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ok, i'm getting my hair cut tomorrow (saturday) at 5.30. i want it to look good, or i won't be going out on saturday night. how should i get it cut? what should i tell them? your suggestions gratefully received.

― gareth, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bald except for patches behind your ears and a tuft on top of your head. Yes, The Road Warrior revival begins here.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

why not go monastic - shaved on top and a bowl cut - and give the ladies (or men) a perceived challange?

― Menelaus Darcy, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

SKINHEAD!

― Madchen, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"make me look like that guy out of toploader"

― Alan T, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Make me look like the guy from Travis."

― Dan Perry, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Make me look like Shirley Manson."

― Ally, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Make me look like Fozzy Bear."

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"I'd like a Keegan cut please"

― Jonnie, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Short back and sides please! Don't pay more than a fiver, is my only hairdressing advice.

― james, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

a red faukhawk or a black and white 1/2 and 1/2 rooster

― anthony, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

short in front, long in back

― Jeff, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

You! Flock of Seagulls.

― DavidM, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

should there be a thread where we quote pulp fiction?

― ethan, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I recommend this.

I just love that picture, I'm sorry. I mean, what the hell?

― Ally, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Don't cut it! Shaggy hair is cute.

― Maria, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

"Make me look like Shirley Manson."

No one who has seen the cover of Cosmo Girl would say that. Unless a freak accident ended up lodging a lawnmower blade in their brane that impedes judgement.

― Nicole, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Last night some girl from my class said my hair was really nice because it made me look like Dougal from the Magic Roundabout. I don't know......compliments aren't what they used to be.

― Ronan, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i always ask for the little boy's haircut.

― ernest, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oooh, Ronan, can I see a photo? I love Dougall.

― toraneko, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Shave everything except your neck hair. The walking Brillo necking pad will overcome all in 2002.

(ducks..)

― Brian MacDonald, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I got about 85% of my hair cut off on Thursday. I'm quite happy.

― Tom, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Let it grow till you've got a mullet!

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Let it grow till you've got a mullet!

You scare me.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I now imagine Tom as having all the 15% of his hair just above his left ear.

― james, Saturday, 27 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Gareth, who's doing the job? Get thee to Daniel at Cuts in Soho and tell him I sent you. You'll spend £20 or so but they are REALLY good.

― suzy, Saturday, 27 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I R also getting a haircut today to avoid be known as mullet boy. however tis now SIX MONTHS since last haircut, which makes visiting the barbers even more painful, basically a cross between the dentists and confessional, arrgh! plus i quite like the shagginess of my hair apart from the proto-mullety bit down the back, but if i say "oh just take the length off the back" i'll be looked at as some sort of FREAK and then give in and end up having the same cut as everyone else (ie short fringe, grade 3 at the back and sides). words cannot really describe how much i hate going to the barbers, one day i shall find a friend who will cut my hair without making value judgements...

― carsmilesteve, Saturday, 27 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

So Gareth, how did your haircut turn out?

― james, Sunday, 28 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

it didn't. they cancelled it coz the girl called in sick. so i still have, like, indie hair. i'll check out this place in soho instead maybe (thats actually cheaper than where i usually go Suzy!)

so theres more time for recommendations and advice

― gareth, Sunday, 28 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the haircut is going to be tonight, at Zoo, N1. i'm all apprehensive now.

― gareth, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I had a haircut at Zoo once. I haf nevah felt less stylish in my life than the 20 minutes I spent there, or paid more for the "privilege". But Gareth = hardbody vogue model-type man, so will thrive.

― mark s, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I think they were just intimidated by you Mark, because you're the high priest/pikachu of style.

― Nicole, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

To be fair, the barberenes themselves were sweet — tho I think possibly a bit non-plussed, as bit-players in the Grunge Birdsnest Man goes for a coiffe blowdry and mousse. (It was some time ago. My man Saf cut my hair earlier today and I look hot!!)

― mark s, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Noooooo! Not Zoo! I had to take a little too much situational control back in the day, and like Mark only went once.

Cuts is the BOMB. People who go there are really interesting (guaranted music industry types, eg. Daniel Miller or Fran Healy) and everyone chips in with salon-wide conversation. Like ILE in the swivel chair.

I've just booked in for a visit as I fear mullet is sneaking up on me. I can no longer do the Sabrina from Bewitched/Ines de la Fressange in the '80s rollercurl look. Nrrrrrr.

― suzy, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

How does Fran Healy = interesting exactly?

― RickyT, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Fran Healy's hair is kind of fascinating. The rest, unfortunately...

― Nicole, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i find haircuts a very stressful experience, not something i can enjoy. this is because they usually turn out not too good. from suzys description i'm afraid i might find Cuts too intimidating. at zoo the haircut was ok. i would like more suggestions please.

― gareth, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i hate haircuts too. i just go to a place on Stroud Green Road and pay 6 quid or something. the torture is over in 30 mins and then i'm free again. it doesn't look good though. maybe i should go somewhere better

― m jemmeson, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I too have ben to zoo once, afterwards they advised rubbing wax in my hair everyday which was never going to happen. Comes from an age wher I used to shop in next and not just for work clothes, used to get my hair cut then aswell. I'm sure they'll do you proud though.

