Hollywood Palace-Ready "Hair"

It's one thing to hear the homogenization and Velveeta-ization of counterculture music by Anita Kerr or the Alan Copeland Singers, but here we see Hair composer Galt MacDermot bastardizing his own work, with comic results. It's all good to go for Dean Martin's Golddiggers or the Hollywood Palace chorus!

Had the Welkian-sounding chorus done the "prisoners in niggertown" line of 3-5-0-0 I would have included that, but instead you get Walking in Space.



 Hair Pieces - Galt MacDermot

See the Hair Man

Guys, the Big New Year's Eve party is approaching fast. When in doubt - see the hair man.

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Greasy Kid Stuff

Don't be swayed by advertising, guys--we gals LOVE the slicked back hair.Here is a tribute to guys who still use the Greasy Kid Stuff!

Harold Mabern (with Lee Morgan and Hubert Laws) - Greasy Kid Stuff (1970) from Jazzsi

  

Image from A Sampler of Things, and the story of this product.

Ahead of HAIR

"... We start with silence. Or in this case, lots of crackle. Tune-In takes a while to get going, a sedate electronic piece thats lasts for over six minutes before a jumpy Aquarius (with the sound of crickets) comes to life. Donna on a vibraphone. Percussive genius while the brief Hashish slides by on a cacaphony of brass and busy background sounds. The title track never sounded as edgy with I Got Life pop-popping along like Frank Barber on acid. Wonderfully beautiful trombone blast here. Frank Mills benefits from no vocals - just as wistful without. Hare Krishna swings out side one with blinding intensity and glockenspiel goodness. ..."
John Sangster - Ahead of Hair. Shared by Spiral.



Donna

"with built-in scalp that LOOKS likes skin!"

"6 WIGS in ONE!"

Makes Me Wanna Say 'OW!' - Hot Pick Electric Comb

Ebony {May, 1977}

1958 Hair Styles!

From the people who brought us the latest styles of eyeglasses.
Sepia September 1958

Miss Pixy

1960s Hungarian toy commercial, seen on Dann V.'s Facebook page.....

Lou's Strange Hair Net Collection

Lou Brooks' Strange Hair Net Collection (via Dadanoias)

CRYSTAL GAYLE FANCLUB

Marvel unto these strange and somewhat creepy photos of women with extremely long hair.





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Side note: Last Christmas, I was in Sweden visiting my American-expat mom and sister. We were all waiting at the station in Örebro for a train to take us skiing when one of the old drunks who hang out there stumbled up to my mother, who has thick brown hair down to her waist, and stared at her for a small eternity. Suddenly, he shouted "VAD HÅR!" and shuffled off. My sister, without missing a beat, turned to my mother and said, "he just called you a whore, mom."

Black Flag Hair

Black Flag Hair: A Timeline

Click image for enlargement. Same hair. Just a larger view.

(via WFMU's Beware of the Blog!)

Hair Tonic

Excellent collection of Cali Barber shop pics here: Hair Tonic's Flickr site






Pocket Brushes......way cool.


I'd kill for this clock

I Think I'll Get My Haircut

Ok, maybe I'm back. Maybe not...
But at least I've promised myself to cut my hair real soon. It's so long and beautiful now that I quite easily pass as a real honey. At least I did last Saturday...

Jona Lewie - I Think I'll Get My Haircut:

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Popular hairstyles back in the 50s

RetroGrafix is showing some nice images of 1950s Hairstyles.
http://retroadv.re.funpic.de/images/1950hs/

"The Farrah"

Ok...If you are about 40-50 years old (and spent the late 70s and beginning of the 80s digging and dancing to the productions of Donna Summer, ABBA, or if you were very lucky: E.L.O.) you know all about this. But for those of you uninformed this might be a turn on: "Surely you've thumbed through a high school yearbook from the late 70's and early 80's and you've found photo after photo of women wearing feathered hair modeled after the wild, tossled, flipped-back, golden tresses of Farrah Fawcett. Yes, it’s true that many women went into hair salons between 1976 and 1983 asking for the “Farrah” look, but is this what they actually came out with? The answer is yes for some, but for many the answer is no, no, no, no, no. You see, many actually came out with “The Bertinelli”. Haven't heard of that one, have you? Well then, what is The Bertinelli"? It's simple; you cross the Dorothy Hamill (short hair, but flat on top and center-parted) with "The Farrah". This and much more will be spotlighted and told about the fashion of the feathered back hair at The Feathered Back Hair Site (via grow-a-brain)
http://www.featheredback.com/

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