My birthcry will be the sound of every telephone on the planet ringing in unison

"The Origin of Suffering", the new Far From Your Sun album, will take you from the banks of the Nile in Ancient Egypt to the heart of the 19th century and the poems of Emily Dickinson and Oscar Wilde, from the coming of Jesus on earth to the signs of the end of the world. Prepare yourself for a historical, spiritual, emotional and artistic journey.

Here is an archive of the early days of Slender Pickens and the various bands he helped start in the 1980's.  From the 1985 4-track cassette session where Slender and his brother Flat became the Brothers Hairballamazov to the following year when Slender moved out to the Pacific Northwest and started the Rootin' Tootin' High Falutin Sedro Wolley Jug Band with some like minded fellas at Western Washington University.  Then there was Buzz Cookie.  And eventually, the '90s brought The Swing Nuts.  Along with the brother's original 4-track studio session, here are some live tid bits, generally recorded on a boom box from across the room - lovingly tranfered from cassette to digital using a Walkman with a USB cord and a laptop.

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