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No More

July 16th, 2012 · Comments Off on No More

Every show must come to an end.  I wrote this song for that occasion; here’s the first part of it.

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Lullabilious

July 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on Lullabilious

A bilious lullaby, for viola and piano.  It becomes more chromatic in the following pages.

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Don’t Despair

July 9th, 2012 · Comments Off on Don’t Despair

White Knuckle Sandwich used to sing this uplifting number; nowadays, I perform it alone.  Here’s part of it:

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Bugs Not Drugs

July 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on Bugs Not Drugs

White Knuckle Sandwich (Jennifer Duffy, Anne Shapiro, and I) recorded this song of mine on our eponymous album.  I also made a semi-animated paper cutout cartoon of it for the old “internet TV station,” pseudo.com, back in 1999.  Anney Bonney was at the camera.  It’s up on YouTube now, and you can watch it if […]

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Your Parents

July 2nd, 2012 · Comments Off on Your Parents

A short song about the family.  I performed this in a show recently; Angela Alverson posted a video of it here.

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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Save a Dollar

June 27th, 2012 · 1 Comment

A melancholy tune for tuba and piano, performed with Ralph Hamperian at the Jalopy Theater, June 23, 2012.

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Philosophy: The Last Phase

June 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Philosophy: The Last Phase

A round, on a piquant excerpt from Benjamin De Casseres.

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Though

June 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on Though

A thoughtful round on life’s eternal verities.

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The Pigeon

May 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on The Pigeon

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Beside the Sea

May 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment

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