Road Gallery

In the middle of Wyoming, at dusk,
The Mermen encounter a fleet of BART
trains fleeing San Francisco the only
way they know how...on trucks. (A Truck
Stop off Route 80 near Laramie, WY.
April 20th, 1995)

After a radio interview in Boulder
the dj, "Agent 99", realizes that
Jim IS the new Messiah. Jim thinks
that she is realizing something else.
Note the Star Trek campaign sticker
behind their heads. Coincidence? Don't
bet on it! (KGNU-FM 88.9 studios "music
and politics are too important to be
left to professionals" - Boulder, CO.
April 21st, 1995)

Among the scrapbook of geological
and meteorological memories this rates
very high. A sunday brunch above 7500
feet with new friends. (The Salinas
Cafe - Boulder, CO. April 23rd, 1995)

Martyn confronting a Missouri
(the show-me state) supermarket
selection of tea. It's 7AM. Note
the comment just above his head.
(Headed east of St. Louis, MO.
April 23rd, 1995)

More proof to the rumour
that drummers like children.
(Granny Killam's - Portland, ME. April 30th, 1995)

"For God so loved the World...."
(Derek and Jane's Apartment - Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY. May 2nd, 1995)

More than 15 years ago Jim lived
in this exact bungalow. Property
values seem to have declined since then.
He says he worked as a waiter and
surfed and that was it.
(Sea Girt, New Jersey. May 4th, 1995)

Jim communicating with the only
person on the whole tour who really
understands him.
(The Dingo Bar - Albuquerque, NM. May 13th, 1995)

(from left) Jim, an unidentified
friend, and Miguel, the man responsible
for getting The Mermen out of San
Francisco and into the west. Miguel
books and co-runs The Dingo Bar. There
are two bullet holes in one of Jim's
guitars that are his.
(The Dingo Bar - Albuquerque, NM. May 14th, 1995)