Is There A Way to Summarize?

This last video clip is from a different night, the second time we played CBGB. Not nearly as many people came. In fact, Jim couldn’t make it to the show, so Josh played bass and I did as many guitar parts as I could.

The video itself isn’t anything special, but the fact that it exists is. My father, who also couldn’t make it to New York that night, stood in front of his computer screen holding his video camera to record the primitive live feed from CBGB. He did this for our entire set, just standing there watching fuzzy images on Windows Media Player jump and shift while they made indecipherable noises that offended his sense of art and decency.

I’m not sure whether or not I want kids or not, but if I do end up having them, I hope I’m that kind of dad.

So thanks, Dad, for coming to the shows you could and even checking on us for the shows you couldn’t get to. Thanks for recording us, too, and helping me upload them so I could share them on The Potato Barn.

That’s the end of the Burn Kate Extravaganza! I hope you all enjoyed it. The Potato Barn dips its feet into the deep end next week!