I ran across your site while at work looking for some fine examples of young staches. Here's the deal, I am in a corporate training program for a big national bank - I'm out in San Francisco with a bunch of whiz-kid MBA grads and finance guys...here's where it gets good...back in my college days my fraternity bros and I grew sweet staches for our composite picture - which got me thinking, we take a class picture and have a big ceremony at the end of this deal, what better way to show that we've crossed over as business professionals then a Man'stache'. So, I've talked the majority of men (all under or near 30) into growing the 'stache', for most of them this is their first time. What really ices the cake is that our director is a woman that HATES facial hair, but fact is a man is not a man if he allows his god given right to bare facial hair be controlled. Cheers to the movement! And please get back to me about a tee-shirt.
-Matt Daniel
nearly every woman i know says, "i hate it, it's not you, etc.,etc."
then i look in the mirror and say, "fuck yeah!!"
then i think of the infinite stylistic possibilities as well as wardrobe complimentary fashion and clothes i can rock with my newfound lip cowboy.
the truth is, it has made me have a newfound, "fuck you if you don't like the way i rock my life," attitude
mom hates it, dad is neutral
the thing is, that most guys i know see it and think, "dude i should rock one, just as a joke," you can see it in there eyes....
but there's a certain level of pussiness that most men can't get over to truly rock the stache and be a fuckin man!!!!!
haah!!!!
-mike
Thanks for listening,
Alex
My mother just emailed me the story about this on nytimes.com today. She did so because a week ago I decided to grow a mustache for no other reason other than I believe it will kick ass. So please count me in, I know everyone around me will donate something for my Glorius Mustache. I'm already a good week into it and have got nothing but compliments on it. I live in NYC and will definitely see you on the 21st.
Rock
the 'stache,
Nick
Good job on the moustache campaign. Last year, while updating the Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway guidebook last year, I counted moustaches across Russia, wanting to test comparative ratios and whether the moustache tendancy is higher above certain latitudes, certain populations, certain temperature levels. I LEARNED A LOT.
You can see graphs if you go to www.robertreid.info, hit 'Moustache Blog' at the top, then click on 'moustache graphs.' I need to work on my website-making skills a bet, I know. I have an appointment today actually.
Just thought you might want to know about the Russian stats.
Keep the dream alive, senor.
Robert
Reid
Brooklyn, NY
www.robertreid.info
Steve-o-mygodthat'sasweetstache
ps- If my friend Zach's stache were a dinosaur, that pussy ass meteor wouldn't even have tried to wipe the dinosaurs. It would have taken one look at his power stache and turned the F around.
this waa written on May 26th, 2006
"so the other day I'm READING Playboy and i come across the article with Jason Lee. Jason Lee has been a bit of a hero of mine for years...and when "My Name is Earl" came out it was compounded. I have actually never seen an episode of the show but i have been told that at certain times(when my hair is long and I'm sportin the stache) i look like the guy...which suits me just fine...
but to another matter...I am reading this article and they talk alot about his moustache..and other celebrity moustaches(Burt Reynolds and Tom Selleck) but i began to wonder about this phenomenon. THe moustache(from here on out referred to as "the stash") is a fickle beast. every time i trim my face i clean off everything but the stash... above the lips...and it looks fucking creepy on me...so when i do rock the stash i do the long down to the chin type stash...and i've been told it actualy works on me...i think only certain types of people can rock certain types of the stash...and that one works for me...the other more traditional makes me look like a child molester..hence the term...'molester moustache'...popularized by child molesters, certain Gonzaga basketball players, Mexicans and 14 year old kids who want to impress 12 yr old white trash whores.
the
civil war brought us some great moustaches...just watch the Ken Burns
film and you could get inspiration for hundreds of different styles....I
had an uncle who actually rocked the true to form curly handlebar whispy
stash and it was rediculous...but he could pull it off...I was in Texas
this year and we worked with a guy who had these crazy twisted hairs
poking out of his face at about an upward 30 degree angle...dude looked
like a fucking beetle..or he was rocking some antennae...and what about
old circus ringmasters and Jack Daniel!?!?!??
Hitler's stash was lame...NEd FLanders' stash is the ill push broom...much
like that of Dale Earnhart Sr.
Kool Keith has this weird little funny stash that always looks like
it's drawn on his face...
but
i think the real crime here is that we're forgetting the largest and
most creative demographic...BASEBALL PLAYERS!
are you fucking kidding me...in the 70s and 80s and still some today...these
surly pricks were IMAGINATIVE...just look at some old baseball cards...ROllie
Fingers...Dennis Eckersly...Bill Meuller, David McCarty, Trot Nixon,
and Kevin Millar, all members of the 2004 World CHampion BOston REd
Sox all rocked some sort of upper lip decoration...
