I think I'm finally getting accustomed to what I believe they call "home life". I have heard that most people on your planet live this way and I am willing to consider it for intermittent periods of time.
We finished up the tour in Pittsburgh and Chattanooga. As usual in these situations I felt a mixture of elation at the idea of spending some time at home and sadness at putting the brakes on what I think of as the touring equivalent of a Rolls Royce. If you're not into British car analogies let's call it the touring equivalent of the best hot fudge sundae you ever tasted.
I'm not talking specifically about the band, although we have been playing pretty good lately, but the whole gigantic rolling piece of machinery that includes the crew, the gear, the trucks, the busses, the expertise, the attitude, the spirit and the all around grunt that makes this possible. It's hard to put it to sleep. One thing that makes it easier is knowing that we'll be starting up again in April.
In the meantime we're still keeping busy. We just had a marathon meeting the other day about what kind of changes we want to make to the stage set & production when we continue. We'll be doing about six weeks in the States and six weeks in Europe and we want to expand on the show we've had out for the last two years.
We'll also be playing at the Grammy's so we had to talk for a while about how we want to present ourselves on the box. Believe it or not, there's a lot more to it than walking out there and playing the song. We actually have a lot of input into the stage set, the overall look, etc.
Speaking of the Grammy's, we're nominated for three this year. One for best Rock performance for Pink, and one for Pop performance for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing". I love it. One minute we're rock and the next minute we're pop. Guess I'll have to have a new outfit for each. Quick, call 911, I'm having an identity crisis.
The third is for Best Short Form Film for Pink. I always thought that that video didn't get the attention it deserved, so this one feels good. Let's all keep our fingers crossed. As a matter of fact, let's keep everything we have a pair of crossed!
As usual we have one particular project that I'm dying to talk about but can't. I know, you always say you won't tell but you always do, so now you have to wait.
Secretly yours,
TH
