Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Moustached Officials: Social Commentary Through A Picture, Because It's Worth A Thousand Words

I actually follow this blog very closely; usually, I check it within minutes of them adding a new picture, or set of pictures. They almost always crack me up, they never disappoint.

Basically, what they do is post pictures of people, the type of pics Sears is famous for making, or your small-town local photographer, whose ''office'' is right between the general store and the post office, on main Street, close to Church Street - you know the type.

You also know that they're cheesy when they're taken, but become cheesier every day after the fact; a decade later, they encapsulate an era, but usually not the essence of the era, just the ''what was politically correct at the time?'' of the era, the lowest common denominator, the minimum accepted level of quality, the universally-found-anywhere.

Blue background? Check. Out-of-date haircuts? Check. Awkward, unnatural pose? Check.

It's the ''normal people'' equivalent of having a band picture in front of a brick wall.

Moustached Officials is today's post. It's too good not to share.

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