This is Beth. Sharing photos by fabulous photographer Neal Wallace who brought his professional equipment to work, set it up (twice), and captured the memorable mohawk. Thank you Neal!
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The friendliest guy at work.
Before:
After:
P.S. Go for the cinnamon caramel latte, stay for the infectious good mood.
This is Beth. And it’s October.
1. The do—Mohawk.
Inspired by fine female celebrities:
And these guys:
My mohawk. . . well, you gotta see it. Monica’s an artist – she dyed and cut and coached me on how to do the do.
2. Music (what was playing at the salon during the doing of the do)—Couldn’t make out the music most of the evening, but by the end of the night heard the Ramones, including a nice version of “What a Wonderful World” by Joey Ramone. I learned from Wikipedia that it was released in 2002, after he died. Thanks Joel.
3. Drink (what I sipped at the salon during the doing of the do)—This month, whiskey. Just whiskey.
4. The Theory—From nymag.com: “Back in the seventies, the British punk-rock crew adopted the audacious spiky haired look to signify their rebellious, anti-establishment attitude. But now, everyone and their mother — literally, like Gwen Stefani and her son, Kingston — will sport a mohawk to say, “I’m so tough, you guys.” Athletes do it to look more fierce on the playing field (David Beckham, Andy Roddick), ex-members of boy bands do it in a sad attempt to appear less Teen Beat (Lance Bass, Joey Fatone) and Ke$ha does it because Ke$ha does as she pleases. In all cases, the mohawk (or more commonly, the faux-hawk) is deployed when a celebrity or a character in a movie wants to make a statement.”
More, from Wikipedia: “While the mohawk hairstyle takes its name from the people of the Mohawk nation, an indigenous people of North America who originally inhabited the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York, hairstyles bearing these names more closely resemble those worn by the Pawnee, rather than the Mohawk, Mohican, Mohican/Mahican, Mohegan, or other phonetically similar tribes. The association comes from Hollywood and more specifically from the popular 1939 movie, Drums Along the Mohawk starring Henry Fonda. The Mohawk and the rest of the Iroquois confederacy (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Tuscarora and Oneida) in fact wore a square of hair on the back of the crown of the head. The Mohawk did not shave their heads when creating this square of hair, but rather pulled the hair out, small tufts at a time.”
5. Reactions—I’m so tough? Probably I’ll experience reactions more in the realm of this random blogger writing on mohawk theory: “When you are middle age. . . we will call it 40 – 60. . . a Mohawk makes you look like you are trying too hard. You usually bring a smile to someone’s face, as they contemplate how silly you look.”
P.S. Title song – The Mohawk Song, Future Stars featuring Olly Girls.
This is Beth. Reporting on the short bob, also called a shingle bob.
A classic:
I wore it straight a few days:
But mostly kept it curly:
Most of the time I tucked the bangs back with a bobby pin.
Folks said they liked it. Mostly I felt like I had puppy dog ears.
Month nine notes – Dos converged for me and Liz:
And Michelle’s surpassed mine in length:
P.S. Comb of the month pics:
This is Beth. With more hair stalking. Admitting that the do Liz accidentally imitated:
I copied from the girl:
(before)
(after)
Who copied from (who copied from):
P.S. More mimicking – ponies:
Remembering summer with more pics from a friend who took a comb along on vacation.
Book store. Where else would the historian be?
And cheese factory, overlooking hair nets.
This is Beth. With September’s back-to-school, happy new year look.
1. The do—Short bob.
Inspired by crop-topped celebrities:
Monica called it a box bob, graduated, textured. When Mandi saw me she deemed it an A-line bob. Another take on a classic.
2. Music (what was playing at the salon during the doing of the do)—Note: music plays all the time at Bang, this time Joel told Pandora to play some do-appropriate tunes. Ultimately we got great variety, including Stormy Weather, Misty Blue, Can’t You See, Spirit in the Sky, and Georgia on my Mind.
3. Drink (what I sipped at the salon during the doing of the do)—This time I showed up with the wrong drink, so I ran up the block where the very nice woman at the liquor store helped me select the perfect beverage – New Age:
4. The Theory—Women with short hair are less feminine, less attractive. Or have we moved past that sort of thing? From salon.com: “True, the flowing mane has always had a powerful allure… Clearly, flowing locks are a source of power… In many quarters, a woman cutting her hair is still seen as a woman committing an act of rebellion… Among a certain segment of my mother’s and grandmother’s generations, a short cut was an admission that you were middle-aged and no longer interested in making the effort. But for plenty of women, hair is just a canvas upon which to creatively express themselves.”
Also, this is the third “bob” I’ve had this year – is it boring? Not as fun as Liz’s rainbow, but we’ve seen a little variety, right?
And, remember, we still have a few months left!
5. Reactions—We’ll see…
P.S. The post title is a misquote of a misquote. From Wikipedia, “‘Play it again, Sam’ is originally a misquotation of ‘Play it, Sam’ from the 1942 film Casablanca. It may also refer to: Play It Again, Sam (1972 film), based on the Broadway play by Woody Allen.”
This is Beth. Reporting on August.
The straight bob seemed to be a hit. I heard, “your hair looks good” several times, all month. Thank you! Though I don’t think I captured red-carpet glam, probably came closer to run-out-the-door mom do.
Also got new jewelry:
(look closely at noses for twinsie piercings).
P.S. Happy birthday Kara!
This is Beth. With fabulous links from friends.
From Michelle and Angela: Guys with Fancy Lady Hair
From Kathy: Here’s What Getting a $1,200 Haircut is Like
Sam Grobart writes, “I’m not even going to try to judge [Ted] Gibson’s admittedly wackadoodle price for a haircut. I won’t, because the market already has: Even after raising his price to $1,200 from $950, he still has a two-month waiting list.”
Whoa.
P.S. Grobart’s article includes a link to a Prince video – his look is slightly reminiscent of the guy glam pics above.
This is Beth. With fun facts for straight bob month.
From The New York TImes Magazine July 21, 2013: “But the hairdryer didn’t didn’t seriously take off until the 1920s, which happened to be about the same time that utility companies began sending out salesmen with irons and toasters and hotplates, trying to push daytime consumer appliances to even out residential use, which was heavier in the evenings. It was also around the same time the bob came into vogue.”
The result – people (women) started washing their hair way more frequently. Slaves to electricity, to our appliances.
“Having clean, shiny, fluffy hair – that’s a 20th-century thing.”
P.S. Thanks Michelle!
Changing the Locks 