The question of the week from our friends and family: "How did you guys get this gig?"
We feel the same way. How the hell did we land this tour with This American Life
host Ira Glass and some of the most talented, funny and inspiring
people we've ever been around? We'll be playing Lincoln Center, The
Boston Opera House and the famous Chicago Theater, to name a few. So
with that come the perpetual insecurities about our performances and
the idea that if we mess up, no one will ever ask us to do thisagain.
We can't possibly be professional enough. We have been basically
shitting bricks between every song and cue from Ira — who has, by the
way, one of the most engaging voices I've ever heard. He can say
something off-the-cuff that you totally believe in and
want to build a religion around. And he's witty and articulate while
somehow making everyone present feel included in the joke. (We feel
dumb.)
The question of the week from Magnolia: "Do I get a gummy for going
poopie in the potty again?" She has potty-trained herself.
I swear, if
you don't pressure your child into this milestone, you are better off.
She watched this '70s-style video called Once Upon a Potty
and she was hooked. She does still get gummies for pooping in the
toilet, but we are weaning her off the sugary reward this week. The
only downside to her training is that she wakes up at three in the
morning to take a dump. And you can't just say, "Nope, not now, please
just do it in your diaper this time, potty training doesn't count at
three a.m." You have to be encouraging, even if it means waking up in
the middle of the night only to sit next to your two-year-old in the
wee night hours, grunting and standing up after every grunt to look if
anything came out. For twenty minutes.
Up next: Lincoln Center, and a new rock-and-roll parenting manifesto!
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