The Doug Skinner Songbook is now available! This elegant oversized paperback contains 46 of my songs, including such favorites as “Buenas Noches, Little Roaches,” “Love Me Unconditionally,” “My Pal Satan,” and “Bloated Plutocrats on Parade”! They’re “chillingly zany” (New York Times); they’re “scathingly witty… lullabies etched in acid” (Metro Magazine), and now you can add […]
Entries from August 2017
The Doug Skinner Songbook
August 31st, 2017 · 1 Comment
The Renaissance Faire
August 28th, 2017 · Comments Off on The Renaissance Faire
A song about that peculiar American institution, the Renaissance Faire. Here, as usual, is the beginning. You can find the whole song in The Doug Skinner Songbook, coming soon from Black Scat Books, and you can listen to it on my album That Regrettable Weekend.
Medulla Oblongata
August 22nd, 2017 · 3 Comments
My old band, White Knuckle Sandwich, often performed this lively and informative number. When we spelled out “oblongata,” Anne and Jen pointed to their T and A, which are other parts of the human anatomy.
The Hypnotist’s Birthday
August 14th, 2017 · Comments Off on The Hypnotist’s Birthday
What do you give a hypnotist for his birthday? Finally, the question has been addressed in a song. And you can hear all about it on That Regrettable Weekend.
Le Scat Noir 226
August 1st, 2017 · Comments Off on Le Scat Noir 226
Le Scat Noir 226 is now available! The August issue contains, among many wonderful things, my translation of Alphonse Allais’s story “The Enchanted Forest” and another page of my musical instrument drawings. Your free PDF can be found here.