Even neck beards.
Look in your heart. And give us your beard.
From your friends at , barber and tattoo parlor, , and 香港六合彩资料网.com comes the great , an event in which the bearded men of Shanghai spend November raising money for charity, promising on November 27 to shave off their beards. In public. On stage. At a lovely Sunday afternoon event at .
So far we have 14 beards of note and acclaim culled from the Shanghai community taking part. Lets meet a few.
The Beards
Jake Newby
There exists no finer example of the 鈥淚鈥檓 finding myself鈥� beard that what our man ex- big cheese Jake Newby has managed on the lower half of his face right here. On November 27, our boy Jake will be shorn as clean as a newborn babe, ready to start his new career: freelancing Shanghai jazz and mooncakes articles to rural UK broadsheets until his heart explodes out of his chest at the off-brand Starbucks when he鈥檚 57.
Tyler Bowa
founder, fixed gear bike enthusiast, and hardcore punk drummer Tyler Bowa had a beard before it was cool. On the 27th he鈥檚 going to feel what 鈥渃ool鈥� really is as the winds from the oncoming Shanghai winter skate past his naked and nicked chin. Not to mention allllllll his punk rock friends giving him the cold shoulder for selling the fuck out with his stupid beardless face!
Chris Foste
I don鈥檛 know my man beer merchant Mr. Chris Foste all that well, but I do know he鈥檚 looking forward to the 27th because he鈥檚 tired of being stared at in the streets for his sizable manly growth and having his picture sneakily taken on cellphones. Think he鈥檚 still gonna get some stares, though 鈥� even without the beard. He鈥檚 really got that 鈥淚鈥檓 going to bury an axe in your face鈥� look only a mother could love!
Dylan Byrne
Brash and Doc Guthrie鈥檚 owner Dylan鈥檚 a heavily tattooed Irish man who could most certainly hurt me real bad so he鈥檚 alright by me! In fact 鈥� oh shit 鈥� all of these guys definitely can so I take it all back! They鈥檙e all wonderful guys! Don鈥檛 hurt me! Jokes, jokes!
Shanghai Beards, Here Is Where You Come In
We have 14 beards taking part but we鈥檙e going for an even 20, so the guys and gals from Brash and Doc Guthrie's can shave guys in five sets of four up on stage at Inferno on Sunday, November 27. We have six more slots open. If you鈥檇 like to donate your beard to a charity that addresses the problem of displaced gentlemen in Shanghai, get in touch. Basically, all 20 of our guys are raising their own money themselves from friends, colleagues, neighbors, family, and at a few Beardageddon events in lovely venues around Shanghai leading up to the big shave-off on November 27. It鈥檚 kind of like 鈥淢ovember鈥� but we鈥檙e going extreme in the other direction 鈥� instead of growing we鈥檙e shaving.
Because this is 2016 dammit. Beards are over. If you want it.
If you鈥檇 like to be one of our 20, please get in touch to editor@smartshanghai.com or dylan@docguthries.com. C鈥檓on guy. It鈥檚 for charity.
Shanghai Beardless, Here鈥檚 Where You Come In
Support our guys, firstly! Dude, this is a traumatic thing. A lot of us don鈥檛 even know what we really look like under these things anymore. Dig deep! Toss a few rambos if you see the opportunity to do so.
Also, in addition to our personal efforts, fine venues in Shanghai are hosting Beardageddon events leading up to the 27th to raise even more cash money. Look to , , The Rooster, Brash, maybe even Factory Five. Details are coming. Beards are going. And of course, stay tuned for details on the November 27 Beardageddon event at Inferno, when we see just how lovely we are underneath it all...
If you鈥檇 like to be a part in any capacity or would like more information get in touch with editor@smartshanghai.com or dylan@docguthries.com.
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