Talking Beards

2016 is rolling to an end.  What a year it has been for the podcast and my involvement within the bearding community.

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There is one night a year when the mythical creature known as the Krampus comes out. It is called Krampusnacht and happens on December 5th. Though the event I attended happened a few days earlier, I found myself at Annabell's in Akron Ohio for their annual KRAMPUSNACHT which found a gaggle of Krampuses, or also maybe refered to as a pride of Krampi, parading down the mean streets of Akron looking for naught girls and boys. Not only was it visually captivating, but the incredible sounds of the bells and chains was almost deafening at times. The regular group that usually assembles for the annual KRAMPUSNACHT was joined this year by Krampus of Cleveland which was lead by Brian Karn from Beards Of The Old Northwest. There were some really intricate masks and costumes that were constructed by each individual who participated as their own personal "Krampus" . It was a interesting experience to say the least and was full of a lot of education on the history of the Krampus.

I would like to thank my fellow beard club member Brian Karn for having me down to witness my first KRAMPUSNACHT. I was able to talk with him and hear how he got interested in the world of Krampus tradition and how it has evolved into a family passion. Joined by his brother Jerry Karn and nephews, the family has really got behind this Austrian tradition which is now sweeping the nation. I was also able to talk to other participants that were at the event in their portrayal of this horned goat beast. I got various stories on how each got involved and learned a little back story on where the tradition came from.

When I arrived home after the event I still had a lot of questions that needed to be answered. I went to search the web for information pertaining to the Krampus and where it came from. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos on the subject but wasn't impressed on the information provided. I finally came across a very informative, well spoken history of the Krampus. It was presented by a guy named Phil Albertelli who does a great podcast called The Week in Doubt Podcast. The video had some really great images and pretty in depth historical information that I was looking for. I reached out to Phil to see if I could share his material with The Beardcaster audience and he graciously, and gladly, said yes. I used the audio in my podcast to help share the history, tradition, and current trend of the Krampus. I thank Phil for letting me share his hard work with you all and hope you also learned something exciting as well! Please consider checking his podcast out by clicking here and subscribing.

An additional cool thing that happened was that one of the people I interviewed of the street happened to be someone who I had ties to from many years ago. You will hear me talk to a guy named Joe, who was with a girl named Jenn. We caught up later in the evening after and talked about the music scene around the area and he told me about his current band, Something Involving a Monkey, and gave me a CD. I asked if I could play it if I thought it was good and he said sure. Well, I listened to the disc 2-3 times on the way home, I thought it was great!!! I end the show with a track from their newest album, Dive Into The Great Blue Waffle, called EYE. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did, I know it is a little different but enjoy!

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There is one night a year when the mythical creature known as the Krampus comes out.  It is called Krampusnacht  and happens on December 5th.  Though the event I attended happened a few days earlier, I found myself at Annabell's in Akron Ohio for their annual KRAMPUSNACHT which found a gaggle of Krampuses, or also maybe refered to as a pride of Krampi, parading down the mean streets of Akron looking for naught girls and boys.

Mr. Matt Cox is one amazing guy. This mustached man is going to be a major player in the mustache, and beard scene with his impeccable style and thoughtful content. "Mr. Stachetastic" is the alter ego of Matt where he does all types of beard oil and mustache wax reviews. He also gives tutorials on how to style and care for your mustache giving tips on how to have an epic stache! His YouTube channel is starting to get filled with new and thoughtful content on a weekly basis so your eyes peeled to his page to keep up on his resourceful content.

Matt and I got together on Thanksgiving evening to hang out and chat a little about who he is and why I thought he would be an interesting person to share. We talked about the typical things two guys who are in the facial hair world would talk about but Matt had an incredible entry into the world of growing. Touching on the paranormal and his multiple encounters during ghost hunting at the Mansfield Reformatory, Scott talks about the event his club is hosting at the prison in July of 2017, and a possible planned ghost hunt of our own! We also made plans to head to Mt. Pleasant next year to hit up the annual Mothman festival and use our facial hair to get to the bottom of the mystery. Together Matt and I can change the world!!!

I hope you enjoy this episode and begin to follow Mr. Stachetastic on YouTube and find value from his reviews. He is trying his best to bring you top quality fair and informed reviews for some great products that are available. Follow him on all of his social media and feel free to reach out to him. If you have a product that you would like reviewed, email him at [email protected] and set up something today!

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Mr. Matt Cox is one amazing guy.  This mustached man is going to be a major player in the mustache, and beard scene with his impeccable style and thoughtful content.  "Mr. Stachetastic" is the alter ego of Matt where he does all types of beard oil and mustache wax reviews.

Bald faced mortal, Josh, and I sit down with The Child to talk the Cleveland Indians in the World Series and Donald Trump amongst other things. The conversation began with us going over the Cavaliers Championship and which would have been more important, the World Series win by the Indians, or the Championship from the CAVS. Finding out what it is to be American and our preference in pie or cake, we learn that Rey, from Star Wars, is inspiring a whole movement of little girls to be great, not Hillary!

