{"id":15456,"date":"2012-09-09T23:46:34","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T03:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=15456"},"modified":"2012-09-10T07:03:17","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T11:03:17","slug":"win-a-copy-of-mercury-an-intimate-biography-of-freddie-mercury-just-meet-or-beat-the-cop-stache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/win-a-copy-of-mercury-an-intimate-biography-of-freddie-mercury-just-meet-or-beat-the-cop-stache\/","title":{"rendered":"Win a Copy of <br>MERCURY: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury <br> Just <i> Meet or Beat the Cop &#8216;Stache<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"420\" height=\"397\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"data\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FMcop.swf\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FMcop.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"420\" height=\"397\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FMcop.swf\" data=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/FMcop.swf\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Our new best friends over at <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Touchstone Books<\/strong><\/span> (a Division of Simon &amp; Schuster) have given us three copies of the new Freddie Mercury biography. More information about the book is below the fold. To win a <strong>brand new copy<\/strong> of your very own simply comment with a link to an image of a music-related personality that rocks the <strong><em>cop &#8216;stache<\/em><\/strong> as well as or better than the late great <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Freddie Mercury<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. It&#8217;s just that easy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY 11:59 PM, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here are some real cop &#8216;staches for guidance. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15466\" title=\"copstache\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/copstache-300x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/copstache-300x252.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/copstache.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For what it&#8217;s worth, according to the pros over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mustachesummer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mustache Summer<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>The Police Departments in Los Angeles and elsewhere have a Dress Code for their officers, which details how an officer is to present himself. One of the areas covered is facial hair, which is only allowed in the form of a mustache, and cannot extend below the corner of the mouth. If a police officer wants to grow whiskers, he must grow a &#8216;stache. That mustachio&#8217;d cop on the corner may be burning for a goatee or a Soul Patch, but departmental regulations help keep him from making a horrible mistake.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also, to ensure complete objectivity in judging, we have enlisted a celebrity to make the calls. Our guest judge is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15468\" title=\"selleck\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/selleck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/selleck.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/selleck-300x283.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;according to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/screencrave.com\/2010-09-24\/tom-sellecks-mustache-back-on-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\">Screen Crave<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tom Selleck, the only man to ever receive a compliment on his mustache from Freddie Mercury&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s\u00a0a video of author and award-winning rock\u00a0journalist <strong>Lesley-Ann Jones<\/strong> discussing the book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4rpLfjGF4QA?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some info on the new book direct from the generous folks at Touchstone Books.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>MERCURY: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury<\/strong><\/span>, by Lesley-Ann Jones\u00a0presents the full portrait of Queen\u2019s legendary lead vocalist. Jones\u00a0toured widely with Queen and has unrivalled access to the band. She\u00a0has secured more than 100 interviews with those closest to Mercury,\u00a0many of who are only opening up now, twenty years after his tragic\u00a0death. Meticulously researched, sympathetic yet not sensational,\u00a0MERCURY offers an unvarnished, revealing look at the extreme highs and\u00a0lows of life in the fast lane. MetroSource says \u201cMERCURY goes beyond\u00a0the glittering fa\u00e7ade to get an unvarnished look at Queen\u2019s rise to\u00a0fame, the loves of Mercury\u2019s life and his fraught relationship with\u00a0his conservative past, creating a complete portrait of this magneticmusician.\u201d And Hollywood Reporter calls it \u201cA must-read for any\u00a0Mercury, Queen or rock fan\u2026a truly intimate portrait.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/books.simonandschuster.com\/Mercury\/Lesley-Ann-Jones\/9781451663952\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/books.simonandschuster.com\/Mercury\/Lesley-Ann-Jones\/9781451663952<\/a><\/p>\n<p>P.S. Halloween is just around the corner and this post might put you in the mood for <a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.celebrateexpress.com\/3994\/33956\/police-officer-moustache-reviews\/reviews.htm\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/ws.amazon.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822\/US\/rotoha00-20\/8002\/60a37df6-a89e-4545-9f9d-061cab689d3d\" type=\"text\/javascript\"> <\/script> <noscript><a HREF=\"http:\/\/ws.amazon.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Frotoha00-20%2F8002%2F60a37df6-a89e-4545-9f9d-061cab689d3d&#038;Operation=NoScript\">Amazon.com Widgets<\/a><\/noscript><\/p>\n<nav class=\"page-links\"><strong>Pages:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/win-a-copy-of-mercury-an-intimate-biography-of-freddie-mercury-just-meet-or-beat-the-cop-stache\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">1<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/win-a-copy-of-mercury-an-intimate-biography-of-freddie-mercury-just-meet-or-beat-the-cop-stache\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"page-num\">2<\/span><\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our new best friends over at Touchstone Books (a Division of Simon &amp; Schuster) have given us three copies of the new Freddie Mercury biography. 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