Melancholy Soul Mugs

"I've got those 'Don't worry about me, I'll just be here, all alone' blues."

Pastorius wonders why.

"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."

"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."

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.'

"Half-full. Those were the days."

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

"Woke up this mornin', Found myself trapped in the Blues genre..."

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

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

Books: Success stories & Sob stories.

"Perhaps a dirge would lift your spirits?"

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

'I think our marriage would make a great country song.'

Bored couple.

Floating away

Man has storm cloud umbrella.

Picasso's Blues Period

Items from the Fall 2018 Melancholia Catalogue.

"Fall makes him sad."

Tears

"I like sad songs."

Sad Songs.

There's a tear in my beer.

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

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

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..."

'Your work is so bleak, so despairing, your angst so wrenching. I've never read a party invitation quite like it before.'

'We thought it fit his rather plaintive personality.'