The phrase "Ugly Ass Pine Trees of Home" had been stuck in my head for at least 5 years. Glad to finally get the words down. Tried numerous takes "singing" this one, but the recitation works much better than any of them. (Note that "better…

Another Sudoku puzzle track. Appropriately queasy and loopy, as the road weariness settles in.

Keyboard loops over manipulated field recording.

Drum loops, pawn shop guitar, and rain recorded from the hotel room window. Intended to add more guitar, or at least more chords, but never got around to it. Feels like longer than 3 minutes, 30 seconds...

Manipulated field recording.

Can't remember where the chord sequence came from. (Maybe Loblolly later in the album?) Programmed drums and keys, me on guitar and bass, and my old robot friends on vocals.

Just how my brain works: nine lines and nine columns in a Sudoku puzzle... Take a six-string guitar and 3/4 of a bass, and that's nine strings. The number in each box is both the fret number and the number of quarter notes to hold. Puzzle number…

Manipulated field recording.

Ham-fisted Primus mimicry with robot vocals in place of my voice. Drum loops, but me on bass and guitar.

Programmed drums and pawn shop guitar through plugins.