Disco Tech Goat Madness

Lyrics influenced by a conversation with a friend whose daughter was in a really bad way. Kind of set the mood for large parts of the challenge for me this year. New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.

Lyrics by Brian McCloskey in somewhat of a suprise collab. Musically a kind of feel-good soul-pop. I quite like how this turned out, and nominated it my prefered RPM-track this year. New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.

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

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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?

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

Pretty straight forward modern rock. New version uploaded 12 Dec 2010.

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…

Wyn Jones looks at how Peter helps suffering, scattered and scared people.

This is the 3rd of the trio of UU auction songs. A love song was requested, so I wrote one based on my wife's favorite china pattern.

No, not those kind of angels. Hope in the dark.

There is a whole class of songs by singer songwriters who gush in various ways about taking the big chance, following your bliss, following your heart, living your dreams, yada yada. These songs are ALL from the point of view of those who are…

Another downer, what can I say? Oddly enough though, it makes me smile.

Probably the single saddest song I ever wrote. This album is kind of a combination of hope and longing and loss. This one is definitely about loss.

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.

electronic-ish piece MMM brownies

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…