Aug. 4, 2022 - Austere August 4th
#GEMSofWisdom This blade is smoothing out nicely and another BBS shave of goodness.
#RawHoggin I'll say it again today- Face lathering sucks. And this is coming from a guy who face lathered for years while shaving in the shower. I only started bowl lathering a year ago and it was then that I realized that all my years of face lathering didn't teach me to build an awesome lather. Plus, I find whipping up a lather in a bowl at the crack of ass to be quite the meditative experience. Face lathering...not so meditative. Meanwhile, the brush continues to break in better- https://imgur.com/a/JazxB2l
#Sidetracked So many options today, but I decided to go with one of my favorite songs- "The Rat" from the Walkmen. The Walkmen weren't exactly known for songs that really 'rocked', and this is definitely one of their punchier numbers, but this band knew how to write songs that could evoke an emotional response. I remember hearing this song when the album, Bows and Arrows, came out and being instantly floored by it. There was something about the song that caused an intense reaction that made me well up a bit. I'm not a 'welling up' kinda guy, but damn if this song didn't want to make me reach for a tissue. And this isn't a mellow dirge for sure. To this day, this song still evokes a response from me when I hear it. The lead singer, Hamilton Leithauser, has issued some fantastic solo records over the last several years and I've had the opportunity to see him live. But as good as his solo albums are and as good as many of the Walkmen records were, no song in those catalogs will ever surpass "The Rat"- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWR1h-5EzUo Enjoy this one u/Teufelskraft (should we be tagging you in every post??) and the rest of the gang.
Have a great day all!
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