Lorelei reaches her breaking point after years of abuse — via a failed attempt at an homage to Ennio Morricone (had he been Mexican).

The Creation meets The Three O' Clock meets (unwittingly) Oasis. I plunder shamelessly in a pair of striped trousers and mod 'target' t-shirt.

Abakua refers to a secret, Afro-Cuban, male society of percussionists - as I understand it, one had to be initiated into this society before they would be taught how to play percussion in their style. One of their hallmarks is to impose what I…

For Mom because she liked the harmonica. We love you and miss you.

Just messing around on a Saturday morning. A rough cut at best, but I get a kick out of it. This is a song by the great Jimmy Dean - 1961 I used to spin this 45 RPM record way back when I wore a young boy's clothes. I always wanted to cover…

Been carrying this around since 1982, finally recorded it. Composed when we were expecting our first child, hence the anxiety.

CROSS-OVER POLYRHYTHMS This is actually a type of enharmonic polymeter, where 2 rhythms with **different meters** (i.e., a different numbers of beats/measure) are played at the **same tempo**: the measures do not line up each time. These rhythms…

Well, this is the hastily written, poorly performed, weakly sung, badly mixed love song I threw together a few years back about the last time I saw the Northern Lights. It happened to be the night I fell in love with my future wife (and knew…

Been carrying this around since 1982, finally recorded it. Composed when we were expecting our first child, hence the anxiety.

First done by Dock Boggs back in the 20s, it's a great piece of melancholy parafunalia. Eerie to think it's a suicide note and reassuring to know he was still a tough old bird 40 years later.