Melancholy Musers Mugs

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.

Lost

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."

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

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

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."

Lord Byron

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

'I hate my life.

'Dreams of how it might have been.'

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

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

DOUR and TROUBADOUR

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"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."

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

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

Picasso's Blues Period

"Fall makes him sad."

Tears

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

Death awaits the last leaf of Autumn with a rake.

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

There's a tear in my beer.

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

"I like sad songs."

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

Sad Songs.

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

Philip Larkin.