Aug 21, 2021 – Austere August. Day 21.
- Prep: Hot Shower
- Brush: Zenith - B16 24mm Boar
- Razor: GEM Micromatic Open Comb Gen 2
- Blade: GEM PTFE (21)
- Lather: Stirling Soap Co. – Sheep
- Post Shave: Zingari Man – Unscented - Aftershave Balm
- Music: The Wrecks – James Dean
Good shave all around today. The MMOC and new Zenith has become quite the tag-team for my face. I’m sure a lot of credit goes to Stirling’s Sheep base (which is phenomenal), so I’m eager to see how things go once AA is over and I can unleash this boar on a few different soaps. But we gotta get through August before I hatch any grand plans for this little brush. And until then, we continue on our unscented Stirling & Zingari Man combination.
Today’s #sidetracked music selection is a modern day pop-punk band, The Wrecks. To me, their sound kinda takes me back to the days of Good Charlotte. It’s been well documented that I’m a big fan of the pop-punk scene from the early 2000s, and The Wrecks are able to fill some of that void that left when the music industry moved forward. I saw The Wrecks open for another band several years ago and was very impressed with their sound and their energy. Being an opening act is tough, because most people there aren’t there to see you and a good number of people aren’t paying attention at all. But The Wrecks went out there and made people pay attention. They’re another band that I was convinced was going to blow up after I saw them, but that hasn’t happened (yet). Perhaps, if it were a different era they’d be bigger. But the year is no longer 2002 and their sound isn’t what’s popular now. Damn shame, if you ask me.
Tags: #unscented #rawhoggin #GEMsOfWisdom
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