Crowd-source haircut video

Bilal Ghalib says: "This is how I got San Francisco to cut my hair. Crowd-sourced grooming in action." Link

[#1 posted by Rich , July 21, 2008 4:14 PM]

This would be awesome for low-budget movies who want to have exploding knife wound effects!

[#2 posted by mgabrysSF , July 21, 2008 4:21 PM]

wrong article dude. I see nobody exploding or causing the man to explode while getting a haircut.

Although if he or they did - that would of course be awesome.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , July 21, 2008 4:24 PM]

Reminds me of this recent community sponsored adventure
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?&o=0&f=/c/a/2008/07/10/BAHK11MSB7.DTL

[#4 posted by phlavor , July 21, 2008 4:36 PM]

I've got a wedding coming up in a couple of weeks and my girl has been bugging me to cut my hair for it... Hmmm...

[#5 posted by gabu , July 21, 2008 4:55 PM]

WHEN DOES THE WATERMELON EXPLODE??

[#6 posted by alphagirl , July 21, 2008 5:33 PM]

pretty cool. Reminds me of Yoko Ono's Cut Piece from the '60s

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3dsvy_yoko-ono-cut-piece_shortfilms

[#7 posted by Antinous , July 21, 2008 5:58 PM]

I suspect that this works really well if you're young and handsome. Otherwise...

[#8 posted by Sethum , July 21, 2008 6:02 PM]

Creative, but I'm guessing the whole thing took the better part of 3 hours, and the most important part to me about a haircut is the lower back of the neck, which I see nobody touched. The movie sort of shows how cloud-based operations can be ineffective for some activities...

[#9 posted by Takuan , July 21, 2008 6:12 PM]

crowd sponge bath?

[#10 posted by lamedust , July 21, 2008 6:17 PM]

Yeah, you're right about the back of my neck. Kinda got a bit of a mullet going on now, but I couldn't bring shears out with me. Alas.

The haircut may have been inefficient. But it seemed to bring people together and they had a good time screwing with my head. Glad to provide. ; D
-bg

[#11 posted by Antinous , July 21, 2008 6:35 PM]

Mullets are hot. Be one with the wisdom of the crowd.

[#12 posted by Doug Nelson , July 21, 2008 7:53 PM]

I lived in San Franscisco. A little tip: never touch the hair of people sitting on the sidewalk, even if they ask. Especially if they ask.

[#13 posted by glittertrash , July 21, 2008 7:58 PM]

Actually, that haircut you're sporting by the end is quite fabulous. Scruffy but stylish. People pay good money to get precision artists to mimic that look.

[#14 posted by Takuan , July 21, 2008 8:05 PM]

mob leg waxing?

[#15 posted by Antinous , July 21, 2008 8:14 PM]

Brazilians giving brazilians?

[#16 posted by awake7two , July 21, 2008 10:22 PM]

Yoko Ono's "Cut Piece", anyone?

[#17 posted by passionchamp , July 21, 2008 11:17 PM]

Instead of having the tourist cut his hair in Union Square, he should have gone a few blocks over to the Tenderloin and had the crackheads cut it. It would have been much more interesting...

[#18 posted by ZehnKatzen , July 22, 2008 1:29 AM]

The phrase "crowd-sourced grooming" just leaves me with the "uh-oh" feeling.

Can't get around it.

[#19 posted by mabwiddershins , July 22, 2008 4:59 AM]

Love the homage to Yoko Ono. I used to let friends cut my hair, but they usually just ended up getting mad at each other. Better to let strangers on the street do it -- fewer ownership issues.

[#20 posted by the specialist , July 22, 2008 8:47 PM]

ok, well, glad THATS overwith.

[#21 posted by the specialist , July 22, 2008 8:48 PM]

no hirst skull though, is it....