Melancholy Maestro Pillows

Playing Sad Songs on the Piano.

Sad Songs.

'We thought it fit his rather plaintive personality.'

'Got the blues so bad...'

Picasso's Blues Period

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."

Charles Addams.

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

"Billy's room gets cleaned for free! The cleaning service uses it to train employees how to clean a hazardous waste dump."

The day Bob finally understood radiation of species.

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

How to identify the alarming mood swings of male menopause.

"Wow! You're a real good guesser, mom...that's exactly what we had at Jonny's party! Spaghetti an' cake an' ice cream!"

"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."

"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."

'I hate my life.

Edgar Allan Poe

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

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

'My Death Story....chapter one...'

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

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"Look at you! Dirty all over! I told you not to play with your ink!!"

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

"But this way I know where everything is."

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

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

"Fall makes him sad."

Tears

"Oh, good! Lucille is sending me some stuff!"

I think the revolution's started - his room's in an awful mess!

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

'Of course I would have preferred to be a music prodigy...'

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