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This song has been kicking around Califone world for some years. Lyrically, it's a Hieronymus Bosch painting that takes place in a LA tent city. Corners packed with humans and beasts screaming for divine (or any kind of) intervention. Though it’s never written on a set list, we still pull it out and play abstract, improvisational versions of this song at shows. Sometimes as a reward for a good audience, sometimes as a test of patience to a fidgety audience.

This studio version was recorded at Big Ego in Long Beach, CA at the same time we did most of the basic tracks for villagers. The band consisted of Rachel Blumberg on drums, Stephen Hodges on percussion, Wally Boudway on bass. Max Knouse, Michael Krassner and I all played guitars. I added some organ and piano later on but this is mostly the sound of the live band going at it.

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Califone is an acclaimed musical project centered around Tim Rutili and a regular and rotating list of contributors. Formed out of the Chicago band Red Red Meat, they've been exploring the tension between experimental noise, acoustic texture, technology, humanity, cinematic images and microscopic poetry since 1998 with over a dozen albums of sleeper hits and enduring classics.

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