Show Me Your Basement Maplewood Bands

It’s a kind of magic that occurs when band members throw together a tune without discussion, without planning, just by finding a groove. That’s what happened when I asked the members of The Caterpillar Book to play me a quick tune to promote Maplewoodstock 2009, an outdoor music festival that takes place every year in Maplewood. Here’s my latest piece of video journalism as it ran in The New York Times’ blog, The Local.