Poor Poppy. Cowboy yips and broken hearts.

About a trip to Des Moines, Iowa, more info here. http://www.sonador.us

three striped gum falls out of an old dresser drawer fills my head with memories from before causes me to close the door i feel rotten to the core three striped gum falls out of my pocket in the rain what would have happened if i played…

The first version. This is the first and only song I wrote on [arrsuarez](http://alonetone.com/arrsuarez)'s Christmas gift to me, a mbira that he lovingly crafted by hand. ![mbira](http://img.skitch.com/20090309-qan7jaha9gtbge23e6d3aqh2td…

This is one of my first ambient tracks, and it's been made up largely of sounds I've captured on a handheld recorder over the last five or so years. Dark, and more than a little creepy.

I read Carla Zilbersmith's blog, carlamuses.blogspot.com, which inspired the song. She's rather inspiring herself.

You really want to get there, but you just can't find it, but the ride is entertaining. I'm rewriting the lyrics. It's not quite oblique enough, or so I'm told.