Band Opportunity

Whitney called me last night and told me he pierced his eyebrow and his ear cartilage. You'd think I would come out of my skull about this, but he has been one to push the limits when it comes to his looks. He's dyed his hair black....twice. Cut it in all kinds of ways, many of which I didn't care for but figured he needed to get it out of his system now so he didn't have to do it when married with 2.5 kids and a wife wondering what the hell she got herself into. Oh, and did I mention he pierced his own tongue? Many moons ago that is. He asked me if he could get his tongue pierced and I said no. Then I said he could if he paid for it himself. This was back in his mid-high school years when he had no job and thus "no money", and any piercing studio would require a parents permission, which I wouldn't give, so I felt safe. HA! Then I saw it...... and was shocked he had the guts to do it himself. He obviously wasn't medically trained or he might have worried about hitting a nerve or blood vessel. Can you imagine having a paralyzed tongue? And he missed the nerve.......Damn, he could have hit a nerve. I might have had a kid who could no longer talk.......talk back......give attitude.........be a foul mouthed little snot, or at least have me hear it. Too bad he missed! (Just kidding).

Anyway, about his new piercings. So I said "cool, can't wait to see it"! He's been the worst of all my kids in pushing the limits of my patience.............. Oh, yes, all kids test patience and all of mine have, but he receives the gold medallion for limit pushing.

Still, I'm proud of him. He finished high school!!! ...This may not seem like a feat to you, but you weren't behind the mule hefting and shoving with your feet losing way to the muddy ground while your head is inches from his smelly.....eh hem..

He's in a band. "The Airport Scene". Their music is a little Green Day, a little Punk. Not your easy listening stuff. But it gives them all a chance to play and him a chance to pound his drums and have everyone like it.





I took some pictures of their performances at a competition held by a Christian kids group. Can you believe that? Never in Utah would you have this happen. A Christian youth group promoting young punks who scream into a microphone, play loud guitar and drums all while wearing their pants down to their butt crack and ending the competition with a little speech about how grateful they are to have Jesus in their lives. You should have heard the screamer bands before Whits band. Astounding.

The other performance we attended was in a bar in Denver. They look real cool on stage at the one in Denver. Heather had to fill in for Luke, their lead singer, when he accidently made arrangements to go out of state on the night they competed in "The Battle of the Bands".




These top pics were of them playing at the bar, then then next pics were at the Battle of the Bands. The last pics were again at the bar.







Heather's boyfriend Parker is in the above picture playing guitar. He's a sweetie. They all seem to enjoy the band. Heather sang with them at the Battle of the Bands. She was amazing and even learned the synthesizer parts and sang. I thought they should keep her. She added a ton to their sound. But they want to be a boy band. So, ok.

Here are some pics of her.



It's really cool to be a part of their lives. I'm glad they're doing what they want at this point in their lives when they can.