...after reading John Steinbeck's IN DUBIOUS BATTLE and watching the John Ford movie of GRAPES OF WRATH. The opening and closing statements are quotes from the Preacher in the movie. A friend said he wanted to do a video of this track. I…

I listened to Emilie's music on her MySpace site and was prompted to write this song. Emilie She's been there. She'll be there. She's part of the landscape At old Uncle Calvin's she's grandfathered in. She'll be there when you need…

I was trying to find an image that expresses how lonely and abandoned I feel. This was it.

This song tells about a guy I know named Gene. GENE AGFE C B Gene had a girlfriend. The band would play and they would dance A…

Rick Babb came to me with this song he had written thinking it might express how I feel about the person missing from my life. It did. I rewrote the verses.

Something just broke and I think it's my heart It wasn't an arrow. It wasn't a dart It mighta been a meter that tore it apart But, something just broke and I think it's my heart G. A bedside bomb with no alarm…

Very, very raw demo for our 09 RPM disc. Drums are a click track & unmixed; needs one more guitar track, eq, channel compression, an honest-to-god mix, etc...

This one was inspired by Wen's mom; and is therefore dedicated to all those musicians doing RPM, and all musicians who toil away at home to make their music despite what their friends & co-workers might think of their efforts.

Didn't really work. Kind of lost the essence of the song by going a bit bonkers on effects and what not. Will return to this (but a lot more simplified) in the future.. comments welcome!