WEBVTT 00:00:00.386 --> 00:00:06.056 - Learn, Monroe County. If you don't learn, then you're gonna die. Welcome back to a new episode of Learn, 00:00:06.056 --> 00:00:11.889 - Monroe County. I'm Ethan Hamilton with the wonderful Mr. Kempelo. Kemp, say hi to everybody. Hi, everybody. 00:00:11.889 --> 00:00:17.397 - We're at Boomerang here. Kemp's been cutting my hair for 18 years, and I still know nothing about the 00:00:17.397 --> 00:00:22.906 - process. So he's gonna give me a little haircut. We're gonna learn a little something here and there. 00:00:22.906 --> 00:00:28.414 - And by the end of this, maybe you can get your own haircut to yourself. All right, Kemp, I don't know 00:00:28.414 --> 00:00:30.142 - what I want. I always say that. 00:00:30.562 --> 00:00:37.335 - Make it shorter. Yeah, I mean if you're comfortable with it being shorter, I would like to see a little 00:00:37.335 --> 00:00:44.043 - bit of delineation instead of it just being all even. Yes, let's do that. Because I like to give folks 00:00:44.043 --> 00:00:50.816 - a verticality to them. And for those, I know what it means, but for those out there who don't know what 00:00:50.816 --> 00:00:57.589 - delineation is, what is that? So it's a change from short to long. Okay, okay. Transition. Is that what 00:00:57.589 --> 00:00:59.934 - a fade would be? Particularly, yes. 00:01:00.066 --> 00:01:07.485 - Sometimes you go from skin to a length, that would be a bald fade. Or you can establish some shorter 00:01:07.485 --> 00:01:15.345 - length but not to the skin to a length and that would just be a fade. You're so full of knowledge. Thanks. 00:01:15.345 --> 00:01:22.838 - You're welcome. So would you like to begin? Yes, let's do it. Can I just maybe trim the sides for you 00:01:22.838 --> 00:01:26.878 - and the back and then I'll let you be the guide after. 00:01:27.362 --> 00:01:34.070 - I love that. Let's trim the sides and back and then I'll be the guy. Now, uh, it's size and like, if 00:01:34.070 --> 00:01:41.243 - you're going for a haircut, I assume you have a starting point, maybe generally. Yeah. Usually the neckline 00:01:41.243 --> 00:01:48.416 - and, uh, then that kind of drives up through the side of the neck and over the ears. And once I established 00:01:48.416 --> 00:01:54.526 - that link, then that'll be my, my shortest link. I always imagine that ears were the enemy. 00:01:54.690 --> 00:02:01.295 - of a hairdresser. Is that true? Yes it is. I really don't care for them. I would prefer to relocate 00:02:01.295 --> 00:02:08.297 - them somewhere else. Yeah. Where do you think the best spot for ears would be? Probably on your forehead, 00:02:08.297 --> 00:02:14.968 - wouldn't you? Yeah. Because then you could see and hear. Directly. Right. Yeah. We'd have to rethink 00:02:14.968 --> 00:02:21.838 - all the headphone situations, maybe. But that's, you know, we're going to be transforming into a better 00:02:21.838 --> 00:02:24.414 - person, a better human, type of human. 00:02:24.898 --> 00:02:32.884 - Some things have to be thrown off to the side, like headphones. Now, I feel like a big part of getting 00:02:32.884 --> 00:02:40.870 - your hair cut is making small talk. What are your favorite topics to talk about? Oh, usually, I'm kind 00:02:40.870 --> 00:02:48.701 - of empathetic. I can feel the vibes from the person. Sometimes folks just don't want to talk, and so 00:02:48.701 --> 00:02:50.174 - I just won't talk. 00:02:51.298 --> 00:02:59.534 - And then other times there's topics like the fantastic weather we're having right now. And what would 00:02:59.534 --> 00:03:07.931 - you say about this weather if I was like a 45 year old woman? I would inform her that today is possibly 00:03:07.931 --> 00:03:16.005 - the best hair day of her life. And that gets me excited, even as a 30 year old man. Dry, hardly any 00:03:16.005 --> 00:03:20.446 - humidity. You can make your hair do whatever you want. 00:03:20.738 --> 00:03:29.918 - when there's not a lot of humidity. Sometimes I practice small talk because I'm not good at it. Do you 00:03:29.918 --> 00:03:38.919 - ever practice small talk in the mirror? No. I don't. I guess I might be just a natural at it. I just 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:48.099 - am in tune with the vibes and go with it. Typically, I'll ask if they have children or they're married 00:03:48.099 --> 00:03:50.238 - and then go from there. 