Blogging Ottinger (tim)Illustrated Man
Why is it that to be a musician these days, you have to look like Ray Bradbury’s “the Illustrated Man”? One upon a time, having every available inch of your body tattooed was sufficient to join a circus as a sideshow freak. Now it seems like every aspiring musician has to be that freak. Not to mention the body piercings.
I don’t mind weird hair, because you can always cut it later. Piercings? Well, when you stop using them, most of them grow back (more or less). the really severe ear guages and lip piercings I’m not sure about (nor some others I won’t discuss). But mostly they will become innocuous when the fad dies out. Tattoos are different. Getting a tattoo is kind of like deciding that you’re going to wear the same tee shirt from now until you die (and be buried in it). I don’t care for them, but once you have one it’s for the rest of your mortal life… and they do not age well.
But hey, they’re your body parts. If a guy decides to get the total tat job done, then it’s his choice. I don’t tell other people what to do with their lips and livers, nor teeth and toenails.
But I thought that the whole point of musicians is that they play music well. Silly me.
