Update

Wow, been a while. Got a little busy over at Words About Music. Sorry for the neglect here. Let's get going.

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So the kids have all been sick over the past two weeks. Bummer. Patterson had it the worst with the fever and congestion. Tessa's fever was bad too, she's still on the Amoxocylyn (y'know, the pink stuff they give to kids).

And then there's Melody. She only got a little cold and as a result her brother and sister got more attention. So, not to be outdone, she got a pretty nasty butt rash. Very competitive, that girl.

Everybody's pretty much over it now and on the mend. Just in time for allergy season to start next month. Yay!

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For anyone who doesn't know, we have finished recording the Two Hangmen EP and are in the mixing stages of the music. Next we need to build up a web presence, finish packaging for the hard copy versions of the EP, and start scouting gigs. I'm excited about this project. Most of the songs we're doing are holdovers from Blue Tattoo. That band had quite a dense sound, looking back, and these versions are a bit more scaled down. But that's a good thing. Somehow in the process of condensing them the songs have been given room to breathe and flesh themselves out so actually sound more dynamic and alive than before. Sometimes less really is more. No offense to the guys in BT on that, I thought that band was great, but this is better.

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In other baby news, Melody is close to walking already. She also has two teeth. Patterson is right behind her on both counts. She seems to do stuff first and then he gets it a few weeks later. Except when it comes to eating. Patterson has been feeding himself Cheerios for like a month or so now, and Melody got it over the weekend. Well, if there's one thing us Brink men can do it's eat.

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I had to use this dash device because the "three" on my keyboard is broken and seems to be an impossible fix.

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Let's finish with a Tessa story.

Last week we were watching Sesame Street and Harvey Fierstein was on. He was singing "Everything's Coming up Noses" poorly, and in a high register, while putting noses on faces of Muppets. Now, we all know Harvey's as gay as the day is long, and this was no exception. Here's my daughter's take.

Tessa: Daddy, that lady is singing about noses.

Me: Yes he is.

Tessa : She's funny.

Me: He sure is sweetie. He sure is.
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And that'll do it.


P.S.-Don't send me any messages about how prejudiced I am, that's not what that last bit is about. I actually like Fierstein. "Torch Song Trilogy" is brilliant. But it was interesting to me that even a two year old who doesn't know the first thing about sexuality picked up on it and procesed that info the only way she could. And it was funny. So there.