00:03:52.162 --> 00:03:59.365 - I have a few that I wrote down that I think maybe you can test out in the future. Can I give them to 00:03:59.365 --> 00:04:06.568 - you? Sure. Or here's just some examples of small talk for those of you who have never had it before. 00:04:06.568 --> 00:04:13.985 - Weather's a good one. Did you see the game last night? It can be any game. Right. Any game. Here's just 00:04:13.985 --> 00:04:19.262 - a phrase I thought of. That ain't my son. So that's one you can try. Yep. 00:04:20.098 --> 00:04:27.537 - Hey, Ford or Chevy, that's another one. Very good. Thank you. Here's a question I've never asked you 00:04:27.537 --> 00:04:35.051 - in the probably, you've probably been cutting my hair for close to two decades now. Is that accurate? 00:04:35.051 --> 00:04:42.711 - Yes. Music question, I don't know if I've ever asked you, why boomerangs? Initially, we were gonna call 00:04:42.711 --> 00:04:47.646 - the salon roots, but if you remember back in the 90s was the first 00:04:47.906 --> 00:04:55.613 - period of America. Sure. And we didn't think it would translate very well. We met by roots, as in roots 00:04:55.613 --> 00:05:03.097 - of the hair. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then people might have misconstrued that into some racial type of 00:05:03.097 --> 00:05:10.878 - way. Like that TV show. Right. Or the band The Roots from Philadelphia. Right, I didn't even think about 00:05:10.878 --> 00:05:16.510 - that. There's sell-outs. I've always liked just the appearance of the word. 00:05:16.930 --> 00:05:24.352 - look at Boomerang. It has good balance. Sure. And then we had a professor type tell us that the adverb 00:05:24.352 --> 00:05:31.269 - meaning means to bounce back with great force. Okay. And that's, that was what sealed the deal. 00:05:31.269 --> 00:05:38.546 - Cause in my, in my partner's time, lifespan, we were kind of struggling and we were trying to bounce 00:05:38.546 --> 00:05:43.230 - back with great force. And so it all came together. I love that. 00:05:44.194 --> 00:05:52.840 - You have a wonderful shop. What's the address of this shop one more time? It's 220 North Madison Street, 00:05:52.840 --> 00:06:01.732 - Bloomington, Indiana. You heard that right. Now how often do you dissuade young men from getting mustaches? 00:06:01.732 --> 00:06:10.131 - I don't dissuade them, especially if they can grow them. But a young man of like 11 or 12 that thinks 00:06:10.131 --> 00:06:12.766 - he has a mustache? That was me. 00:06:12.930 --> 00:06:20.552 - I usually just shave it off and act like it's a mistake. Sure. Because it looks like chocolate, milk 00:06:20.552 --> 00:06:28.250 - chocolate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little sip of milk from school. I usually give them my word of advice. 00:06:28.250 --> 00:06:36.099 - I tell them that I know hair and facial hair. And now I inform them when they're able to grow mustache. 00:06:36.099 --> 00:06:39.646 - OK. And today's not the day. I had a mustache. 00:06:40.482 --> 00:06:49.124 - It went out really well. Thank you. You're a grown human being. I am. You can grow a mustache. Yeah, 00:06:49.124 --> 00:06:57.937 - I can. My mom tells me all the time. There was a point when I couldn't though. Any tips for people who 00:06:57.937 --> 00:07:06.750 - want to grow mustaches? Try to keep it neat and tidy if you can. Sure. That's the only request I have. 00:07:07.458 --> 00:07:13.626 - Can I tell you a fun, I just learned maybe a month ago how to more properly grow one. I was always, 00:07:13.626 --> 00:07:20.041 - I don't know why this never hit me. I just would always shave right after the lip. Right. But the hair, 00:07:20.041 --> 00:07:26.210 - if the hair keeps going and it's connected, you could just have a longer mustache. I didn't realize 00:07:26.210 --> 00:07:32.440 - that. Yeah. And there's all the different labels of mustaches. There's candelabra. Absolutely. Yeah. 00:07:32.440 --> 00:07:33.982 - There's creep mustaches. 