You’re taking me down Breaking me down again Circling around Spinning toward the bottom It’s a place we know Where we always go We can’t get lost We know the way Do we crave the dark Long for misery Embrace the end To only rise again

Track 4 from my 2010 RPM Challenge Album "King Astro" written and recorded entirely in February.

Track 3 from my 2010 RPM Challenge Album "King Astro" written and recorded entirely in February.

Track 2 from my 2010 RPM Challenge Album "King Astro" written and recorded entirely in February.

Track 1 from my 2010 RPM Challenge Album "King Astro" written and recorded entirely in February.

Another angry song. My boss once handed me a spreadsheet about cost prices from vendors and said "I don't like the way this looks". I wondered if the upper management looked at salary costs the same way, and that led to this song.

For me, one of the side effects of unemployment is insomnia. I am the kind of person who worries about things, and often that worry extends into the night time hours. I sang this after a particularly difficult night. The vocals aren't the best…

I have an older brother like this . . .

Things always go as planned. Yeah, right.

This is the title track of my RPM 2010 album. It describes how I juggle the bills each week and try to make ends meet. If you know the old joke, if the ends would not necessarily meet but just wave at each other once in a while, I'd be happy.