Eddie Gray, my ventriloquial sidekick, became a detective in this skit, which we performed at various downtown spaces in the ’80s.  Jay Geary played Sergeant Groggins, and I portrayed Eddie’s assistant, thus giving Eddie two clueless adults to deal with.

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These earrings were made at the request of Dr. Mamie Caton.  I photocopied my original color drawings onto acetate, then cut them out.  A pinhole was made in the tab, and the appropriate earring technology inserted there.

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“Eddie Unchained” was the most elaborate appearance I ever devised for my dummy, Eddie Gray. He was the star of this musical, supported by me, my other dummy Lloyd, the fine actress Ivy Austin (replacing Alice Playten on short notice), and a fine string quartet (Robert Zubrycki, Cenovia Cummins, Carol Benner, and Benjamin Whittenburg). I […]

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I played a bit part as a character called “Lute Guy” on the eighth episode of the TV show Ed. This was back in 2000; the episode was called “The Whole Truth.” I guess it’s still airing somewhere, as I get occasional residual checks.

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George Kuchar’s 1997 video, The Exiled Files of Eddie Gray, was somewhat of a return to his earlier film, The Corruption of the Damned. Larry Leibowitz and Floraine Conners were reunited onscreen; and John Keel, who had played a bit part, was interviewed in his apartment.  I portrayed a Keel expert in an interstitial segment […]

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I joined “Bob Berky and friends” for this romp through the sculpture garden of the Museum of Modern Art.  I wrote a waltz for the occasion; the guards yelled at us for touching the sculptures.

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A setting of a curious nonsense poem, attributed to Richard Corbett (1582-1635).  The accompaniment can be played either by piano or by violin and ‘cello.  Here’s the first bit.

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“En Route” sets my adaptations of three poems by Blaise Cendrars.  The piano part is based on 4-pitch diatonic chords, which are manipulated in various ways.  In this first one, chance procedures determined the direction, duration, and key of each arpeggio.  The violin and voice parts were written over that, using the three pitches left […]

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I don’t remember much about this exhibition. Or the party, for that matter. Terri Hanlon went on to form the Eva Sisters, with Fern Friedman and Deborah Slater; they put on some lively shows back then.

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Graphic scores were on my mind back in 1973; I came up with this way to make one that moved.

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