Klarinet Archive - Posting 000420.txt from 1997/07

From: "C Henderson" <chenderson@-----.au>
Subj: Tongue piercing
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 13:10:23 -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.

Then Jacqueline Eastwood wrote:
> I don't know what's up with the kids these days, but they really seem =
to
> be into this self-mutilation thing. I find that I have difficulty takin=
g 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!

And Jerry Korten wrote:
> Now now you are sounding suspiciously like a mom! I had long hair, head=
band
> and baggy pants with tie died shirts when I went in to Dr. Stubbins stu=
dio in
> 1973. I played well for my age in spite of my freakish appearance! And =
he
> continued to teach me.
>
> A hole in the tongue will repair itself too.

On ya Jerry!! I personally have never even wanted to pierce either my =
nose or my
tongue, or in fact anything other than my ears (for the sake of comfortab=
ly
wearing earrings!) but that doesn't make me feel that those who *do* are =
freaks/mutants/weirdos and any other of the epithets that have been used.=
After
all, there's not a lot of difference between piercing for adornment and =
putting on
makeup! Both are ways of "dressing up" and both are reversible. Ryan's =
curiosity
about the effect on playing was a genuine one, and should be treated with=
the
respect any serious question deserves, and not be turned into an opportun=
ity for
airing personal opinions about the characters who do it.

Now I know that all sounded really angry - I'm not, but I do wish you'd =
give
enquiries a chance, before you shoot them down in flames.

Clare Henderson <chenderson@-----.au> :-)