Melancholy Marvelers Gifts

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

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."

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

Lord Byron

Neil Young

"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."

'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

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

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

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.' "

"Fall makes him sad."

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.

Picasso's Blues Period

Bored couple.

Tears

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

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

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.

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

"I like sad songs."

Looking miserable out there today...