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Nikki M. Mascali
It was so incredible that I daresay it rivaled Dog the Bounty Hunter's, but it didn’t have his fluffy-looking texture. Instead, today’s mullet was painstakingly slicked back and delightful.
It got me to thinking about how this coif phenomenon went away. It was so popular back in the ’80s and ’90s, and now, for all intents and purposes, it is basically a laughingstock, and I think that’s terrible.
How could we scoff at something that prides itself on being a “Party in the back?” Especially considering that I learned from Wikipedia that urban legend has the mullet dating back to the 19th century, when mullet fisherman kept their hair long in the back for warmth.
This of course opened up a whole other can of worms. A mullet, also called red mullet or surmullet, is a species of goatfish.
Goatfish? Seriously?
Yes. Found in the Mediterranean Sea, east North Atlantic Ocean and the
See, if you will, exhibit A below of a goatfish I saw on the Web site www.ausfish.com.
While it would have been so much better if this weird, almost glow-in-the-dark looking fish was being held by someone with a mullet, it is what it is. And I think if I squint hard enough, I might see a rattail on this guy, which naturally will open up a whole other can of worms.
Pun not intended either time I used that phrase.
About the Author
Nikki M. Mascali interned at the Weekender in 2005 and is proud to have been the paper’s oldest intern. She became the staff writer/designer in 2006 while still obtaining her journalism degree from Luzerne County Community College, which she received in 2007.
Nikki has written about a variety of topics, from a local dominatrix to Larry the Cable to Soulja Boy, Slash and Shinedown — and everything in between. She represents the “she” view for the “He Said/She Said” with Eric Petersen of Froggy 101.3 in the paper and on air at 5 p.m. every other Wednesday. She also attends the monthly KRZ Spotlight Lounge for photographs and exclusive interviews with artists like Plain White T’s, Matt Nathanson and Hinder. See her every Monday on the Weekender homepage in the Weekly Dose video with Editor Michael Lello.
Nikki has a never-ending love for Twitter (follow her at www.twitter.com/nikkimm33), Steve McQueen and Gerard Butler movies, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and eating, hence the reason she’s our food writer. She thanks you for reading her blog because she’s that kind of girl.