Over the weekend the LA Times brought us an obvious and completely ordinary profile of the city’s oldest barber. We offer a more utilitarian tale as ever-on-the make for a cheap haircut contributor Chris Namon tells of his recessionary misstep getting his ear’s lowered by the worst barber in Hollywood.

You got Thai Town salons advertising “First Haircut $3” and retro-barber shops with PBR on tap, but the stylist with the cut-rate pricing that’s been keeping me coming back is Fantastic Sam’s on Western Avenue. Now I am not selective when it comes to picking a barber; on a recent day when I jumped at the next available chair? I paid for that indifference.

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