The final game of The World Series was slept through by Scott and Lukas so Bald Faced Josh walks us through how the game ended. The Indians fought hard and had an amazing season and we were all ok with the Cubs winning. Our conversation took a turn towards what had just happened with the election and our thoughts, and opinions, on the win of Donny Trump. The child voices his opinion on Ted Strickland and he regurgitated what he had heard on the television commercial attack ads. Josh tries to explain how politics work and Scott tries to derail the conversation by claiming Trump is just like Anakin Skywalker, and is here to bring balance back to the political world. Josh tries to tie Hillary Clinton to the Pink Power Ranger taking over the world and it turned into watching Power Rangers and MST3K.

Josh started giving us a history of great presidents and how the political landscape needed to be shook up and how career politicians needed to be taken down. We started talking about how the country may needed to be run more like a corporation and some similarities between Perot and Trump and how the country needs to be run differently. This election has really polarized the public, either the citizens are embracing the win or our extremely upset and voicing their opinions via social media.

The conversation gets pulled in the direction of who has worse hair, Trump or George Washington. One wore a wig, the other we are not so sure. The Child starts to talk about an 11 year old perspective of what happened in the election and how all his friends were all about Hillary Clinton. The Trump playground equipment was voted on and we got the child to laugh so hard he about pee'd his pants. The fake outrage that exists for people to look, and feel, important to everyone around them has become more evident with this election.

Election results were broken down as things were being released on Tuesday night via the news outlets. Josh explains how the popular vote works vs. the electoral college. We also talk about how if you don't like either candidate you can write in any name you like, such as Vermin Supreme, as your nomination for president. Harambe was reported to have received over 11k write in votes but in researching I discovered this was not true according to CNN.

The stock exchange was greatly effected with the election of Trump, in a great way! With a lesser amount of money spent by Trump in his campaign, Trump proved that America wants something different. The market has been looking good since he was elected president. The treat of nuclear war and tensions with Russia were a concern of the child but he realizes that a president who runs out of control will be taken down by their government.

Bald faced mortal, Josh, and I sit down with The Child to talk the Cleveland Indians in the World Series and Donald Trump amongst other things.   The conversation began with us going over the Cavaliers Championship and which would have been more important, the World Series win by the Indians, or the Championship from the CAVS.  Finding out what it is to be American and our preference in pie or cake, we learn that Rey, from Star Wars, is inspiring a whole movement of little girls to be great, not Hillary! 

The final game of The World Series was slept through by Scott and Lukas so Bald Faced Josh walks us through how the game ended.  The Indians fought hard and had an amazing season and we were all ok with the Cubs winning.  Our conversation took a turn towards what had just happened with the election and our thoughts, and opinions, on the win of Donny Trump.  The child voices his opinion on Ted Strickland and he regurgitated what he had heard on the television commercial attack ads.  Josh tries to explain how politics work and Scott tries to derail the conversation by claiming Trump is just like Anakin Skywalker, and is here to bring balance back to the political world.  Josh tries to tie Hillary Clinton to the Pink Power Ranger taking over the world and it turned into watching Power Rangers and MST3K. 

Josh started giving us a history of great presidents and how the political landscape needed to be shook up and how career politicians needed to be taken down.  We started talking about how the country may needed to be run more like a corporation and some similarities between Perot and Trump and how the country needs to be run differently.  This election has really polarized the public, either the citizens are embracing the win or our extremely upset and voicing their opinions via social media. 

The conversation gets pulled in the direction of who has worse hair, Trump or George Washington.  One wore a wig, the other we are not so sure.  The Child starts to talk about an 11 year old perspective of what happened in the election and how all his friends were all about Hillary Clinton.    The Trump playground equipment was voted on and we got the child to laugh so hard he about pee’d his pants.  The fake outrage that exists for people to look, and feel, important to everyone around them has become more evident with this election. 

Election results were broken down as things were being released on Tuesday night via the news outlets.  Josh explains how the popular vote works vs. the electoral college.   We also talk about how if you don’t like either candidate you can write in any name you like, such as Vermin Supreme, as your nomination for president.  Harambe was reported to have received over 11k write in votes but in researching I discovered this was not true according to CNN. 

The stock exchange was greatly effected with the election of Trump, in a great way!  With a lesser amount of money spent by Trump in his campaign, Trump proved that America wants something different.  The market has been looking good since he was elected president.  The treat of nuclear war and tensions with Russia were a concern of the child but he realizes that a president who runs out of control will be taken down by their government.   

In this election year of 2016, our country faces one of the worst political showdowns in the history of America. Each candidate seems to only be fueling a fire of rage from their opponent and doing nothing but throwing punches and accusations at each other. The media seems like it only wants to be the ringleader of this 2 person circus and only focus on what these two clowns are wanting to do to our country. Our great country seems to almost be at it's darkest hour, hope is bleak, faith in government wavers, and trust is all but gone. Empty promises fill the air leaving many of us scared to make a choice in our future and the future of our children. Within a few weeks the landscape of nation will be completely different and a new president will be crowned. Within a few months the changes will go into effect, lives to be changed forever. There may only be one hope that glimmers far off in the distance with a boot on his head...

