In the 15th spot is one of my final hand-drawn-on-paper (with pencil and marker) covers, crating a slight 3-D effect. I think this album has the distinction of having the longest Roman Numeral, and the shortest number of tracks: three. No, wait, that would be a tie with my "Scary Stuff" album (with a brick wall and Ω as graffiti, that didn't make this list). But this one DOES have the longest track, a mostly unedited hour-long jam with me, Phil Schuessler and Tim Stutts, the first of many we did. I say "largely" unedited because it was actually 10 minutes longer and I faded in and out to make room for the other two pieces! But more on the art: recall that the idea for my cover art, including the Roman Numerals, came from the band Chicago? Imagine my surprise then upon experiencing the coincidence of having just reviewed this album that I received in the mail my purchase of Chicago's most recent album, with a very similar cover, stylistically (in B&W), 14 years after I did mine. I guess it was bound to happen.
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