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Exhibit and Reading at Elting Memorial Library

August 3rd, 2023 · No Comments

A selection of original artwork from my comic book Shorten the Classics will be on display throughout August, at the Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz, NY. I’ll also give a reading there on Wednesday, August 9, at 7 pm; I’ll be joined by another alumnus of the NYC performance scene, Tom Keener. The library […]

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The Eye

August 29th, 2022 · Comments Off on The Eye

For a revised and expanded edition of the collection Merde à la Belle Époque, a sonnet by Armand Masson. A rhymed translation like this inevitably requires some paraphrase, but often comes closer to the original poem. Besides, it’s what the poets of 1887 would have expected. THE EYE (Armand Masson, 1887) The eye was in […]

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String Quartet 1: Eddie Unchained

November 12th, 2020 · 2 Comments

I’ve posted excerpts from several of my string quartets, but neglected the first one, which consists of several pieces from my musical Eddie Unchained. Well, here’s how it begins…

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Epiphanies

July 22nd, 2019 · 6 Comments

People seem to like epiphanies. EPIPHANIES I walked out to the back acre Where the hawthorn climbed shyly over the sagging fence Like a little girl at a birthday party I looked off to the east At the darkening clouds And realized Why my mother was never home on Sunday I walked out into the […]

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The Easter Bunny’s Noel

December 18th, 2016 · 2 Comments

A Christmas song, written for the annual Holiday Recording Party Meg Reichardt used to hold in Brooklyn. You can hear me sing it here.

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Ears

July 11th, 2016 · 2 Comments

Ears are strange looking things. Here are some studies of ears.

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Early Fan Art

October 5th, 2015 · 5 Comments

This early drawing of Popeye and Bluto shows remarkably little skill. I failed to capture many essential characteristics of the characters. I even left off Bluto’s beard. I think that’s Bluto. It’s undated; I can only hope that I drew it when I was five, not fifteen. I still like Popeye. Maybe I should try […]

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Evelyn, Beverly, Carolyn, and Doris

March 10th, 2014 · 3 Comments

This is the beginning of a twelve page story.  Will they ever get there?

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Elitist

May 23rd, 2013 · 2 Comments

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Eddie Gray, Private Investigator

May 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on Eddie Gray, Private Investigator

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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Tags: *Stage · E