Beard Photo / Quote of the Day

From an undisclosed location in S. Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY:

Indie Piano Beard

This is NOT to be confused with the overly manicured hipster stash that plays music along side indie piano beard - also known as Kelcey Ayer, of the Local Natives, hailing from Orange County, California. OH the dreams I have had about this one! Been seriously playing out their recently released album Gorilla Manor on my commutes to/from work and everywhere in between. It's as good as any anthem an indie band has out there to date. The occasional violin and percussion section really bumps it up a notch in my opinion. But what do I know? Read the review on Pitchfork to hear it from an expert.

Mr. ET Beard

Thank you Alexis! Made my morning and I hope it makes yours too. ;)

Weird Beard

Honestly don't know how I feel about the absence of the full stash here, but I'm mysteriously intrigued. After pursuing a professional basketball career and injuring himself, Stalley moved from Ohio to New York to pursue music. In 2008, he collaborated with fellow Ohio native, Terry Urban, on the mixtape release "Goin Ape" in addition with opening for Mos Def on tour. Currently Stalley has been working with ALIFE and GFCnewyork.This much is true: Homie's beard is popular enough to push some serious product, and steps away from my front door at that:
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This busy beard has also recently released his 2nd project titled "MadStalley: The Autobiography" where he pens his journey and experiences over re-worked Madlib productions.

From an initial listen to his recorded albums vs. the live sessions I've seen, his recorded music leaves something to be desired, while you don't want to miss his heart-throbbing, beard busting, good karma of seeing him perform in the flesh:

DD172 Sessions: Stalley, Currensy & Javelin Jam Session from GFCnewyork on Vimeo.

Hip Hop Beard

Drumming prodigy Questlove has been throwing down on the beard AND sound tip for quite some time now. I've been kind of secretly dying to go check out his 4-week DJ Residency at Brooklyn Bowl but sadly did not make it before it ended. Luckily his recent project, a Broadway musical about the legendary Fela Kuti, has him working with Jay-Z among others, when he's not busy on the Jimmy Fallon show. Coupled with his amazing growth of facial stamina, it's captured enough of my interest to warrant a trip to Broadway soon.

Check out a recent snippet of the Broadway play performed on the Jimmy Fallon Show this last month:




From the review in the NYTIMES:
"Early in its run Ahmir (Questlove) Thompson, the drummer for the Roots — the long-running hip-hop group that is now the house band for “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” — saw an early preview that prompted him to write a post for his mailing list and his blog declaring “Fela!” to be “the BEST MUSICAL EVER CREATED.” Celebrities, from Alicia Keys to Susan Sarandon to Stephen Sondheim to Jay-Z, began showing up nightly; word of mouth spread exponentially.

Longtime Broadway producers wanted to sign on, but Mr. Hendel was leery of pressures that they might bring to make the show “more quote Broadway unquote,” he said. Now Jay-Z is among the producers, and Mr. Thompson is an associate producer. A rebellious, police-taunting, raunchy, politically conscious, dope-smoking character like Fela could easily make headway in hip-hop culture — and he has the beats to back him up."

Photography Beard

Well, well, Simon. Looks like you've proven your beard worthy of blog status. Congratulations, and now we all know where you shop for your threads too.
Read the full article from NY Mag HERE

Mad Men Beard **UPDATE**

Golden Globes revealed more than just my man John Hamm with a beard, apparently more of the stunningly good looking cast has followed suit. And amazing suits they are.
Even better is the post interview video with the cast, just following their win. I'd say a large majority of this is beard coverage. This will be one of the rare times I thank the press.