A throwback to rampant sentimentality. Not for the jaded and cynical ears of the early 21st century, but for men and women traipsing around in evening attire in a black-and-white movie from the '30s.

The 2nd in the UU auction series. The person who won the auction wanted a song about the fellowship, the place we met on Sunday and the community. So I wrote this little kind of sing-a-long folk song.

This is a real person. He was one of the saddest millionaires I ever met.

This song is musically and thematically related to an earlier tune from an older album called "house of strangers." That song was a plea from one partner to another about a marriage that was failing. This song comes when it becomes obvious that…

This is one of 3 "Auction" songs, written for yearly fundraising auctions at a UU fellowship I used to belong to. The winners for this first year, I don't remember exactly what they requested. I think they let me pretty much do what I wanted…

I wrote it for a friend of a friend. It was originally about a woman, but although I liked the music a lot, the words didn't quite satisfy me. On a whim, I changed a pronoun here and there, and the song became a story.

A song celebrating the animator for The Teller of the Tale. Music is post-avantgarde neo-progressive rock. New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010

Another victim of circumstance theme. Music style is neo-classical rock. New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.

Middle age sux. You wake up and realize you're not the rebel novelty of your self image. You've grown cowardly, protective and conservative. What the hell happened?

David Niven decided to ask her one rainy afternoon: "Why did you give up the movies?" She considered her answer so carefully that he wondered if she had decided to ignore his personal question. At long last, almost as if to herself, she…