Mike Schmidt had a moustache for awhile...Jim Rice...REggie Jackson...CAtfish
Hunter...and so many more
I'd say a good 3rd of the players were sporting a stash....that's a
shitload of people who are seen daily in the summer wearing their style
under their nose...so here's to the stash
may
you grow in prosperity..."
oh yeah by the way i worked on the NASCAR tour last year for JAck daniel's(perfect
combo for seeing lots of mullets and redneck mustaches) and i took fuckloads
of hilarious pictures....let me know if you want some...
PB!
I
am part of a growing organization at a small college in Georgia called
the Organization for the Advancement of Facial Hair, or O. A. F. H.
We did this in reaction to the whole "metro-sexual" fad and
decided that we wanted to look like men. Because there are those who
cannot grow facial hair for certain reasons, we also included those
who just really like facial hair. To our surprise, over half of our
members ended up being female supporters of we the bearded and moustachioed
men on campus. We hope to become a bonifide organization on campus along
with the outdoor club or the ultimate frisbee team. Let's keep in touch,
fellow advancer of this great cause, and support each other's facial
crops of "glorius" hair.
-- Charles Vincent
In the long run About four of my friends have adapted my ramblings without knowing they were sparked by your page. They now see mustaches as an awsome stylish expression of ones self.
Of the people i meet and run into. I have convinced many to grow the stach. Some stay with it.. Others dont. The point is in the scene i run in its pretty funny. Im in a band and so are many of my friends. so now there are quite a few bands running around MN, CA, and MI, with mustaches because of your indirect influence.
The pain in this story is that Im 21 and i cant grow a stach. Im close. SOOOoo close i can feel it. LOL but i cant.
Part of me sees humor in this all but another part of me really wants to push the limit and have a big wicked mustach on my face.
anyways I was talking to one of the girls on your list and mine.. her name is Jena Ryan on there. Awsome chick from what i can tell.
She suggested i share my story with ya. I didnt go into much detail with her but i thought you may appreciate it.
For what its worth. Im with ya buddy, if ya need somthing. Hit me up.. Im resourcefull.
:)
Champlin
I
saw the movie featured on CNN two weeks ago and I am a huge fan of
the moustache. I have sported it twice before, both times on a dare
and I am in the process of bringing it back because I just plain like
it. I love the line about the moustache causing controversy everywhere
it goes because this is so true. I am not sure how it will fly with
my
fellow graduate students in the fall but I don't give a shit what they
think.
How can I get my hands on a copy of the documentary?
M. Craig O'Blenis
caught your segment on the situation
just to let you know that i personally am not attracted to a man unless he has at least a mustache and i prefer goatees and beards
i would say that about half of my gf's like clean shaven male faces and half like facial hair
interesting!
-- Joelle
I understand that you're trying to bring back mustaches as a point of masculinity and you aren't really digging the fact that so many younger women disapprove of facial hair. I was wondering: how do you feel about the similar pressure that women have to be (sometimes ridiculously) hairless, like the women in magazines?
Here's
to "Rocking the Mustache":
www.terenzioshow.com (my website
- don't forget to crank up the volume on your computer)
Photo attached also.
Keep up the good work, and yes, I agree that the mustache is coming back!
-Charlie
A couple of months ago, after Buck Owens died (coincedentally on the day of my birthday party, when we were supposed to go see him perform), I shaved my semi beard into a trucker stache to go to the show. Anyway, when we got the news of Buck's death, I made a life-altering decision. I decided to keep my moustache for a month, in his honor. During that month, I happened to see a clip about your project when you guys were on the Today's show. Rock on.
Well, I shaved my moustache off after about a month and a half. It was the worst decision ever. I felt like something was missing. You know how you got that dream car you always wanted, maybe it's a 67 camaro... Who knows.... You didn't have it forever, but once you ride in it, you know what's been missing all your life. You get comfortable in it, and lend it out or something. Only then, once it's gone, do you really realize how important that car is to your life. Fuck man, that's how this moustache is for me. I grew it back two weeks ago, and it is finally respectable again. My hope is to have a pencil/Dali moustache. I found your website today and am using you guys for reassurance whenever I lose my faith.
My stache has brought me a lot of fortune. Most of the time I don't even remember that I have it. But when I do, a little smile spreads across my head, and a little extra swagger goes into my step. I know what kind of standard I have to uphold. Ladies love it.
When
is your movie showing in Central California? Any events coming up? You
should add a visual dictionary of moustache styles to your website.
Peace out brother.
Hi
This is truly a special moment
I have always been a promoter of the under-30 moustache and have been know to sport a variety of looks on occasion. Unfortunately, since leaving university I have been working in a fairly traditional work environment (suit, ties, clean-shaven etc) - an environment where the time-honoured tradition of young men sporting a mo as a positive fashion statement is very much frowned upon.
I have only just recently convinced my boss to let me grow one out (after weeks of solid office campaigning) and I plan to start next week. In fact I even made up a special moustache permit for my boss to sign so I can carry it round with me in the event that any smart-ass unbeliever asks “do you have a permit for that mo?”
The scary thing is that I live in New Zealand and I had no idea that your movie or site existed! (Naturally we don’t get good morning America, the tonight show etc in NZ.) In fact I only come across your site accidentally whilst trying to find pictures of Tom Selleck in an attempt to convince a girl from my office that growing a moustache would increase my general sex appeal.
I must see the film!!!! Will it be shown in New Zealand? Where can I purchase a copy?
Jeffrey
McLaren
Dealer Support - Motor
MARAC Means Finance
Hola JAY-
Just saw you guys this morning on the Today show and want to share some of my experiences with the stache. Most of the guys I know or know of who have a stache are cops, firefighters, porn stars, early 1980's Chippendale dancers, assorted '80s male strippers, blue collar guys, like plumbers, delivery men and repairmen of all sorts. It's too bad most people, especially women, look down upon guys with a furry upper lip. That's wrong. Just because you are man enough to grow one doesn't mean you are poor, uneducated, blue-collar white trash. It just means you are a hip dude who is envied by those who cannot do this. Most people probably don't even know the different types of staches out there. Personally, I know guys with handlebars, fu manchu's, scrubbrush (the most common), zapata and pencil thin.
I'm all for the stache. Bring it back. In some parts of the country, it never left. It's a sign of a real man. If more people sported the stache, our word would be a better place.
Thanks!
Mike
just
saw you on msn.com. "good show" as they say.
i've had a moustache/beard since my twenties off and on depending upon
my work constraints. i am now 53 and sport a full, out of control beard
with a long, mustard catching moustache. i like the fact that the moustache
is making a return as i really can't fathom the squeeky clean look the
20's generation has embraced.
as the song said:
Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair!
Shoulder length, longer (hair!)
Here baby, there mama, Everywhere daddy daddy
CHORUS:
Hair! (hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair)
Flow it, Show it;
Long as God can grow it, My Hair
and...a stache of course....
best regards,
peter townsend
Hi
There,
I came across your website, and film via a myspace.com Mustache group,
they
posted a link to the video of you guys on the Today show.. I thought it
was fucking great! I laughed, I cried, I want to see the movie.
My friends and I are what we call ourselves, The Mustache Bandits. We rock fake mustaches while going out on the town and having a good time (fake ones are extra fun for the versatility- plus, lets face it, no one likes a girl with a real mustache) it seems everywhere I look now mustaching fun is all over the place!
I
myself am female, and have no desire for a real mustache of my own, love
rocking the fake ones, I have myself a mustache tattoo on my finger, so
I can put it under my nose and flash it when I'm feeling sassy. It's definately
my favorite of all my tattoos, it gives folks a good laugh. It's even
my very anit tattoo- grandmother's favorite of the ones I have! I find
it to be a grea conversation piece, and I find people think it's hardcore
(this amuses me). I'm attaching a couple pictures just to share the mustache
love.. I live out in California, are there going to be showings of the
film out here anytime soon? I'd love to see it!
~~
Embot (Emily)
Just stumbled upon your site and wanted to say hello. We have a group of about 70 guys at the business school here that decided to rock the brooms in the name of charity. Here’s our site…
http://rosstache.blogspot.com/
We’re convinced the stache is back and have several guys still rocking it post contest. Best of luck to you guys.
In staches,
Jason
Hi -
Until being shown your web site, I had no idea that the mustache was considered obsolete - and even objectionable - in some parts of the country.
Fortunately I live in rural Kansas where men are still comfortable being themselves and have never been concerened with following fashion.
Walk the streets of any small town out here and you will find an amazing variety of facial hair on guys of all ages. Out here, if a guy shaves his face he is probably over 65 or follically/hormonally challenged.
It was weird listening to the voices of the men participating in your challenge... I had the feeling that I had inadvertently time-traveled or had found myself in a parallel universe where things were just a bit different.