This is probably the most politically charged discussion I have ever had even though the discussion was mostly about beards. I sat down with Vermin Supreme, presidential candidate, and talked beards, beard competitions, and his ideas for utilizing beards to stop hunger in America. Vermin also flipped the interview on me and started interviewing me back for his project that he has in development, Vermin Supremes BeardWorld…more info to come soon. We tried to keep the politics to a minimum and this interview was all over the place, a definite hoot!!! We touched on a few of his campaign platforms and I tried to help him come up with a few more! Sit back and enjoy this episode, there will be MANY laughs had!

a little a-boot Vermin…

Vermin Supreme is a bearded , boot hat wearing presidential candidate. The self proclaimed Friendly Fascist, promises a free pony for every American, a fully funded time travel research program, zombie preparedness initiatives for a new American Republic and the Mandatory Toothbrush Act.

-He has been running for the office of presidency since 1992 and ran for mayor of Baltimore in 1987 and has run for pretty much every political party that is out there

-Supreme campaigned in the Washington, DC Presidential primary in 2004*

-Supreme campaigned in the New Hampshire Republican primary in 2008*

-December 19, 2011: He participated in the "Lesser-Known Democratic Candidates Presidential Forum", at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College and "glitterbombed" fellow candidate Randall Terry*

-Campaigned as a Democrat in the 2012 U.S. presidential election*

-August 25, 2012: Supreme announced his new political party, the Free Pony Party, and that he has chosen fellow fringe opponent Jimmy McMillan as his running mate. Conversely, McMillan stated he was still running for president on his own Rent Is Too Damn High platform, and that Supreme would be McMillan's running mate.*

-Supreme is attempting another presidential run in 2016*

*taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermin_Supreme

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Within a few weeks the landscape of nation will be completely different and a new president will be crowned. Within a few months the changes will go into effect, lives to be changed forever.  There may only be one hope that glimmers far off in the distance with a boot on his head...  I sat down with Vermin Supreme, presidential candidate, and talked beards, beard competitions, and his ideas for utilizing beards to stop hunger in America.

Beards for Beasts is only a few weeks away so The Beardcaster, and special guest co-host Anthony "The Stache" Fontes, sat down with the Steel City Beard and Mustache Club president Andrew Miscowiec to get the lowdown on the 4th year of this fantastic event. Held at the beautiful Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, PA the event is once again benefiting the Animal Rescue League & Wildlife Shelter and Hello Bully charities.

The boys met up at Suzie's Dogs in Boardman Ohio to discuss the upcoming event and enjoy some fine weiners. Beards and Suzie's have a history as Anthony and Suzie's in Youngstown have collaborated in the past to host a couple of The Rust Belt Whisker Society's beard competitions, so we wanted to give back to those who have given to us. Entering what appeared to be a newly built establishment I fought my way though the hordes of Browns and Steelers fans watching both games on the multiple big screen tv's in the venue. I was greeted by Drew, who as any Steelers fan, was 16 beers into his Sunday football afternoon and being all crazy. I soon realized the Drew I sat with was a bald faced mortal and quickly scooted across the bar to the Drew I knew, the man with the red chops. Shortly after we are joined by Anthony and we all began to catch up on what was going on in the world of bearding. Giving us barely any time to breath, Ariana, our server, attacked us with all the great things Suzie's had to offer. A luxurious menu of over 50 possible toppings were presented to us with different "dog" and bun configurations that were possible. The choices were tough, there was some confusion, fear and tears were had but our AMAZING server Ariana was there to save the day. As any typical time I go out to eat, I find I need to get in the head of the person serving me. I need to achieve confidence that I know that they are legit and that they know their craft and their home. I needed the confidence of an employee to make me lust after their weiners in a place like this. I needed to know I was going to be taken care of...and taken care of WE all were. She made skilled suggestions to all of us just like she knew what each of us needed in our lives at that specific moment. I became terrified with all the options that were before me, would I choose right or wrong, I didn't know. Ariana walked me from the ledge, she gave me hope, it was as if she looked deep into my soul and knew the hot dog I needed in my life... and it was delivered. It was pure ecstasy as I bit into that dog. The Sloppy Joes made love to my teeth as the pickle jalapeno's caressed my tastebuds. The Fritos that were on top were like sexy lingerie showing the curves and valleys of this hotdog that was about to be devoured by waiting mouth. This custom made dog hit the spot- beautifully delicious and fulfilling in every way imaginable, I was in heaven. My friends were also in a blissful paradise much like my own but I needed to get back to reality and remember why I was here. I needed to get the clouds from my head all cleared and get back on the path of talking about Beards For Beasts 4 with Drew and Anthony. It was as if this hot dog wanted to de-rail the interview and the event rendering me powerless to broadcast to the masses about helping the poor animals of Pittsburgh...

Beards do not know weakness. Our beards came together to overcome the deliciousness that was trying to destroy our message. We were able to pull ahead and begin this wonderful conversation you are about to hear. This might have been my favorite hang to date. I love these dudes. They both have great hearts and want to help their communities and clubs and the social awareness about beards. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed the hotdogs!!! Please support the local businesses in your neighborhood and we hope to see you in Pittsburgh on October 29th!!!

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