Comments on: The Haircut http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/05/the-haircut/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 25 May 2013 22:35:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: lordbyron http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/05/the-haircut/#comment-77828 lordbyron Thu, 05 May 2011 18:57:10 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58054#comment-77828 Good stuff from Mr. Jordan. He also has a nice piece on Justin Duchscherer in this month's Mens Journal. Good stuff from Mr. Jordan. He also has a nice piece on Justin Duchscherer in this month’s Mens Journal.

]]> By: jeremydneezy http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/05/the-haircut/#comment-77827 jeremydneezy Thu, 05 May 2011 17:21:18 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58054#comment-77827 Also, the website looks fantastic. Sorry I failed to mention that before. Thanks for all you do Alex. And thanks to all the other great contributors on this site. I don't go a day without seeing what's up at the Banter. Also, the website looks fantastic. Sorry I failed to mention that before. Thanks for all you do Alex. And thanks to all the other great contributors on this site. I don’t go a day without seeing what’s up at the Banter.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/05/the-haircut/#comment-77826 Alex Belth Thu, 05 May 2011 16:15:13 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58054#comment-77826 3) Thanks for the comment. I know Pat and his wife Susie find the south to be gracious, welcoming, and convivial now. 3) Thanks for the comment. I know Pat and his wife Susie find the south to be gracious, welcoming, and convivial now.

]]> By: jeremydneezy http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/05/the-haircut/#comment-77825 jeremydneezy Thu, 05 May 2011 15:56:45 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58054#comment-77825 I was born and raised in Travelers Rest, SC, about an hour or so from Abbeville. I remember driving through there as a kid, looking up at those palatial homes and visions of "Gone With the Wind" or some other antebellum archetype would flood my mind. I think it's rather interesting that even though I grew up rather close to Abbeville my reaction to the town was probably not unlike that of Pat Jordan. The place was as foreign to me as it was to him. And though it doesn't play as well in the national media, even in the Old South, "The young’uns don’t see color much no more.” When I attended graduate school in New York I had to constantly answer questions about the racism I so obviously witnessed in my every day life. The misconceptions about the South are so embedded that it's almost easier to play the part than to detail the nuance of everyday life down here. I feel like the truth, with it's messy details and counterparts, would just dissapoint the listener. I was born and raised in Travelers Rest, SC, about an hour or so from Abbeville. I remember driving through there as a kid, looking up at those palatial homes and visions of “Gone With the Wind” or some other antebellum archetype would flood my mind. I think it’s rather interesting that even though I grew up rather close to Abbeville my reaction to the town was probably not unlike that of Pat Jordan. The place was as foreign to me as it was to him. And though it doesn’t play as well in the national media, even in the Old South, “The young’uns don’t see color much no more.” When I attended graduate school in New York I had to constantly answer questions about the racism I so obviously witnessed in my every day life. The misconceptions about the South are so embedded that it’s almost easier to play the part than to detail the nuance of everyday life down here. I feel like the truth, with it’s messy details and counterparts, would just dissapoint the listener.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/05/the-haircut/#comment-77824 Alex Belth Thu, 05 May 2011 15:37:02 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58054#comment-77824 I was at my barber's last night, a Spanish place on 231st Street, just as the game was starting. My barber turned my chair so I could look at the TV as he was working. Now, that's a little slice of heaven. I was at my barber’s last night, a Spanish place on 231st Street, just as the game was starting. My barber turned my chair so I could look at the TV as he was working. Now, that’s a little slice of heaven.

]]> By: knuckles http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/05/the-haircut/#comment-77823 knuckles Thu, 05 May 2011 15:28:52 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58054#comment-77823 Nice essay. Reminds me a bit of the place I'd get my haircut in college- Puffenbarger's. 2 or 3 old, old barbers, not sure which one was Mr. P. 7 bucks got you the only haircut they gave- the High & Tight, as well as unlimited access to nonstop Redskins talk. I'd keep my mouth shut til they were done with my head, then remind them I was a Giants fan, at which point one of them would always say something like, "If I'da known that I'da taken off one of your eyebrows." Nice essay.

Reminds me a bit of the place I’d get my haircut in college- Puffenbarger’s. 2 or 3 old, old barbers, not sure which one was Mr. P.

7 bucks got you the only haircut they gave- the High & Tight, as well as unlimited access to nonstop Redskins talk. I’d keep my mouth shut til they were done with my head, then remind them I was a Giants fan, at which point one of them would always say something like, “If I’da known that I’da taken off one of your eyebrows.”

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