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Entries from August 2011

Index Cards (19)

August 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment

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Clot

August 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Clot

A sort of chorale, written while unwinding from performances in a vaudeville festival in Maine.

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Gilding the Pyrite

August 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Gilding the Pyrite

I wrote this for a performance in Everett, Washington, back in 2001.  It was originally meant for theater organ, but I ended up playing it on the piano.  And here’s an excerpt.

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White Knuckle Sandwich (3)

August 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on White Knuckle Sandwich (3)

Anne Shapiro, Jennifer Duffy (now Perez) and Doug Skinner pose in NYC’s meat packing district, back when they still packed meat there.

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White Knuckle Sandwich (2)

August 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on White Knuckle Sandwich (2)

The White Knuckle Sandwich building, drawn here for a postcard for a gig at the Fez, in NYC.  And here it is in color, for a slide show from our performance at the Kitchen, Millennial Mouthful.

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Index Cards (18)

August 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment

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White Knuckle Sandwich (1)

August 12th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Anne Shapiro, Jennifer Duffy, and I joined forces in the ’90s as White Knuckle Sandwich. We performed in many theaters and clubs in NYC, including frequent shows at the Duplex and the Fez. We wrote a jingle for MTV, and had a couple of songs in the movie Bad Bride. Our 1999 CD had 22 […]

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We Have No Life Beyond Our Daily Life

August 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on We Have No Life Beyond Our Daily Life

This song was first performed as “I’m Sorry Now I Spoiled the Santa Cake.”  At a Christmas party, cartoonist Michael Kupperman and I, under the influence of stimulants, altered a cake depicting Santa Claus in an unflattering way.  Our hostess did not approve.  The song was first performed by White Knuckle Sandwich, with Anne Shapiro […]

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The Oberlin Dance Collective in Sonoma

August 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on The Oberlin Dance Collective in Sonoma

The Oberlin Dance Collective performed at Sonoma State College in 1977.  I sang a couple of songs, and contributed a theater piece, “Hide Hide The Cow’s Outside.”  And it looks as if I lettered the program, too.

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Why Do We Have To Die?

August 11th, 2011 · Comments Off on Why Do We Have To Die?

This is a bare little song, on a text I found in an old children’s encyclopedia, The Book of Wonders (1915): Why do we have to die?  Death must come to all things that have life.  All matter in the world is either living or dead.  Inanimate things do not change.  They remain always the […]

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