00:07:35.266 --> 00:07:44.638 - Actually, there's the Venn diagram of handlebar and creep moustaches is close to just a circle. Yeah, 00:07:44.638 --> 00:07:54.010 - it's a newer thing. I've never really championed the moustache on myself. I used to wear a goatee for 00:07:54.010 --> 00:08:03.198 - years and years. I remember that. But I don't know, I just, moustaches just have never died for me. 00:08:04.258 --> 00:08:13.023 - I think it was because of Magnum PI. He was big. Tom Sellett did it so well that I knew I could never 00:08:13.023 --> 00:08:22.219 - do it justice. He ruined it. He ruined a lot of young men's dreams. Yeah. Yeah. It was a perfect mustache. 00:08:22.219 --> 00:08:31.070 - Is there a type of hair that you prefer to work with? Like, do redheads have easier hair to work with? 00:08:31.490 --> 00:08:40.672 - Uh, hair's hair. People at home should remember that. Yeah, hair's always hair. It comes in curly, straight, 00:08:40.672 --> 00:08:49.097 - and in between. And then it comes in coarse to fine. And you're a little bit more on the fine side. 00:08:49.097 --> 00:08:57.521 - Thank you. So, of course, you would assume that straight, coarse hair would be what I would prefer. 00:08:57.521 --> 00:09:00.638 - But then you would be wrong. Medium, 00:09:00.834 --> 00:09:08.988 - of course, curly hair is what I prefer to cut. Okay. Yes. I hope the rest of your year is filled with 00:09:08.988 --> 00:09:17.302 - that. I have a lot of clients that typically meet that definition. Now, I myself kind of have it, which 00:09:17.302 --> 00:09:25.696 - you can't tell it's not a hat on. I think it's a great hat. Thanks. I like your outfit a lot. Appreciate 00:09:25.696 --> 00:09:27.934 - it. I was going to ask you, 00:09:29.058 --> 00:09:38.615 - I shouldn't have smoked any weed before this, you know. I was gonna ask you, do you know anything about 00:09:38.615 --> 00:09:48.173 - the history of haircuts? The only thing I know is way, way back, the barber, I think it might have been 00:09:48.173 --> 00:09:57.822 - in the Greek times or maybe a little after, they also were the doctors. Okay. And so they would cut hair 00:09:58.018 --> 00:10:06.974 - And then, notoriously, Sunday and Mondays were their travel days. And they would go to your home and, 00:10:06.974 --> 00:10:15.841 - you know, take your blood. They would throw some leeches on you. Of course. They would, I guess they 00:10:15.841 --> 00:10:24.885 - were horrible gossips. Really? Some things haven't changed. Even today, the red and white barber pole. 00:10:24.885 --> 00:10:27.870 - Sure. That's blood and gauze. Oh. 00:10:28.386 --> 00:10:34.874 - That was what it stemmed from. And of course, now, Sunday and Monday are my taste off. Of course, because 00:10:34.874 --> 00:10:41.056 - you tradition. You're a traditional man. Yeah. And every sense of the word. How would you like to do 00:10:41.056 --> 00:10:47.361 - the top now, now that we've established shortly? We've done it already. Time flies when you're talking 00:10:47.361 --> 00:10:53.543 - with your hairstyles. You know what? I'm thinking that I'm so clued. I like literally, I always come 00:10:53.543 --> 00:10:57.950 - in here, I'm like, just whatever, because I don't know anything. Right? 00:10:58.082 --> 00:11:05.826 - What are options with this hair? Do you have hair like me? I would rather not leave it like this because 00:11:05.826 --> 00:11:13.275 - this is all same or mono. Yeah, sure, sure, sure. So I like to give it a little bit more movement in 00:11:13.275 --> 00:11:20.945 - light and texture so that it's kind of fun and you can do different things with that. I would love some 00:11:20.945 --> 00:11:25.886 - movement. Great. I'll use this length, but then I will cut into it 00:11:26.050 --> 00:11:35.757 - to establish a different kind of feel. OK. Do you ever feel like you're an artist and wear your canvas? 