For years, gatherings with my bandmates have turned into meals at local restaurants as often as they have become actual band practices. Shortly after the pandemic started, the quarantining members of Thunderlips convened one evening to try out the new Zoom teleconferencing platform the world was buzzing about. The original plan was to get our own takeout from local restaurants, but I opted for a more cost-efficient meal. The important factor was the company, anyway.