Thanks to The Grimmelman, these old (and one new!) Carissa's Wierd videos have hit my radar. (Warning: quality poor. Completists only.)

See Sympathy Bush for a fairly typical, if unusually audience-friendly bit of show (Is Mat standing up? Looking past the front of the stage?). Even a bit more audience-friendly is this "S with Mat Brooke" take (from 2008!) of One Night Stand. This one is the only YouTube video I've seen where I can get behind all of the comments (all four). They both seem sort of healthy and happy. Finally, the wovewy Wierd in the beloved Baltic Room in 1999. It's even a pleasure to watch, that one, with its colors and its lights.

Trawling around the internet for further Carissa's Wierdiana, I found this amusing nobbet:

At some point there came the infamous letter to The Stranger (May 10th, 2001), pointing out that the Stranger had plugged Carissa's Wierd 38 times in the last year and half. The letter wasn't written to cry overexposure, but to express concern that the Stranger wasn't doing nearly enough because, "...this situation is clearly unacceptable. Carissa's Wierd is still nowhere near as famous as they deserve to be. The Stranger is just going to have to try harder in the future." This was the spirit of the times.

[Three Imaginary Girls](http://www.threeimaginarygirls.com/imaginaryboycarissawierd.asp)

(The Stranger's not known for being easy to please.)

It was a time in our lives that came, and went.