by 'standard?'
range of stuff or what?

They looked naff.
Editors sold pencils.
Band related stationary sucks.

Cd's badges and T-shirts. sadly this very rarely happens... it especially annoys me when they only have merch for the shitty support act... As for strange merch? t-shirts for other bands with the name crossed out and replaced with the band whose selling it.

item was Sunn O))) nappies, presumably to prevent any accidents from the bowel trembling low-end.

i've had a few idlewild bottle openers, still got some left somewhere off the 2001 tour, and on one of the 8 thousand occasions i saw easyworld they had ties!
ooh and obviously iliketrains' metal badges, they were brilliant.

of the band's cd/vinyl. And t-shirts and badges should be a given - oh! and bags are nice too, but not necessary.

The weirdest thing I ever saw at a merch table was British Sea Power plasters. They were just plain, regular plasters that came in a cardboard sleeve that had the British Sea Power logo and 'Cultural First Aid' on the front.

Oh, and this is pretty awesome as well:
http://www.davidhorvitz.com/xiuxiu.html

...condoms once. Shit idea.

i heard noah and the whale are doing watches of the casio variety painted yellow with noah and the whale written on them...

the boredoms they refused to sell merch until their set had finished. if you do this people will think your all serious about the 'art' or that your pretentious and bossy

I will almost always buy 7" singles if I've liked the band at all. I think I may buy more LPs now I'm less sad and desperate about not cutting into my drinking money.

I would sometimes buy a t-shirt if it was made out of a nice fabric, (but not anything that'll make me sweat too much in the gym, because thats where I'll be wearing it) and has an actually nice design.

should be available in girl / woman fits as well as just big xxl shapeless things. The best band t-shirt I saw (and bought) was a green Scanners one, that's like a smockish vest combo, with adjustable strap lengths. That was very badly described, but it's nice.

The Horrors did combs, and The Answering Machine did free hugs with every t-shirt (Which I would've taken them up on had I had the money, I really fancy the bassist)

CDs, t-shirts and free badges when we play.

the coolest stuff i can remember is seafood having water pistols which they threw into the crowd at leeds 01 and holy f*ck y-front underpants and knickers.
all that múm stuff is really nice too. sigur rós did notebooks once. they were cool, but expensive.

or Peeping Tom hairnet & Binoculers

All of the band's discography, at a reduced price to what it would be in a store (so about 8-10 quid for an album, everything else varying)

Some other CDs from other bands on the label (idealy)

T-shirts, hoodies

a couple of tour posters

something a bit different (pens, lighters, scarves, cereal bowls, thermos flasks, whatever)

Best I've seen was probably the kitchenware at Mr Scruff gigs (good prices as well).

Don't over price the stuff, I swear bands would sell shitloads of stuff if they just priced things at a reasonable level. CDs for instance, should be dirt cheap - direct from label to consumer, all profits to band/label. How any band has the audacity to charge £15 for a CD at a gig I don't know.

sewing kit.

The Battles cotton, record type handbag things with 'i have battles in my life' were nice but, at £15, seemed a bit rips.

I once had a Rage Against The Machine football.

British Sea Power do awesome merchandise, i ahve a mug, pencils, beer mats, kendal mint cake and a table cloth from one of their houses. and i've also seen them sell soap, brilliantine, platers, chocolate, hand knitted scarves and ceramic tortoises

i also have a Guillemots egg-shaked, a spinto band kazoo,

bag for life onsale at his gig yesterday. Had a design on the side that said "Hefner: Britain's Largest Small Band 1996-2001" (or whatever the actual dates are...) - only a fiver too!

I got a funky clear plastic wallet that had a postcard of I think body builders and the Residents hanging out on a beach sewn into it. It was a cool thing, I never carried a wallet before that show- it finally fell apart. They had a ton of bizare merch though, the wallet was pretty tame.

I bought a collection of poems, stories, photos and artwork all bound in elaborate fashion from Jarboe at a Swans show.

Liars always have fun stuff and Aaron and Julian usually hang out.