G&G

Ghosts and Girls was another great show. We sold out and during the day people would wander by asking about tickets, but we sadly had to turn people away. I think our transitions went fairly well. During the first song Janet flung a bachi in my direction. She did that when we played in SF, and I'm never sure whether to stop playing to pick it up or not. Carolyn always picks them up for her, but whatdoya do? I guess I was inspired by her mid-performance bachi flinging because I did the same during Kanki no Wa. I am so glad it was after my solo, and a kind audience member handed me the bachi back during the song. I would have been ok without it, but I was very relieved nonetheless. That was the first time I've ever lost a bachi during a performance, yo. Just for the record.

Mark and Brenda were fabulous. I got to sit out in the audience area a little during rehearsals to observe and I think they put on a great show. Sometimes I wonder what Maze looks like but sometimes I see little bits of video and can't stand to look at myself. Not that I'm horrible, but it's like hearing a recording of your voice. I sound like that? Or rather, that's what I look like when I play???

Today I have taiko hangover. I couldn't fall asleep until 1:30am and I woke up at 9 this morning, my mind doing all kinds of thinking even though I still wanted to sleep. Rolled out of bed and went out for some really great Burmese food and then went back to sleep later for a few hours. My head is kind of foggy-- that happens after big performances. I don't know if I'm physically tired or emotionally tired or both.

We do it all again on August 2nd in case you missed out.