idol t-shirt" can be found HERE.

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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The Poptastic team is beyond ecstatic that our original "Jason is my Idol" design made it's debut TV appearance on MTV news! Here's a screen capture of news reporter John Norris sporting our tee:



We think it's great that it's now being dubbed as the Jason-Norris shirt. :)

The streaming video [click]

And here's the original Jason is My Idol guitar design shirt:


Jason Is My Idol Dark T-Shirt



UPDATE: Thank you, McLovin of the awesome Castrocopia portal for spreadin' the love. We really appreciate it!

And by the way, it was indeed John Norris who chose the shirt himself. We dug up proof from March 30's order report:


We are also in the process of putting up a customer page so if you've bought a shirt from us, kindly send us a photo of you wearing it so we can include it in our gallery!

Click HERE to see the other t-shirt styles and colors the design is available on.

Or visit Poptastic to see other AI7 and Jason Castro designs.

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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Jason Castro does not belong to the bottom three in our book, nosiree bob. Here are two new shirt designs you can wear to show him your support:


Jason Is My Idol Jr. Spaghetti Tank



Our *updated* "Jason Is My Idol" design features a retro style, eye-catching headline and a graphic guitar visual. Just like the one Jason strums. :)

- More shirt choices of this design HERE


Vote Dread Light T-Shirt


Dreadheads are cool! Support your favorite dreadhead idol Jason Castro with this psychedelic "Vote Dread" design on t-shirts and other fan gear.

- More shirt choices of this design HERE

* MORE AMERICAN IDOL 7 AND OTHER JASON CASTRO DESIGNS HERE *

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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Hurrah, we've got new Jason Castro t-shirts for all of you Jason Castro fans, Dreadheads and Castronauts!





- Jason's No.1 Fan
- Sing for me, Jason

MORE AMERICAN IDOL DESIGNS HERE

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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Are you going loco for idol contestant Jason Castro? Show your support with this eye-catching "Crazy for Castro" design on t-shirts and fan gear!


Crazy for Castro Women's Long Sleeve Dark T-Shirt



CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE T-SHIRT STYLES AND COLORS

OR

CHECK THE IDOL SHOP AT POPTASTIC TO SEE GEAR FOR YOUR OTHER FAVORITE IDOLS

UPDATE (9.05.08): From now on, we will no longer be selling Jason Castro fan merchandise. Please head on over to his official site, Jason Castro Music, to show him and his family your support! To Jason, thank you for the music. Poptastic Tees wishes you all the best.

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Jason Is My Idol Jr. Spaghetti Tank



Very hip, indie style cartoon graphic of Jason Castro, dreadlocks and all, playing the guitar in a tie-dye shirt and the words "Jason Is My Idol". Show support for your favorite singing dreadhead by wearing this design on t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, and other apparel. Teddy bears, buttons, tote bags and caps available too, click HERE to see the other items.

VISIT POPTASTIC's Want Idol? Shop to see other designs for your favorite contestants.