00:11:35.757 --> 00:11:45.558 - I do. But I think we're back to just being, I think a lot of people are just born into this craft. Sure. 00:11:45.558 --> 00:11:54.238 - I feel like, I mean, I appreciate the compliment. I mean, a lot of people say I'm an artist. 00:11:55.202 --> 00:12:03.852 - I don't even know what exactly that means. But yeah, I mean, I'm sculpting a fabric attached to a sphere 00:12:03.852 --> 00:12:12.255 - that moves in space. I like that answer. And I just love it, and I can feel it, and I know what looks 00:12:12.255 --> 00:12:20.493 - good and what doesn't look good. That sounds like what an artist would make. And it just feels like 00:12:20.493 --> 00:12:23.294 - something that I was going to do. 00:12:23.394 --> 00:12:30.992 - I love that. Passion is important. It's never a struggle. Sure. I'm going to go back a little bit. This 00:12:30.992 --> 00:12:38.444 - is what I was hoping the history of haircuts would be. I was hoping that there was a guy in the 1800s 00:12:38.444 --> 00:12:46.043 - named David Haircut. And before that, everyone just had very long hair. And he was like, you know what? 00:12:46.043 --> 00:12:51.230 - It probably wasn't scissors, but if we take this ass or something else 00:12:52.834 --> 00:12:58.909 - And we lay their hair down on the surface so we can cut it. And they said, what do we call this? And 00:12:58.909 --> 00:13:05.104 - we think it would be obvious because you're cutting hair. But because his last name was Haircut, David 00:13:05.104 --> 00:13:11.119 - Haircut, it got named after him. I was hoping that was the answer. But I like the truth more. And I 00:13:11.119 --> 00:13:17.315 - also want to go back to what you were saying. You mentioned sometimes it is art. Sometimes you're just 00:13:17.315 --> 00:13:21.886 - cutting hair. Sometimes you just paint a tree. You know what I mean? Right. 00:13:22.274 --> 00:13:29.895 - Yeah, my partner that trained me back in the day, he told me that there's haircut and then haircut the 00:13:29.895 --> 00:13:37.368 - verb. And by that, it's like hair removal. Sure. And so you'll find that in a lot of establishments, 00:13:37.368 --> 00:13:45.063 - great clips, places like that. You go and get your hair removed, right? And if you expect anything more 00:13:45.063 --> 00:13:51.870 - than that, that's on you. Yeah, you're in the wrong place. Right? I've been to great clips. 00:13:54.626 --> 00:14:01.571 - Well, I mean, I have clients that, you know, make me remove their hair. And I fought them for years 00:14:01.571 --> 00:14:08.585 - and then I realized, what are you doing? That's what they want. Give them what they want. So now I'm 00:14:08.585 --> 00:14:15.600 - okay with it. And for those of you at home like me who are like, whatever, ambivalence won't get you 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:21.086 - far in life. You probably would have just loved taking it back down one length 00:14:21.250 --> 00:14:27.171 - And you would have been fine with it. I would have. But I find that that's disingenuous. And I want 00:14:27.171 --> 00:14:33.507 - you to be the best you can possibly be on the world. So why wouldn't I give you something a little better? 00:14:33.507 --> 00:14:39.488 - Why would you not get your hair cut from this man? Did you just hear what he said? He wants positive 00:14:39.488 --> 00:14:45.054 - things for me. Yeah. I mean, that's what it's all about. It's about the love. I've been here. 00:14:45.410 --> 00:14:50.945 - I've been here when there are lots of clients. I've been here when it's just you and some co-workers. 