1. This reminds me I have some thoughts on the pre-history of the mullet, the Beastie Boys, Dan Clowes, the way naming something makes it visible and changes our sense of the past, Jack Kirby, etc.https://twitter.com/AryehCW/status/1421983919600279552 …
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2. Back in 1989, Daniel Clowes in Eightball #2 had a strip called "I Hate You Deeply" about various peeves, including "guys with short hair on top and long hair in back." There was no name for what Clowes was describing although it was becoming more pervasive: the mullet.pic.twitter.com/4mjhmtXM17
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3. History records that the mullet as a term was first popularized, and perhaps even coined, by the Beastie Boys in 1994. But as the Clowes strip shows, mullets had pre-dated that -- and many readers testified that when they saw Clowes drawing it resonated with what they saw.
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Bowie may not have used the word "mullet" for his haircut during the Ziggy Stardust days, but that's exactly what it was. A lot of rock stars in the 70s had that short on top, long in back look, and the style got more pronounced in the 80s. There was also "hockey hair."
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