Facial Hair Crusade Redux! November 1, 2008 3:40 pm

Last year I was growing out my facial hair to protest the holidays. When I finally got a job interview (in February, I decided to shave it. I documented it and put it on youtube. I used a song “Thanks for the Misery” by Reggie and the Full Effect in the video. Earlier this week I received this email:

Dear carlomontagnino,

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So I decided to just take the song, reverse it (with the help of tavis) and put it back up. DAMN THE MAN! Download the original here.

Today is a dark day… January 30, 2008 7:52 pm

Today I shave my facial hair. I was going to go until Valentines Day, but then something came up.

The song is Thanks for the Misery by Reggie and the Full Effect.

A note to Reggie and the Full Effect:
Don’t take this vid down. I am a huge fan and went to see you like 2 years ago at a place I’d rather not mention (so I can maintain my now professional relationship with them). You played all three sets. I high five’d you like 20 times during the first set. I then had to pee bad before the second act. The line was long and I was about to pee my pants. (I was also pretty drunk.) So I decided so pee in a garbage pail. I was then kicked out of the show. Me keeping this video up with your song in it balances out the fact I missed the rest of your show.

Facial Hair update January 24, 2008 4:50 pm

Hmmmm

I’m shaving on Feb 14th (so my lady friend can enjoy my pimples)

here are some pics of people i’ve been compared to:

V
V

Wild Bill Hickok
Wild Bill Hockok

The 3 Musketeers
Three Musketeers

Don Quixote
Don Quixote

Me
Me jan2108

The holidays are over!!! January 2, 2008 3:40 pm

okay the miserable hell that is known as “the holidays” are officially over, however, my facial hair experiment is not.
jan 2nd facial hair progressMe, today.
I plan on extending the experiment until valentines day st. patrick’s day valentines day.

when i began this experiment in November it was a protest of the holidays, but it since has turned into much more than that. I began noticing how people reacted. Some were supportive, most where not, but it always came up as a topic of discussion no matter where I was. I am now anticipating how people will react and then seeing if my predictions were correct.

I am fully aware that my face doesn’t allow for good looking facial hair, and this has become a major player in the experiment. here are some of my favorite quotes from people about my facial hair:

You look like a terrorist.
-matt, my brother

OMG Shave that thing!!!
-my mom

You look like a deranged elf.
-dave

Oh! It’s Jesus Christ himself!.
-Jim, my neighbor from across the street

Every time I left the house it was usually mentioned right off the bat by people who haven’t seen me since I began growing it out. Most frequently it was mentioned when a conversation hit a lull. The most frequent discussion of it came during my time spent with kristin’s family. Her aunt and mother do not care for it, her father is more supportive. Thankfully kristin doesn’t seem to mid (although I think she secretly does).

I will be re-organizing my categories today so you can easily find all of my progress reports on the facial hair growth.

The other night Chris drew some great depictions of my in the comics:
Jon Arbuckle as Carlo

Mary Worth as Carlo

and here is Mary Worth as Tavis (the Lobsterman)
Mary Worth as Tavis

My sentiments (almost) exactly. December 14, 2007 1:43 pm

Family Circus

Beard against the Holidays update December 5, 2007 1:46 pm

Ok, here is my facial hair now…

and here is my projected end point;

I need to practice Guitar Hero a bit more.

Facial Hair Against the Holidays Update November 23, 2007 7:11 pm

Thanksgiving was fun…I ate a lot.

So this is the extent of my facial hair so far. I expect to look like this by Valentines day.

My Facial Hair Crusade November 12, 2007 3:35 pm

my hardly facial hair

I have decided to grow my facial hair in order to raise awareness of my grumpiness during the holiday season.

I understand that growing a beard or mustache is no big deal for the average man (or italian woman) but I have a difficult time growing one that is remotely pleasant looking. This act will hopefully remind people to stay away from me during the holidays.

Why do you hate the holidays? Good question. Because we, as Americans, have to spend our hard earned money on stuff that we don’t want to buy.

What are you cheap or something? No, I just don’t see the point in showing my acknowledgment that you exist by buying you some crap.

Why can’t you at least try to be happy? I can be happy, I just don’t find blatant and disgusting capitalism as a cause or means to “spread the joy.”