I've had this CD for about a year now. I bought it (along with lots of others) after seeing Cry Cry Cry live at Town Hall in NYC -- perhaps the most wonderful musical performance I've ever experienced in 30 years of attending shows. Tracing the musical lineage of the CCC artists leads to a group of incredible singer songwriters. Gorka is one of the best of the group. I've listened to this CD at least a hundred times. I'd say at least twenty times I've listened to it all the way through, then just hit play again. I simply love this album. No question, "Blue Chalk" is an awesome song. But I especially love "Two Good Reasons," "The Mortal Groove" and "Scraping Dixie" (did anyone pick up the reference to "Honore", a James Keelaghan song?). The man has a very rare ability to make words work, to create images, impossible images, notions... it's what poetry is all about. And great music that works with it. A rare, rare artist. J. Mark Lane