― Ed, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

the only good thing about hairdressers is that you can practise your lying skills. I once pretended to be a ROCK STAR to impress cute hairdresser in Toni & Guy in Preston. He believed me as well! I was all ready to invite him to the gig I was telling him about that evening then I REMEMBERED: oh, this isn't reality! and gave him the name of a made up venue in North London. Heh heh. I was of course singer and bass player.

Next time I think I shall pretend I am an extra from the theatre production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show or that I used to be in Strawberry Switchblade. However seeing as I haf taken to cutting my own hair cheers cheers this may be in a while.

― Sarah, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Naah, Fran's okay. Sister of ex-flatmate (Glaswegian) went out with him until about a year before the group went to record their first LP; the two are still mates. I think his music is C21 Del Amitri though.

WHY OH WHY are people so intimidated by these kinds of scenarios? Anything to avoid the usual boring hairdresser conversations, I say. If you clock someone, you just proceed as with any nice stranger until they introduce themselves. I just DO NOT get why that's so daunting, and I definitely have a shy streak.

― suzy, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

its the haircutting thats daunting, not the bland pop star meeting

― gareth, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm just lucky I guess. I speak fluent hairdresser. My neighbour in Minneapolis was a soccer mom who used to cut my hair for eight bucks a go, but in her Secret Cool Past worked at Toni and Guy during punk days, when you had a choice of cut by Toni, or cut by Guy. So I was blessed relief from the other soccer moms and she taught me all sorts of technical terms. I go to Cuts on Saturday morning, Verity's back.

― suzy, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

neither Toni nor Guy sound like very punk names...

― m jemmeson, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hairdressers and haircuts give me the howling fantods. Hence the shaggy mess currently sitting atop my head. Though I did get complemented on it last weekend which confused the hell out of me.

― RickyT, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Those were the times, not the people involved (also notice when hairdressers' are called things like Alan Michael Designs and they're from the '60s, it was because the gay guy running the place had dropped off his surname by deed poll etc in pre-gay lib days). Ginny my neighbour had been a disco dollie, not a punk. She was just thrilled with someone who could come in and ask for an angled five-point bob and not another fucking PERM.

― suzy, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Taking punXoR sides: Guy Debord vs Toni Negri

(Has anyone on the bwitch read this new book of anarcho-jailbird Negri's (co-authored) which everyone is raving abt?)

― mark s, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

their full names sound more punk-y, in the more arty NYC sense.

suzy: why did they drop off the surnames? i don't follow

― m jemmeson, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

mark s: do you mean Empire? It's okay.

― rosemary, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Back in the day they'd get disowned or disassociate themselves from family.

― suzy, Thursday, 1 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ok its cut now. it was awful. i got the quite fierce and scary woman who i was relieved not to get last time. there was only one other person there and they were playing alanis morrisette. having my hair cut is the only time in life i actually feel like 'a bloke'. unable to converse in anything other than grunts. in fact, i felt more like a 12 year old going to see the headmistress (actually there are probably people here who would pay for that). the whole thing passed in near total silence (i never thought i would find myself wishing for the inanities usually present in such a situation)

how did it turn out? weelll, not that bad (usually turns out awful). i'm sure it'll grow into something good in time, although, having said that, when i came into work today i was described as having 'pop star hair'. i'm not entirely sure how to take that...

― gareth, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

you got unlucky, last time I had my hair cut in zoo ('97) they palyed a whole arested development album

― Ed, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ha-a. Cuts plays UK garage mix cd's; people have been known to yell REWIND or ask if there's any Miss Dynamite.

― suzy, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

My pal James is head honcho in a v. posh & trendy hair place in the Lanes in Brighton. His philosophy is basically one of Emperor's New Clothes... if you can convince enough gullible fashion victims that something is "cool" then you can get away with murder... he used to get away with it too, him and his mates used to have a right laugh making people look like complete donkeys and without fail the next week there would be a queue of people out the door wanting to look exactly the same. Sad really.

I can personally recommend Mr Toppers actually, only a fiver for the haircut of yr choice. Last time I just took in a couple of photos and lo and behold my hair now looks *exactly* how I wanted it... extra points if anyone can guess whose photo it was... and the guy never touched those weird clipper things which is always a bonus, strictly scissors only.

How hard exactly is hairdressing? And why does it have to be so expensive? Don't get me started on "head massages"...

― Andrew Williams, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Andrew, was it a picture of Mani?

― chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

hmmm. I can feel a "Chris Brown - Classic or Dud?" coming on, and it's going to involve a lot of boiled cabbage...

No, even I am not mental enough to walk into a a hairdressers and say "make me look like this Mancunian chimp".... or am I?

― Andrew Williams, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

sorry Andrew, it's just when I first met you I thought you looked like him!

So, who was it then?

― chris, Friday, 2 November 2001 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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