This is me playing my new song "the Glow pt. 2" a few days after it was written, before it was recorded, at a sports bar called Detour or something in Lexington, Kentucky on November 4th, 2000.
Mirah and I were on tour together around North America. Our shows were pretty much all like this: 2 innocent little acoustic dweebs from Olympia sparring with half-interested party audiences in unsuitable settings. It was "fun".
This night the bar wouldn't turn off the TVs and there was a reality show on called Battle Bots which I thought was funny and absurd and I wouldn't stop talking about it. It was a rough show and I'm glad this video exists. I love to have documented proof of the reality of the reception that this song (and Mirah and I in general) got at the time. It was tough and strange, and it got easier later. I feel lucky to have gotten to live this life, bumping my head against experiences and going forward in my chosen direction anyway.
The album "the Glow pt. 2" by the Microphones is in print and available on 2xLP from me directly:
www.pwelverumandsun.com/
3 ноя 2022
