SOTD by u/OnionMiasma

July 13, 2023 - Hippy Dippy Baloney

• Brush: Shave Forge 20mm Horsehair #HORSESASS
• Razor: Gillette Fatboy #DIAL
• Blade: Gillette Platinum (2)
• Lather: Siliski Soaps - Incense - Soap
• Post Shave: Stirling Soap Company - Margaritas in the Arctic - Splash
• Fragrance: Stirling Soap Company - Glastonbury
• Music: The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop

Daily Write-Up: Shaving to the Ramones today. They were at my first concert. It was 1996, and my mom got me tickets for Lollapalooza for my birthday, having zero idea what that meant. Screaming Trees, Rancid, The Ramones, 311, Soundgarden, and Metallica were the headliners.

Now, at 14, I had zero business to be dropped off and allowed to be at Lollapalooza all day long. But I made it. But, if you can think of how over-the-top I can occasionally be for an internet shaving competition, 14-year-old me had the same personality, and wanted to be ON THE RAIL for the entirety of the event. I’m a person of a decent size now, but 14-year-old me was shrimpy, so I was maybe 5’5” and 130 lbs., in the mosh pit for the majority of the show.

Of all the bands on the main stage, the Ramones were by far the best. This was their last tour before they hung it up as a group, but the energy was still amazing. The most memorable part of the show for though happened during Rancid. The guy next to me hit what I assume was a crack pipe, and then started jumping around like crazy. While he was jumping around like a madman he got kicked in the face by someone who was crowdsurfing, which horrifically caused his nose to be knocked sideways on his face with blood pouring from it. The guy immediately started screaming, “get out of my way, I have AIDS! Don’t touch me!”... which had the predictable result in 1995 of people basically stampeding away from him. 14-year-old me was not ready for that, and I decided quickly that maybe the rail for Rancid should be left for adults, and I went and watched Ben Folds Five on the side stage; the first of five times I’ve seen them.

I selected Blitzkrieg Bop not only because it’s one of the Ramones’ most recognizable songs, but also because I think if you squint just a little bit, you can see a way it can be related to shaving. The original song was about fans lining up for a concert - but if you change the words “Blitzkrieg Bop” to “Maggard Meet”, the song still works, and is now about wet shaving bros waiting to get in to meet and greet their favorite artisans (well… and Shannon and Charky):

Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!
Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Maggard Meet
They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
The Maggard Meet
Hey ho, let's go
Shoot 'em in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all revved up and ready to go
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Maggard Meet

Soap Theme Justification
“Product must prominently feature the scent of patchouli or incense.*” Siliski Soaps - Incense - it’s right there in the name.

Post-Shave and Fragrance Relevance Notes
Went with a concert theme for the scents here. * Thanks to u/chronnoisseur42O for the soap. Incense definitely reminds me of going to concerts, as... well, I associate it with weed, and there is a lot of weed at concerts. Especially now that it's legal here.
Glastonbury is obvious, as it is a Patchouli-forward scent inspired by a music festival in the United Kingdom.
* MITA is less obvious but more personal in nature - almost always (except when they happen during the Lather Games) when I go to a concert now, I wear MITA. I think I’ve now worn it to my last 6 of 8 shows. It’s refreshing and smells like a party to me. So, now I’ve trained my Pavlovian brain that MITA = live music.

**July 13, 2023 - [Hippy Dippy Baloney](https://imgur.com/WUyWVSV)**

* **Brush:** Shave Forge 20mm Horsehair #HORSESASS
* **Razor:** Gillette Fatboy #DIAL
* **Blade:** Gillette Platinum (2)
* **Lather:** Siliski Soaps - Incense - Soap
* **Post Shave:** Stirling Soap Company - Margaritas in the Arctic - Splash
* **Fragrance:** Stirling Soap Company - Glastonbury
* **Music:** [The Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=268C3N2dDYk)

**Daily Write-Up:**
Shaving to the Ramones today. They were at my first concert. It was 1996, and my mom got me tickets for Lollapalooza for my birthday, having zero idea what that meant. Screaming Trees, Rancid, The Ramones, 311, Soundgarden, and Metallica were the headliners.

Now, at 14, I had zero business to be dropped off and allowed to be at Lollapalooza all day long. But I made it. But, if you can think of how over-the-top I can occasionally be for an internet shaving competition, 14-year-old me had the same personality, and wanted to be ON THE RAIL for the entirety of the event. I’m a person of a decent size now, but 14-year-old me was shrimpy, so I was maybe 5’5” and 130 lbs., in the mosh pit for the majority of the show.

Of all the bands on the main stage, the Ramones were by far the best. This was their last tour before they hung it up as a group, but the energy was still amazing. The most memorable part of the show for though happened during Rancid. The guy next to me hit what I assume was a crack pipe, and then started jumping around like crazy. While he was jumping around like a madman he got kicked in the face by someone who was crowdsurfing, which horrifically caused his nose to be knocked sideways on his face with blood pouring from it. The guy immediately started screaming, “get out of my way, I have AIDS! Don’t touch me!”... which had the predictable result in 1995 of people basically stampeding away from him. 14-year-old me was not ready for that, and I decided quickly that maybe the rail for Rancid should be left for adults, and I went and watched Ben Folds Five on the side stage; the first of five times I’ve seen them.

I selected Blitzkrieg Bop not only because it’s one of the Ramones’ most recognizable songs, but also because I think if you squint just a little bit, you can see a way it can be related to shaving. The original song was about fans lining up for a concert - but if you change the words “Blitzkrieg Bop” to “Maggard Meet”, the song still works, and is now about wet shaving bros waiting to get in to meet and greet their favorite artisans (well… and Shannon and Charky):

Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!
Hey ho, let's go! Hey ho, let's go!
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Maggard Meet
They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
The Maggard Meet
Hey ho, let's go
Shoot 'em in the back now
What they want, I don't know
They're all revved up and ready to go
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
The Maggard Meet

**Soap Theme Justification**
* “Product must prominently feature the scent of patchouli or **incense.**” Siliski Soaps - Incense - it’s right there in the name.

**Post-Shave and Fragrance Relevance Notes**
* Went with a concert theme for the scents here.
* Thanks to u/chronnoisseur42O for the soap. Incense definitely reminds me of going to concerts, as... well, I associate it with weed, and there is a lot of weed at concerts. Especially now that it's legal here.
* Glastonbury is obvious, as it is a Patchouli-forward scent inspired by a music festival in the United Kingdom.
* MITA is less obvious but more personal in nature - almost always (except when they happen during the Lather Games) when I go to a concert now, I wear MITA. I think I’ve now worn it to my last 6 of 8 shows. It’s refreshing and smells like a party to me. So, now I’ve trained my Pavlovian brain that MITA = live music.