In April (2008), my good friend Brian took his own life after a twenty-year battle with bipolar disorder and chemical dependency. I've been friends with Brian since the first grade, and it is hard to explain the sorrow felt in losing a close friendship that spanned from childhood to middle-adulthood. At this point, 19 December 2008, it has been almost exactly one year since I took one last walk with Brian before he reentered treatment (for the umteenth time). It was a wonderful walk around Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun. We told stories and shared ideas, but it would be the last of many of these conversations. When he emerged in April, I spoke with Brian on the phone about a week before his death. I earnestly looked forward to seeing him again, but I was realistic -- reorienting himself back into "real-life" was always difficult after being in treatment, and this time, he did not make it.

Brian really despised computers and always called himself an "old fashioned" kind of guy, so I figured it would be appropriate to spite him and place a page on the ABDOMEN site to post some of Brian's works and things he helped create or inspired. Clearly, Brian considered himself a poet, so I hope you take some time to read his poems here..


Back in November (2007), I visted New York City and walked around Central Park with old Abdomen founding member O'Dell. It had been nearly 15 years since we had seen one another in the flesh (see photo). He seemed good, and it was great to swap our life stories from the past 15 years or so. He gave me a collection of tunes he has created collectively called "Sonic Adventures, Part 1". You can check out his myspace page here.





Autunm 1999, Abdomen's second CD and first collection of new material after four years was released in November of 1999. Autumn 1999 includes new songs by Brakob, Jalas, Pink, M, and Kirak.

If you are interested in a copy, just send me an e-mail with ABDOMEN in the title (as I might not see your e-mail burried in my junk mail box without ABDOMEN in the title). The entire CD is available in MP3 format, and I can post it here if you would like. Send your requests to me.






Converting Old Albums to MP3.
Someday, I would like to continue the painstaking process of converting many of Abdomen's old albums to a digital format. If anyone has a request, the master tapes are now sitting in my study. I'll post the results to the website.





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