My talk on anomalous music, “Music from Elsewhere,” was recorded by Morbid Anatomy, and is now available on their Patreon site, here. I’ll be doing another talk, with different music, April 27 at NYU, as part of the Profane Illuminations series organized by Strange Attractor Books.

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The Muses give me some poetic advice. THE MUSES SPEAK If you write about your feelings, We will throw potato peelings. If you start to air confessions, We’ll urge psychiatric sessions. If your work becomes too earnest, We’ll suggest that it be furnaced. If your work becomes too solemn, We will turn our spinal column. […]

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Le Scat Noir, the online journal published by Black Scat Books, has suspended publication. With it, so has my regular page of musical instruments. This is the last one I drew, the 18th. That means I’ve come up with 162 instruments, which is quite an orchestra. Well, I’ll keep drawing them, and try to make […]

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Here’s a keyboard reduction of the 8th string quartet (see last post). Oh, those spheres!

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My old band, White Knuckle Sandwich, often performed this lively and informative number. When we spelled out “oblongata,” Anne and Jen pointed to their T and A, which are other parts of the human anatomy.

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A cheery tribute to a special friend.

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Here’s another page of my musical instrument drawings. They’re appearing every month in Le Scat Noir, available for no money from Black Scat Books. The next issue is due out April 1. Watch this space!

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A set of variations on a vigorous tune, named after iced coffee with rum.

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The “Music for Six Game Calls and Buzzer” has never been performed, but I hope it would make a cheerful racket.

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I’ve drawn imaginary musical instruments for years. Here are a few.

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