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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A drowsy little piece for piano, recommended for nap time. The title comes from Keats. Thanks, Keats.

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This little verse can be found in The Doug Skinner Dossier, available from Black Scat Books. Poor Milt! MILT Milt wandered down the dusty street, And felt his life was incomplete. He lifted up his troubled gaze From all the city’s bustling ways, Its squalid fights and sordid trysts, And saw a mountain in the […]

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I’ve written a number of pieces for viola and keyboard, mostly because the violist David Gold is willing to play them. I plan to write one for each letter of the alphabet (“A Grim Reckoning” doesn’t count). So far, these are the titles: A Grim Reckoning Doze Kibosh Lullabilious Nocebo Onus Parget Qualm Respite Stint […]

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