Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 1997/07

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: tongue piercing
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 12:04:08 -0400

On Sun, 13 Jul 1997, Ryan Lowe wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, has anybody on this list gotten their tongue
> pierced,and if so, how did it affect your playing. I know how it
> *probably* would affect your playing, but I woudl like to know the actual
> results.
> Thanks,
> Ryan Lowe
>
>
For those of you on the list who may not have seen a pierced tongue (too
bad Dan Leeson is on vacation for this one!), it is really quite a
gruesome sight to behold! I don't know what's up with the kids these
days, but they really seem to be into this self-mutilation thing. How can
you blow your nose properly when you have a cold if you've got something
resembling a bull's ring going through your nostrils?

I don't even want to approach the infection/scar tissue possibilities for
fear of losing my breakfast.

To be totally honest, I feel that any young person who is really and truly
serious about playing a wind instrument would not want to do this to
himself. I find that I have difficulty taking some of these kids
seriously, because they seem more interested in being a mutant freak than
in being a clarinet player.

Score one for the YOUNG fogeys!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu