Melancholy Melody Maker Gifts

"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'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."

"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."

Lord Byron

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

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

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

Bored couple.

Tears

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Picasso's Blues Period

"Fall makes him sad."

"I like sad songs."

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

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

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

There's a tear in my beer.

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

Sad Songs.

Philip Larkin.

'We thought it fit his rather plaintive personality.'

"I'd like to dedicate my next song to that delightful little table in the corner."

"This drink? It's called loneliness. Care to join me?"