You’d better jump on that bandwagon! You don’t want to be left behind, do you? And now, you can listen to this cautionary song on That Regrettable Weekend (see the previous post).

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That Regrettable Weekend contains 20 of my songs, plus the eponymous instrumental. You can find it on Bandcamp. I play soprano, banjo, and baritone ukuleles; keyboards; Tremoloa; Ukelin; bulbul; xylophone; melodica; bells; psaltery; ocarina; grunt call; trombone; and assorted percussion. And sing, of course. Carol Benner plays viola on three songs. The tracks are: Little […]

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You can now peruse Le Scat Noir 224. It contains an international roster of artists; my contributions are a page of musical instrument drawings, a translation of Alphonse Allais’s story “The Circumspect Criminal,” and a page from my song “My Pal Satan.” You can find it here!

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You probably don’t want to, but here’s a warning, just in case.

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A cheery tribute to a special friend.

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A song about life’s blank spots. Here, as usual, is the beginning.

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A spirited song, appropriate for many social situations. Here’s the first verse of six.

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As our society grows more conservative and conformist, it doesn’t take much to be considered an eccentric. And it will only get worse, I’m afraid…

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Here they come! Get out of their way!

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A setting of Francis Bacon, from his book The History of Life and Death. He summarized the human life cycle in one sentence, and I thought it called for music.

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