Some drapery studies, from the sketchbook.  

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This series of black and white assemblages, made with collage, rubber stamps, and press type, was occasionally exhibited at dance concerts in the ’70s.  That is, they were once black and white, but have taken on other hues with age.  Here are a few:

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A round, based on verses that accompany a children’s card game from the ’30s. And here’s the game itself…

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

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In 1984, the Tallgirls (Pamela Boucher, Jill Daly, Harriet Garfinckle, and Marci Paulsen) commissioned me to write a piece for them.  I wrote a one-act play about two waitresses and two customers, developing (I hope) a strong comic character for each of them.  It was performed at Footwork Dance Studio, in San Francisco, in November […]

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In 2003, Danny Hellman invited me to contribute a story to his anthology Legal Action Comics.  I replied with a story about two men who outwit the devil. There was a publication party at CB’s Gallery, at CBGB’s, which included a show of cartoon art.  I came up with this large rendition of the devil, […]

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I recommend Kyle Gann’s book No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage’s 4’33”: a thorough and entertaining look at that provocative piece.  I was happy to see that Kyle mentioned the performance he and I did of Cage’s Experiences No. 1, long ago when we were fellow composition students at Oberlin Conservatory.

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

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The Doug and Mike mural was created for an exhibit called “Activated Walls,” at Artists Space in NYC, in 1993.  Mike and I used the opportunity to produce a large (16′ x 19′) flyer for our puppet show; smaller flyers can be seen in a box next to Russell.  Alison Mork drew Doug and Mike; […]

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“Dance #1” is a brief 8mm film I made for a performance in San Francisco, back in 1976.  It was made up of footage from home movies and from old silent movies.  I did a few films like this, but this was the only one to be screened. Here’s what you saw: 1. water pouring […]

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