Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you all know our plans. As of now, we are shifting our focus to the festival circuit rather than a grassroots premiere run. This is the best possible way for us to bring Silkworm’s story and music to a wider audience. We’re finalizing the rough cut and looking to have things rolling by the end of the year. Thanks for your patience! More to come soon!
We are still looking for a few clips to include in the film:
The first is a short clip of Matt Pinfield on 120 minutes introducing the “Wet Firecracker” video. This aired sometime before Feb 1997, when “Firewater” came out. (the copy we have is cut off at the beginning)
Second, we are looking for any news footage covering Michael’s death. More specifically, we were hoping to find an initial report of the crash (which would have aired around July 14-16, 2005) and a story on the sentencing (which would have aired November 26, 2007) with Tim Midgett being interviewed outside the court house (this happened on a few stations but I think the one we are looking for is CBS Chicago). Still, we will look at and consider ANY footage.
If anyone can help with this stuff, please let us know here or at silkworm_documentary at yahoo dot com.
Hey everyone! Welcome to the new site for the Silkworm documentary, “Couldn’t You Wait?” We recently finished the rough cut and are currently wrapping up post-production. Tim Midgett, the leader/bass player, wrote this about the movie:
“A Silkworm documentary has been in the works for the last six years.
Saw a rough cut this weekend.
Unbelievably accurate, both in the details and in capturing the spirit of the band. I couldn’t have done it, even if I’d had the desire or ability to do it.
It is disorienting to be historicized. I don’t like nostalgia. I don’t commemorate things or reminisce much unless it serves as a commentary on the present somehow. I like to regard things as a continuum, you know?
The film forces me to acknowledge the past, and it forces me to recognize a break in the line between now and back when Andy and I started making music together, as kids. Some amazing footage of Ein Heit being interviewed. Andy must be 14.
Of course Michael’s death is always with me, but a less crushing but still very painful death was that of SKWM. Since Andy and I kept playing music together, I don’t think about that one so much. The movie forces me to think about it.
That said…wow. I’m not sure I have ever owed anyone in my life the way I owe Seth Pomeroy about now. I barely even took any pictures, and now we have this. So flattering, but still to scale. So impeccably done using such minimal source material. It’s pitch perfect. “Oh, it would be nice if he used that one picture right here…shit, there it is.”
Extraordinarily touched, inordinately pleased. On the verge of tears. A bit dizzy.
Thank you Seth, Shawn, Garland, Gerard, Steve, Stephen, Jeff, Heather, Vickie, TK, Dad, Mom, a couple families worth of Browns, everyone else who is in it or talked to these guys or sent them stuff.”
Our tentative plans are to show the movie in Chicago within the next month, and in Seattle and Montana shortly after. Stay tuned for more updates!