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Back in the ’90s, White Knuckle Sandwich made a video of Jen’s song, “Lookin’ for a Man.”  The song and storyboard were by Jen Perez, and it was shot by videographer Anney Bonney for the now defunct pseudo.com.  Anne Shapiro and I portrayed a number of characters in this disturbing production.  Here are some screen […]

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In 1996, MTV decided to expand, by starting a second station called M2.  A number of bands were commissioned to write jingles using their slogan “24 more.”  White Knuckle Sandwich submitted three possibilities (one for each of us), and mine was chosen.  The 30 second spot used an elaborate set, a revolving camera, and a […]

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Orpheus may not be a good role model, but I suspect all musicians identify with him.

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Here I am performing my illustrated story, “Bimbo and Bombo,” at “The Moon Show” (Williamsburg, 11/5/12).

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There have been many hymns to belief, and to disbelief, but not enough to suspension of judgment.  Here’s one.

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The “Nine Settings” are for voice and piano. The texts are by Giordano Bruno, Marsilio Ficino, Tommaso Campanella, Le Comte de Saint-Germain, Christopher Smart, Guillaume Apollinaire, Francis Picabia, Jean-Pierre Brisset, and James Joyce. I wrote them back in 1983, and have occasionally revised them. They’re based on my occasional praxis of four-pitch diatonic chords, randomized […]

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I wrote a couple of rounds on snippets from Remy de Gourmont; here’s one of them.

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From 1994, clangorous counterpoint travels between the letters of the word “fiction.”  We separate narrative into fiction or fact; music deserves the same courtesy.

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A round on an epigram from Benjamin De Casseres.

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