In 1976, I joined Michele Larsson for a performance by her nascent company Flywheel. I had forgotten about it until I turned up this program.
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Flywheel
April 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment
The Fun Song
February 24th, 2012 · Comments Off on The Fun Song
Michael Smith and I used to open every performance of “Doug & Mike’s Adult Entertainment” with this little ditty. Mike was on pocket trumpet, and I played banjo uke. We also made a karaoke tape, now included on our DVD.
Filthy Song Night
December 29th, 2011 · 2 Comments
On December 17, 2011, I did my bit for the annual “Filthy Song Night,” at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn. I brought out my baritone horn, which I seldom play in public, and offered a traditional variant of the hymn tune “Old 100th.” You can listen to it here. Addendum: No, I guess you can’t. […]
Fine Wishes, Fine Dances, Good Life, Good Luck
September 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment
Helen Dannenberg put on a concert of her dances at the Margaret Jenkins Dance Studio, in San Francisco, in November 1982. I provided music for “Fine Wishes, Fine Dances, Good Life, Good Luck,” drawing upon a large assortment of percussion instruments and noisemakers.
From Roussel’s “Indications”
August 31st, 2011 · Comments Off on From Roussel’s “Indications”
Raymond Roussel’s Nouvelles Impressions d’Afrique is a remarkable book: four poems, describing sites in Africa, each digressing into an elaborate structure of nested parentheses. Roussel published it himself; and to thicken it, commissioned 59 illustrations. Characteristically, he avoided contact with the illustrator, preferring to hire a detective agency to find an artist, who then drew […]
Fanfare for Viola and Trombone
July 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Fanfare for Viola and Trombone
This lively fanfare was written for two of my favorite instruments. They don’t get to play together that often. Here’s the opening salvo.
The Flying Saucer Subculture
July 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Flying Saucer Subculture
In the ’90s, John Keel reprinted some of his article as booklets, under the rubric of the New York Fortean Society. This one was taken from a piece he wrote for the Journal of Popular Culture; I provided the cover illustration. John was particularly insistent that there be someone in a straitjacket.
A Fortean Album
July 10th, 2011 · Comments Off on A Fortean Album
While researching the life of the novelist and Fortean Tiffany Thayer, I came across an unfamiliar photo of Charles Fort. I passed it along to the Fortean Times, which inspired the art director, Etienne Gilfillan, to search for more. His discoveries were published in the March 2006 issue (#207). I provided captions, and an article […]
Funny Birds Zoo
July 6th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Funny Birds Zoo is an early work. I am still fond of its restrained use of color.
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