00:14:50.945 --> 00:14:56.479 - The community here is great. Can I just say that? Oh, thank you. I appreciate that. And it's not just 00:14:56.479 --> 00:15:01.905 - here. Kemp is good friends. There's the bicycle place still next to you. Yes, bicycle project. Good 00:15:01.905 --> 00:15:07.820 - friends with the bicycle. Community bicycle project. That one. Yeah. And also hopscotch. He's a neighborhood 00:15:07.820 --> 00:15:13.355 - man. Fantastic coffee. Fantastic haircuts as well. Thank you. And mediocre bikes. Just kidding. We'll 00:15:13.355 --> 00:15:14.494 - get you on the show. 00:15:15.810 --> 00:15:22.323 - They are used. They are used. Better than some bikes. I got my bike stolen once. That's a whole other 00:15:22.323 --> 00:15:28.771 - story. Yeah, it was not fun. Such a bummer. When I lived in LA, I would leave my car unlocked to see 00:15:28.771 --> 00:15:35.220 - if anyone would steal anything. Because after a while, no one was. My thought was it's because I had 00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:42.180 - Indiana license plates, and I figured there was nothing good in there. It's something I did. In Bloomington, 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:44.670 - you can get your bike stolen for free. 00:15:47.042 --> 00:15:53.559 - LA, you can ask for it and they won't do it. So there was never anybody living in your car? No, I didn't 00:15:53.559 --> 00:16:00.014 - have a wheelchair in it for a very long time. Because I found one on the street. Oh, wow. And I thought 00:16:00.014 --> 00:16:06.593 - I would use it. And I didn't. What you ended up doing with it? It just was in my car for like four months 00:16:06.593 --> 00:16:12.986 - and then I threw it out on the street again. At home. I thought, I'm going to do so many sketches with 00:16:12.986 --> 00:16:14.910 - this and I just did not. Yeah. 00:16:16.610 --> 00:16:24.307 - I shave my head at home sometimes, but I've never cut my hair. Yeah, I wouldn't recommend it. It's good 00:16:24.307 --> 00:16:31.707 - to know. If you have a good clipper, you can pull it off usually. But yeah, any time you're cutting 00:16:31.707 --> 00:16:39.404 - with scissors, you run the risk of cutting a hole, not only in your hair, but you could also cut a hole 00:16:39.404 --> 00:16:45.694 - in your flesh or your fingers. I do what I can to not have sharp objects in my hand. 00:16:46.210 --> 00:16:52.557 - where I can't see them. Yeah. Every day I do that. Yeah, you always want to avoid holes in your body. 00:16:52.557 --> 00:16:59.154 - Yeah, I try to. Or man-made holes. Exactly. You should tend to the ones that you just have. Right. You've 00:16:59.154 --> 00:17:05.563 - got plenty of holes. You don't need to make these. Take care of your own holes. Yeah, I mean, what are 00:17:05.563 --> 00:17:12.222 - we talking about here? We've got plenty of holes. We don't need new holes. No. Maybe this will be like the 00:17:14.946 --> 00:17:22.889 - Don't eat new holes. Don't mess with your holes. The amount that you start with in a day, you should 00:17:22.889 --> 00:17:30.910 - go to bed and have the same amount. Exactly. And if you have to count them, there's a problem. If you 00:17:30.910 --> 00:17:38.853 - have to count them, you probably have a big day. Make sure you rest. OK, so now, I would like to ask 00:17:38.853 --> 00:17:44.830 - you if you would like your mustache trimmed. You know what? While I'm here, 00:17:45.186 --> 00:17:53.532 - I've never trimmed my mustache. That's a life's a lie. I have trimmed my mustache. For educational purposes, 00:17:53.532 --> 00:18:01.265 - let's do that. Great. Anyway, when we're done with this, I'll probably have you or I can just do it. 00:18:01.265 --> 00:18:08.922 - Just get some B-roll of this shop and outside, maybe we can go walk into it. There. So yeah, I like 00:18:08.922 --> 00:18:11.678 - to keep it off the upper lip. Sure. 00:18:12.642 --> 00:18:19.418 - Just in case you have that extra sticky biscuits and gravy, because you don't want it to stick in there. 