walter had just turned 71. He had made his fortune through his robot factory. His favorite had been the one created that he called Bobby. He was one of a kind. 'Bobby, be a friend and make an old man happy. My eyes are growing dim. Take me to…

The darkness was all encoumpassing in the west fork of Oak Creek Canyon. The party cougar visited us that first night. He drank all of our whiskey and stole all of our women. The party cougar cares only about himself.

I watched as she walked back across the border. There was no one waiting to question her. she turned back to look at me from the other side of the fence. I couldn't decide which side of the wall I was on. Goodbye my Penelope.

I should mention I was thoroughly tanked on sangria when I made this one. It just seemed appropriate...

We had a complex version of this, but towards the end of recording the 2009 RPM CD, The Zinacantan number, we just put the amp & a ribbon mic in the bathroom & recorded this in one pass.

Written by D. Oettinger, this performance by Helen Sventitsky is different from any version we'd recorded --& is better