I was blown away by the scruffy charm and intensity from these two stepsisters who were just 12 and 17 at the time.
My courage to write about them back then failed me.
Because of their young age I didn't know how to talk about them except to say, "look at these kids play!" which seemed reductive and patronizing. They deserved better than that.
Then tonight I discovered Unlocking The Truth and I was reminded of that excitement I felt while watching Skating Polly on stage.
That youthful exuberance is about as close to immortality as we as can hope to get. The lack of fear & the laser focus becomes harder to maintain as we pass through adolescence and into adulthood.
Unlocking The Truth - Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo.
As they say on The Avant Garde Diaries:
There is a particular moment right before fame strikes a young musician – between the full flowering of talent and believing in a dream so pure and strong as to feel bulletproof – which at the same time is almost imperceptible as it is happening.
How cool would be a collaboration between the Pixies/Nirvana loving girls of Skating Polly and the Disturbed/Metallica fanatical boys of Unlocking The Truth?
Stranger things have happened - we are living in a world where The Judgement Night soundtrack just celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Suddenly I look forward to purchasing instruments and lessons for my offspring. I feel hopeful for the future.
Skating Polly photo by Jeff Foy
Unlocking The Truth photo by Loren Wohl
