Did you ever come across the In Your Pocket guides?
Nope.
A spot check reveals that it's cheaper to get the CDs of Finnish groups that Aquarius Records carries (that is, only the hipster/Wire-approved ones) in California than, at least in the record stores I've been to so far, here. But now I can't find anyone who'll sell me a Kimmo Pohjonen cd at any price!
Except cdroots and amazon.co.uk and amazon.de. Nevermind. Wankers at Aquarius don't know what they're missing.
Sinatra isn't beard-wearing music, imho.
Sonny Rollins, on the other hand, as long as your beard is a hipster beard and not the full 'Sven Elkhornsson' folk-music beard.
We also need a category for "music to marry a beard to".
In the meantime I will suggest ½ Japanese for growing the beard, and Old And In The Way for wearing it.
anything devendra banhart & will oldham
Just because they have big beards doesn't mean that they make music for wearing a beard to! Things aren't that simple, yo.
re: 8
No, but Rollins style bop and hard-bop stuff is chin-beard-strokin' music, dammit.
Did Rollins have a beard? I was responding to 7. (Though I guess I could be persuaded on Oldham belonging to one of the two categories.)
re: 10
Yeah, he had any number of variations on the hip-goatee. I sometimes suspect Rollins is the source for all the pop-media images of hipster music fans with little beards. There's a bunch of iconic Blue Note covers with him with various chin-beards and shades.
http://www.realblackradio.com/sonny%20rollins.jpg
[for 50s Rollins]
http://media.jalc.org/nea/images/artists/large/rollins.jpg
[with mohican, in the 60s]
and
http://www.andaluciajazz.com/fotografias/jazzvoyeur/Sonny-Rollins.jpg
http://www.dawnsinghpublicity.com/images/photos/Sonny_Rollins.jpg
for the present day. Still lookin' sharp.
Music for wearing a beard: late biker rock, like Doobies or ZZ Top? Outlaw country, Nelson & Haggard? w-lfs-n likely cringes. I first grew my beard in much of a spirit of Texas meets Marin County. Fripp was hirsute for short while, but I don't think my generation of proggers were bearded.
I wouldn't cringe before Nelson or Haggard.
(Though I guess I could be persuaded on Oldham belonging to one of the two categories.)
Palace Music for the former; Bonnie "Prince Billy Sings Greatest Palace Music for the latter?
Umm, three off-topic music links from Firedoglake(the John Dean visit is of course recommended). I am going to try to provide all three.
Trex Grieves for a friend and Finds Comfort in Family
AngryBiscuit tells the story of His friend and
Links to Five of Elissa Hadley's Songs I am not sure if angry-biscuits link would work. PS:I downloaded Elissa's songs; She reminds me of the Sunday's, with less irony. The Sundays make me cry.
Someone you love may be dying as you read this, much sooner than you think or are ready to deal with.
They could be silently suffering RIGHT NOW and not even know it.
It doesn't have to be that way.
DO something - make a difference - declare your love.
Don't wait until there's no choice, do it while you have one.
There is no excuse.
Read angry_biscuit's story. Celebrate Elissa's life and musical legacy. Save someone YOU love.
yeah, i picked sinatra as 'shaving music'.
where i read the words, 'shaving music', i dunno.
music to grow a beard to: You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Bob Dylan
music to wear a beard to: I Was Young When I Left Home, the same
16: Thanks for that.
Music to grow a beard to: Ganja Smuggling by Eek-a-Mouse.
Music to wear a beard to: Losing My Edge by LCD Soundsystem.
To wrench it back, Lonely Planet and Let's Go are indeed useless. Two words that will revolutionize your tour book world: Rough Guide.
