pipedope wrote:

There seems to be more people commenting on my beard lately. A lot of "aren't you hot with that thing?" To which I reply "Nope, I'm not wearing underwear."
I went to see Trampled by Turtles a few weeks ago. For those not familiar with the band, they play this new style, kind of progressive bluegrass music that seems to be popular with the gypsy/hippie/free-spirit crowd... Lots of beards and lots of beard lovers in attendance and my beard got a lot of attention. Mostly just "hey man, nice beard..." but there was a few interesting encounters. The first was this beardless guy who came up to me, shook my hand and said, "I haven't seen a beard like that since the Appellation Trail." I asked him where his beard was and he said that he had to shave it after he returned to the "real world." I replied "Real world... where the hell am I?" Later on while standing in line for beer, a dude with a short beard approached and struck up a conversation about beards. He made it to the bar before me and ended up buying a six-pack because the line was so long. As he passed he handed me a bottle and said "Here's one for your beard." There were some ladies who commented on the beard... some were even good looking. The best comment wasn't a comment at all, really. While passing by, this attractive young lady stopped in front of me, looked at my beard and then directly into my eyes. She reached up with both hands and slowly ran her fingers through my beard. When she reached the bottom she smiled and continued on her way. It made my night... The Lovely Kelly, who was standing right next to me was not amused, however.

 

I reading your journey from the start this morning, and finally got through it now after some hours of periodical reading.  When I got to this post I started some downloads of Trampled By Turtles, it seemed like a good crowd and fun show from your description.  Man it downloaded quick and Ive had it going for a good hour now.  I dig it, good stuff!  Got through Stars and Sattelites and some of Palomino.  I gotta say, it makes a damn good soundtrack for reading through and catching up on your beard ventures.

Its cool to read 2 years over a day and see the progress instantly.  Even though I cheated and came here to the last pages first.

You brought a good band into my life, Ill have the cds in my car for weeks now.  Ill try and repay the favor for you... Slightly different genre but one of my favorite bands.  You may have heard of them, but then again they have always been an indie band so maybe not.  The band is called Disptach.  I live in MA and they are local to the Boston area.  A funk/reggae/jam band that was active until like 2002.  Just came out with a new album recently, but any of their music if you can find it is awesome stuff.  If you are familiar with downloading torrents, you can find their discography on kickass.to

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