Men are SUPPOSED to have hair on their faces - that's why it's there! When did this become taboo?
Eric
(way past 30, gray and just fine with that).
Dear Jay:
I write you after seeing your appearance on the Today Show, of which I praise and commend you. You demonstrate a great persona and dropped names of famous mustache wearers like none other. Great job!
I am an under-30 mustachioed male (age 23 to be exact) who has been sporting the upper lip hair for the last three years for one specific event: The Mustachio Bashio.
My friends and I created this party during our senior year at The University of Scranton (PA) in 2004... a party in which somewhere around 50 dudes showed up with some pretty sweet 'staches. T-shirts were created and the walls of the house in which the Bashio took place were adorned with photos of famous and infamous mustachioed celebrities (for example: Mike Schmidt, Hulk Hogan, Steve Prefontaine, the Swedish Chef, characters of the video game "Mike Tyson Punchout," and then on the dart board were the likes of Hitler and Mussolini). I need not tell you how much of a hit it was.
Then,
last year, my older brother decided to keep the ball rolling, as he hosted
the Mustachio Bashio 2 in his apartment in Arlington, VA. It was also
a success in regards to how much chatter it created. (Unfortunately, there
were more fake 'staches at #2 than there should have been.) But, it paved
the way
for the trilogy....
So,
I invite you to the Mustachio Bashio III: Brokeback Mustache, happening
this Saturday, April 1, 2006 (how fitting for April Fool's Day, right?).
Again, the setting will be my brother's apartment in Arlington, VA --
a stone's throw from D.C. -- and let me tell you, my girthy mustache can
hardly wait.
Perhaps you would like to drop on by; maybe this can even add to your
already prolific and ground-breaking documentary??? (Ya gotta have some
extra footage for the DVD of course!)
Anyhow, let me once again commend you on your brilliance. I look forward to viewing "The Glorius Mustache Challenge" (don't like the title...love it!)in its entirety. Plus, I am very interested in purchasing a t-shirt. What do the brown & orange and the "Rock a Stache Records" shirts look like? And, the same question regarding the poster.
It goes without saying that I would be interested in hearing back from you. Chatting about mustaches is a great hobby of mine. And, you can always give a holler if you need a little creative input, which I doubt you do. But, I do have experience in letting my facial hair follicles flow... to the dismay of my girlfriend.
Sincerely,
~Will Peoples
Thanks for the reply. Yes, you can post my letter on the website. If it helps to promote mustache awareness and acceptance, go for it. Also, I remembered something else. Most guys I knew when I worked at one place, the guys with mustaches had several traits in common. Helmet hair, perfectly sprayed in place, really hairy chests and gold chains. Not that there is anything wrong with that look. Many people are turned on by that, but I found it a bit odd that so many people were like that. Let me know if you have any other questions.
MikeHunter Nussbaum
Mustache supporterAssistant Kitchen Manager
Vito Morgese
Butler High School
It seems we have some eerie similarities. My friends and I have also been proponents of the mustache for several years now. Plus, I noticed you hail from Wayne, New Jersey. I have a friend named Wayne, who has a mustache.
You will see what I mean at our website, www.playazball.com.
Take it easy,
Phil
Playaz Ball
Dave Rush
I heard about the movie on "Geraldo Live" tonight, and I had to check out the Web site! Since I was a little girl I have loved a mustache...it all started with Magnum P.I. himself, Tom Selleck. After school everyday, before the Brady Bunch, there was Magnum, and I have not been the same since.
The funny thing is I hate all other facial hair, like beards and goatees, yuck! When I see a man who can really "work" a mustache I get all giddy. I am not talking about the gross old guy at the gas station, but a sexy George Clooney type, but with a mustache! My past two boyfriends could grow manly facial hair, and I was always trying to convince them to grow a mustache! I would beg to grow it for a few days, then shave it off, but just let me see it!!!
I am happy to see you trying to make it come back. I can not grow a mustache, but I w ill do my part by being sure to go out of my way to tell all you men with the "stache" how hot I think it is!
Thank you!
Tara Derby
28 years old
I saw you on the today show and thought I'd let you know that I have been unknowingly supporting your movement for 3 years. Every March I start "March Moustache Madness." It's a contest where I challenge guys to grow moustaches during march. Those who last the entire month are judged and he who is deemed to have the best stach wins a gillette fusion razor. All participants are invited to a moustachio bashio. The bashio is coming up, and you are cordially invited!
Get back to me and I'll give you the details.
I'm a student at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, and over twenty guys participated this March.
