Messages from the Ionosphere was released May 31, 2005 on Striped Shirt Records.
With Messages from the Ionosphere, I feel I have created my best album yet. It has some of the bigger guitar sounds that I favored before my last CD, I Kid You Not; there's also a couple acoustic numbers and even one with just flute, words, and percussion— more of a poem to a beat. Of course you'll find more songs about star watching and appreciating good things in life... And dreams: more about both the daytime ones and the R.E.M. ones. Of course with my poetry sometimes comes a bit of silliness. I can't help it; I find humor in a lot of seriousness.
Some of my new songs:
- Visitors: About the hopeful prospect of sharing ideas with our neighbors.
- Like Zero: Lively idea about optimism and the strength you're born with.
- Boulders: A dream, an emotional poem about an unemotional object.
- Don't Doubt: About not putting limitations on people.
- Hello from Illinois: About reaching that place, a little tardy but appreciated.
The music made me feel good, and I hope it does the same for you. I had a lot of fun making this album
Darlene Wentland-Wiktor put lead guitar tracks on a couple songs. Ted Kloba played bass and helped with production.
