The official DOOM hat thread

[Drunk Monk]

I decided to take up our hat chat here because it was muddling discussion of a perfectly good sword fightin flick - http://www.brotherhoodofdoom.com/doomFor...p?tid=6124

I've copied all the discussion because I'm OCD that way. Okay, actually it's because my memory needs to be jogged by the previous posts. But y'all knew that.

For me, beyond the swordfights, it's all about the hats.  Umbrella hats, lampshade hats, hats ridiculously small (to a westerner's eye) and hats with wing-like flourishes or scroll-like projections.  You name it, and this movie has it -- in terms of hats.  And they all signify important stuff about allegiance and rank and who knows what else.  Not that I know any of it.  So for me it's like a Monty Python skit about funny walks -- only this uses hats.

Funny you should mention this. While watching this, I kept wondering if I could get away with rocking one of those lids at a music festival. Cultural appropriation maybe?

While watching Unorthodox, I renewed my love for the big round furry hat the men wear.

The American contemporary hat game is weak. I keep wanted to break the mold but fear it would just accentuate my evil tong viilain look and I don’t need that right now.

DM: You totally need to do that.

Seconded. You can practice around the house.

The Ukranian band Dahka Brahka (recommended) has awesome headwear

--tg

SHOW US YOUR HATS!

I have maybe two-dozen-plus hats, all baseball cap style, with various logos cool logos on them, artifacts from concerts, comic-cons, and my wayward lifestyle. I keep thinking I should wear hats more often because I look so much younger if I hide my receding hairline. 

I have a killer top hat. If that hat could talk, I'd have to slit its throat and sink it off the pier. 

I used to have a black hybrid sombrero cowboy hat but Tara stole it from me. I got that on an SJSU fencing trip to So Cal because it reminded me of the man with no name. 

I have a few toques, including a fav from Dublin's Teeling's distillery, and weird one that has a brim and earflaps, plus a built in pull down ninja mask. 

Surprisingly I do not own a rasta tam. 

Nor do I have a pith helmet. Scapino owned that at a Dead show and I cannot ever see me going there. The memory of the Grate-Scapino-tripper-pith-helmet swipe makes me smile even now. Perhaps Greg & KB remember? I'll never forget. 

One of my Kung Fu uncles collects Ming dynasty hats. He also has the most amazing collection of Chinese weapons I've ever seen, plus a few signed Dali prints. And a cherry red Ferrari. He's cooler than me.

I like the really wide brim fedoras that Orthodox Jews wear. It looks weird because they're oversized to fit over the yarmulke, but a well-fitting one is a good look. Paul Simenon of The Clash used to wear one sometimes. A straw boater is a great hat too, but I think a bit theatrical. I worry about getting a sunburn on my balding head - I don't want to be one of those old men where the top of their head looks sort of like a ham - so I usually wear a straw fedora when I'm out walking. In colder weather I wear a knit cap.

They had so many more hat shapes in the 19th century. Ours is a sorry time by comparison.

DM - surely there are some Chinese traditional hats for you? You've probably got connections who could help.

You can totally rock a straw fedora, KB. I could see that. 

I think I wear enough Chinese stuff already. Too much. That's what I mean by 'evil tong villain.'

Evil Tong Villain is in for 2021.

I wear knit caps and baseball caps. My Sunday Wandering Hat is some sort of outdoors full-brimmed hat. I call it my Old Man hat. Like Dr. Bob says I gotta keep the sun off my noggin. I have also had enough skin-things burned off my face by my doc that I have to keep the sun off my mug.

Also, my head gets cold.

I don't do baseball caps. My ears stick out too much. I look like a simpleton or something.

I dunno, man. With the recent increase in azn attacks, I'm figuring I better lay low when it comes to the evil tong villain thing. Wouldn't want to bloody my everyday carry, as much as it would please our dearly departed LB. 

Wait...Yetis get cold head? That's...well, there's a lot of places we could go with that. 

On those times I shaved my head, I can totally sympathize. Those times are when I started collecting hats. I learned quickly that if I'm going to shave, I should do it in spring. I'm getting shaggy again, so I've been pondering shaving again, but then I'd miss the excuse to visit Ms. Bailey for a trim. Maybe after I get my vax. It's not like anyone sees me now and I can tie my locks back for ZOOM meetings. 

I could totally see how baseball caps wouldn't work for you too, KB. 

I wish top hats would make a comeback. They're a pain in the ass to carry about, but I look good in them. At least I think I do and that's all that counts.

[thatguy]

Aside from a couple of knit caps for the cold and a wide-brimmed straw hat I use in the sun, I have a fedora. Wearing it is very conspicuous and I feel a little foolish in it. I also have a brown leather rain fedora. I feel equally foolish and typically wet in it. I have a bowler that was my grandfather's (my mom's dad). It could use a little restoration on the ribbon and brim lining, but it has it's shape and fits my head...Somehow, I don't feel as conspicuous in it. I have a fez. Mike Roman bought them for us for Bashi Bazouks performances. We only played 3 times, very conspicuous, but I do like it as a keepsake...I have a porkpie hat (I think that's what it is). I got it from a boutique clothing store's warehouse clearance for $5. I think I look best in it and consider it my "party" hat. I also appreciate the value. If I wear it, I'm expecting to party. My most recent purchase is a leather cap. I'm not a fan of baseball caps. This has a more jazz or brit look. I'm trying to convince myself that this hat is not conspicuous and is acceptable and normal.

--tg

[King Bob]

The real reason DM extracted this thread was to make our posting counts go down and his go up.

[Drunk Monk]

The real reason DM extracted this thread was to make our posting counts go down and his go up.

At least I didn't create two subforums for streaming networks that only I am subscribed to here.

[Greg]

Bitter, table for one.

[Greg]

No love for the Keffiyeh on this thread?

[King Bob]

Mine seems to have disappeared at some point. A couple of moves ago I think.

[Greg]

I still have a couple left from the trip to Israel in 2014.

[King Bob]

For a while it was standard DM wear at outdoor Dead shows. My standard was a black boonie hat from Stevens Creek Surplus that served me well for a long time. At night I used a black Mao hat that I cut the brim off of. I still have that one but never wear it anymore.

[thatguy]

Oh, somewhere, I still have the black Mao hat (with brim) that I used to wear in Number Nine. I forgot about that one.

[Drunk Monk]

No love for the Keffiyeh on this thread?

For a while it was standard DM wear at outdoor Dead shows. 

I still have mine but I usually only wear the cord and have replaced the bandana part. I lost the cord for a while. It got stuck in the sleeve of a sweatshirt in the wash. I was so happy to recover it.

I have this blog post that I've been meaning to finish about bandanas and burnooses - it was part of my 'Love of Masks' rant that I started at the beginning of the pandemic. I was experimenting with writing within wordpress (bad idea) and it got stuck there. It grew into a huge abscess of a piece so I split it in two, posted the masking stuff and left the bandana/burnoose part waiting for some more polishing. Someday I should finish it, before the pandemic ends. I have time.

[thatguy]

Can you write a blog post called "balaclavas and baklava"? Maybe it's a song title...I dunno. Definitely not a band name.

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

Too much sugar in baclavas for me. I just got my annual a1c draw today.