Return of the beardie weirdie look in the noughties

Simon Reynolds makes some valid points, raises some hairy questions and ultimately brings much laughter all round with a Guardian article on the return of "beard rock". But what does the "face-fuzz" signify in leftfield rock? To make a point that you've gone well beyond merely your third album, from teenybopper to mature adult, you've done a George Harrison, your music is deep and has roots and you've reached the fourth plateau... that you've lost the plot? Beard rock. It's back