From
one stache to another,
Harrison Morton Wadsworth IV
Professional, Scholar, Friend
My name is Wes and I'm a 27 year-old youth pastor. My mustache is named Russell. I announced to my students in church that I was going to grow a mustache. I invited them on my journey. Each week I have a segment called, Grow Mustache Grow (inspired by my favorite Dr. Seuss book, Go Dogs Go) which begins with a flash intro. I have a mustache cam that zooms in to check how much Russell has grown in a week...right on. Also, I created a email address russellmustache.com. Students get to ask Russell their craziest questions. I pick the best one and create a flash cartoon where my mustache answers their question and has an adventure. Finally, I randomly show short clips from Magnum P.I. to add action and suspense to the service.
My wife was against me from the beginning, but I've stayed strong. I've convinced one of two of my brothers and my sister to grow a mustache. Okay, I don't have a sister, but if I did, I would convince her to grow a stache.
I have to tell you that I decided to start this journey when I saw the preview to Nacho Libre...I just knew the stache was back. And the morning of my big announcement to grow the stache, I saw your Today Show interview and was like "Right on...right on."
May the Stache live forever...
Wes Riojas
"The mustache is the hairy line separating the men from the boys" - W.R.
I plan to upload my stache cartoons to my website soon. I'll send you a link when it's completed and a picture of my stache.
-zack albino
First I would like to commend you on your noble stash crusade. For some reason, a stash is ridiculously hilarious, a fact that my family and friends have known for years. Because I only just recently found out about your documentary to promote the stash, I must apologize for not writing you sooner.
Getting right to the point, every year my family (I have a huge family, mostly guys) and all our friends rent out a bar in Fort Washington, PA. Last year was the Fifth Annual Stash Bash, and this is an absolute bender that is held every year, the Saturday before Christmas.
HISTORY:
The first year, it was at my cousins house and there was about 150 people
there. Nice size party. From there, we had it at a bar in Philly and
there was probably around 250 people (all under 30 or just over) and
they stopped letting people in after a certain time. From there, we
knew we had to think big, so we have had it at this huge bar (8000 sq
ft) in the burbs. It has been a total success since with 500+ every
year since the third year (last year was the fifth annual). Full Open
Bar, its a great time. Everyone comes, its hands down THE PARTY OF THE
YEAR!!! (crazy thing is, the chicks love it, they get more wild then
us sometimes) People talk about for months afterwards and people salivate
when talking about next years. This is also where you guys come in.
If you guys bring your publicity and industry know how to this event,
I think it could take our party to a new level. I will not stop until
this date is a fucking national holiday!!!! We have had 500 or more
for the last three years and I think it is time to step it up. The party
is complete with the "Mr. Mustachio Contest", which consists
of 3 seperate categories: "Best costume complimenting the Stash",
"Best overall stash" (just the overall tenacity level of the
stash itself), and the biggie, Mr. Mustachio 2005 (this award is the
highest honor, which consists of the overall sickness of the stash and
the outfit combined). Whoever wins this gets a trophy and thier picture
in the paper. Yes, thier pic in the paper. It is a Huge event. Metro
Philly recently did an article on us. Every year, we have a new theme
and have the slogan on the t-shirts; these themes have been "When
in doubt, grow it out", last year was "Formal Affair with
Upper Lip Hair", one year it was "You Grow It, We Throw It"
Rules:
Every Guy must have a stash. People are so serious about this that they
start growing it on Labor Day. (I personally satrt on Halloween, but
I'm a hairy MOFO) The weaker the stash, the less respect you get. If
you have a fake one, you get absolutely ridiculed.
Every year this party is held, and I wanted to Cordially invite you and your stash filled crew this year.
When
: Saturday Before Christmas
Where: Bent Elbow Tavern, Fort Washington, PA
What to bring: A Fuzzy Upper Lip
Jay Purcell
P.S. - If you guys haven't finished shooting your film yet, this would be a great ending!!!Let me know of any marketing opportunities you guys may need here in Philly. I have my finger on the pulse of the stash community. Power to the people....or at least to the ones with moustaches.
P.S.S. BEWARE OF IMPERSINATORS: THIS IS TRULY THE "ORIGINAL MUSTACHIO BASHIO".( ITS LAUGHABLE WHEN YOU GOOGLE MUSTACHIO BASHIO AND SEE THESE PICTURES OF THESE LOSERS IN THIER ONE BEDROOM APARTMENTS WITH 8 PEOPLE THERE, HALF WITH FAKE STASHES!!!!) MAKES ME SICK!!! Hope to hear from you soon brother!!