A short piece for piano, based on diatonic 4-pitch and 7-pitch sets.  Here’s the beginning:

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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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“Trash Cash” was another commission from the Tallgirls.  I devised a series of interrelated scenes, accompanied by slides of my drawings.  The floor was covered in pennies, which sparkled in the light, and crunched underfoot.  I costumed the Tallgirls in white minidresses and go-go boots, which they all looked lovely in.  There was also a […]

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Somehow, back in San Francisco in 1977, I did a “Thanksgiving Radio Special” on KPFA.  I read some pseudo-Americana, sang some songs, and brought my colleague Bill Irwin to demonstrate hat tricks and to chat with me.  I had recorded 78s from my collection on a portable tape recorder; and kept that fading in and […]

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A thoughtful round on life’s eternal verities.

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One of my infrequent forays into serialism.  For another, look here.

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I joined Them Keener Boys for their debut CD in 1999, contributing trombone to “How’s It Going Mary?”, and backup vocals to “My Booty Cost a Dollah” and “Whores.”  If I recall correctly, I also played uke on “My Booty.”

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A tape cassette of my songs, from 1991, in the days when people made tape cassettes.  This, of course, is the artwork; which was cut, folded, and inserted into the little plastic box.

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Jim Torok paints remarkable miniature oil paintings; he did this portrait of me sometime back in the ’90s.

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A round, on Yeats.

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