PROMISE the piano song will be finished for next week, for now: a WatchPaper tune. Punched me in the mouth and I lost my teeth Now I’m all bark with no one to bite I used to think that I was tough But then you went and called my bluff I’m so sorry, Caroline. She’s [...]
Still at it. This week we’ve got hot jobs and cold jobs, odd jobs, political action, produce and sports. Such a beautiful variety of people right around my house. Gratuitous copyright announcement: All images copyright their respective owners/publishers and may not be copied or reproduced in any way
Inside the converted garage, David finds Maggie still fussing over her fugitive daughter, Sally. Ignoring the commotion between her mother and sister, the second Constant daughter, Lindy, sits at the table, gulping water out of a tin cup. She eyes David warily over the rim until he sticks out his tongue and makes a face [...]
Kudzu Restless as the interstate, it creeps one foot a day – an exponential reach that sings. Suburban nostalgia ignites a sparkler in my belly: glorious green ruin! Near this hill is a house rendered in kudzu: the furniture arranged, the piano waiting for fingers. “Death is always at work,” I remember. Invading the invasive, [...]
Who are these men? What could they want? How does he keep his mustache trimmed so neatly out here in the desert? These answers and more in next week’s The Golem Wastes!
For those who’ve been keeping track, you know that not everything I post is a full-fledged song. I think it’s interesting to put sketches out there to see what interest there might be in taking it to a finished product. This week is just such an occasion. Let me know in the comments what you [...]
“He works hard for the money…” And once again…Ladies and gentlemen, the breadth of the human experience. Gratuitous copyright announcement: All images copyright their respective owners/publishers and may not be copied or reproduced in any way
Another MAGICTOWN short. This one for Jon Haas. Who, in hindsight, I realized is one of my favorite characters – both to write and read – and I killed him off in the first act of the book. Might not have been my best idea. Home is the place you know, where everything is familiar. [...]
Ah, well then. It looks like the thing is standing on its own two legs again, now doesn’t it? In that case, it is my honor to welcome you to the start of something new: the second iteration of The Great and Secret Thing. All of the content from the old site is here, but [...]
Here are 3 songs from Watchpaper’s most recent gig at Otherlands.
In which I try something different. The first of a series of character-centric short fiction pieces I’ll be using as spacing material when I need more time to work on a MAGICTOWN chapter. First up: Maggie Constant.
Robot surgery is a tricky business.
2 variations of the same song, and the rationale behind them
…with a little Utah, Idaho and Wyoming for flavor.
In which old friends clear the air, and a family is met.
Lately I’ve been fortunate to photograph lots of happy times in the life of Our Fair City.
In which two Magics travel the twisting paths of Magictown and a trick is pulled off.
Live recording from our last gig at Otherlands. Join us there: Friday the 25th.
In which two old lovers come to terms with each other by almost coming to blows.
The size of the place proved too much.
A vast openness, half of that apartment
was already too much.
I got your daily dose of robot-on-robot violence right here!
Today’s comic is brought to you by the letter ‘S’ for stowaway.
A different vocal style for me, written/recorded last night just for TGST.