This song from 1973 used to drive one of my frequent music playing buddies absolutely nuts. It was written while I was in the grips of a fascination with what we might call “cosmic whimsy.” The simplest objects and ideas … Continue reading
Yesterday’s toysyou throw them all awayyou dont even stop to watchtheir paper hearts in the flames… This is one of those songs that will probably never get done ‘right’ unless someone else does it. I probably ought to change the … Continue reading
I wrote the first two verses of this dark little slice of apocalyptica back in the early or mid 70′s and then added another 2 verses — only one of which survived — in 1986. My initial vision had been … Continue reading
Now this is an oldie. I believe it was written in 1974. I was in love at the time (we only kissed, I swear) with this ‘third generation witch’ from Iceland. I don’t know if she had preternormal powers — … Continue reading
Yet another girl-name song from 1996′s Barista Cycle, a project that marked what was pretty much my last real stab at playing and recording rock music. The concept, at the outset, was to write an album’s worth of songs using … Continue reading
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