Barbie Bertisch

I’m outside! Throw yourself into something new and get humbled on the daily! Tai chi rules! Time flies when you work your ass off and show up for your kid everyday! Music is still the answer! Talk to strangers! Chinga la migra!

I forget to drink water but will cook him a four course meal. That’s the best metaphor I can come up with at the moment. Perhaps the most honest I can get about the last 9 months as a mom (in certainly not the best words): it is brutal and beautiful and isolating and life-affirming. I love being his number one and I also love working and creating and I don’t know who sold us on this idea that we could have it all but make sure you don’t miss the fine print. I know every parent says this but Rocco is truly the best person I’ve known and in a fu**ed up world that continues to chip away at our faith and morality, he gives me something to fight for and believe in and create for. With motherhood the stakes get so much higher but at last the brain fog has mostly cleared and it’s a brand new day, which is only as good as babe’s night’s sleep. More coffee. And not to self, don’t forget to drink water. It’s breastfeeding awareness month so if you got em, b**b em (if not you’re still pure magic don’t let them shame you).

On that note, go cop our latest release by , one of my favorite producers and a brand new mom!!! Link in bio / out on loveinjection.bandcamp.com and your favorite local record shops .nyc 🥰

On the morning of the last Together Again party on February 17, 2024 I found out she was pregnant. It was an eventful day, to say the least; and as the sun shone through the basement windows, we welcomed the next day, our bodies still moving to the music, we knew we’d remember that day forever. A year and some change later life looks much different, but one thing remains is our need to get together, move, and experience collective joy.

As usual the party is hosted and produced by our dear friends and mentors Benny Soto and Mike from the legendary Nervous Records. We will have a spread of fruit, energy bars, bagels, juice, coffee in the wee hours. We’ll also be celebrating the birthday of one of our favorite humans, Michele Saunders in the early am hours.

Doors open at 10p and we’ll be going late into the morning – last time ended around 9a. It will be very busy during the normal hours of 11-3ish, so if you’re sensitive to that, maybe it’s best to come around 3-4 and spend the morning with us! Whatever you choose, please come into the space with good energy, and we look forward to being with you.

~P&B

Ps - ending with the perfect meme thrown together on February 18 2024 that I just found on my phone