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Show The Forum April 2, 2003 ' Page7 Stylist Continue to Wage War on Mullets The Mullet- - Hairstyle of the Gods by Mark Larson Emma Ryder Staff Writer : Loved by some, loathed by many, the mullet is a haircut few can ignore. This short-on-to- long-in-ba- p, 80s- -' ck style coif has sparked controversy during a resurgence in recent years. The style worn by ultra-comovie studs like Mel Gibson and Patrick Swayze a la Lethal Weapon and Dirty Dancing is no longer in once-popu-l- ar ol vogue. The mullet of the new millennium can now be seen at monster truck rallies, motorcross races, country music concerts and state fairs. The redneck mullet of the 90s has become the topic of many web sites. Many have photo galleries filled with contributions from enthusiastic mullet hunters, so called for their tracking down mullet heads and shooting them with their cameras. Photos from Mullet web sites like mulletgods.com and ratemymullet.com show nearly every mullet species, from the classic worn by many country music fans to the skullet, a version worn by who have older mullet-head- s lost the top hairs but refuse to lose the that formerly look. completed their Why would someone choose to wear such a contro- and Barney Hoskyns speculates mullets, afford one to become two people. Adopting the business-infron- t, look k party-in-bac- helps achieve a hairstyle split personality. ' One prominent group leads the mullet-hater brigade. Todays hairstyle professionals, fighting the foundations laid by the stylists who'sculpted the mullets of people like David Bowie and Paul McCartney, are now trying to rid the world of the to evade manage. I wont do that to your hair Kelly told the woman, quickly adding that she would gladly give the woman a more updated look. When the client left to find her mullet elsewhere, Kelly says she could not have cared less. I didnt want my signature on that haircut, she said. Knowing that people often ask where someone has 4 gotten their new style, Kelly said she did not want to lose port for them Continued from pg. 2 on their hands. The old ones look like theyre longing for the old give peace a chance days, and the young ones look like theyre pissed off that they didnt get to be part of an war rally. And its funny how almost every single one of the vehement war protesters I know who are anti-Vietna- m around my age (22) are supported by their parents. The only reason they have all this time to be an activist is because they dont have jobs. This war will go on for a while. A peace rally wont change that. But I, for one, am glad that Im not the one that has to be over there fighting in it. I appreciate the soldiers who are over there, and I think that people should show sup- - es Kelly , who asked that her last name be withheld, of Evolve salon in Sugarhouse, said a woman came in and asked her for a mullet, thinking it would be easier to War el gly An anonymous, versial style? bi-lev- un-lovin- mullet. business. Annie Kocherhans, also of Evolve Salon, once had to rid her own family of an oncoming mullet attack. I destroyed my sisters mullet, Kocherhans said. A hair stylists sister can not neck-blank- et look like her head lost a fight with a lawn mower. Kocherhans believes that most mullet-head- s give themselves their dreaded do. The shlong (the short and the long), as the women at Evolve have so named the mullet, has a big enough following to stick around for another 20 years as shown by the abundance of web-sitand books devoted to the hair cut. But that doesnt mean that every hairstylist is going to help bring another mullet into the world, ca as long as they are there. They didnt ask to be put there, but they are doing the job they have been told to do. Show a little respect. Continue to rally against slime ball Rumsfeld (Have you seen this guy in action? spinning his propaganda wheel? It makes me feel dirty.) Hate on Bush if thats what makes you feel good. But have some respect for the soldiers who are over there doing their jobs, and for their families who are at home here, worrying about them every minute of the day. ej mullet-coife- schlong-hatin- g d, gentleman goes incognito. (An attempt stylists?) |