Dial Tone Dead
Dreams of Love and Sailing (practice rough) Dreams of Love and Sailing (practice rough)
Picture by Maria Frisk.
Town Got Somethin' Good (rough) messed up change Town Got Somethin' Good (rough) messed up change
Something like jazz: "This town's got big shots/ this town's got little shots/ this town don't know just what it got/ But then there's me/ and then there's you/ So you know this town's got something good..."
Come To You After (rough) work in progress Come To You After (rough) work in progress
Can You Help Me (cassette dub) Can You Help Me (cassette dub)
"Westfield was the city..." (Photo: "Westfield Drugs" by Paul Curreri)
Blue City (with bass) Blue City (with bass)
John Perry rides shotgun on this one. Inspired by a club he used to thump bass at in D.C.
Blue Door of the Evening Blue Door of the Evening
...she don't think that way, anymore. Not since she's been behind the blue door of the evening...
Giving It Up (rough practice) Giving It Up (rough practice)
Driving All Day Driving All Day
I Saw You (rough rehersal take) I Saw You (rough rehersal take)
The New Song The New Song
It's Raining In My City (cassette, low volume) It's Raining In My City (cassette, low volume)
Burns Like Rockets (fragment) Burns Like Rockets (fragment)
Into the Tornado (field recording) Into the Tornado (field recording)
Written on a windy day in Manhattan Beach, CA, with my arch collaborator Jim Frye in 1997. The picture is by Pollock.
Walk dat Walk Walk dat Walk
Once A Bad Man Once A Bad Man
This Time of Year This Time of Year
Left Out in the Yard (lo-fi fragment) Left Out in the Yard (lo-fi fragment)
Start Again Old Friend Start Again Old Friend
...I started thinking I was only drinking 'cause I was only thinking about you...
Life Like a Cigarette (lo-fi fragment) Life Like a Cigarette (lo-fi fragment)
Live to Fight Another Day Live to Fight Another Day
This song was inspired by a favorite saying of Jason Moskowitz. I don't remember who played the guitar.