Featuring: Maddy Bunker, lyrics, guitar ideas Randy Leclair, lyrics, guitar, vocals, mandolin, bass Angela Nadeau, lyrics David Susman, lyrics, piano, commentary Amber Tatnall, lyrics, ukulele

There are several theories concerning the extinction of Neanderthal humans 30,000 years ago. I am struck by the replacement of skilled hunters by aggressive agriculturists -- we're pretty much Cain, aren't we?

Lyrics by Brian Damage of Domestic Science.

This is a haiku -- there is no deeper meaning. We're only counting.

Full name is "The Morphing Architecture Of The New England Vatican". This is another RPM 2010 track. I have weird dreams where your average New England city is juxtaposed with some holy Old World locale. The music and lyrics arose from that…

Sprachgeist is a German term meaning the "spirit of language". This one ties into the theme from 2009's RPM Challenge Album. (Like A Dark Mirror Keeping Its Secrets).

This was one of the unnamed tracks that I recorded, forgot about, and rediscovered later in the month. It's basically about working the night shift on an office job. (You see really weird things at night when an office building is empty and quiet…