This is one of the songs I wrote for Filthy Time that's been hiding in the back of a notebook waiting for music to be chugged out. I'm really glad I let this seep for a while before letting loose.

This song is one of the few i wrote just for Abide. I've been listening almost non-stop to Dylan's latest release and this is what I got out of it. I mean no disrespect to Bob, just trying to sing my songs.

I. The triumphant space pioneers land on the new planet, set up camp and decide to have a party.

II. Off in the distance, an ion storm is brewing while the space colonists enjoy cocktails on the spaceship's veranda.

III. The ion storm draws nearer to base camp, and with it, weird alien creatures that are part bug, part raw energy. The bugs play fetch with the elemental forces that surround them.

IV. While the space colonists are sleeping, the alien creatures descend on their camp. A battle between space bugs and the interstellar Orkin man ensues. The space pioneers beat a hasty retreat from the supercharged bugs.

V. The bug-like creatures celebrate their victory over the alien invaders (formerly known as space pioneers).

1, Intro to the arduous task of facing one's personal wall.

2. "This Wall Within Me" exposes the struggle to overcome one's own limitations during the RPM challenge. Story (and struggle) by Mick, music by Alan Hall

4. The prog album's musical climax, with full orchestral treatment. I did NOT get the London Symphony to come to the session, alas.

5. The 'Hidden" track, appears after a lengthy pause on the CD version. The little artsy trick that all prog albums must have at the end.

Self-titled opening track from Dead In The Water. Part one of the Format Sea suite.

Part 3 of the Format Sea suite. Probably the closest thing to honest-to-goodness electronica here.

Format Sea - Part Four. The outro. (One of the spots where I actually think I got the vocals fairly okay.)

Sorry - I forgot to take my medication when I came up with this one. It began as an exercise in strange sound effects, and developed into this exploration of headphone space.

There's some kind of Tool/Pain Of Salvation vibe to this one, albeit murked up by a lot of electronic ambience.

Book III

brainstorming. voice belongs to Sister Savage. I hijacked it from some audio notes she sent for a song we are working on. The guitars and percussion were written and recorded in an hour. They replaced a previous musical section that I spent…