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Entries from December 2011

Dummy Talks

December 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Dummy Talks

A 1990 profile by Susan Morgan, from Interview.

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Adult Comedy Christmas Show

December 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Adult Comedy Christmas Show

In 1989, Jim Turner and I traveled out to San Francisco to put on a Christmas show. It was a cavalcade of bits, none having to do with Christmas, and must have perplexed the San Franciscans. One interesting bit of trivia: the show was produced by Bill Talen, before he entered his chrysalis and emerged […]

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Art Against AIDS

December 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Art Against AIDS

In 1989, Art Against AIDS produced a PSA that recreated the cover of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, to a tune by the B-52s.  I was one of many (well, two of many, counting Eddie) to take my place around the drum.  It was quite a crowd.  

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Late Night Fools

December 3rd, 2011 · 3 Comments

On November 17, 2011, I joined Bill Irwin and the cast of King Lear, then at the Public Theater, at Joe’s Pub.  The show was called Late Night Fools; Bill and I reprised some of our old material, and I sang some of my songs.  We also resurrected the song “Home in Pasadena,” which I […]

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Black Friday

December 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Black Friday

A lament about one of our most unpleasant holidays.

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Parget

December 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off on Parget

A lilting number for viola and piano, on the outskirts of ambience, with some bitter dissonance to linger on the palate.  “Parget” is ornamental plasterwork; this is the sonic equivalent.

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Earrings

December 1st, 2011 · Comments Off on Earrings

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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