Shave # - redacted -
Razor - Schick injector
Brush - Stirling boar
Soap - CBL Orange Dirt
After - Eleven orange
This was the same set up as shave # I have no idea (haha), and it is a winning combo!
I had been on a run of shaving every 3 or 4 days, which is pretty often for me...but this shave comes a little over a week after the last one, and so there was a fair amount of stubble to deal with - a fair amount of stubble to get caught between blade and body of razor...but because my two straights I have access to are currently away being honed, I chose the injector. It was a lovely shave, and Orange Dirt continues to impress.
I think I might have left the shaving for that long because I started back on chemo after a break for scans. The stuff really tires me out, and sometimes it's hard to get motivated to do much of anything when you're in the throws of side effects. My oncologist has recommended another 6 rounds, which is totally logical because my scan results showed that it is working...but it's hard to get back on the horse just the same. Adjusting back to it after a month off shouldn't be a big deal, but it takes a bit of a mental re-framing...
Today's listen is the fantastic Haim.
I came to this band in a rather circuitous fashion. A good while ago my wife and I finally got around to watching Liquorice Pizza, which is crazy because I'm a very big Paul Thomas Anderson fan...but life is life and all. In any case, we had never heard of the star of the film, Alana Haim, so looked her up. Oh, she's in a band... I searched on Youtube and clicked on the first thing that came up...which was this 14 minutes of them playing in the studio, shot by, you guessed it, PTA.
I was instantly hooked - great multi-instrument musicians who kinda sound like what you could imagine Fleetwood Mac might be doing right now if they were a new band. I actually ran into a middle aged dude at a record store two days ago wearing a Haim tee shirt and chatted with him about the show he saw - he was blown away by how good they were live. They are on my list now for sure...
Onward and shaveward...
Razor - Schick injector
Brush - Stirling boar
Soap - CBL Orange Dirt
After - Eleven orange
This was the same set up as shave # I have no idea (haha), and it is a winning combo!
I had been on a run of shaving every 3 or 4 days, which is pretty often for me...but this shave comes a little over a week after the last one, and so there was a fair amount of stubble to deal with - a fair amount of stubble to get caught between blade and body of razor...but because my two straights I have access to are currently away being honed, I chose the injector. It was a lovely shave, and Orange Dirt continues to impress.
I think I might have left the shaving for that long because I started back on chemo after a break for scans. The stuff really tires me out, and sometimes it's hard to get motivated to do much of anything when you're in the throws of side effects. My oncologist has recommended another 6 rounds, which is totally logical because my scan results showed that it is working...but it's hard to get back on the horse just the same. Adjusting back to it after a month off shouldn't be a big deal, but it takes a bit of a mental re-framing...
Today's listen is the fantastic Haim.
I came to this band in a rather circuitous fashion. A good while ago my wife and I finally got around to watching Liquorice Pizza, which is crazy because I'm a very big Paul Thomas Anderson fan...but life is life and all. In any case, we had never heard of the star of the film, Alana Haim, so looked her up. Oh, she's in a band... I searched on Youtube and clicked on the first thing that came up...which was this 14 minutes of them playing in the studio, shot by, you guessed it, PTA.
I was instantly hooked - great multi-instrument musicians who kinda sound like what you could imagine Fleetwood Mac might be doing right now if they were a new band. I actually ran into a middle aged dude at a record store two days ago wearing a Haim tee shirt and chatted with him about the show he saw - he was blown away by how good they were live. They are on my list now for sure...
Onward and shaveward...
