Half-Handed Cloud Cut Me Down & Count My Rings CD

Cut Me Down & Count My Rings is a collection of rarities, singles, and b-sides by indefatigable DIY pop musician John Ringhofer, AKA Half-Handed Cloud. Until now, these songs were only available on vinyl, as a cassingle, with a zine, as a couple limited-edition CD-EPs, or among the tracks of a few compilation albums. The themes are accordingly diverse: they include sheep, Psalms, werewolves, list-making, bees, stories from scripture and Christmas. Some of the songs served as transitions between previous Half-Handed Cloud releases or built upon themes from the full-lengths.

1. You Call Yourself Our Shepherd 2. It's Better to Follow the Shepherd 3. The Shepherd's Reach 4. Always Running Away 5. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray 6. Good-Good Path 7. What Great Things...! 8. Leaving' the Ninety-Nine 9. Clothe Yourself Within Us 10. You Call Yourself Our Shepherd (Reprise) 11. Cot-Roof 12. He's Not the Swindler We Are 13. Dear John [Original Version][Version] 14. Was He Really Doubting? 15. Couple Kings Close the Road on a Giant, PTS. 2-4 16. Once, Twice, Seven Times a Werewolf 17. Bees Are Trying to Build Their Nest in You 18. Bees Baked a Loaf for Me (Or Flour from Flowers?) 19. Who Brought These Up? 20. Isaiah 49 21. Never in Labor! 22. We're Not Getting Well 23. Took Your Tablets 24. I Got a Letter 25. Ten Commandment Tombstone 26. Here's a List 27. Sewing Wind to Fabric 28. Chins 29. Finding 30. Oily 31. Ploughmen 32. Buffet 33. Pause 34. When Overwhelmed with Dread 35. Missing 36. Winding 37. Cut-Down 38. Got-It 39. To Fill 40. Loathed 41. Couple Kings Close the Road on a Giant, Pt. 1 42. Pre-Teen Apocalyptic Film Acting (Why? Medley) 43. Ode to Team Pinecone 44. The * That Moved-Around the Night 45. Plant a Little Fir Tree 46. Home for Christmas