In case you missed it, M4KDC ranked this year's crop of Movie 'staches in The Express Friday. We also gave some 'Stache Bash(e) tips that we might be using for next year...
Find the rankings and article by clicking the link below:
http://www.readexpress.com/read_freeride/2008/02/styles_throw_a_stache_bash.php
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The Bodhisattvan Ringo Starr
A little vignette, notifying the world that we are no linger ironic...we are serious.
Reprinted from MSN.com
Advent of the Mustache
Although society had been flirting with the return of the mustache for years, we'd remained unconvinced. It had become a trifle, a mockable prop—even to those sporting it.
But sometimes the truth comes at you unexpected. Like maybe riding down from the rooftop bar of a fine New York hotel, after an evening of drinks, in a paneled elevator crowded with not a few beautiful women, some of us yobs from the office, and, in the middle, a single man standing tall, in a dark suit, wearing a mustache.
The space grew quiet, then one of our people—the one who'd had the most to drink—started in: "The mustache. Are we okay with the mustache?" A response came without hesitation or rancor. "Oh, yes, you should try it yourself," the man with the mustache said. "It's empowering." The accent was Merseyside. He sounded like a bodhisattvan Ringo Starr.
But we weren't done with him. "Really? What about maintenance?"
"There's less to do. You don't even think about it."
Our own guy hesitated, paused, and confessed: "The truth is, I have thought about it, but don't know if I could pull it off."
The man nodded. He understood. "You can. It's a declaration. Try it. Set yourself free."
With that, the doors opened and he disappeared into the night. And we were believers. The serious mustache is back.
Read online at MSN at
http://men.msn.com/articlees.aspx?cp-documentid=6036232>1=10921
Reprinted from MSN.com
Advent of the Mustache
Although society had been flirting with the return of the mustache for years, we'd remained unconvinced. It had become a trifle, a mockable prop—even to those sporting it.
But sometimes the truth comes at you unexpected. Like maybe riding down from the rooftop bar of a fine New York hotel, after an evening of drinks, in a paneled elevator crowded with not a few beautiful women, some of us yobs from the office, and, in the middle, a single man standing tall, in a dark suit, wearing a mustache.
The space grew quiet, then one of our people—the one who'd had the most to drink—started in: "The mustache. Are we okay with the mustache?" A response came without hesitation or rancor. "Oh, yes, you should try it yourself," the man with the mustache said. "It's empowering." The accent was Merseyside. He sounded like a bodhisattvan Ringo Starr.
But we weren't done with him. "Really? What about maintenance?"
"There's less to do. You don't even think about it."
Our own guy hesitated, paused, and confessed: "The truth is, I have thought about it, but don't know if I could pull it off."
The man nodded. He understood. "You can. It's a declaration. Try it. Set yourself free."
With that, the doors opened and he disappeared into the night. And we were believers. The serious mustache is back.
Read online at MSN at
http://men.msn.com/articlees.aspx?cp-documentid=6036232>1=10921
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
'Stachism Next Hot Decision '08 Debate Topic
We are shocked and appauled. We demand to know what kind of 'stache-ist, partisan research group funded the skewed and misleading claims presented by this shirt, which was found for sale on the internets recently. Such flippant disregard for the truth about 'staches and those who choose to wear them, for whatever reason, will not be tolerated by the M4KDC organization, and we demand a retraction.
There has never been an independently funded and varified study which showed a higher rate of incarceration for firearm-related homocide among mustachioed individuals...not one.
M4KDC
Thursday, January 3, 2008
I found this proto-'stache photo while excavating some M4K materials... The Mysterious 'Stache Hibey, 'Stache Jeff "Drabek" Stockdale, and myself, Mustache King of the Nation's Capital, are all sporting ur-lip cozies...sound bases for fundraising, yet still perhaps a little thin in form, and lacking in execution...I believe this is from week 2...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The Reason for the (Mustache) Season
Last night, six of M4KDC's staches represented the gang on a tour of Children's National Medical Center, the beneficiary of our mustache largesse. One of the volunteer coordinators, Katie, gave us an incredible tour of the facilities. They are pretty pumped about the new tower - 10 years in the fundraising/planning/making - which just opened on Nov. 18. Childrend in the Pediatric ICU went from sharing a huge open space with only curtains for privacy, to having individual rooms with reclining chairs and day beds for their parents, so that they can stay in the room overnight with a sick child. The rooms have state of the art technology at the touch of a remote, so children can look up the medicine they're taking and find out more about it, or a parent can look up a hospital directory instantly, or check their email so they can do work while they're sitting with their child. Katie said that on "moving day" when they were transporting the children in gurneys to the new facility, the kids' eyes just lit up when they saw the new space: each floor has a tremendous amount of bright color, from floors to ceilings. Neon lights and stars decorate the elevator areas. There is an art therapy room for kids to come in and out of at any time during the day while they're waiting for treatment and spacious new playrooms and family waiting areas. Each patient room is equipped with a sweet flatscreen tv - which was probably what impressed some of our growers the most ;)
Children's provided roughly $53 million in uncompensated care last year. Families in the area know that they will never be turned away for treatment, regardless of insurance or ability to pay. The hospital even has a primary care doctor on site, so that neighborhood families - largely low income - have a place to go for routine check-ups.
As a non-profit, Children's relies almost exclusively on donations of all sizes, large corporate sponsors and boxes of girl scout cookies. (And in our case, a few guys growing funny-looking mustaches.) The Kids Care Fund, which we contribute to, is a huge general fund that basically goes wherever there is need - and while there is always need everywhere, most of the time that goes to the $50+ million in care that the hospital gives to children of families who can't afford to pay.
Children's provided roughly $53 million in uncompensated care last year. Families in the area know that they will never be turned away for treatment, regardless of insurance or ability to pay. The hospital even has a primary care doctor on site, so that neighborhood families - largely low income - have a place to go for routine check-ups.
As a non-profit, Children's relies almost exclusively on donations of all sizes, large corporate sponsors and boxes of girl scout cookies. (And in our case, a few guys growing funny-looking mustaches.) The Kids Care Fund, which we contribute to, is a huge general fund that basically goes wherever there is need - and while there is always need everywhere, most of the time that goes to the $50+ million in care that the hospital gives to children of families who can't afford to pay.
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