Melancholy Humorist Gifts

"I'm not sad, just a little melon collie."

Pastorius wonders why.

I've decided to shift down a few gears.'

"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

"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."

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

Neil Young

'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.

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

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

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

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

Picasso's Blues Period

Bored couple.

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Tears

"Fall makes him sad."

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

There's a tear in my beer.

"I like sad songs."

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

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

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

Sad Songs.

Philip Larkin.

'We thought it fit his rather plaintive personality.'