this was my last rpm song...i had a little mandolin riff and threw on the kazoo (which broke in the last verse), and it reminded me a happy bee buzzing around...and there you have it!

The lyrics were co-written with Mike Novak. I sent him the music, and we worked from there. I've done that a bunch with friends from Canada (Me Man Jack - check them out) and its fun to collaborate..

I heard someone say to an undergraduate class, 'you're on your way to everywhere' and I loved that line. This is sort of a Beatle-esque tune. My friend Mike Levine stopped by while recording a showed me a new jig on the mandolin. I recorded…

An RPM 2009 song. Well, this was a personal story for me that came about when your past intersects (briefly) with the present. Lyrics: 20 years running through time and I remember all the magic lines that in our younger days we drew…

a young space whale is looking for its mother....its swimming in the vicinity of the moon Europa...it calls for her..and calls..and calls...the mother hears the call and answers back...they rendezvous at Europa

Based on a trip to Italy while reading Neil Gaiman's Sandman series...my drummer(s) bailed on me at the last minute..so no drums here...boo hoo but maybe in the future

I was planning on doing a theme-based rpm this year on outer space, but didn't manage to get all the rpm songs to fit. I've been reading a lot of Stanislaw Lem - probably my favorite science fiction author - and dedicate this to him. His books…

Messing around with a Korg. Part of my outer-space theme - the Apollo program ended with Apollo 17...imagine if they had 51 missions! Also, a subtle link to Area 51.

i tell K.G. that this one is like the allman brothers and bruce springsteen doing a tune together. another kick ass K.G. tune. we played this thing alot and nailed this take live!

K.G. had a moody theme going on some of his tunes this year. love his words. this song is very easy on my ears. hope you agree.