Sincere T-shirts in film

How about characters who sport punk/alt-rock trappings that seem real, like the show's creators actually seem to know what they're talking about, and aren't just name-dropping to be cool? Then it's an enjoyable in-joke for us TP-ers, probably going over the heads of the rest of the audience:

- Enid in "Ghost World," playing the Buzzcocks, explaining how she's going for a '77 punk look.

- "Shaun of the Dead": our two heroes are fending off zombies by throwing their old vinyl at them; one stops the other: "Wait, that's my "Blue Monday" 12 inch, it's an original!" Sure 'nuff, it's the "floppy disk" 12" cover he's holding.

- The Irish dectective on the British show "Murphy's Law" (as seen on BBC America) who, upon finding out that baddies have trashed his place and destroyed his posessions, asks "Even my Undertones records?"

And, in a related phenomenon, films like "Repo Man" with it's genuine SoCal hardcore feel; Jonathan Richman popping up in Farrelly Brothers films; The Resident's contributions to "Pee Wee's Playhouse" (which is being revived as a stage play in LA, btw; no word on if the Eyeballed Ones will be involved) - all feels perfectly natural, not contrived.

It was eerie, weird and a little unsettling that the serial killer in The Silence Of The Lambs was a fan of The Fall.

"It-ahh puts the lotion on it's skin-ahh, or else it-ahh gets the hose-ahh!"

He was obviously into hard-to-find imports. Witness his moth-purchasing habits.

Not sure if that counts as "sincere" or not. It didn't feel like pandering. Not to me. Can't speak on behalf of the other dozen other people who might have noticed.

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The YOung Ones - The cops raid the party and smash the stereo.
Neil - "Oh no! ......... Steve Hillaaaaaaaaaaage"

Can't claim to have seen every episode, but my hands-down favorite bit from The Young Ones is the "... my dad was a bit of a Communist, you know what I mean?" punch line. Specifically (in context) it ran:

"This is the band Radical Posture, and my name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five-Year Plan Sputnik Pravda Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?"

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Awesome.

'school of rock'

And his victim was a fan of Tom Petty.

2 from Fast Times at Ridgemont High:

When Damone tells his protege Rat that "The Five Point Plan" for success with the ladies, the fifth, and most important point is: "When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV." In the next scene, Rat's driving nervously with Stacy as "Kashmir" plays on the radio. "Kashmir" is on Physical Grafitti. I've always thought that was really funny, and I don't even like Led Zeppelin.

On a related note, the producers tried to get a Springsteen song–any Springsteen song–in the film, but he wouldn't go for it. They even cast his sister, Pamela, in a small role. No dice. So, Hamilton's Springsteen shirt when he foils the Mi-T-Mart robbery at the end of the film ("Alright, Hamilton!") is either a salute or a dig...

I may have watched that movie too many times.