MarkB's Basses, Shaves & Other Obsessions

[MarkB]

29 April, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

It's "Women of Rock Wednesday" and today I'm going with one from Lene Lovich. Hope you enjoy.

Basically the same shave as yesterday only with a different brush. Same stellar results!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: More storms last night but they weren't as bad. Some much needed rain though.

Hope you have a great day.

Crabtree & Evelyn / Ever-Ready / Karve / Polsilver / Thayers / ETHOS

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[heysi]

Oh-ye-oh!

 

[MarkB]

30 April, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Closing out the month with this absolute banger from Whitesnake. Hope you enjoy.

Phenomenal shave with which to close out the month! Returned to ETHOS Grooming Essentials and Frank's excellent Aventus homage, "Succès" shave soap, splash & EdP. Fantastic scent with incredible lather built with the Paladin badger brush for three passes with the Karve and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, the matching skin food splash & EdP. ETHOS + Paladin, it's a hard combo to beat!

BBS bliss!!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: Not much to report. Looking forward to band practice later tonight.

Hope you have a great day.

ETHOS Grooming Essentials / Paladin / Karve / Polsilver / Thayers

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[MarkB]

1 May, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

It's Friday so let's have some fun! And what could be more fun that Icelandic rock? So here's a classic from HAM! Hope you enjoy.

An incredible shave for the start of the new month! Returned to Floris and their excellent "Elite" shave soap, splash & EdT. Fantastic scent with incredible lather built with the PAA synth for three passes with the Karve and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, the matching aftershave & EdT.

BBS bliss!!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: Friday!!!

Hope you have a great day.

Floris of London / Phoenix Artisan Accoutrements / Karve / Polsilver / Thayers

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[MarkB]

2 May, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

It's "Synthwave Saturday" so here's a live track from The Midnight. Hope you enjoy.

Late post but a great shave to start the day. Returned to myu vintage Shulton "Old Spice" suite of products. Fantastic Old School scent with incredible lather built with the Semogue for three passes with the Karve and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, the matching aftershave lotion & EdC.

BBS bliss!!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: The wife and I had some errands to run earlier and I just got finished grilling some burger and hotdogs. Delish!

Hope you have a great day.

Shulton / Semogue / Karve / Gillette / Thayers

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[MarkB]

3 May, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Some liminal ambience for your Sunday. Hope you enjoy.

Another late post but an incredible shave to start the day. Returned to MdC and their excellent "Nature" shave soap. Marketed as unscented but there is a light soapy scent with powdery nuances. Very nice! Incredible lather built with the WWBW badger brush for three passes with the Karve and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, Mont Blanc "Presence for Men" aftershave lotion, CBL Premium Barber Powder & Mont Blanc "Presence for Men" EdT. I enjoyed this shave so much I may do it again tomorrow.

BBS bliss!!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: Tweaked my back again. Went out and washed the wife's car and my truck and now I ain't doing so well...

Hope you have a great day.

Martin de Candre / Wild West Brushworks / Karve / Gillette / Thayers / CBL / Mont Blanc

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[GearNoir]

Dr Gear prescribes ibuprofen, couch rest, a beer, and the movie channel.

 

[heysi]

Dr Gear prescribes ibuprofen, couch rest, a beer, and the movie channel.

Does Dr. Gear take my insurance? And can I get an appointment for this week?

 

[GearNoir]

Does Dr. Gear take my insurance? And can I get an appointment for this week?

Your signed, fill-in-the-blank order is already in the mail sir.

 

[heysi]

Your signed, fill-in-the-blank order is already in the mail sir.

Oh goody....Paperwor.k

 

[MarkB]

6 May, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

It's "Women of Rock Wednesday" and today I'm going with one from "Seas on the Moon". Hope you enjoy.

Great shave this morning. Returned to ETHOS Grooming Essentials and Frank's new "Forest Dragon" shave soap. Fantastic spicy, green scent with incredible lather built with the WWBW badger brush for three passes with the Karve and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, Pitralon Classic aftershave lotion, CBL Premium Barber Powder & Geo. F. Trumper "Wild Fern" EdC.

BBS bliss!!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: Back has improved greatly. Can still feel a "twinge" whenever I move a certain way. Getting old sucks!

Hope you have a great day.

ETHOS Grooming Essentials / Wild West Brushworks / Karve / Gillette / Thayers / Pitralon / Geo. F. Trumper

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[heysi]

Can still feel a "twinge" whenever I move a certain way.

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Well.....stop doing that.

 

[NurseDave]

Well.....stop doing that.

I assume he meant wearing leather pants

 

[MarkB]

I assume he meant wearing leather pants

 

[MarkB]

7 May, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Going with a live cut from Toto today. Hope you enjoy.

"Best Shave of the Week" candidate this morning. Returned to CBL Premium Shave Soap and Chris and Dave's phenomenal collab, "Hombres Barber Shop" shave soap & tonic. Incredible scent with an equally incredible lather built with the Paladin badger brush for three passes with the Karve and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, the matching aftershave tonic & vintage Avon "Black Suede" EdC.

BBS bliss!!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: @BarberDave what do we need to do to make a frag of this scent? I NEED IT!!

Hope you have a great day.

CBL Premium Shave Soap / Paladin / Karve / Gillette / Thayers / Avon

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[heysi]

My favorite version of the Hombres. And I just added the tonic to my travel kit. I'm gonna smell great on my vacation.

 

[MarkB]

My favorite version of the Hombres. And I just added the tonic to my travel kit. I'm gonna smell great on my vacation.

Yep! The "OG" is the shiznit!

 

[MarkB]

8 May, 2026

Hello everyone! Hope you had a pleasant evening.

Closing out the workweek with this gem from the 90's. Hope you enjoy.

Another "Best Shave of the Week" candidate this morning! Returned to my vintage Crabtree & Evelyn For Men shave soap & splash. Wonderful 80's scent with phenomenal lather built with the RajonCajon synth for three passes with the Karve and I finished with alum, followed by Thayers unscented witch hazel, the matching aftershave splash & Crabtree & Evelyn "Sienna" EdT.

BBS bliss!!

The "Happy Hogan" Homefront Report: Not much to report. Life is good! TGIF baby!!

Hope you have a great day.

Crabtree & Evelyn / RajonCajon / Karve / Gillette / Thayers

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[EMG06]

@BarberDave @MarkB

Anything new and exciting in the newly unclassified UAP/UFO files?

As our resident experts in this field

 

[MarkB]

@BarberDave @MarkB

Anything new and exciting in the newly unclassified UAP/UFO files?

As our resident experts in this field

No. Nothing revelatory or much that wasn't already known to those who follow the topic. Still, the fact that the phenomenon is being acknowledged and covered by the media is encouraging. It's a "win" in that it might prompt those who don't follow it to begin asking questions and taking the topic more seriously. But any future file drops will have to raise the bar in order to move the topic forward. More grainy video of a "dot" moving across the screen isn't gonna cut it.