Jamie chats with author and musician Aug Stone about his new book Sporting Moustaches, which will be available in stores and online on April 1st!
Sporting Moustaches is thirteen tall tales about the role facial hair has played in athletics and competition over the years, Sporting Moustaches puts the “ache” in “moustache.” Whiskers are wrapped around sticks, bats, clubs, paddles, chess pieces, and shotglasses, woven into ropes, nets, arrow strings, and even other whiskers. The stories touch on the idea of the playoff beard, superstitions, Movember, The Cleveland Curse, mid-20th century American values eschewing all but the clean shaven, and how in the 1978 Chess World Championship the opponents accused each other of using psychic powers. There are of course more than a few allusions to Burt Reynolds. Packed with puns and pop culture references galore, Sporting Moustaches is a tribute to those who kept their head in the game.
Catch Aug Stone at WORD in Brooklyn in April 3rd to celebrate the launch of Sporting Moustaches – get more information here!
And yes, I did “sport” my own (fake) moustache for the interview!