The hardest thing to find is what's been next to you all along. And the hardest thing to let go of is what you never wanted. This is a second suite of songs, a companion to the last group of five. #1/3. Recorded November 2nd & 3rd.

The Promise of Heaven This material feels very religious, but I am not. It's all a bit more ambiguous than you might think. This and my last group of songs are also not a part of my memory, rather a part of the here and now. This is a second…

Scooter. Where to begin? Scoots had been rescued as a kitten, by a couple of guys who worked at a tire shop. It was cold and the snow was deep and he'd lost both ears and most of his tail to frostbite. But he's a tough bastard. The guys couldn…

Josephine (named after the Empress) was a feral kitten when we caught her, with the worst case of worms I've ever seen. When we brought her back from the vet, she attacked everyone and everything in the house, cats and humans alike. We took it…

Scooter. Where to begin? Scoots had been rescued as a kitten, by a couple of guys who worked at a tire shop. It was cold and the snow was deep and he'd lost both ears and most of his tail to frostbite. But he's a tough bastard. The guys couldn…

Ultimately Sammy live at Club 181, San Francisco, August 11, 1984.

Scooter. Where to begin? Scoots had been rescued as a kitten, by a couple of guys who worked at a tire shop. It was cold and the snow was deep and he'd lost both ears and most of his tail to frostbite. But he's a tough bastard. The guys couldn…

Jesse's spirit animal is the sloth. On the other hand, he's extraordinarily greedy. Top up the food and he's in there first. Freshen up the water, and he's on the scene. It's so bad that we have to lock him up at wet food time or he'll go from…

Juan is a very strange cat. Or a very normal chupacabra. He has 28 toes, and tends to get caught on things. Otherwise he's astonishingly graceful, and an outstanding jumper. And he's quiet, and he's immaculate. He's over 15 years old, and…

Josephine (named after the Empress) was a feral kitten when we caught her, with the worst case of worms I've ever seen. When we brought her back from the vet, she attacked everyone and everything in the house, cats and humans alike. We took it…