Beware all ye who enter here. This song's a stern warning that being the front man of a band is not what it's cracked up to be. Consider yourself warned.

The title track. I still like this one, though it is somewhat dense, sonically speaking. Another song where I think I pulled of the lyrics relatively well.

When anger knows no bounds. When betrayal begets rage. When sleep brings no rest. When fighting is just the beginning.

The horn line came first, I started humming it in the garage one very cold morning in Feb. I was stuck for a title, until a friend used Kismet in a sentence. It's a fun bouncy number, though the mix is kind of bad.

Another of the three songfight inspired titles. Painted Tense (the title) actually came from a band name generator website. I thought it might make a good song title so I submitted it to the RPM HQ person doing the name-from-a-hat picking. I would…

This is a song about our relationship, and about the differences in our backgrounds and our families. My better half might disagree, but there's more truth here than rumor. ER

This is a song about our relationship, and about the differences in our backgrounds and our families. My better half might disagree, but there's more truth here than rumor. ER

This is a song about our relationship, and about the differences in our backgrounds and our families. My better half might disagree, but there's more truth here than rumor. ER

This is the wish of every traveling musician who has a loved one at home.

Finally back to work with this latest album. It's a bit backward looking, but still swanky enough.