Aug. 28, 2022
- Brush: Zenith B36 "Copper Scrubby!" 28x50mm Boar
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Open Comb
- Blade: GEM SS (28)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. - Lime - Soap
- Post Shave: Porter's Lotion, WSP - Neroli - Cooling Aftershave Balm
- Fragrance: Motif Olfactif - Mon Oasis
- Passes: WTG, XTG
- Coffee: Colombia
- Music: Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
- August 2022 SOTD Photo Album
#GEMsOfWisdom / #RawHoggin
We're approaching the end of Austere August. I've got my Sample September samples-to-kill piled up and ready for lathering. I'm also ready to take some SOTD photos of literally any other gear.
Today's shave was good. I'm still feeling a little beat up from yesterday's triple-pass shave and all these back to back Scrubby lathers, but this knot is becoming a comfortable lather monster. I might keep pushing this blade for a while; it started to tug around shave #20, but I haven't noticed that issue consistently, so better lathers could be helping. It certainly hasn't gotten any worse, despite a few more shaves worth of wear.
| Date |
Soap Before (g) |
Soap After (g) |
Usage (g) |
Loading |
| 8/1 |
235.5 |
232.5 |
3 |
◊ |
| 8/2 |
232.5 |
228.0 |
4.5 |
◊ |
| 8/3 |
228.0 |
227.0 |
1 |
◊ |
| 8/4 |
227.0 |
223.3 |
3.7 |
◊ |
| 8/5 |
223.3 |
220.3 |
3 |
40 seconds |
| 8/6 |
220.3 |
218.8 |
1.5 |
30 seconds |
| 8/7 |
218.8 |
217.9 |
0.9 |
40 swirls |
| 8/8 |
217.9 |
216.5 |
1.4 |
40 swirls |
| 8/9 |
216.5 |
215.9 |
0.6 |
40 swirls |
| 8/10 |
215.9 |
215.6 |
0.3 |
50 swirls |
| 8/11 |
215.6 |
213.9 |
1.7 |
60 swirls |
| 8/12 |
214.7 |
213.0 |
1.7 |
60 swirls |
| 8/13 |
213.0 |
211.5 |
1.5 |
60 swirls |
| 8/14 |
211.5 |
210.5 |
1 |
60 swirls |
| 8/15 |
210.5 |
209.0 |
1.5 |
60 swirls |
| 8/16 |
209.0 |
207.2 |
1.8 |
60 swirls |
| 8/17 |
207.2 |
205.9 |
1.3 |
\~62 swirls |
| 8/18 |
205.9 |
204.4 |
1.5 |
60 swirls |
| 8/19 |
204.4 |
203.3 |
1.1 |
60 swirls |
| 8/20 |
203.3 |
202.8 |
0.5 |
70 swirls |
| 8/21 |
202.8 |
202.0 |
0.8 |
60 swirls |
| 8/22 |
202.0 |
200.5 |
1.5 |
60 swirls |
| 8/23 |
200.5 |
199.2 |
1.3 |
60 swirls |
| 8/24 |
199.2 |
197.9 |
1.3 |
65 swirls |
| 8/25 |
197.9 |
196.3 |
1.6 |
80 swirls |
| 8/26 |
196.3 |
194.4 |
1.9 |
80 swirls |
| 8/27 |
194.4 |
192.9 |
1.5 |
80 swirls |
| 8/28 |
192.9 |
◊ |
◊ |
80 swirls |
| 8/29 |
◊ |
◊ |
◊ |
◊ |
| 8/30 |
◊ |
◊ |
◊ |
◊ |
| 8/31 |
◊ |
◊ |
◊ |
◊ |
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#sidetracked u/Teufelskraft
I had a strong bader meinhof moment this morning, leading me to today's #sidetracked selections.
I attended a wedding last night and by around 9:30pm or so the DJ had really started moving into '90s club territory. ABBA's 1979 post-disco single "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" started playing, which reminded me of Madonna's "Hung Up," which samples that ABBA song's distinct ba-da-doop-ba-da-doo synth. I leaned over to my wife to confirm I was remembering "Hung Up" correctly as a Madonna song, or maybe misremembering a Kylie Minogue joint as one of Madonna's. That was about where we ended the brief conversation, because it was very loud, my wife wasn't familiar with the Madonna song, and there were better things to be doing at the moment than hashing out music trivia.
Then this morning, I flipped open Overcast to play a podcast while I'm shaving, and what do I see? Near the top of the list was the most recent episode of Song Exploder, exploring how Madonna and Stuart Price recorded "Hung Up."
So anyway, these two songs—connected by a distinct sample and an equally strong connection to club culture—just keep popping up. That synth will be stuck in my head for days.
sotd.djudgement_invitations: [<DjudgementInvitation 3794>, <DjudgementInvitation 3866>]