Translator's "Everywhere That I'm Not" as performed by School for the Dead (mp3)

Yesterday, I went out into the beautiful summer afternoon and discovered the incredible root system of the sumac.

When we moved into our place last year, there were two sumac trees in the middle of the back yard. Though, generally this plant is considered a weed, our former homeowner decided to make them a focal point of the backyard. That's cool, they actually are very attractive plants, "the northern palm" is what I call them. The thing is, we decided to get rid of them becasue they were right in the center of the yard and therefore would make badminton next to impossible. So, we chopped them down earlier in the spring.

Now there are about 40 tiny new trees trying to grow, and I say no, no, no. So I went out there with my little dandelion fork and tried to pull a few up. That's easier said then done. These persistent little buggers are the "icebergs of the south" and I was only seeing their tips. Though the little plant might only be three or four inches about the ground, I've discovered that it's roots are thicker and longer than you would imagine. I pulled one up that stretched about five feet long, snaking through the dirt and connecting to the root of another plant, from there it dove down down down, out of reach. It's like a giant web of rubbery wood under there.

To make the process a bit more enjoyable, I brought my sony discman out with me and since I have all these old live SFTD concert recordings to eventually go through, I plopped in a disc of a show at The Elevens from May 9, 2003.

And I discovered this:
School for the Dead covers Translator's Everywhere That I'm Not (MP3)

I had forgotten that we even did this song. Hope you enjoy the mp3. Perhaps it's the first in a succession of others to follow. Perhaps each will have a completely unrelated story here on the Rockumentary like this one did.