. mule skinner blues

[lily mccarthy]

LILY At least you have a designated schedule! Gee thanks though, I think so too! And as long as I'm happy and things are still working out on the album front, I'm just going to keep going with it. Trying not to find things to actively complain about, you know?

[theo lovett]

THEO god, what a cool family with two musicians. did you have like a really bohemian childhood? i get that. you never struck me as much of a complainer to begin with.

[lily mccarthy]

LILY My mom and dad were musicians too, so yes, essentially. All fueled by passion projects. What’s growing up with a twin like! And yeah, I’ve had to learn that over time, though. Don’t complain, or you’re whiny and ungrateful. Delegate and be firm with your point of view, and you may be labeled a bitch but at least people actually listen.

[theo lovett]

THEO that is so cool, bet you all bounce off each other. it was great. especially being fraternal, you get the novelty of being a twin but you're still your own person with your own identity, y'know? like no one mixed us up but we were the lovett twins, so people knew. you're close to joe, right? man, that's so true. if you ever want to vent i'm here, i love a good complaint.

[lily mccarthy]

LILY Yeah, we'd do family jams every once in a while and record them. Nice memories to have to remember my dad, too. That's so fun, even if you couldn't trade places, haha. The one identical twin perk! Really close to Joe though, yeah. It's creepy how similar we can be, I idolized him so hard growing up. Haha you're asking for a lot with that! I have a whole diary from everything with my last album. It'd be a dramatic novel reading.

[theo lovett]

THEO that's amazing. aw, totally, that's so special. true, but even if we tried to ollie would h a t e pretending to be me and i don't think either of us would be that convincing. that's cool, i'm jealous! ollie and i aren't as close as we were once but i'm obviously still glad to have him. seriously, i want a complete rendition. start to finish.

[lily mccarthy]

LILY Yeah, going to be honest with your personalities I'm not sure who would have fallen for it! I feel like siblings all go up and down, anyway. It's normal! It'll be like Taylor Swift's Americana. Maybe less political.

[theo lovett]

THEO neither of us are very good actors. you think? have you and joe? add it to the schedule.

[lily mccarthy]

LILY No, but I think we're this anomaly where I wanted to do everything he did and he never got to the point of resenting me for it or being annoyed. We've had our fair share of annoying sibling arguments but that's totally unavoidable, especially if I tried to sneak a boyfriend over. You're going to get really sick of me, schedule a down day!

[theo lovett]

THEO that's because you're the least annoying person ever. like i cannot think of a single time you've ever annoyed me, even ollie doesn't complain about you and everything on earth annoys him. oh yeah, the protective big brother gig! glad i never had to do that. never! like i say, you're the least annoying.

[lily mccarthy]

LILY I'm subtle about it, Cleo probably keeps a running list on her Notes app. Quarantine really just brings a unique perspective, y'know? Also brings about the random urge to try new arts and crafts. Think I can learn to knit by the time we're free?

[theo lovett]

THEO do you drink out the carton? leave the toilet seat up? yeah, it's testing. oh fuck yeah. maybe start with embroidery though?

[lily mccarthy]

LILY Toothpaste cap is definitely off, and I like to draw when the mirrors are fogged? We're all going to go wild when we're free! Ooh, good call. Think this will be my first project.

[theo lovett]

THEO you're a monster. it's not available :(

[lily mccarthy]

LILY F on the roommate report card, needs vast improvement! I get bonus points for the decor and keeping plants alive, though. Damn, it's a Thumb Thumb from Spy Kids. Iconic movie.