Melancholic Musician Mugs

"I like sad songs."

Pastorius wonders why.

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

"The artist-in-residence is struggling a bit, but other than that we're fine."

Lord Byron

The Bar & Grill of Ordinary Men: Quiet Desperation 11 am - closing (Karaoke on Saturday)

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"In closing, I'd just like to say you've been a great crowd, folks. Don't forget to tip your waitress, and I hope this final number breaks your heart the way show business broke mine."

Neil Young

'I hate my life.

"Half-full. Those were the days."

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

A depressed artist imagines a drawing, but it turns black.

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

Trilby - 'Malbrouck s'en va-t'en guerre'.

"Woke up this mornin', Found myself trapped in the Blues genre..."

'As I feared, the X-ray shows that you are crying inside.'

"I asked Bill to accompany this presentation with something in a haunting minor key."

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

'I think our marriage would make a great country song.'

"Fall makes him sad."

Picasso's Blues Period

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Just go ahead and draw - I can't hit the broad side of a barn lately. Naw, I ain't really in the mood today. Low Noon.

Bored couple.

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

Where the boulevard of broken dreams crosses the avenue of broken appliances...

"I'm full of an unspeakable sadness and it goes a little something like this..."

Sad Songs.

There's a tear in my beer.

Tailpiece to E Dowson's 'The Pierrot of the Minute'

'Boy...usually it just gently weeps.'