Angus Stone

I'm going to have to rename this blog 'Musicians with Beards'. Here we have Angus Stone, of Angus & Julia Stone fame, showing off his full beard and moustache combo in the clip to Just A Boy. Check it out.

Dog Faced Boy

This is a picture I drew in my notebook, inspired by an article I read about E and his beard.

Hombre Lobo

Here's another example of music and facial hair walking hand-in-hand. E, or Mark Oliver Everett, from The Eels sports a very impressive beard. You can see it here in the clip for Fresh Blood. The title of the latest album is Hombre Lobo, or Wolf Man in Spanish. The title was inspired by E's beard, which he grew while writing the song Dog Faced Boy, released on the Souljacker album in 2001.

Peter Sarstedt

Peter Sarstedt rocks the mo. And he wrote one of my favourite songs, Where Do You Go To My Lovely?
Here he is playing on Top of the Pops.

Technological Malfunction

Just letting you know that my computer has decided to play dead. It should be fixed soon, but probably no posting till then. Fingers crossed it wakes from the coma with memory intact.

Beard Head

For those of you unable to grow your own, or even just needing some extra insulation, check out the products at this fantastic website Beard Head. They even donate some proceeds to charity. I'm imagining myself snug inside one of these right now... bliss! Thanks to Kate for the heads up on this one.

Krabat

I went to see the film Krabat last night, at the German Film Festival held at the Chauvel cinema in Sydney. It was likened to Harry Potter, but very different in my mind. It was about a group of black magic apprentices who run a mill in 18th century Germany, narrated with the tone of a dark fable. The catch-phrase is "Everything comes with a price". It's based on the book by Otfried Preussler. 

There's quite a few good German actors in it, including Daniel Bruhl (from Goodbye Lenin! and The Edukators) and Robert Stadlober (from Summer Storm). David Kross, from The Reader (also recommended) played the lead role of Krabat. In the film Krabat's "coming of age" moment in symbolised by the growth of his facial hair, a light moustache. I was lucky enough to see the actor actually introduce the film in the cinema.