00:18:19.418 --> 00:18:26.001 - And then of course, if you have close friends, they'll tell you it's there. But then other folks will 00:18:26.001 --> 00:18:32.906 - just assume that's how you roll. Yeah. That is never cool. It's never. I've never met anyone who purposely 00:18:32.906 --> 00:18:39.166 - has gravy. No. Who rolls that way? Not me. And so I just tend to turn that off so that you don't 00:18:43.778 --> 00:18:51.703 - This is smart, too. When I trim mine, I just use scissors at the very end. But this is like you're getting 00:18:51.703 --> 00:18:59.110 - layers here. Yeah, that's another thing you gotta be careful with. There's so many blood vessels in 00:18:59.110 --> 00:19:06.592 - the lips and nerve endings. Makes them good for kissing. Right. And if you hit it with a scissor, it 00:19:06.592 --> 00:19:13.406 - will ruin your week. You will bleed and the pain is like lightning bolts through your body. 00:19:14.178 --> 00:19:22.704 - Um, that makes sense, because whenever I busted a lip, it bleeds. Yeah. So what was your motivation 00:19:22.704 --> 00:19:31.656 - to grow a mustache? Uh, I like having facial hair because my dad's side at least, they all have, besides 00:19:31.656 --> 00:19:40.437 - my dad, they all have a lot of facial hair. Oh, so you grew up seeing adult males wearing facial hair. 00:19:40.437 --> 00:19:42.654 - Yes, yes. And I was like, 00:19:44.450 --> 00:19:50.078 - I wanted one so bad. Talked about that chocolate milk thing. I had that in fifth grade when I was 11. 00:19:50.078 --> 00:19:55.705 - Did I accidentally, on purpose, shave it off for you? If you did, I didn't remember it. Oh, OK, good. 00:19:55.705 --> 00:20:01.278 - So I didn't traumatize you. No, no, no, no. Yeah. I think I traumatized this one young man less than 00:20:01.278 --> 00:20:06.961 - a year ago. But he got over it. I feel like that's something where maybe years from now he'll say, you 00:20:06.961 --> 00:20:12.478 - made the right decision. Right. I hope. Hopefully there was no documentation on it. Yeah. He didn't 00:20:12.478 --> 00:20:14.078 - get it before and after. No. 00:20:14.274 --> 00:20:24.758 - We shouldn't be taking pictures of milk chocolate mustaches on 11 year old boys. That is just sick and 00:20:24.758 --> 00:20:35.446 - wrong. I'd like to have it in balance and a flow to it. How does it feel? I feel hotter than ever. Would 00:20:35.446 --> 00:20:39.518 - you want to look at it really close up? 00:20:40.354 --> 00:20:47.694 - Wow. I like that. Isn't that fine? It is. It's short, but like also has some depth to it still. Would 00:20:47.694 --> 00:20:55.179 - you like a product in your hair or would you like to wear it unnaturally? I like to go natural. I heard 00:20:55.179 --> 00:21:01.943 - that about you. Yeah. I'm going to put some water in it. That's the most natural. Oh my gosh. 00:21:01.943 --> 00:21:04.894 - Viewers at home, how hot am I? Right in. 00:21:05.186 --> 00:21:11.839 - Call our line right here. Now, can you see the delineation? Yeah, because it's... Yeah, it's not all 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:18.624 - just a ball, right? It's not. It's beautiful hair that was crafted by a smart gentleman. And it's more 00:21:18.624 --> 00:21:25.211 - flattering for your face. It is! I'm gonna come to work on Monday and everyone's gonna want to kiss 00:21:25.211 --> 00:21:29.822 - me. Well, I don't know about that, but that might not be appropriate. 00:21:31.266 --> 00:21:36.993 - Well, that has been how to give a haircut, everybody. I want to thank Kemp Logan and Boomerang for being 00:21:36.993 --> 00:21:42.503 - part of the show. Come check him out. Did you hear all the small talk he was making? I had all those 00:21:42.503 --> 00:21:48.175 - suggestions. He didn't use a single one. He didn't have to use it because he's so just good at it. Come 00:21:48.175 --> 00:21:53.848 - get your haircut here. Thank you so much for watching. This show could not be done without the library, 00:21:53.848 --> 00:21:56.030 - so make sure you get your library card. 00:21:56.450 --> 00:22:06.731 - and get a haircut for the fall. Everyone should do that. Have a good night everyone. Bye. I was really 00:22:06.731 --> 00:22:13.918 - into Black Flag and Dead Kennedys. I was lucky enough to see them both.