Frank’s Depression - Video: “Window Watcher” (1990) 12 minutes. Frank Hobbs, Eve Gilbert. A Video by J.E.Moores, Wankin’ Woo Woo Productions.
I met Frank Hobbs and Eve Gilbert in Portland Maine in 1990. Frank and I became good friends, and I helped work on many of his projects. I had a 4-track and a giant clunky VHS camcorder so he and I recorded Frank reading his Depression Poetry. He wanted weird sound effects in the background, so we worked on that too. Then we thought it would be fun to make a short video. I’d run the video camera, while he and Eve perform some of Frank’s writing. The video “Window Watcher” was edited by Jordan Kratz and myself on two VCR decks at Jordan’s house. My copy of the video was lost to a flood, so I’m glad Jordan still had his copy.
