Well, so the power went out in my apartment tonight. It’s been off all night. As far as I can tell, we’re the only building on the entire block without power, and yet there are like 12 Con Ed trucks out front on the street (that’s where all our ridiculously high electricity bills go to pay for, I guess). Anyway, I’m doing the best I can without electricity to power the studio. So, back to basics: digital camera taking video of a purely live acoustic performance, lit by candlelight. Oh, and those beeps you here in the background are from the smoke detectors complaining that they’re running on battery power. (These new ones are unbelievably hard to disarm.)
—Lyrics—
I have nothing to show for myself
after years spent in furious pursuit
I have nothing to lose but my loss
and I think I’ve lost that
28 years and none of them wise
I’m in the bathroom counting the tiles
28 years to arrive just in time
I’m in the bathroom counting the tiles
I have nothing to show you my dear
I have nothing worth writing in words
I have nothing to lose but your lose
so don’t let me lose that
Cool! For whatever reason, there was a disconnect for me between the music and vocals I was hearing and you, my cousin Chris. But seeing this video sort of removed that misconception. You really DO play guitar.