Doug Skinner: An Archive on Your Gizmo

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Walter and Danny

July 15th, 2011 · Comments Off on Walter and Danny

Walter and Danny talk things over in this one-pager from Carousel Comics (2004).

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Village Motel

July 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment

You should always sketch your motel room when you’re on the road.

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Great Performances

July 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Regard of Flight was taped for the PBS series Great Performances in 1983. Here I am in a press photo with Bill Irwin, Michael O’Connor, and Eddie Gray.

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Adrian

July 14th, 2011 · Comments Off on Adrian

Adrian was Doug and Mike’s acting teacher in “Doug and Mike’s Adult Entertainment.” I made him; Carol Brys made his costume. All of his students were also in his group therapy sessions, which led to some complications. He sometimes appeared as Mr. Corndog, a costumed mascot for a corndog stand, that being his only acting experience.

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Little Two-Headed Kitten

July 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment

This song was suggested by a photo of a two-headed kitten that appeared in the Fortean Times. You can find it in The Doug Skinner Songbook and on the album That Regrettable Weekend. Here’s how it begins.

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Index Cards (4)

July 13th, 2011 · 1 Comment

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What Is True Happiness?

July 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on What Is True Happiness?

A setting of my own abridged translation of a profoundly disturbing passage in the Fioretti di San Francesco, in which Saint Francis opines that true happiness is being beaten mercilessly with a heavy knotted stick while contemplating Christ’s suffering.

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Keyboard Music 2

July 13th, 2011 · Comments Off on Keyboard Music 2

This photocopied dossier collects 49 pages of my keyboard music. Let me know if you’d like one.

The pieces are:

Life’s Little Sorrows
Mozart at the Cannery Works
Waltz
Under the Weather
Fort in Solrésol
Chuff
The Scenic Route
Stevenson at the Flageolet
Lull
Lorem Ipsum Dolor
Bach Had a Bad Headache
The Passing Clouds Mock the Sky’s Stasis and Purity
Pillow
Music from Dreams 1-4
Music for Organ 1-3
Sabbat
This
Chorales 1-6
Sore Spot
Dirgette

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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.

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Ringing Rocks

July 12th, 2011 · Comments Off on Ringing Rocks

A pencil sketch of the wonderful bell-like rocks at Ringing Rocks State Park, in Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania.

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