I think we all know what one create/studies here...

(correct answer: parties)
Photo taken at Artists and Models 2008




In the fall of 2003 I was beginning my junior year of college, working hard, playing hard, and was thoroughly confused about my romance life and my life direction in general. It was a fun but stressful time. I had lauded the first Andrew W.K. record ("I Get Wet") as a tribute/satire/tribute-again to everything over-the-top about rock and, legitimately, the ultimate party starter. Though the joke was basically over, I was anticipating the followup. Turns out "The Wolf" really wasn't anything that spectacular, or even as timely as his first. But there was something special about the video for the first (only?) single "Never Let Down." I found myself going to mtv.com and watching this video at the beginning of every day. Sometimes I'd revisit it in the afternoon. This went on for weeks. It was just out of irony, right? It was building up to some punchline where the music major was writing about Stravinsky while playing 3-chord power pop. ...right? I think it may have started that way, but looking back I think it was more than a joke or a guilty pleasure. I actually appreciated the simple affirmation howled above those even equally simple riffs. At the time, of course, I was far too cool to be admit being lifted by something so adolescent. But even today, it's hard not to believe him when he says "I'm a friend by your side / You're never gonna be alone" the way only he can. As we used to say: WWAWKD? Party. And sometimes in life that's exactly what you need.

I'm pretty sure that's how the "sideburns connected to the mustache" style was invented

DID YOU KNOW:

Shaving within sight of other dudes is basically inviting a constant chorus of "Oh man you should leave it like that! ...oh no even better leave it like THAT!"

I haven't done that in quite a while, but I've been thinking about it recently.