Cool as Ice...

Just when you think it’s gone for good, you start to see them everywhere. Hiding out in the shadows or right out front in a crowd of people…it’s there. I’m talking about the unfortunate hair style choice known as the mullet. It’s back and scarier than ever.

I’ve been horrified (and humored) by the mullet for years. How something so absurd could be so loved by people even when it invites ridicule is beyond comprehension. Maybe it’s the “business up front…party out back” attitude or maybe it’s a signal (like a secret handshake) most normal people aren’t aware of yet. No matter the answer, I was almost convinced it had reached the point of extinction…until Friday night.

GP and I went down to NoDa for the gallery crawl to check out some art and maybe a band or two. The night was going well until we decided to stop at this bar to see the band setting up. The band was noting special (I seriously expected the keyboardist/singer to break into Styx’s Renegade at any moment…and it would have been an improvement!) but then HE hit the stage. Sporting a vintage AC/DC shirt (along with 40 extra pounds) and a second hand bass, he brought the classic skullet out for our entertainment. His love of the skullet told me he's a true believer in following your own way…even if it means walking around in circles for hours on end.

As entertaining as the skullet was on Friday night, I figured it was a one off good for a laugh (and believe me….GP and I laughed!). To my horror, I opened the e-version of my local paper to be greeted with the newest mullet type…the Urban Mullet!


This young man (Donnie Wayne Champagne…say it S-L-O-W-L-Y) is on the cutting edge of hair style by bringing us a totally new, never before seen version of the mullet. One commenter on the board summed it up by saying “Michael Jordan up front with Bob Marley out back”. Another asked if it was a dreadlock wig sliding off his head. Of all the posts, everyone mentioned the hair while very few discussed the fact he had a loaded gun at school. Guess cool hair trumps a felony any day of the week.

To compliment his progressive hair style, he also added the extra touch of partially shaving off his eyebrows. The article mentioned it’s a “gang sign” but I think the origin is much less threatening.


Yes, I brought out the original, partially shaved eyebrow guy…Vanilla Ice! While he didn’t sport a mullet he probably should have since it couldn't be any worse than the cut above. He’s currently sporting tattooed letters on each finger that spell out “Wide Open”. My choice for him would have been “Real Dumb”. Of course, maybe I’m a bit jealous as he NEVER has to work again while I’ll being getting up bright and early tomorrow for…work. Maybe I should be the one getting the “Real Dumb” tattoo?