[Probably an unlisted number to her - Eddie, Eddie of Eddie and the Dead Girls, and Tommy doesn't try to think about that too hard as he reaches out. The ask was blanket-texted from their manager's aide, who Tommy is pretty sure doesn't know how technology works. He's filling time because Joel is too busy arguing with his ex-wife in the next small greenroom over to give a crap about anything else, especially helping with stage teardowns after what's been a shitty festival turn-out. Tommy blames the rain but Joel's always had a way of making his little brother's optimism feel like it should be a dirty little secret.]
It's just a mental, incidental, sentimental alibi
[Probably an unlisted number to her - Eddie, Eddie of Eddie and the Dead Girls, and Tommy doesn't try to think about that too hard as he reaches out. The ask was blanket-texted from their manager's aide, who Tommy is pretty sure doesn't know how technology works. He's filling time because Joel is too busy arguing with his ex-wife in the next small greenroom over to give a crap about anything else, especially helping with stage teardowns after what's been a shitty festival turn-out. Tommy blames the rain but Joel's always had a way of making his little brother's optimism feel like it should be a dirty little secret.]