VIDEO: Promo for 2012 Whiskerinas National Competition

Here's a short video promo I put together for the upcoming (at the time of this writing) Whiskerinas' Second National Ladies Fake Beard & Moustache Competition, which will take place on November 10, 2012 in Las Vegas!

Thanks to everyone who appeared in the video (credits are at the end).  Last year's Whiskerinas National Competition was great, and I'm sure this year's will be as well -- I'm really looking forward to it!

VIDEO: 2011 National Beard & Moustache Championships

It's a recap of last year's Beard Team USA 2011 National Beard & Moustache Championships in Lancaster PA!  It's a preview for the upcoming 2012 Championships in Las Vegas!  It's only about a year overdue!  In other words, it's my latest beard competition video:

(Although I embedded the video above, you may want to go over to YouTube itself to actually watch the video so you can increase the resolution to 720 or 1080p; the split screen looks better that way.)  Enjoy, and I hope to see everyone in Vegas!

VIDEO: BeardCon 2012 Panel on Social Significance of Facial Hair

To everyone who wasn't at BeardCon 2012: what were you thinking?!? To give you a small sense of what you missed, this is a video of the (essentially) complete panel discussion on the "History, Benefits and Social Significance of Facial Hair," hosted by Thomas Maurice Smith and with panelists Dr. Christopher Oldstone-Moore, Dr. Paul Roof, and John D. Buckler. It's pretty long, but also very interesting.

 
Thanks to Thomas and the whole Ohio whisker crew for a spectacular event! (And just to be clear, this isn't my 'competition video' for BeardCon, but just an example of part of what went on that day.)

VIDEO: Whisker Fight Tonight!

I'm delighted to present my latest project: the world premiere of the music video "Whisker Fight Tonight!" by the Opinionated Whiskers (i.e., me):

The video is all taken from the 2012 East Coast Championship held by the Philadelphia Beard and Mustache Club on March 31, 2012, although the song is really meant to be an anthem for every whisker competition.

Here are the lyrics:

There's a battle going on
On our faces tonight
Some say we look the fool
But we're ready for the fight
So you can keep your Mercedes
And your nine to five job
The whiskers have arrived
It's the beard and moustache mob!

We take to the stage
To show what we got
The audience is dripping
'cause our facial hair is hot
Now we may not be pretty
But we all stand apart
Clean shaven guys are boring
We are goddamn works of art

The mc calls my name
And the crowd starts to roar
Hair flows like lyrics from my jaw
My whiskers reach the floor
I strut round the stage
So my fans can all see.
Men and women swoon alike
all daydreaming 'bout me.

I know I haven't been good to you.  It was you that made me a man, you that stuck by me through all the bad times.  You've always been there when I needed you. But lately I've let you down.  I know I don't touch you like I used to, caress you like I used to.  I'm always here with you, just like you're always here with me.  But I know just being there isn't enough.  I'm not going to take you for granted anymore.  I'm going to treat you like you deserve to be treated.  And together . . . we're going to take on the world!

Now we're all here competing
To be number one
And my brothers may be styling
But I'll never be outdone
Mine's the longest and the thickest
We all know it's true
I'm the undisputed boss
Of this pogonographic crew!

There's a battle going on
On our faces tonight
Some say we look the fool
But we're ready for the fight
So you can keep your Mercedes
And your nine to five job
The whiskers have arrived
It's the beard and moustache mob!

Next stop: a complete album?