This was intended to go much longer than it did, and take a darker or heavier twist...but instead it just ended.

Mostly driven by electronics, most of the people who listened to its demo form said it was too repetitive. After I added the guitar overdubs and the break in the middle, those same people liked it much better.

Lightnin' Hopkins song that sticks with me.

Partly about the wars in the Middle East, partly about a dream I had when I was 8, partly about all sorts of random other stuff.

Yum Yum Yum

(Hogard) Drony improvisation. Bugger of a time EQ'ing it. Closing of the ritual and transition to the married state.

(Hogard) Yeah.

(Traditional) Kiddie song learned from kindergarten teacher. Not quite the same vibe here, though. New instruments.

(Tudor) Henry VIII of England's most famous composition, passably included here for additional merriment.