Product idea: Chia-Tatts

April 3, 2010 by Ro.

So Steve has a new shirt he is wearing at rehearsal. It doesn’t take Audrey long to remark how very hip he looks in his new threads. It is the truth. The shirt is of waffle weave fabric, and is printed all over with green argyle-type diamonds, and what’s that at the bottom right? A skull? Could be. Very hip indeed.

Finally we settle down to sing, Steve at the piano and the rest of us standing behind him. That’s when Ro notices something at Steve’s collarline, beneath his shirt. Could it possibly be a TATTOO??? There is a design at least 3 inches in diameter just below the nape of Steve’s neck. Green ink. Ro cannot resist a peek. Gently she pulls away the back of Steve’s neckline and peers inside to see — HAIR HAIR HAIR! There’s no tattoo at all, just a prodigious amount of luxuriant hair! The “tattoo” was a printed label inside the back of Steve’s shirt.

This leads to a protracted discussion of how difficult and ill-advised it would be to tattoo hirsute individuals like our beloved Steve. How Steve would have to endure frequent and painful depilatory sessions to keep his tattoo from becoming obscured beneath his natural furriness… Or perhaps this might lead to a whole slew of professional opportunities: electrolysis especially for those too hairy to tattoo, or a line of “Pluck-a-Tatt” kits, or, hey, let’s just work with the hair and create CHIA-TATTS! Imagine the possibilities: a schooner on a fuzzy sea, a skull that grows real hair, “I [heart] my golden retriever” (with pettable fur!)

Ro, Jeff, and Audrey are in ruins as these ideas came out in gasps, barely able to breathe in between spasms of laughter and hare-brained (hair-brained?) ideas. Even Steve’s shoulders are shaking a bit. It is a miracle we are able to salvage the rehearsal at all and get down to business.

We have just performed at our 6th annual Temple Hatikvah Coffeehouse and are getting ready for our April 17 performance at the Sacred Bean Coffeehouse. Our goal is not to repeat any of the songs we sang there last spring. It is a tall order, and if we can control our silliness, we should be able to pull it off.

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