I’d like to create and sell a shirt online mentioning a bands name.

The answer above is a good one. It's hard to see how you could do what you suggest without a license from the trademark owner, but it could depend...

There could be parts where recording (although you say "live" which sounds like it is broadcasting, not recording) infringes copyright. Music may...

How can i legally protect my artist name, character/image, logo, and everything i am?!?

The name and logo would be typical trademarks or service marks for entertainment services. Character, since the performance is the product, could...

Do I need permission from living relatives to use the likeness of my dead grandparents, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc?

Unless they promoted their names or likenesses commercially, or their heirs registered the names and likenesses under a right of publicity...

The above answers are good ones. For fan, non-commercial, use practical considerations might dominate. Legally, non-commercial use might be...

Insurance is a contract between the company and the insured. If the other owner was negligent, then in theory, you could sue him. He would then...

Can I use a name for my product which is similar to a non-trademarked product in the same industry?

It's impossible to say without looking at the exact words and evaluating the words as applied to the specific products. Have a trademark lawyer...

If do a podcast about the origins of the stories from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, is this protected under fair use?

You should have a lawyer go over the whole thing, but generally it sounds like the comparative aspects connecting the stories to folklore origins...

I was just served papers in my husbands name with my nickname in parentheses at my place of business is this legal

It depends on what the papers say. You mention small claims court, so chances are if there is substantial compliance with the due process...

"Licenses" are generally two types: (1) government required such as to do business, which could be at any level of government, state, local or...