The Coifs They Are-a-Changin'

History is made and broken not only by great leaders (postmodernist liberals, shut the fuck up and let me finish) and the unsung masses (right-wing neo-Nazis, shut the fuck up and let me finish), but also by hairstyles. The idyllic reunification of the North and South Korean states will probably never transpire under the auspices of Kim Jong-Il's current coiffure, which looks disturbingly like my beloved grandmother's at the break of dawn after a night out with Phoenix Doherty in 2006. See Exhibits A and B below.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

That said, let us take a retrospective look at some of history's most drastic before-and-after shots of the hairstyles that shocked and awed, made tabloid headlines, and captured/abandoned the hopes and vanities of countless generations.

Metallica in the 80s: Raucous, rebellious, rambunctious rawkers.

Metallica in the 90s - present: Might as well work at Morgan Stanley or Vanity Fair magazine.

Britney Spears in GQ in early 2000s: Still playing the blonde Lolita card, albeit very effectively. Humberta humberta.

Britney Spears in the summer of 2007: The b. is not for brilliant. Yikes. Reminds me of the book/movie The Witches,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(book); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witches_(1990_film)

written by the ever-wonderful Roald Dahl (except for that whole anti-semitism thing).

And for old times' sake, check out my new haircut.

Je suis relatively new to the world of blogging (a rather time-consuming activity if you ask me), and I have multiple games of copyright infringement Scrabulous going on right now on Facebook, so here endeth my post for the time being.

This is part 1 in a special ongoing Disaronno Blog series on hairstyles, health, Heath Ledger, and hygiene in general.