I set up my antique Roland TR-707 Beatbox, a vocal mic, an amp, and tried to play this “live”. It came out pretty bad, and I thought I’d have to toss it. But after a couple day’s retrospection, I decided to save the rhythm guitar and drum tracks…

This was recorded “Live” (even if it was the fourth take), and did no “fixes” to anything. So this is what I “really sound like”. I am happy with the bridge, which I came up with about 5 minutes before hitting “record…

A song about the upcoming End of the World. They tell me that the world is almost ended the calender runs out and there's nothing more to say The sun will flicker out and leave us all to die So many things will be left undone You and I will…

A song I wrote when I was about 19 years old. I never thought it was good enough to record. Maybe I was wrong! I float around in a pool of slime I can't be seen with the naked ey You know it's gonna be lotsa fun To munch out on a bacterium…

I wanted more songs that WEREN'T about death and destruction. This song is not really autobiographical. I go down to my basement room To get away from everything To forget forgettable days Try to find something interesting Got a big comfy…

An oldie, which I recorded very badly on a 4-track back in the 20th century. I have always wanted to do a "full" version with the bombastic fanfare I always envisioned. Here it is. I grind my butt into the sand where the ocean meets the…

Another song I once recorded badly on a 4-track. This one is not so much changed from the original, just a better performance (I hope!) and recording. Well I'm rusting away and I'm soon gonna die 'cause my body is slowly being oxidized and I…

I found out I could make this weird noise scratching over the center pickup on my strat. I looped it and built an "instrumental" over it.

This song IS autobiographical. I been thinkin about what they call the best-case scenario And it's 20 more years of this shit, don't you know dealing with stuff I don't give a damn about in return for a certain pecuniary amount ref: can't…

I recently read Walden, and spent a lot of time thinking about Thoreau's idea that it is folly to suffer to put away against future suffering. But of course that would be silly advice to follow. Save my money for a rainy day It’s the way so they…

It seems everybody I know takes a pile of subscriptions. I wonder if I'm missing out. Needless to say, this was bitchin' hard to sing, and I cheated like hell. Got old and fat just sittin around waitin till a new solution is found Solve my…

This was the song I had to pull out of my wazoo on Monday night to finish the challenge. I didn't try anything fancy, since I had not time for re-takes, but I think it came out OK. It could really use a country slide-guitar or something, though…

Believe it or not, I was sitting in a hotel room reading Tolkien when I came up with this. Actually, the amazing thing is that I actually remembered enough of it when I got home a week later. Needless to say, this took a lot of time to record…

I dreamed this song, including the lyrics. Perhaps that's obvious.

Mr. Thomas Brett wrote these lyrics and challenged me to create a song around them. Tried the guitar solo a dozen times, then finally it just "came out". Originally Recorded on a Fostex 4-track cassette and remastered.

Another of the "Recipe Songs". Maybe not as successful as the first, but much better than the others, which I have omitted. Originally Recorded on a Fostex 4-track cassette and remastered.

Written and recorded shortly after the death of "John John".

The first and most successful of my "Recipe Songs". My idea was to have TRULY meaningful lyrics by making them useful as well. This cake is really really good. No, I didn't bake it and I don't have the original recipe any longer. Sorry. Originally…

One of the first songs I ever wrote, then recorded many years later when I began to be able to play guitar a little. Written before I'd ever even heard of AIDS, which is why it is not mentioned in the lyrics. Originally Recorded on a Fostex…

Written and recorded not long after the death of my favorite person ever, Jerry Garcia. Originally Recorded on a Fostex 4-track cassette and remastered.