Song of the Week: Silkworm

Silkworm: Couldn't You Wait?

Yes, I know I've waxed nostalgic about Silkworm many times here, many more than might be expected from someone who only owns one of the band's albums. But that one album is the mighty Libertine, long out of print but now back via the uncommonly good graces of Comedy Minus One, a fledgling label in Princeton, NJ that's putting out a lot of Silkworm-related material, including Bottomless Pit, the new project of Andy Cohen and Tim Midgett. And "Couldn't You Wait" is the first Silkworm song I ever heard, fifteen years ago on a CMJ Music Monthly disc, and it's been my absolute favorite ever since. So it's an absolute no-brainer linking to it here.

Do you still think you're a god?
Is your first day on the job even over yet?
Is the summertime in heaven grand?
Is it fifty-nine past the eleven hand?

No, I have little or no idea what any of it means, but I love it all the same. Hope you will too.