this one almost didn't make it. jess turned in heroic gtr+vox through a sore throat.

(um, what the title says)

thump thump thump

what is that?

the thing, cast outside the gates of gormenghast.

i like this song as a song but i have NO DAMNED IDEA how to arrange, perform, or record it. acoustic it's missing intensity. i can't make it work with drums and bass. this version with electric gtr and kbds is barely listenable. if there's one…

watch out

the brightest comes inside

The *cough* future *cough* mayor of Chicago holding court with his corporate backers.

I (Al) love this song that Jess wrote for our first album (Manhattan-Monee). I recorded this version while learning to play dulcimer in late 2008, with my horrible crappy recording setup. Randomly stumbled on it cleaning out some files, thought…