Contemplating the Engine Room (2 LP, 180 Gram, Includes Download)CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM is an Enhanced CD and contains both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files. Personnel: Mike Watt (vocals, bass); Nels Cline (guitar); Stephen Hodges (drums). Recorded at Front Page Recorders, Burbank, California from May 5 27, 1997. Mike Watt's CONTEMPLATING THE ENGINE ROOM succeeds as a concept album by treating its subject as a means to a musical end, rather than falling into the self indulgent trap