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

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."

"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."

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

Neil Young

"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."

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

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

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

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

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

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

"Our flavors of the day are Prodigal, Importune, and Mal de Siècle."

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

"I never got a chance to say 'Shut up.' "

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

Picasso's Blues Period

Tears

"Fall makes him sad."

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Bored couple.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

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

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

Sad Songs.

There's a tear in my beer.

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

"I like sad songs."