TMBG

One of the girls' favorite bands is They Might Be Giants. Convenient, considering Jason and I like them a whole lot, too. In fact, a couple of longstanding 'lullabies' have been ZYX and Road Movie to Berlin. So we all jumped at the chance to go see them live at a concert especially for kids.


Well, the pictures aren't great, but there were no cameras allowed in the Music Hall and all that. Thankfully, they weren't interested in actually stopping anyone from taking pictures. I wasn't the only one I saw doing it. For the record, Jason left his cell phone and Leatherman home in case the TSA was on security duty.

Violet and I spent a while yesterday making our own version of concert-tees for the entire family. We didn't get a perfect picture of the four of us, so in case you can't see it, Stella's shirt says "They", mine says "Might", Jason's says "Be" (he thanked me for making his shirt the one that is quietly philosophical) and Violet, who got first choice, got to be "Giants". And even better? Drummer Marty Beller signed it for her with a Sharpie I conveniently had in my pocket. (wink) That foam hand she has? Every kid was given one at the door. Cool.

Violet's verdict on the whole thing? Much too loud. She would just as soon watch TMBG on DVD at home. Funny how the things I think to prepare her for aren't always on target. Remember bowling? I told her it would be loud, but really there were way too many lights. Well this time, I made sure she understood that we were going to see the real live John and John, not the puppets she is used to watching. Never occurred to me that it would be loud. Or rather, it never occurred to me that she wouldn't know it was going to be loud.

And yes, they did play some adult-pleasers like Particle Man , Birdhouse In Your Soul and Istanbul (Not Constantinople). I was seriously hoping for Cow Town, but you can't ask for everything, can you?