I have nothing exciting to impart, other than that I was listening to Slate's Working podcast today, and they had an episode that I thought might be of interest to some folks who can read this. 

Working is a podcast about the typical workday of people who work in different fields- porn stars, perfumers, other professions that don't start with a P.  Anyway, they interviewed one of the guys from They Might Be Giants about the typical workday of a rock band guitarist.  Okay, that link sucks, because it asks you to log into Slate for a 2-week free trial. However, you can go to iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and find it as well. 

I'm glad that either this guy has a guitar tech, or he chose not to go into 25 minutes of talking about pedal board setup and restringing.  His answer to the question, "How do you get up the energy to play Birdhouse In Your Soul/Don't Let's Start/Particle Man again after umpteen years of playing it?" made me happy. 

It's also interesting to consider that their kid concerts seem to be paying off in an audience for their non-kid-concerts that's younger than they expected. Maybe making a kids' album or two isn't such a bad investment after all.