During the summer of 1996, I lived in Easthampton, MA (just outside of Northampton/Amherst) with a couple guys, playing in a band called Lumber. The two guys were Todd Bourret and Ravi Jonnal, both friends from school. It was a really great time, mostly because I was just living off savings (and the proceeds from selling my ‘cello). We had rented a practice space in some abandoned warehouse. I would go there every night around 11pm or so and record music until 4am.

NW/SW:

• 1. Organic I
• 2. Dollar Down Drafts
• 3. Effects of Aircraft
• 4. Au Pays de Cocaine
• 5. First Sight
• 6. East of Nowhere
• 7. Dollar Down Deal
• 8. Organic II
• 9. That Special Girl
• 10. Rockhead
• 11. May 28
• 12. Dirty Pictures
• 13. Europe ‘96
• 14. Cold Cuts and Whiskey
• 15. Organic III

Originally, the album consisted of 20 unique songs, but I removed some of the tunes to keep the length of the album more manageable. Here are some rough mixes of the 8 missing songs:

• 1. Cheap Sunglasses
• 2. Cucumbers
• 3. Ego Trip
• 4. Day Stars
• 5. Excuse You
• 6. July 16
• 7. Strike It Rich
• 8. The Graduate