15 T-Shirts About Philip Glass

What do we make of the young fellow spotted pushing a stroller on Bedford Avenue today? I ask because he was clad in t-shirt that had, in some real big letters, “Philip Glass Was A Plumber.” Obviously it’s reminiscent of “Jesus Was a Carpenter,” but also, Philip Glass is and was a lot of things! TO THE T-SHIRT MAKING MACHINE!

• Philip Glass Was a 15-Year-Old College Attendee

• Philip Glass Was a 17-Year-Old Parisian Tourist

• Philip Glass Was Briefly a Crane Operator

• Philip Glass Went to Juilliard

• Philip Glass Was a Badass Motorcyclist

• Philip Glass Won a Fulbright

• Philip Glass Drove a Cab (But Never Had to Front the Medallion Money)

• Philip Glass’ Early Work is Sometimes Kind of Annoying

• Philip Glass Is a Totally Nice Dude but Don’t Mess With Him

• Philip Glass Has Known the Dalai Lama Since Before Most of You Kids Were Born

• Philip Glass Bought a Nice Big Building in a Gentrifying Neighborhood (But the Yard is Kinda Small and the Traffic Noise is Loud)

• Philip Glass Will Write a Soundtrack for Almost Any Movie (And His Shop Will Do a Pretty Good Job of It, Even If It’s Not a Very Good Movie)

• Philip Glass Was a Serial Monogamist

• Philip Glass Has a Real Nice Office on Broadway

• Philip Glass Probably Doesn’t Drink Cutty Sark That Much